Eric's Speedmaster 21

[MarkScott]

Eric,

Believe you needed assistance getting this posted??

Mark

OB Nut Racing: Always looking to help out a friend!

 

[Ron Olson]

Thanks for posting the shot. I'm having a heckuva time uploading pix, even the ones that I edited to a smaller size. It takes me longer than 30 seconds to load them on dial-up. Tom, Could you extend the time for us with ssssssssssslllllllllllllooooooooooowwwww 'puters?

 

[MarkScott]

Ron,

I doubt there is a problem with ssssssslllllllllllloooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww puter's... I'm happy with 26.4 and just loving it at 28.8 at home.. I've yet to have a problem posting pics from home.. I think it's the user ;D ;D ;D

Mark

OB Nut Racing: Always looking to slam a friend!

 

[CySlyde]

Looks nice! it took me a few times to post a couple of the pics i haad from kzoo, and i got a bunch of timeout msgs, but they did post even with that msg.

-I will never have a mainly red boat-

 

[wswatzell]

I will never have a mainly red boat-

WHY IS THAT!!!! LOL !! THEY SURE DIDN'T WORK THAT GOOD IN KZOO DID THEY!! ;D

 

[nitrotoys]

Thats a nice new paint job you have on it now.

Was looking pretty bad at Kzoo day,

you guys did a nice job on the paint.

 

[MarkScott]

Cy,

Get a tunnel... They FLY!!!! ;D And btw, my [SIZE=13pt]RED[/SIZE] Solution is now running!!!! ;D

Mark..

The OB Nut!

 

[wswatzell]

sweeeeeeettttttt!!!!!!!! Did you end up getting a different starter, or did you just rig yours up to 24 volts?

need to see a vid of it runing

 

[CySlyde]

heck no, red was a curse that day... congrats on getting your boat running OB... yeah i'll get a tunnel sometime, just gonna work my way up to it... i might put a little red on it tho

-you ever notice that it's really hard to dive and take a pic at the same time-

 

[nitrotoys]

Sense that day, My RED boat has run flawless, just been playing with pipe and props now.

Dont know why it kept dieing, but am working on max speeds with it,

I got a tunnel, WOF, did that BS epoxy painting, I suck at painting, can do everything else but paint. SO looks alittle rough in spots, But i have a CMB .21 pwr head on a K&B Lower, Hope next week to get and test all while lake water smooth.

you acually TRIED to drive and take a pic??

Boats would be fine if the damn sticks, and turtles would stay out of the way. torn up more props in the last 3 weeks.

 

[Ron Olson]

The CromeIllusion paint does look cool but it has downsides like it isn't too fuelproof and the boat tends to blend in with the water. It might have another paint job on it again soon, maybe something brighter likeRED or YELLOW. It's hard to find LIME GREEN.

 

[wswatzell]

I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD MINE OUT SINCE THEN :'( NO TIME. ON TEH 9TH I HAVE A DAY AT TEH LAKE PLANNED WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THOUGH ;D

 

[wswatzell]

the boat tends to blend in with the water

Ron,

You can say that again. At the internats when Eric's boat stalled, I had a hard time spotting it as a spectator, let alone the other racers who were trying to concentrate on there driving. luckily no one ran it down.

 

[MarkScott]

Wade,

My Solution is RED.. Mary's is YELLOW

We have yet to get her Solution yet. Waiting on finding funds for the starter. May end up buying a new starter switch for the 'oldest' starter and trying the 24v bit.

I've got the new soft/hard ware to now do AVI files. Got things to do next two days then I'm back to work. I'll see what I can get done though and get the CD/DVD out to you guys soon.. ;D

Yea, pick the right color.. One race I was in some guy was, lets just say complaining very loudly at me for almost hitting his boat. It was black.. DUH.. Don't think anyone can miss our two Solutions!

Mark..

OB Nut Racing: Dinner is served!!!

 

[Ron Olson]

It's going through a rebuild right now so I might sand it down and repaint it while it's apart.

Wet Paint Racing; There's a radio in my water box!

View attachment 180

 

[wswatzell]

Don't think anyone can miss our two Solutions!

That is for sure, you almost need sunglasses to look at them! 8)

ohh ya, hers has the 13cc. sorry. your has the mod 11cc that the carb kept comming out!

 

[MarkScott]

Ron,

So you can download pics now??? Must have cranked up the mice to get the bandwidth gods to let ya do it!

Mark...

 

[Ron Olson]

I can load some pix but it's a pain to do with the new program that I have. Some work, some don't.

When I get it back together I'm going to try some tricks that I learned from Grimmy and John Brown to get even more speed out of this boat! I've got parts coming from Gary for the 'burst probably tomorrow and am getting 2 kits ready for shipment to the Land of The Rising Sun plus an Areomarine Cat to get done for a Bud. Some vacation huh?

Let's try another shot while I'm in here:

2 of EMS Racing's boats

View attachment 181

 

[rcboatlover]

What is with the RED boats? I went to a boat race last month in Oshkosh, WI and their was a group of racers with all RED boats! I think they had one in every class. The entire team even wore matching RED shirts! I thought they looked pretty sharp, not to mention their boats were pretty dam fast too!

 

[Ron Olson]

It must be like Hot Rods, everybody has to have a Red one. We're thinking of other colors like maybe silver/aluminum with a touch of black or back to yellow. Lotza yellow ones too though. It sure ain't gonna be pink! I've thought of adding a streamer to the antenna also to make it more visible.

I was talking to Gary Preusse yesterday and at the Oshkosh race someone ran over his son David's red 'rigger. The light was so poor there that it couldn't be seen.