Guys,
I will clear up a few things, KP is having computer problems. This all started a few months ago when KP called me to talk about tunnels and what it would take to go fast. He talked to a few people to see what it would take, he built a boat and started testing. Kentley was trying to beark 3 records with 1 boat ( a stock heat racing boat) and 2 1/2 motors, B Tunnel, C Tunnel, and B Stock Tunnel. The record trials were crazy. Friday and Saturday was Very Windy, we set up around noon and waited on the wind all day, just before dark the wind calmed down but was still puffy and Kentley went out for a run and made several R to L passes over 70 mph but could not back it up because of the wind and the boat blew off and broke the steering servo and broke the throttle out of the radio box. We did not have enough light left to fix the boat.
Sunday,
Our day started at 4:00am, Cold 30 deg. and heavy frost but no wind. When we get to the pond it was covered with fog and we could not get the sensors to work through the fog so we had to wait. By the time we got the sensors working a lite breeze was coming down the pond. kentley went out and made several record passes R to L but the boat would blow off going L to R. When the boat blew off at 70+ something would break everytime, we broke steering and throttle servos, broke HD servo horns in half. The motor mount (PB) could not stand hitting the water that hard and moved everytime so the boat would have to be setup everytime it blew off the water and landed on the motor. By 10:30 Kentley broke the B Tunnel record, he could have worked on it all day to get it over 70+mph but he still had 2 more records to breaks. We pulled the B power head for inspection, after inspection we built the C power head because we only had 1 crank and 1 PTO. Kentley made several record passes with the C Tunnel, blew off and broke some more stuff, had to reset the motor several times. When we started the C Tunnel for another run the prop shaft backed out and the #1 prop was destroyed when it hit the water pickup tube. After looking it over, the prop shaft was bent that is why it backed out and destroyed the prop. We pulled the C Motor and lower and set up for the OS Stock motor. Kentley made several record passes with the OS but could not back it up because of a lite breeze and the #1 prop was destroyed. His OS is wicked, it sounds better than most piped motors. This was all done in 1 day and when Kentley had notting else to do, he ran that little toy rigger of his and made some 90+mph passes.
For the Record, The boat weighed 6 1/2 lbs and it was a Stock Heat Racing Boat.
It was Fun and we are Not Done B) ,
Happy Boating,
Bill Bigelow
) Tommy's 21 tunnel record was broken last year by Jimmy Johnson. ( 66.17 ) that is just a tick faster than KP ran. All records are made to be broken, Tommy's just took forever & a day! Great job KP
