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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/4/2006 10:31:08 PM

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Hey what a idea....Rocket on the Vegas.....Kind of goes with the whole 4th of July thing right? Alright off to the lake with bottle rockets in hand....

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/4/2006 10:48:58 PM

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when i have a full tank of gas in my vegas it stays planted to the water,but when it gets half a tank the left sponson starts to come off the water.now i was told to lower prop depth but on stock vegas it wont go no lower.do i just cut out the strut slot so it can go lower.i am tired of retreiving this boat every half tank

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/4/2006 11:04:42 PM

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DirtySouth,

Science says you use fuel...you get lighter...this happens in all boats....the issue here with the Vegas is the tank is in the dead front of the vessel...meaning the more you run the light you get in the front.....so you will lift as you cruise.....

Pro Tip.....Go to hobby shop and get you those lead strip with two sided tape come in pack of 6 oz.....place a 1/2 oz. in the front of the boat, right in front of tank, this will compinsate for loss fuel and keep front heavy and not to light....but I will say if you are flying out, you need to adjust your prop angle at the same time...you are set way to positive....the Vegas is radical, but it must be dialed in and tuned.

Also I want you all to know that I have swam after my Vegas atleast 40 times in two weeks....just ask mike "ToyotaTrucking" matter of fact it was so bad one day, me and mike took turns doing it....LOL...he even borrow my shorts to save him a 40 mile ride in wet jeans.....LOL

I also want to say, do get down on your Vegas....I will do my best to help all of you on this boat....my days in the hobby start the same way. but as far as retrieving your Vegas...save you a swim....take a cheap fishing rod....tied a green tennis ball to it.....if you cast the tennis ball over the boat and reel to the boat, you will catch it...then reel her in..

Also let me remind you that swiiming is sometimes not aloud in our ponds....so make sure your not breaking rules of the lake your in and making us R/C boaters look bad...have fun and support safety...also never retreive a boat alone.....just like fishing....boat with a friend....its is safer.....thanks

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/4/2006 11:06:45 PM

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Also, just caught this...your strut does not need to be lower.....no no no no no......put the center of your shaft in line with the pick up hole in rudder.....start there.....lower is slower....LOL

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/4/2006 11:34:50 PM

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i will check on the lead weights.and i dont swim for it the reason i bought the vegas was because i ordered the nqd hydro off of e-bay,and i had it in the water for 5 minutes ,and it was such a let down that i went right to the hobby town and bought my vegas..so i use the nqd as a retreival boat.

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 12:48:51 AM

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another place to get stick on lead weights is a tire shop and it would be my guess that they are cheaper to!

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it ... - 7/5/2006 1:26:03 AM

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re: I wish I could get mine to do 40

A stock Miss Vegas will pretty much top out around 35 - 37 mph. I've never had a stock boat over 35 and I designed the dang thing.

Twisted Liquid is doing some "mods" to achieve the speeds he has obtained.
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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 2:16:19 AM

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LOL, Yep swimming sucks between his, mine, and a few others we were the retrieval boat!

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 3:18:19 AM

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guys had a tough night, coupler must have been loose and lost everything that is on the flex shaft .

luckily i bought a spare vegas for parts and was up and running fast.

i could not get a sharpened and balanced metal y535 To perform it just got faster as i rounded a turn but slowed on the straights as james from twisted liquid said it would do.Nice guy by the way we talked for 1/2 hour today.

I went back to the plastic prop and had it working pretty decent then she seemed to bog and slow up un the straights.

I had made a change to the tank before i went out tonight and went to an airplane style clunk and longer fuel line in the tank positioned in the corner where the fuel would go when cornering but it acted like it was starving for fuel but i do not think i was too lean.

It seemed fine but the last few runs it would work ok for a couple laps then die off.I am using a spring in the same manner some are using an elastic to hold the top of the tank closed.

Any idea why she would be dying in the straight and are the stock tanks working o-k when the elastic is used.

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 3:32:41 AM

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Why it's dying is at the other end of the boat. It sounds like the prop is getting "loose" or higher in the corners allowing the engine to wind up more as the hull leans slightly. It is settling down on the straights.

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 5:53:13 AM

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QUick question gentlemen. Anyone know what the engine temp should be after a couple of high speed passes? My main issue last time I was at the lake was a fouled glo-plug, but I have replacements now, only need a new radio box and the video will follow along with pics of the changes you guys suggested. I figure a picture is worth a thousand words, and perhaps someone can spot something I need to do differently.

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 6:38:45 AM

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Dying on the straights?

OK let's talk about the Vegas Tank.....Now this is the first time you will hear this from me on the Vegas, but the tank installed by AquaCraft is junk in nice words, but we can make it work with some nice little adjustments. although mine was trashed on arrival....it is now used as a example of what not to put in your boat. I had this same issue on our first boat and this was my fix. First replace the one sided pick-up that was convienantly pushed flat against the bottom of the tank...killing my fuel pick-up, by smashing it to the bottom of the tank underway. So I replace the pick-up with a plane clunk style pick-up. And pushed it to the port side corner of the tank. The biggest thing about the tank is it leaks like a five gallon bucket that has been shot by a shotgun....LoL

Now Terry if you took out the stock pick-up and replace with a clunk....lets hope you put teflon tape back on fitting before reinstall of the pick-up line. If not, do so to prevent leakage of air. The Vegas tank is a pressurized system...the line coming off the exhaust is the pressure provider, but if it hits the tank and leaks out, you loose fuel pressure on straights killing the engine...in the corner the fuel slouches around and creates the pressure you need..in straight it settles and the pressure for engine can't be kepted up. Now the lid to the Vegas tank.....I have have only seen a spring loaded fuel tank cap work on one type of application....in a NASCAR. Once your fuel lid looses its fuel and oil mixture around the o-ring...it starts to leak....so the idea of the rubber band around the lid works to seal it, but looks like a first grade application....LOL. Now to check the tank. Remove the the line coming off the exhaust...the pressure line, and remove the fuel line going to motor. Pinch off the fuel line side and blow into the pressure line side...if she leaks...find it and fix it. If no leak, problem will be solved.

Now there is one other issue we have had to address with the Vegas. The vibration from the boats powerplant...causes the fuel in the tank to bubble really bad....this is causing air pockets in fuel line. And as we know or should know....a air bubble in your blood stream will kill you...just as it will your Vegas powerplant. Solve this issue with proper mounting of the engine.

I hope this helps...and as always..just call...we are here to help you....Thanks and happy boating.

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 6:46:54 AM

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quote:

QUick question gentlemen. Anyone know what the engine temp should be after a couple of high speed passes? My main issue last time I was at the lake was a fouled glo-plug, but I have replacements now, only need a new radio box and the video will follow along with pics of the changes you guys suggested. I figure a picture is worth a thousand words, and perhaps someone can spot something I need to do differently.

How about being more clear on a couple of passes....try giving us a set time you ran the Vegas. Passes can mean 20 foot runs....in this case you never got warm....LOL

Now a Vegas runs hot.....please read on old post I have written on this issue...I have removed some of my post here, but there may be one or two still left on cooling.

Videos and pics are nice to show all. So if ya got em...show em......maybe your issue might just stand out to a reader.....

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RE: AquaCraft U-18 Miss Vegas Hydro Thread_Make it... - 7/5/2006 12:21:41 PM

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Just bought my vegas yesterday. going to break her in soon. from everything i have read looks and sounds like a great boat stock. going to do the rubber motor mounts and resin the hull first before a break in. want her smooth.

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