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What I don't know is if the APL includes the shoes or if it just goes to the transom. I know, on the older boats without shoes, it goes from sponson transom to the rear transom. I also know, on the 0706 Oberto/Madison, there are three different lengths aft of the sponsons: to rear transom is...

Probably is too big. I don't think I've seen a boat yet that had more than an inch or 1.5 since they are just bracing. In fact, on the full-sized boats, the brace rods actually pull the top of the tails inward to hold the wing. The wings are actually designed to come off if the tail internal...

That was the T-5 Budweiser. There was some differences between the two hulls. Here's a video of the boat being recovered after a blow over on the Columbia River that might show you something

Have you considered looking into the hulls previous sponsors pictures? The boat started out as the U-1 Miss Budweiser T-6 hull in 2000, racing as that through 2004. It was then sold and raced as the U-5 Formula Boats.com II from 2006 through 2010. In 2011, it raced as the U-7 Valken Sports...

Your boat is going to be heavy, relatively speaking. I'd be looking at something in the 300+ range. That might be overkilll but, when you look at what could happen with a servo that's too small.........

Personally, I prefer to build from Newton plans. You can scale them up or down as desired and, if you chose to do so, changes in frames are basically free. If/when you do build a scale like boat, don't start building until you have the required cowl. If you start building without it, other...

Just tell David what year as well as the number and name on the boat. He's been doing this long enough to be able to get a majority correct. If you want to build a Miss Madison, for example, just tell him the year and he can probably figure it out from there. The nice part about the Miss...

Either way, Welcome to the forum. I think you'll find that there are many very knowledgeable boat people that hang out here.

"Boats and Floats" would work, wouldn't they?

You guys are a bit "longer in the tooth" than I am. I built my first R/C boat, a Dumas 20 sized Pak, in 1982. I used the Dumas hardware(big mistake), an HB20 water cooled engine and a cheap AM twin stick Futaba radio. The boat never ran well, being overweight(at over 8 lbs) and...

Don't have any color codes for you but this video might help a little:

I'm not a rigger person but I can appreciate the work involved since I build my boats from plans as well. Nice job on the builds, the fit and finish on the woodworking appears to be done to a very high level. I'm looking forward to seeing some video of them running :cool:

Welcome to the forum. I think you'll find this one has a lot more knowledgeable people, boating wise, than the other forum

With a 65/67, a 3/16(.187) is fine. I've got a boat that is running the same shaft as when I got it back in 2013 using a CMB 67. As far as how to remove the tube, it depends how it is secured in the hull. If it's epoxied in, heating(with a heat gun of some sort) will soften the epoxy...

Okay guys, as to the question on whether the DW was a Jones hull or not, the answer is YES. It was originally built as an improved 1970 Pak, using the configuration of that boat after Jim Lucero pulled the twin Hemis and installed the Merlin. It was constructed as the Notre Dame prior to the...

The issue isn't the current, it's the heat caused in the ESC by restricting the current. Over propping causes the motor to pull more power through the ESC, again causing more heat. Going with a smaller prop may reduce the load but it can also cause the motor to spin too fast, reducing its...

The problem with that is the presently used battery packs are limited on size based on a 3 to 5 lap race. By adding two more laps, battery packs could be damaged due to over-discharging(an expensive proposition) and, at the same time, ESCs could be damaged due to running power through them...

I have to agree with Sam on this one. A scale nitro boat normally weighs 12-16 pounds. That's at least double the weight on a 60 rigger. An electric scale will normally fall into the low end of that range as well. A rigger also has the sponsons further apart, allowing faster and sharper...

Illinois, a very heavy gun control state, is now going after the 1st and 2nd Amendment in its battle for more and more gun control. Check out this video to see what's going on: