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Latest Model - 12/9/2012 2:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is my latest airboat built earlier this year. It was a proof-of-concept model for a design dating back to the 1940s. For awhile there was established international racing for these boats. Anyway, here is my rendition, along with what the originals looked like. This is a fun boat to run and a bit different than most.

Floats - 34" for a .40-sized plane
Motor - Scorpion 4020-8
Props - 13x6.5 and 13x8
Voltage - 4S1P/5000 mAh
ESC - Castle ICE100





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RE: Latest Model - 12/10/2012 1:16 PM   
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RE: Latest Model - 12/10/2012 2:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Maybe its control line ? I doubt the full size was though... That Is the first Ive seen of the full size float plane minus wings - wish I could see a side shot.


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RE: Latest Model - 12/10/2012 4:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Control line - LOL! My R/C model (this is RC Universe isn't it?) has an air rudder under the aft fuselage. This was a racing class in the 1930s and 1940s, not modified airplanes. The racers use water rudders for control. Here's a different racer from the side and a model of another racer.





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RE: Latest Model - 12/10/2012 5:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		THAT. Looks like a windy ride. Might need some goggles for that ride

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RE: Latest Model - 12/10/2012 9:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Probably no worse than any open cockpit airplane. Oh wait, in the boat you must get pented with high velocity water spray all the time.....






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RE: Latest Model - 12/11/2012 3:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		I see six pipes, six or twelve cylinders? I bet twelve. WS

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RE: Latest Model - 12/11/2012 3:42 AM   
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RE: Latest Model - 12/11/2012 3:46 AM   
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RE: Latest Model - 12/11/2012 7:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		The top boat is a six cylinder, see the front view of the same boat below. Lots of variables back then for hulls and power....






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RE: Latest Model - 12/11/2012 7:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ya lets hope theres no Asian Carp when these boats are around.


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RE: Latest Model - 12/12/2012 6:18 AM   
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Ya lets hope theres no Asian Carp when these boats are around.



LOL Instant carp pâté.

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