Finally scored one- setting up for NAMBA P-Ltd Cat Sprint race

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  • properchopper
    • Apr 2007
    • 6968

    #91
    Mike, since you get notifications in this thread, here's a photo that AQ might like. E-mail me at [email protected] & I can send you the jpg.

    BTW just LOVED racing the MC. (Brian's hard to catch - we both went in to the final round with two firsts and a second; Stephen (Geico) & Wilmer (??) got tangled up & Brian outran me for the heat and class win but I'll take a second behind Brian any time

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    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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    • Grimracer
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 662

      #92
      Tony,

      Frist congrats and thank you.

      It was fun to see you get the boat race ready and sharing that with everybody, and then to get this result is fantastic.

      I think I can "copy" the pic off of here and send it to the powers that be. I will let you know however.

      What a fun picture.. Congrats to all those that choose AquaCraft.

      P.S. I bet we see a few more of those Revolts at the nats next year!

      Take care and thanks again!

      Grim

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      • xlandguy
        Senior Member
        • May 2012
        • 282

        #93
        Motley Crews and Revolts, Yeah baby!!! Too cool. What a great picture. Is that girl a racer too? Congrats!

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        • Grimracer
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 662

          #94
          Originally posted by xlandguy
          Motley Crews and Revolts, Yeah baby!!! Too cool. What a great picture. Is that girl a racer too? Congrats!
          Not only is that a girl, but thats Miss Girl to all if us!.. Kylie is your new NAMBA Limited OPC national champion! And using a AquaCraft TS3!...

          Congrats young lady (Miss Kylie.... scuse me..................)

          I LOVE IT!

          Grimracer

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          • properchopper
            • Apr 2007
            • 6968

            #95
            Originally posted by xlandguy
            Motley Crews and Revolts, Yeah baby!!! Too cool. What a great picture. Is that girl a racer too? Congrats!
            Kylie is most def a racer ; won the National OPC Ltd. Class beating out Darin, Brian, David and Ken to name a few. Not bad for a 15 year old gal
            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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            • xlandguy
              Senior Member
              • May 2012
              • 282

              #96
              Wow again, and congratulations, again. That is just so impressive, for all of you. And Miss Kylie? Unbelievable! What a great thing, she should get some sort of endorsment deal for sure.

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              • RCnerd
                Member
                • Jun 2012
                • 56

                #97
                Originally posted by Stinger9D9
                Thanks! That stuff is perfect. It sets up fast and is ready to sand in 20 minutes! I found it at a place called Noah's (what a great name for a store that sells boat building supplies!) and fixed her up today. I also shamelessly copied your red paint idea for the tips of the sponsons. She's nice and perky again now.

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                Another tip I got from this great thread was about the motor mount flexing forward. I noticed my mount had pushed forward over 1/8 of an inch. I added a piece of angled aluminum to the back side of the mount to stop it from getting bent forward while still being able to twist the motor upward a bit to make sure the motor lines up perfectly with the stuffing tube. I also have a thrust bearing on the motor to take the load off the endbell.

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                Thanks for the posts! Helped me with stuff I'd never thought of!
                Can you tell me what kind of paint to use for the red tips? THANKS!

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                • properchopper
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 6968

                  #98
                  Originally posted by RCnerd
                  Can you tell me what kind of paint to use for the red tips? THANKS!
                  Got it at Hobby People :

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                  PS : While you're at it, there's one more red highlight/tip I did that adds another small "cool touch" - see post #70
                  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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                  • RCnerd
                    Member
                    • Jun 2012
                    • 56

                    #99
                    Originally posted by properchopper
                    Got it at Hobby People :

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                    PS : While you're at it, there's one more red highlight/tip I did that adds another small "cool touch" - see post #70
                    Thanks!! Your thread is really helpful!

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                    • properchopper
                      • Apr 2007
                      • 6968

                      #100
                      Breaking news

                      Thanks to our FE friendly NAMBA D19 Director Ted McKay, we're running four heats of P-Ltd Cat 6-lap Sprint this Sunday at the Legg Lake Scale Thunderboat race. Two Geicos, a Mystic, a MM, and my MC will swing it out on the oval. Yippee !!!
                      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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                      • properchopper
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 6968

                        #101
                        The Beat Goes On !

                        OMG - Hard to believe the last post in this thread was 17 months ago with a lot of water under the sponsons since. Turns out P-Ltd Cat is alive, well and sprouting wings in SoCal. 2012 was the first P-Ltd Cat trial race class as mentioned in the last post and it was pure fun. Thanks to the the good graces of the D19 SCSTA [Southern California Scale Thunderboat Association] we had a 4-race series of P-Ltd Cat in 2013 and the good times kept rolling ! And ( with all modesty aside) my MC was the gift that kept giving [despite copious buoy smacks and rail bounce-offs]. It just doesn't quit

                        As of now there's 4 more P-Ltd Cat race dates on the calendar for 2014 and we'll likely have six (or maybe even) 7 entries competing. Seems the class is attracting gas/nitro guys/gals crossing over - great news but the only downside is that they know how to DRIVE !

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                        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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                        • ray schrauwen
                          Fast Electric Addict!
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 9471

                          #102
                          Me likee P-Limited Cat too Tony.

                          Modded Geico, AQ 1800kv motor SF120 esc, 2 x 4S 3000Mah 30C Zippies and a modded x447 D/T etc... Motor came back dang hot though, needed after cooling with icewater from a squeeze bottle.
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                          • nitro557
                            Junior Member
                            • Oct 2013
                            • 28

                            #103
                            wow great wealth of info in this post thank you for bringing it back up . I had a impulse 31 that I had running good but met its maker in the form of a turtle at high speeds ,bought a mc hull swapped everything over and was so excited about how good it ran and handled that I didn't check heat and melted a motor and esc running a m445 prop .I was reading on here and thinking of cutting out the tub to hold down a ul1 motor but after reading this im gonna two part between the tub and bottom and use a ose front and rear mount ,im looking forward to spring now and looking into some club racing.the bikes keep me busy enough but speed is a addiction

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                            • properchopper
                              • Apr 2007
                              • 6968

                              #104
                              Originally posted by nitro557
                              wow great wealth of info in this post thank you for bringing it back up . I had a impulse 31 that I had running good but met its maker in the form of a turtle at high speeds ,bought a mc hull swapped everything over and was so excited about how good it ran and handled that I didn't check heat and melted a motor and esc running a m445 prop .I was reading on here and thinking of cutting out the tub to hold down a ul1 motor but after reading this im gonna two part between the tub and bottom and use a ose front and rear mount ,im looking forward to spring now and looking into some club racing.the bikes keep me busy enough but speed is a addiction
                              Keep it light & loose. The mount you describe should help with the "trampoline bottom" , also the two-part mod. Jack the strut up a few degrees to raise the hull up under power to reduce drag & load on the electronics. You shouldn't have probs with the 1800KV motor & a 445 (make it sharp as possible). We run 2030KV motors with that prop for the mill + 6 lap races but things do heat up a bit.

                              Nice scoot ; more pictures ?

                              [btw Legg Lake also has copious turtles who just won't learn]
                              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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                              • nitro557
                                Junior Member
                                • Oct 2013
                                • 28

                                #105
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