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Not a normally scheduled run day but the weather was too nice to let get away. So, a few of us met at Ackerman for some test n tune time.
First up is Ray’s Phil Thomas Sport 21 “LSH” hydro on it’s maiden run. Looked pretty solid for it’s 1st outing.
Next up is “new” Bill’s H&M Skater cat after he moved the cg a little forward and a different prop. Looked to be handling a bit better and speed was pretty good too.
The 1st wetting on Ray’s twin Genesis didn’t go quite as well as his hydro. It lost the prop & stub shaft on the port side. Made fir a very short run.
Chris out for a solo spin with his Pursuit 32. It runs pretty well and wasn’t overly hot even after a penalty lap for the buoy cut.
Last one today is my Promise Hobby Falcon Cat. Bottom of strut raised to 1/4” above the sponson bottoms. Prop changed to a back cut and detongued X460, still running 9s 2p. I’m guessing around 65 in the straights with this setup but still can’t make a full noise corner with it. I kind of lost track of laps and only ran 5 instead of 6. At least everything inside was still nice n cool. Hottest items were motor bullets at 125. The motor itself was like 113.
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03-11-12
A few of us went to Ackerman even if it was windy. This is a run on my old 54" Expresscraft Arapaho after re-fitting it with a Leopard 5692 1000kv motor, Turnigy 180 esc and running 6s 2p.
Started out with a X452/3 prop just to play it safe and it barely got it on plane. After running a few laps changed over to a X455/3 and it made a noticeable difference. Still no speed demon but the detune did get rid of the nasty chone walk it had when it had the CC 2028 in it running 9s 2p
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A little P mono action with Chris, Brian (encore man) and myself running.
I'm really not all that impressed with GoPro video for recording race action. It might make a nice HD vid but the field of view is just too wide for being able to tell what is actually running.
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Now that the GoPro vids are out of the way... Here's Ray's twin Genesis cat testing one of the Fightercat twin esc's. It worked good for a little while.
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More testing on my Promise Hobbies Falcon cat after removing about 1/2 of the skeg below the prop line. It did improve the handling in the corners but it still wants to dig a little. Time to remove the rest of the skeg and see what that does for it. On the plus side it did handle the chop from the 10-15 mph wind very well.
Hey Ray... I think that odometer reading on the GPS might have been right after all. Count the laps. (That might explain the 130 degree reading on the motor too.)
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Rob's little Arrow Shark self righting mono. For a small boat it handled the chop there today really well.
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Hey gents. Chris mentioned to me that the gate now has a pad lock on it. I spoke w/ someone at the county and they are supposed to call me back so we can get it straightened out.
Bill, if your unhappy w/ the go pro I may be interested in it for other activities if you decide to part with it.Comment
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3/25/12
It was not a good start of the morning as it rained pretty good about 15 minutes after getting boats set up on tables to prep for running. I was really surprised how much water mine took on with the hatches on but not taped.
After the rain passed it was actually a nice day until about noon when the wind really picked up.
1st run is my just finished Titan 33. Not exactly what I'd call a success. It cornered pretty well but was a terror on the straights with chine walk and literally jumping out of the water on occadion. It's a GoPro vid so bear with it.
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A round of LSO also shot with the GoPro camera since I was driving at the same time.
I wasn't running legal, driving my Mean Machine twin to find out if it could survive a full 4 minute heat. That way it can be used as a P Offshore boat in an upcoming race.
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Here's a partial round of P mono. After my new Titan went upside down in the 1st corner I grabbed the good video camera and started shooting the two remaining boats.
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Another round of LSO. I sat this one out and ran camera to get some good footage.
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