How to loose an 2000$ boat in 2 seconds :(

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  • gerardobrandao
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2008
    • 164

    #31
    Saw

    Yes Indeed. So just tell your boss you are going to LA for some mechanical engineering project reconnasaince. Send them my business card, make up a little story and next thing you know you are here shooting to break the 111 mph mark.

    Simple right?


    The problem is that i´m "one" of the 2 bosses....Mine responsabilty doesn´t end at 6Pm....at least here in Portugal...I will see!

    tha´s mine new nickname..

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    • jac4412
      FE Addict
      • Jun 2010
      • 425

      #32
      As a newer boater this might be kinda amateurish for you guys but I've only had to use this once and it worked great... In the even of a downed (sunk) boat I have a small bobber tucked in under the cowl, with the cowl tied into the boat frame.... In the event of a crash the cowl stays with the boat no matter what.... and if it sinks the bobber goes up, I know exactly where my boat is. I've only had to use this once and that was awhile ago on my mini v (I run on a deep lake so if my boats go down... I'm screwed).
      JAC4412 RC

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      • rearwheelin
        Fast Electric Addict!
        • Oct 2008
        • 1941

        #33
        I sunk a $1600.00 boat because of inadiquit floatation. It was under 25 min. and i could not find it. I was using my ice chest as a float and would rest then go under, repeated untill I found my hatch. I was looking in circles not realizing the Mean Machine actually turned into a sub-marine and was powering its self under water in the general area that it went down. I wish my friend had been videoing to catch what happend next......It surfaced and made a sharp right at me....into my arms
        "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
        --Albert Einstein

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        • RaceMechaniX
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • Sep 2007
          • 2821

          #34
          Originally posted by gerardobrandao


          The problem is that i´m "one" of the 2 bosses....Mine responsabilty doesn´t end at 6Pm....at least here in Portugal...I will see!

          tha´s mine new nickname..

          Haha, yeah same with me. Hard to get away, but sometimes you have to.

          TG
          Tyler Garrard
          NAMBA 639/IMPBA 20525
          T-Hydro @ 142.94mph former WR

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          • properchopper
            • Apr 2007
            • 6968

            #35
            Originally posted by RaceMechaniX
            Yes Indeed. So just tell your boss you are going to LA for some mechanical engineering project reconnasaince. Send them my business card, make up a little story and next thing you know you are here shooting to break the 111 mph mark.

            Simple right?

            sent you an email too
            I live close to the airport in L.A. Complementary "limo" service will be provided !
            2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
            2009/2010 NAMBA P-Sport Hydro Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder, '13 SCSTA P-Ltd Cat High Points
            '11 NAMBA [P-Ltd] : Mono, Offshore, OPC, Sport Hydro; '06 LSO, '12,'13,'14 P Ltd Cat /Mono

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            • Ub Hauled
              Fast Electric Addict!
              • Aug 2007
              • 3031

              #36
              Gerardo, eu tambem posso ajudar, eu moro a 30 minutos do Legg Lake... fala para o teu socio que vc vai ampliar o negocio e vai a America achar clientes... ou so diz que voce vai passar uns dias aqui
              :::::::::::::::. It's NEVER fast enough! .:::::::::::::::

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              • properchopper
                • Apr 2007
                • 6968

                #37
                Originally posted by Ub Hauled
                Gerardo, eu tambem posso ajudar, eu moro a 30 minutos do Legg Lake... fala para o teu socio que vc vai ampliar o negocio e vai a America achar clientes... ou so diz que voce vai passar uns dias aqui
                Show Off !!
                2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
                2009/2010 NAMBA P-Sport Hydro Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder, '13 SCSTA P-Ltd Cat High Points
                '11 NAMBA [P-Ltd] : Mono, Offshore, OPC, Sport Hydro; '06 LSO, '12,'13,'14 P Ltd Cat /Mono

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                • Ub Hauled
                  Fast Electric Addict!
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 3031

                  #38
                  LMAO... ...
                  there is german and spanish as well... LOL
                  :::::::::::::::. It's NEVER fast enough! .:::::::::::::::

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                  • Gary
                    Fast Electric Addict!
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 1105

                    #39
                    I learned the weakness of the Phil Thomas hatch as well. It is now taped, and has 5 screw nuts with washers incerted into the cowl ,reinforced with fiberglass and carbon fiber and spray foamed aswell. I have had the nuts go right through the hatch during impact but no more with this set up. I also learned to positivly atatch all parts in the boat including the batterys. They are straped down with 3 straps each and velcroed on the bottom. Anything that comes loose at 80mph becomes a missle in the hull.
                    PT-45, 109mph, finally gave up after last bad crash
                    H&M 1/8 Miss Bud 73 mph
                    Chris Craft 16 mph

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                    • johnf
                      Fast Electric Addict!
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 1078

                      #40
                      Gary could you pm me pics of your modified hatch? Or maybe post some in your PT thread. I've got a PT ss45 also and would like to see what you have done.
                      Catching Air!

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                      • Gary
                        Fast Electric Addict!
                        • Jan 2009
                        • 1105

                        #41
                        I am going to try some speed runs with the guys at work tomorrow at lunch time if there is no wind so mabe i can video the boat up close on some details. I will see what i can do for you. What is your combination and how fast are you looking to go?
                        PT-45, 109mph, finally gave up after last bad crash
                        H&M 1/8 Miss Bud 73 mph
                        Chris Craft 16 mph

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                        • johnf
                          Fast Electric Addict!
                          • Dec 2009
                          • 1078

                          #42
                          Thanks bud. Gonna shoot you a pm.
                          Catching Air!

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                          • steveo
                            Fast Electric Addict!
                            • Apr 2007
                            • 1454

                            #43
                            first off that is a great running boat, i am glad to read you found it and stuff is still working, i cant imagine how you felt with the money invested, i almost lost a boat i was running my bby om 26 that i just finished it everything was going fine for a split second i could not see the boat because of some tall weeds and the boat never appeared on the other side, it was like the bermuda triangle, i waited , went back to the house and blew up my raft it was getting dark grabbed a flash light, could not find it, went to walmart that night got a steel rake then made a long extension so i could scrape the bottom of the lake the next day. got up early and when i arrived i noticed a very small yellow triangle floating on the water a 100 feet out and there it was, only fried an rc-hydros esc

                            well thats my story, looks like i had enough flotation that time

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