Insane Boats P-Spec Sport Hydro 1st run with Vid !!!

[properchopper]

First let me say what an honor it was for me to be selected by Jeff Michaud, owner of Insane Boats to be the rigger/tester/owner of the first P-Spec rigged boat. And man, it's beautifull - absolutely the finest piece of craftmanship I've ever seen in a FE boat - both the hull and hardware. Out on the course she just ripped, and I backed off in the turns, as was my habit with other boats. Jeff said :
" Just hold her wide open" and I did just that and she took the turns WFO like she was on rails. [I'd forgotten that when I run with Jeff's gassers they just rip up the turns wide open, and this boat was designed by Jeff to do just that !}

Setup : Ul-1 motor [ a workhorse I made from 2 kaboshed UL-1 motors]
( a fresh one should add more mph I suspect )
UL-1 speed control, servo, and Tx/Rx
.150 flex
Hyperion 2S 5000's in series[ Loaned by UBHauled-thanks Bro] (incorrectly identified in the vid as 2S2P
ABC H-5 trimmed to 44.79 mm plus some Sholund magic

GPS : 53.6 MPH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93Qw7lQnxdQ

Jeff's got to crunch some numbers and then the pricing will be released. Start parting out your UL-1's now !! Or get your big motor/SC ready, either way. And do visit the Insane Boat website to see where the inspiration for this boat came from

Tony/ Just blown away

[Doug Smock]

Very Nice Sir!!!

Doug

[eboat]

Looks good

is it hard to tape up the hatch ?
I always have trouble trying to get the tape to seal at the bottom before it goes up over the canopy in this style of hatch

[Rumdog]

Very Very nice!

[properchopper]

Looks good

is it hard to tape up the hatch ?
I always have trouble trying to get the tape to seal at the bottom before it goes up over the canopy in this style of hatch

Taping was a piece of cake - the seams mated really well.

[BakedMopar]

Awesome!

[Brushless55]

Looks great Tony!
that hull flippin scoots

[teach]

Yup....something looks wrong. Better send it to me to figure it out.

I want one!

[Ub Hauled]

Tony... loading vid right now, sorry I could not make it, I cant remember if I told you but it wsa my oldest b-day party (5), I think if I had left the wife and daughters today I'd be in trouble, just a wild guess, lol
will comment in a few...

ok...
that was very nice T... do you have the boat with you? I am bringing my DH out to race you, since now it seems that there is some competition... LOL,
oh yeah baby, I went there!

LOL
let's meet.

[Brushless55]

Looks like I'm going to wait up!

[cybercrxt]

Its funny Tony, It looks like you used that prop I recommended to you. You pulled the exact same speed as my Woodstuff 28" does with the UL-1 setup and prop! Pretty consistent! Mike

[ED66677]

that's nice!

[questtek]

Tony, Brad recommended another run day on my lake. He suggested Sat June 19th. Does this day work for everybody? We may have a couple of these hydros to run and I can set up some buoys on the lake for an oval course. Good to race it against Hull #1 with the Leopard 2200KV that MarkF has. Guess I can now finally post this picture of him and the Insane Hydro.

[FE Wannabe]

Tony,

Looking good my friend, I would like to see this hull in person. Did you get a chance to run it in any race water yet? I could bring my BBY UL-1 to Joe's house/lake and run it with you, but I don't think you want to start impact testing that boat yet!

It looks like it could handle some race chop pretty well. Did you run it with just the single 4S pack in the bow? If so was there a big handling difference?
Hope to see you soon.....

Brad

[properchopper]

Its funny Tony, It looks like you used that prop I recommended to you. You pulled the exact same speed as my Woodstuff 28" does with the UL-1 setup and prop! Pretty consistent! Mike

Yup, that's the exact prop that you suggested to me On my VS-1 it really ripped- I didn't even try to corner at full tilt Then tried it on the LSO rigged T29 with a BJ motor & after a slight cav, it fully aired out ! Good Stuff, thanks !

[properchopper]

Tony,

Looking good my friend, I would like to see this hull in person. Did you get a chance to run it in any race water yet? I could bring my BBY UL-1 to Joe's house/lake and run it with you, but I don't think you want to start impact testing that boat yet!

It looks like it could handle some race chop pretty well. Did you run it with just the single 4S pack in the bow? If so was there a big handling difference?
Hope to see you soon.....

Brad

Haven't run in racewater yet but looking forward to it This hull is so solid [& the turn fin is so sharp] that we wouldn't want to re-enact our last "meeting" on the course - (you might just end up with two "half-boats "again )
Haven't tried the 4S single battery config yet but I need to return the 2S packs to Jan & I'll try it then.

[properchopper]

Tony, Brad recommended another run day on my lake. He suggested Sat June 19th. Does this day work for everybody? We may have a couple of these hydros to run and I can set up some buoys on the lake for an oval course. Good to race it against Hull #1 with the Leopard 2200KV that MarkF has. Guess I can now finally post this picture of him and the Insane Hydro.

