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02-07-2006, 09:27 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
sweet. post some pics if you do repair the floor. chances are that if its greyish colour under the plastic , then you may have to pull up the rotton parts and make a new floor for it same way i did. if you do have to then use some windex and wipe the nitro fuel off.... hopefully my buddy can make me an aluminum tank and exhaust for back. if he does i will post pics of the new tank and exhaust ... good luck with the teardown and repair. as for the rest of my boat my decals and guys should be painted and on maybe tommorow. , but final assembly of the engine and elecs wont be till i get a tank ....
02-07-2006, 11:40 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
yeahm its not soft yet, but was cracked when i got it and I just epoxied enough of it to run safely, got the orange on tonigt, will apply a second coat before bed(now) and then do the black tomorrow so maybe later tomorrow ill have pics, also like i mentioned an airplane style tank will work nicely, most raceboats use them(a small one about the size of the original)...I'd avoid aluminum wherever possible, these boats already have to fight alot of wieght so any more is only gonna hurt performance more, stock i think they only make 20mph or so, mine is cruising in between 25-30 somwhere right now, Id like to get a solid 30 out of it, I also may look into removing the stock turn fin and addingm twin aftermarket ones, cuz I have spun mine out and it scares the crap outta ya when it does(i think it will roll every time it does it) so go easy on the steering when your getting used to it do to the steerable outdrive...hopefully mine will be done totally very soon...should have teverything but the repair work done tomorrow...
02-08-2006, 08:55 AM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
right on. after market fins ????hmmmmm could you not make a set of those......as those look like they are very easy to make... i will probly take heed on this note and follow it....
cant wait to see yours done up...did you have to make a new floor or is yours ok?
cant wait to see yours done up...did you have to make a new floor or is yours ok?
02-08-2006, 04:01 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
didnt get there yet, as i said it is still runable, but its more so a problem of a long crack than rotted material so I think a little patch will do fo it, but im def. gonna clean it out good, as for making fins, till I buy aluminum, cut it, bend it, drill i can buy a set cheap and know they are right...or maybe a set of carbon fiber ones....hmm...ill have to think bout it, just hoping to get the paint done tonight, I wont be painting the drivers and they arnt ever used...I let that open when I run, more airflow into the engine compartment to cool it, feed it, and also help keep the pipe a little cooler under the cowling...hasnt been a problem yet...
02-08-2006, 07:13 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
cool
cant wait to see what you have done....maybe i'll leave mine off as well if its the case of engine cooling..... just goin to have to put on a little bigger windshield is all. make sure it slants more or less....
hey where are all the rest of the nitrovee people. or is it just you and me on this one?
cant wait to see what you have done....maybe i'll leave mine off as well if its the case of engine cooling..... just goin to have to put on a little bigger windshield is all. make sure it slants more or less....
hey where are all the rest of the nitrovee people. or is it just you and me on this one?
02-08-2006, 07:23 PM
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yeah, most ppl turn there backs to these boats, dont care at all bout them...my windshield is stock and havent had a prob with watter in or anything...hopefully pics later...
02-08-2006, 08:20 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
if people would just take a little time on looking on this forum they would realize they aint all that bad of a boat. just needs to be modded is all. but oh well guess we will just have to stick together on this one my next boat i might be getting my buddies rawsex boat. had 2 90's on it. i think if i do get it i'll convert to inboard...
my next boat i might be getting my buddies rawsex boat. had 2 90's on it. i think if i do get it i'll convert to inboard...
02-08-2006, 08:39 PM
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lol...yeah, funny we got two pages just talking about two boats, if more ppl would get in here...bet some of the hard core race guys are getting a bit upset to see a nitro vee thread staying at the top...haha...
02-08-2006, 08:45 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
think so? lmao. ya its pretty bad that us nitrovee boaters have a good point in this thread....MODDING!!!!thats all it takes to get these boats up to par....well post some pics when ya can. it'll be nice to see what ya did. also i am taking advice on the figures in there. not goin to use them at all. just for show maybe but not while runnin...
02-08-2006, 11:06 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
Well,
I can not say I am a Nito Vee person, as the pictures you are seeing from Nito_veedriver is my old boat!
Looks like you have some very cool changes to the boat! You are going to have a great time with it! I still prefer the air, but the boat is always fun to drive.
One mod I did see when I first got the boat was to put two fins on instead of the one in the middle. The pictures I saw had them towards the outside of each side on an angle so they grabbed better in the corners. Looked like a cool idea other than more drag.
