Joccee I was hoping you'd add yours, always liked that boat. Yeah, who'd have thought it would be me [sm=tongue_smile.gif]I figured a thread should be started, individual builds threads are great, but we should have a place to chat and bring it all together so all the new comers can see all the boats.
some more info
mines a villain IV hull
700sc motor
Jeti Navy 600 esc
Graupner 29mm jet drive pro2
16 IB 3600 cells
aluminum armored hull
tonight I folded my twin 8 cells packs to set the center of gravity farther back, will test tomorrow
some more pics and new video
[link=http://media.putfile.com/new-high-res-rapis-running-10-22-07]high res[/link]
[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=835MC3wCo5k]low res[/link]
I didn't have a camera man today, so I tried my best, but I got the lighting better now. I started with 8cells in this vid, trying out lighter weight. Than got bored and upped to the 16, a bit of a difference.
my original build thread
[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4549478/anchors_4549478/mpage_1/key_/anchor/tm.htm#4549478]Jet-Villain Build[/link]
All my videos
[link=http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=quicksiler]VIDEOS[/link]
they go in reverse chronological order, so you can see the progression.
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Jet drive links
Hobby grade jets
[link=http://www.hobby-lobby.com/jetdrives.htm]US Graupner jet dealer[/link]
[link=http://www.jet-drive.de/vg_server/custom/frameset.php?generateID=1&pageTitle=Kehrer-Modellbau&language=0]Kehrer jet drives (German)[/link]
[link=http://www.swashdrive.com.au/]Swash Drive, high quality gas powered jet units(Australia)[/link]
Full scale jet manufacturers, good conceptual info and ideas for improving the existing jets.
[link=http://www.hamiltonjet.com/]Hamilton Jets[/link]
[link=http://www.berkeleyjet.com/]Berkley Jets[/link]
[link=http://www.americanturbine.com/]American Turbine[/link]
[link=http://www.ultradynamics.com/sections/educational/why.asp]Ultra Dynamics(good reading)[/link]
[link=http://www.marinejet.com/view/53]North American Marine Jet(advanced info here)[/link]
The only part you can replace on the Graupner units.
[link=http://www.funrcboats.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=GR2344.2]impellers for the Graupner 29mm drive includes drives 2344,2340,2345[/link]
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I would like to encourage everyone who currently owns or even had built a jet boat and no longer has it, to post here, try to put in your setup, some pics, videos if you have em and a link to your build thread. Would be a great data base.
This includes you diego, that was a nice SW26 jet, even if you sold it[>:]
If anyone has more links or info to add to the list, throw me a PM and I'll add it to this main post.
All for now
~QS