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Here is my old MRP Mr Pringles I built, it uses a 1800kv motor from the Aquacraft Wildcat, with a 50amp esc and runs on 3s. Best mph so far has been 35 mph. Possibly upgrading to a better esc in the future to run 4s. Boat is very stable and runs like a champ. Thanks for looking!
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Cool, I have a Bud hull up in the attic in good shape. 35 is pretty good and I don't know how it would be beyond that. That would be the top end of design limits.
When I started I used to have one of those and believe it was a twin electric.
Batterys' weren't what they are now and put a OS 21 side exhaust in it for fun mostly.
It handled it very well until I hit a turtle and the rest was history.
Brings back memories!! What a Fun Boat!!
Tim
Thanks all. I tried to run this boat with 2 brushed titans and a traxxas evx2, but had nothing but issues. Boat was too heavy to get up on plan easy and didnt handle well at all. I scratched the original idea and went brushless with lipos. The weight saving alone made a huge difference.
I thought 35mph was pretty good also, I would say it can handle more (40's), though Im not sure if the plastic can handle much like mentioned above, would be afraid it might crack it. I really like the mrp products shame they went under :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrgXOCgjzHM
Mr Pringles in action- excuse the WOAH in video, person filming got sprayed :P
Nice, good to see the ole girl running. Running great too, mind if I send this to my bud that still has his Miss Bud from way back?
Sure thing! If he has any setup suggestions I am all ears. Though Im limited to prop at this time. Not sure how much more can pull out of this on 3s
I want to see it on 4S...it rides nice and flat right now.
Nice work. I still have an old Miss Pringles with the stock 2 motor setup. Pulled it out a few weeks back to contemplate getting it running again. It is missing the drivers canopy but the rest still looks good. Even found the decal sheet.
Nice! If I found a Miss Bud I would pick it up asap! :)
Really, I have one in attic, would you put it to good use? I'll get pics tonight if you like. ShawnQuote:
Originally Posted by CWBETB
Please do! The one I am interested in has the flares in the rear little different then the Pringles hull. Like this oneQuote:
Originally Posted by srislash
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Nice! I used to have the MRP Miss Bud. If I were you I would buy a AC UL-1 esc motor combo and 4S and an H-7 prop (may need a UL-1 turn fin instead of the stock MRP one)...Should see speeds closer to 50!!
-Kent
Here are some pics. It has been painted, water cooling added and a Octura rudder setup but the hull is sound.
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And the interior
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Ol' Girl didn't look bad with your set-up,moved along nice. A decent 4S set-up would wake it up for sure.If I'm not mistaken, the old Buds and Pringles had some add-on styrene ride pads you could install on the sponsons to sharpen the edges up a bit.Might be worth it if you want to put some time in the boat.I have an old Graupner Taifun on the shelf,almost makes me...............naaaahhhh :laugh:
The boat is made out of styrene, get a little wind and more vibration with more power and the Stryene will stress crack. If you want to keep it stick to the 3S and go for a little more motor. Make the upgrades in hardware (strut) and that will help a lot.
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AND that's my dilemma :) I would hate to break this hull, seems happy with the power now maybe a touch more, I am afraid the 4s will make it crack out much easier. Have any links/pics of mods you would do to pump this up a bit more on 3s. I have to say the prop now it runs super cool, so I could increase the prop size a bit, Im not even sure if this prop is a hydro prop
It would be a educated guess on the motor, a little larger in size and up the Kv a 1000. You will need a stronger ESC then too. Probably need to glue in some fiberglass rear of three inches of the sponsons up the inside and over the tunnel. Real hard to get to though. Don't know if it is really worth cutting the deck at the shoe box to remove the deck from the bottom. You diffidently would be able to reinforce the whole bottom then. A lot of care and careful cutting with a exacto separating disk. I then worry about safety using the cut off wheel, they can be real dangerous.
Oh and the corner of the canards would need help/reinforce too.
Mr Pringles is now Miss America, with a new 2000kv brushless, new strut, shaft setup, ride pads, battery in the nose etc. Moves even better now! Attachment 153762Attachment 153763Attachment 153764Attachment 153765Attachment 153766
Hey right on, looks great. Nice revival.
Thx, I learned from my mistakes :) Much smoother and much more dependable now
Great looking rig!
Nice! I love old hydros
a new video is needed now
Great paint! How long is the hull?
Hull is about 24-25 inch. Not much of a video but a slow mo of the new setup https://www.facebook.com/CWBETB/vide...4066444513216/
Very nice! The Miss Budweiser was my second boat back in the day. I have purchased a Miss Bud and Mr. Pringles off Ebay since I got back into the hobby but I need to get them running still.
Doesn't look like the same boat, nice job.
Do you see that driver's name? That's Scott Pierce, my brother! I was on this crew for one year. It was a gas! Proctor and Gamble had big cardboard show pieces made of him for store displays. We used to do all kinds of warped things with those to get his goat! Scott currently owns the GP55, 26' Hydro with 496CI, blown on alcohol motor. He has a driver now, he's old and his back is all jacked up from the crash he took in that boat. My icon is his boat running in San Diego. My 34" Hydro is painted like his boat, as a tribute to my Bro. We call it the Littl' GP55! The GP class is a step under Unlimited hydros. The H1 Light class has just about disappeared and a Unlimiteds aren't very far behind, sadly... Do to mis-management in the sport...Quote:
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Here's a pic of the Littl' GP55... Its dinged up, I crashed it pretty hard. Scotty had the driving talent, I built engines!
Nice looking boat Craig. It doesn't look dinged up to me though. .If this is a dinged up boat I can't imagine what your nicer boats look like. . .immaculate I supposed.Quote:
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If you zoom in on the pic, you'll see to fixes in the fiberglass, up by the front of the nose. Also, the wing has patches on it. It hit the shore doing right around 50. My poor driving skills... I had a fast motor and prop on it, bad idea for a new boat! The boat was going faster than my mind could keep up with it. It was at the point for the far turn, running along the left shore, only about 15' out. I freaked out and turned hard left! It didn't hook (wish it did) and slammed into a hard, rocky section of the shore... I thought it was totaled, but it only took front damage. It ripped the wing off. It hit and stopped so hard, the batteries went crashing forward, and it's the corners of those hard case batteries that popped the glass. The motor mount broke free completely from the bottom, and those were epoxied and fiberglassed down, it popped the seem in the front. And, I had just painted it! Here's some pics, before any repairs and the crash site.
OH MAN. . .OUCH. .Ok I definitely see it now, but I still like the color scheme. . .it's awesome. It gives me ideas on what colors to paint future hulls. . .thanks
I got to tell ya, those checkers were a bitch! Getting the right tape, stuff that won't pull the base paint off or bleed underneath. After I finished, I swore I'll never do it again. But that was 2-1/2 months ago, so at this point I would do it. I won't have to mess with in to patch in the paint. Will be doing that soon. Thanks for the compliments, I just love this boat and my brother was quite stoked too! The gel coat was yellow, but I shot a different yellow over it. The bottom is white.