I don't remember where I saw it though.
Hope you enjoy and that you get out there soon!
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I can not say I am a Nito Vee person, as the pictures you are seeing from Nito_veedriver is my old boat!
Looks like you have some very cool changes to the boat! You are going to have a great time with it! I still prefer the air, but the boat is always fun to drive.
One mod I did see when I first got the boat was to put two fins on instead of the one in the middle. The pictures I saw had them towards the outside of each side on an angle so they grabbed better in the corners. Looked like a cool idea other than more drag.
I don't remember where I saw it though.
Hope you enjoy and that you get out there soon!
Craig
02-08-2006, 11:14 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
i sure will and again thank you. i have a pic of the one with 2 fins. it was here in the forum you saw those....lol but ya vertical and i are the only ones posting mods for all nitro vees. but its all fun ....when the snow is gone i'll be out there in the lake .....
and again thank you. i have a pic of the one with 2 fins. it was here in the forum you saw those....lol but ya vertical and i are the only ones posting mods for all nitro vees. but its all fun ....when the snow is gone i'll be out there in the lake .....
02-09-2006, 10:15 PM
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thanks, ill post a bit more when i get it completely done...and also thanks due to the fact that if no one woulda showed any interest it probablly woulda stayed white...
02-10-2006, 05:12 PM
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well, even before mine came home.. i had plans on changin it... so i looked up on google search for paint jobs of nitrovees, saw some wicked ones, but didnt want to do those ones. so when she came home i painted and fixed abunch of stuff on it. still have a leak tho. but not from under the boat. its where the prop shaft is, i think i'll have to epoxy around the rubber to stop the leak so now i gotta buy more epoxy.... bummer
but at least i found out before the lake.....got one decal on it so far custom made of course. trailer is getting somemore decals too. 1 more for the boat and the fixing will be done. then its just a tank and new exhaust hose as well as the exhaust. i took the water out and moved it to side of boat in the general area that you have it in. just need to epoxy that into place.i had the exact same button that you had but i cut mine flat instead of being pointed.so now it sits flush with the side and mine is a little higher then yours.
i will post pics when i get up tonight as i have to work ....
but at least i found out before the lake.....got one decal on it so far custom made of course. trailer is getting somemore decals too. 1 more for the boat and the fixing will be done. then its just a tank and new exhaust hose as well as the exhaust. i took the water out and moved it to side of boat in the general area that you have it in. just need to epoxy that into place.i had the exact same button that you had but i cut mine flat instead of being pointed.so now it sits flush with the side and mine is a little higher then yours.i will post pics when i get up tonight as i have to work ....
02-10-2006, 10:21 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
you should get into modding them with us, they can be such sweet sport boats when done right...hope to hear more from you
02-10-2006, 11:32 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
you still havent answered wether or not your goin to build for people.... i for one am very interested in picking up a trailer for mine.....31" long i dont like the stands they come with....they hurt the bottom of my paint job
i for one am very interested in picking up a trailer for mine.....31" long i dont like the stands they come with....they hurt the bottom of my paint job
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Nice paint job 3D.
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Nice paint job 3D.
I built a trailer for my Vee.
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02-12-2006, 01:51 PM
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here is 2 more pics 1 more to be taken. sorry so fuzzy. if i knew how to take pics off my camcorder onto the comp i would.
02-12-2006, 02:10 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
looks good, i gotta figure out what i wana do on the deck of mine, its to orange at the moment, but i dunno if i want more black or if i want decals yet...heck we'll soon have three pages on nitro vees...never though I'd see that day...
02-12-2006, 02:28 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
lol who knows, maybe the other nitrovees will pop in here or maybe we will get offers to scoop them up from people that just dont like them. we are very enthused about these boats . i am very happy with mine for sure. so far we both have very good lookin boats . we should actually email traxxas with all that we have done to get these boats to where they are today....maybe we'll get through to them what mistakes they have made lol i still have 2 more decals to go on and thats advertising for my decal guy. no go on the new boat club as of yet, but hopefully as summer nears us i hope to get people into my club....
lol i still have 2 more decals to go on and thats advertising for my decal guy. no go on the new boat club as of yet, but hopefully as summer nears us i hope to get people into my club....
02-12-2006, 04:04 PM
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RE: The unofficial Home of all that is Nitro Vee...
yeah, water is froze hear now again too, so hopefully it thaws a bit, I wanna run it now that its got its new look...i was thinking of e-mailing traxxas, perhaps we both should and see what they say...