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The black one with flames is selling well now, interesting...
Should have it in a couple days now. It's in customs
Should have it in a couple days now. It's in customs
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No, partly because they are of an unknown source & design sort of.
My hull came in yesterday and I'm very happy. Quality is very good. It is more solid and about 3oz heavier than my empty Mrs Geico hull (I mean dead empty, I pulled all wood out of it. So If I had left the wood in Miss G it would have been nearly the same weight.
Packed like it was fine china and got here in about 4 business days.
No need to re-inforce this hull, it is solid with no flex at all. Ride pads are nice & flat compared to Mrs G. and are as rounded or maybe slightly sharper than mrsG. Paint looks and feels great, minimum decals. Hatch has a lip that fits on the inside of the front camopy area so to lock it in very nicely.
The canopy rear is open, my only bug on this hull. I will cut off the fake turbine rear and put a flat piece of CF back there to make it a "fastback" style.
Definately worth the $126 Canadian to my door.
Light enough for LSO
. The OAL is actually 29" (can you say 29" AML Sprint cat copy? I can), the turbine makes it longer which is going shortly.
Pictures later today, I had a late night....
Oh yeah, tons of room for twins in there just your hands might not have as good access to sponsons as MrsG has.
I only compare it to Mrs.G because I have one here, also my Geico has one of Ben's heavier FG canopies on it.
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Could I get a full size pic of your avatar please? I like that paint sceme as orange is my race boats colour. Looks nice!
Actually the stock of these cats are what you see on his site. If you read the add they were from a project that never took off as RTR so they are selling off the last of these hulls. If I have the coin, I'd grab the pther black one with flames... hmmm, maybe sell mrsG? Naaa... Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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So is the tunnel alot deeper?And how is the intake part of the tunnel?I feel the MG is a little steep which is why it has a tendency to lift.
I very recently acquired a T600 1400kv.Might go good in this.7s?Comment
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Ray, my avatar pic is a finished boat from the maker himself, from 'Phuket Hobby Model' in Thailand.
He hand makes these hulls to order. And now makes a nice F1 tunnel also.
I have the hull myself, in orange too, however im still in the build process to make my cat a twin.
You can get all the pics from his website. The hulls are called 'C1-twister'
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Nice, thanks Ice. Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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Some pictures will answer some questions.
the tunnel on the new cat has compression of approx. 1/4" front to back, meaning the tunnel gets more narrow towards the rear, opposite to a MissG. The missG doesn't have as much variance as the new cat but, obviusly these are very far far apart in design. Not that I thought there was much similarity to a MG but, more so with a AM Sprint cat.
I put a ruler allong the bottom of all 3 steps of each sponson and no cups, warps, just flat. The bottom of the sponsons are not totally flat, they have a very minor deadrise but, less the MG.
As you can see Igot dremel happy last night.
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more.
Sorry, I'll get front pics soon to answer that main question but, it is not as steep. The upper deck has a steepangle to it instead that I guess can create down force.... Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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Thanks Ray.Is that a T600 your thinking of putting in there?Comment
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Nope, well, not yet. I want to try it in LSO class with a PB or AQ motor first. Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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Excellent...another Cat to play with...Chris is putting together a Mean Machine as well.Grand River Marine Modellers
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Yes, thats good. Maybe a specific class? who knows? The bottom of the black one is almost a dead knock off of the Mean Machine. Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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Update of rear hatch coming soon... Nortavlag Bulc Comment
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Good stuff - looks like the Sprintcat knockoff will make a nice P-Ltd Cat sprint racer; [as of this morning we've just announced a P-Ltd Cat 6-lap sprint race class for the 2012 FE Nat's
]. I rigged a cheapo water-damaged MM for P-Ltd Offshore at WWVIII last month. Did OK but the monos rounded the offshore pins quicker. The sprint oval should be a great fun race with wider radius turns.
Seems the MM bottom differs from the SprintCat-always thought they were exactly the same, but
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Rigged for P-Ltd with a UL-1 2030. Dual cooling for the 4.5 min offshore. T-180 is overkill but had a spare laying around at the time; will step down to a FCR 140 or something.
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Ex-Wife gave me sticker for birthday; not sure why
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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 /MonoComment
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