smallfish

nick88.. Acouple of ? for ya. What motor did you use,and where did you take the pics of the avenger running. I live up by Hoover but I run my shockwave just west of there on a subdivision lake.

Tigger N. Bennie

I was recently asked if I wanted to purchase one of those, but I haven't made up my mind. I know very, very little about boats though I just purchased one on Sunday.

Nocturnal

I have seen these hulls on ebay and was interested. I was about to purchase one, but was reluctant due to the high shipping, ($120.00 or more). Have you found them somewhere with more reasonable shipping? If so post a link...

Ron Olson

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TNB, show us some more shots of your boat, inside, transom and more angles.
We've now got another car guy in our grips! (Insert evil laughter here)

Tigger N. Bennie

Nocturnal,
I purchased the boat (with servos) at the iHobbyExpo held recently in LA. I made the guy an offer at the close of the show--he probably didn't want to ship it either since he was out of Hong Kong and his next major show was in Germany. And since I drove my SUV down to LA for the show, I had room to haul it back.

Ron,
I'll try to take some more photos tonight. The bad thing is that there is a boat race here this coming weekend, but I'll be racing out-of-state at a CAR race and still have to get ready for that one. Even if I didn't race, I would have liked to check it out. For the remaining electronics, I'll probably go with the Spektrum receiver (and use my Futaba T3PK) and hook up a small 6-cell "Mini-T" pack or maybe a 5-cell hump pack like I use in my mbX5 buggy.

Ron Olson

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That's the great thing about going to the shows on the last day. I've gotten some very good deals on stuff just because people don't want to haul things back home. The bad things are that a lot of the good stuff is gone. I bought 3 gallons of fuel from one dealer in Toledo for a song because it was all that he had left and wanted to get his booth closed up and get home early.

Tigger N. Bennie

Attached are a few more photos. If I need to modify or change anything, please let me know before I try it out. I'm assuming I need to silicon a few areas.

ACLazer

Very Cool Boats Guys, Congrats

Here is the link for the COG Thread at JRCBD

[link=http://p086.ezboard.com/fjimsrcboatdockfrm7.showMessage?topicID=697.topic]Finding your CG[/link]

Nocturnal

I guess with a hull that unique it's hard to go with rails. Have you tried er out yet? How does it handle? What speed?

Davcruz

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Those engine mounts look a bit questionable to me. Very unique boat.

lzvagias

whats going on there with that cooling jacket? is it water cooled or is this something new? it looks like there isnt one at all except for that one fitting.

Davcruz

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Must be a tiny piston in there, huh. It looks like the fins where machined off and the water cooling lines are run right into the jug! If you look close though, you can see the entry line going in above the carb.

BMoneySL

Nice Boats!

lzvagias

yep davcruz, i believe you right. good eye, i did not see that. but i still confused (no surprise!) was the ring welded and faired into the head so that it looks like it doesn't even exist? and what kind of motor is that? i'm not trying to scrutinize your engine i'm just really curious!

nomenai

mi rush 50 plus g20 mod i will post a video next week

FROGMAN524

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nomenai, who makes that boat?

Tigger N. Bennie

I haven't tried it out yet. If I wasn't racing this coming weekend in California, I'd be taking it to the boat races here this weekend. As far as handling, I'd need another large scale boat to compare. Can I borrow one? Actually, someone wants to sell me a used Miss Bud so if I pick that up later, I guess I'll have something to compare it to though I know the engine is different. However, as mentioned earlier, I know "nothing" about boats but I did like the looks of this yellow one and I caved into the price. Let me put it this way, the last I knew a new Zenoah G26 Marine Engine costs about what I paid. Too much?

69dart

hey i was a car guy until i went to the fun run that ron invited me too now im mostly boats ..

Tigger N. Bennie

I just like playing with the toys. As a matter of fact, I need to start cycling some batteries or rather should have already done that while playing on the computer.

Ron Olson

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It looks like a water-cooled Echo by the slanted plug.
What scares me Tigger, is the "Tupperware" radio box, I just hope that the servos are secure.
I see the need for a lifting prop in your future.

Tigger N. Bennie

I wondered about the receiver box too. I was thinking about putting the receiver in a balloon filled with air/styrofoam since I would like to switch out the receiver since I planned to use the Spektrum. The prop does seem pretty low, but dang the boat looks cool. It's too bad you won't be attending the boat race this weekend--I'd be tempted to pass on my California race.

More Engine Photos...

Tigger N. Bennie

And a couple of more photos.

Davcruz

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Good pics, now I see how the cooling is done. It is an external ring, JB Welded to the machined down cylinder. Almost like the old Octura Cool Rings. Any idea what cc the engine is?

Tigger N. Bennie

Its my understanding it is a 26cc.

stevenh43

hee are my toys one runs at around 40kph the blue boat and the other runs at 97kph at the moment