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I'm going to bitch for a minute so beware. Way back in the 90s we had "bag phones" that could get a signal from 5 to 10 miles away. Today, every new phone you buy has a shorter and shorter signal reach. Some snot nose college puke straight out of college decides we don't need to reach distant...

D hydro as well

I need to get matt ellet in 20 hydro, 8 scale and sport 40. Either entered or on the waiting list please.

Can you add Matt ellet to gas scale. Dsm

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Enter soon! We r already up to o er 80 boats https://www.facebook.com/groups/229345667233543/permalink/2083769325124492/?app=fbl

Way back in 88 or 89 I watched "thunder on the ohio" in Evansville IN. I ordered a fiberglass holset miss madison, rigged it, painted it and airbrushed a windshield on it not knowing you were supposed to have a "driver" figure in it. I was a newbie and didn't know ALOT! Took it to Evansville to...

Brian Schymik? !! That wuss! I beat him going backwards! He had to sell it kuz he was so embarrassed! 😁 Seriously, that was an easy conceal job. Others, not so much. I have built a bubble bud, 7-11 and a griffin bud. All because they were easy to conceal the motor. It's time to evolve!?

You are correct on the outside dimensions of the transom scott. Unfortunately you are not taking into account the double wall floor of a glass hull as well as the thickness of the top making it virtually impossible to run a 7/8ths pipe out the back without catching something on fire. I have seen...

That's interesting scott. Almost no modern hulls. Also, I would be curious to actually see the engine well of the round nose boats. If they completely conceal the header and carb I would like to see how they did it and still let the motor breath and stay cool. I know you chose a boat with a...

You can see my proposal in the reply to Brian Schymik and it is almost word for word what you are proposing and almost mirrors the current 8 scale rules which have worked for years. In my opinion there needs to be a small deviation from 8 scale some due to gas motors being more than 20 percent...

I couldn't find those pics to save my life! I am such a computer idiot 🙄

Yup!

Can't find any of the madison but I found the before pics when it was the lauterbach.

Took a while to find it but here is another example of a "illegal" boat under the current rules. Both the carburetor, header and pipe are partially exposed. In order to grow the class we need at least as much flexibility as the 8 scale class whose rules have worked for many years. To limit the...

I can't seem to find pics anywhere. I had a bunch on a digital camera and it's battery is toast. I really wanted to show how the fake motor went over the real one. It looked awsome although it was illegal under the current IMPBA 6 scale rules. The real challenge was converting from a drop...

Boy does this bring back memories!! First lazer cut wood boat I ever built. LOVED IT! Then had to fix all the stuff I messed up.....then re building it to the 71 miss madison. Only to blow it up at the winter nats! It sure was fast!

The wording is basically identical to the 8 scale rules. Wesley Ellet IMPBA #9911S would like to propose to amend or change a rule for VI - GAS SCALE UNLIMITED I would like to remove rule C-3-c which says: c. Gasoline engine and complete exhaust system excluding up to 1" of exhaust...

Yes, you are correct in that 5th scale would allow easier concealment and hydro junkie is correct about 5th scale being too big for logistics like transport and launching etc. These boats are really big and heavy and can be a bear to retrieve when they die. That said, they are a BLAST to drive...

I could not find any good pics of my 71 miss madison but here is a prime example of a modern style hull. This pipe is illegal under current IMPBA rules.