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If you are a gun owner, you need to watch this. It could save you up to 5 years in jail and $250,000.

Sorry Mike, work's been killing off my media time. Wife said I could buy it but, since you can make a second, give this one to Jeff and, when you can get a second one ready, I'll take that one. No hurry on it, just whenever you can get one done.

He's been racing for a lot of years and, prior to each season, the drivers have to go through manditory refresher training on what to do in various crash scenarios. "Getting out of a boat that is inverted is just one they have to be able to do. Being calm in that situation is just a side...

I am aware of that, Mike. Since he was saying that he was building the 1973 boat using a kit that makes the 1980, I took the maximum from the shorter boat and the minimum from the longer to get dimensions that would make a boat that would be legal to race. In the end, it didn't matter since...

Okay, sounds like a bit more information might be helpful: This top picture is the 1976-78 Miss Budweiser. It was a good boat but not up to the standards of Bill Muncey's Atlas Van Lines This second picture is the 1980-85 Miss Budweiser. It is presently on loan to the HARM and is a running...

The 1970 Pak/1973 Bud is actually 6" shorter, 4" narrower and has a much shallower picklefork depth than the Notre Dame. I was doing some checking and came up with the following allowances: Length: 42.50-43.75 Width: 18.00-21.45 Picklefork: 6.41-6.60 Everything else is either the same or...

Okay, the 7474 it is. BTW, I got the pickleforks backward. The 7207, that being the Notre Dame, has a deeper picklefork, at 57", than the 7474 Valu Mart and Olympia Beer, which is 49". With all that said, you might like some projects I'm working on, that is when I have the time off from work...

Is that the 7207 hull? The picklefork depth looks too shallow to be the 7474 hull.

I might be able to do that. Will you be home this weekend? Again, it comes down to the "budget director" allowing me to spend some money on my "expensive hobby" :eek:

From what I can tell, the salmon in the Great Lakes are "land locked", meaning they have no way to get to the ocean. Any salmon that was spawned or planted in creeks or rivers that have access to the salt water will have them head into the ocean. They then return, after "growing up", to the...

Mike, are you going to the race next weekend? IF I can talk the "budget director" into letting me spend some cash........

Scott, you didn't waste any time getting home, did you? I was going to tell Peter that I saw you and, low and behold, you beat me to it :cool:

Just remember, Scott is only one resource available to you. Just about anyone that builds boats here in the forum can also answer questions or give suggestions. That said, we all have different ways we do things. You might find that mixing the way a few of us do things might work better for...

Scott pops in here from time to time so he might see this thread. I may be seeing Scott this weekend at a scale hydroplane race and, if so, I'll let him know that someone is trying to contact him. If he doesn't go to the race, I'll give him a shout when I get home.

If I'm wrong, I stand corrected o_O

Here are some videos from last year's Columbia Cup vintage heats:

Try contacting the HARM. They just completed a full-sized replica last summer and might be able to help you out. Their website will have contact information for them: https://thunderboats.ning.com/

The only problem is that it could be illegal for use in some clubs. Up in Washington, as far as I know, all boats are required to have integrated prop guards as part of their stands. An exposed prop is not allowed for safety reasons and, since I don't see that as part of your design, it would...

Okay guys, I think you are overthinking all of this. For starters, all boats are different and require different set ups. When I look at my 2000 Elam, for example, the radio gear has worked pretty much flawlessly for the 9 years I've had it. With that said, my set up is simple: a Futaba...

Looks like something that should get a "Grimracer" tag put on it and be put into the hobby shops to me ;)