Yeah Buddy ! Sounds good. Have just made a new friend -John, a former nitro racer, who'se in for FE. It looks like, in good part due to your gracious hospitality, that SoCal is really ( and finally) starting to wake up and dance to the music ! ( I've been trying for years to get things going in L.A. but it looks like your designer pizzas did the trick)

[Shooter]

Geeez!!! That thing looks GREAT and I can't believe the speeds. I don't think anyone has gotten speeds like that out of the UL-1 electronics with a hydro....or is that thing considered a rigger?

The hardware looks real clean and simple too. Who makes it? Thanks!

[properchopper]

Geeez!!! That thing looks GREAT and I can't believe the speeds. I don't think anyone has gotten speeds like that out of the UL-1 electronics with a hydro....or is that thing considered a rigger?

The hardware looks real clean and simple too. Who makes it? Thanks!

With a fresh UL-1 motor I think a few more mph is possible. I was using an old motor made up from two kaboodled motors for the testing. Temps were "on the mark" during testing so I'll likely put in a new motor soon. With the stock UL-1 components it went quite well, and for Spec racing this is the way to go - one of the design considerations during the planning stage.

NO it's not a rigger - let's don't go there anymore. Fully NAMBA compliant for P-Sport Hydro. End of story !

The hardware was designed by Insane Boats with a fresh slate specifically for this hull. Ultra-solid, dual pickup/single outlet rudder, ambidexterous servo arm, and three lead-teflon bushings in the strut - easily replaceable.

[ray schrauwen]

Saweet, maybe I'll wait on an open mono and slate this for spec racing.

Nice prop info too guys, thanks.


Any idea of empty hull weight?

.... and thats how a proper video is done to capture speed !

[Fluid]

I don't think anyone has gotten speeds like that out of the UL-1 electronics with a hydro....

Actually it isn't uncommon to reach 50-52 mph with the UL-1 motor/ESC combo in a good sport hydro, our club does it any time we have reasonably flat race water. But not in a hull this large, that is most impressive. With larger boats we can now run in rougher water and remain upright. I've raced Whiplash LSH hydros with my own smaller LSH and the bigger boat virtually always won in 'rough' water. The Insane boat does look impressive.

I don't care what it weighs, I usually have to add lead to my LSH/LSO boats to keep them on the water anyway. Jeff knows how to build a boat guys.....

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[ray schrauwen]

Question is, do i build a 2nd Whip 20 for LSH or get one of these?

Now that I have built one, I can build another quickly.

But, if this hull is priced as reasonable as some other hulls, I'm in.

[properchopper]

Jay is right on. My recent experience at WW VI in AZ last Feb. had the LSH class filled with rather quick 26" Dark Horse shovels. Then there was Dan Proulx with a super-fine CF Bandit Larsony at @ 30" and Doug Peterson's impeccably built Whiplash. The Dark Horses got out front in the first laps but one by one they had to slow & bobble through the racewater-ruffled turns. Many couldn't stay on their bottoms. Then the crafty duo of Proulx and Peterson just devoured what was left, cornering in racewater at WFO. We're hoping the Insane hydro will live up to this legacy & it looks good so far .

Actually it isn't uncommon to reach 50-52 mph with the UL-1 motor/ESC combo in a good sport hydro, our club does it any time we have reasonably flat race water. But not in a hull this large, that is most impressive. With larger boats we can now run in rougher water and remain upright. I've raced Whiplash LSH hydros with my own smaller LSH and the bigger boat virtually always won in 'rough' water. The Insane boat does look impressive.

I don't care what it weighs, I usually have to add lead to my LSH/LSO boats to keep them on the water anyway. Jeff knows how to build a boat guys.....

.

[ray schrauwen]

I hear that.

We race in some very rough water at Clariville pond in Canada. I even gave up on the UL-1 in our "offshore" tyoe water.

Now my Whiplash 20 & BJ motor just eat up the waves.

This Insane boat is an excellent candidate for spec class....

[Eric Bourlet]

Looked like 15 second laps thats not bad for a Spec Powered Sport Boat. Be nice to see video of it in a heat race and get some lap times for it.

[Brushless55]

Is this going to be up on their site soon?

[properchopper]

Is this going to be up on their site soon?

All will be revealed soon. Their might also be a surprise in store [pun intended]

[properchopper]

Looked like 15 second laps thats not bad for a Spec Powered Sport Boat. Be nice to see video of it in a heat race and get some lap times for it.

There's a NAMBA 2-Lap coming up this summer at Legg Lake. Even though there is no NAMBA Spec class as of yet that I know of, [correct me if I'm wrong] I've been talking to Mark about running it in spec trim to see what it'll do. (I'll be embarrased if it beats my current record in P Sport Hydro ) I also plan to rig it for P Sport with a motor & SC swap to see how it does & I'm relatively confident of a new record in that class

[Flying Scotsman]

SOLD

Thanks Tony and all for the update

Douggie

[properchopper]

SOLD

Thanks Tony and all for the update

Douggie

My pleasure !