Okay History info! what year and first R/C boat!

[Danny King]

Got it new in 1983 MRP Mach1 .21 tunnel. Pic is probably 1985

 

[Ray Sametz]

Me too, MRP 21 tunnel 1989 I think. Aeromarine sprint cat was next, then riggers RR, Mongoose, Cobra in all sizes. What a trip, good times.

 

[Ray Sametz]

Me too, MRP 21 tunnel 1989 I think. Aeromarine sprint cat was next, then riggers RR, Mongoose, Cobra in all sizes. What a trip, good times.

Then dabbled in Wild Thing Monos. My trip to the dark size (Gas) Local Union 6 HO 8, drunk and late.

 

[RobertDoak]

No pics to show...but in 1975 my very first boat was the Dumas Drag-N-Fly 40...never made it to water...and knew nothing about hydroplanes...but it had some of the smoothest rounded running surfaces you could ever ask for...the directions weren't very clear about that....I'm a airplane guy.......Hahahaha

 

[HTV Boats]

My first boat was an OB Mono circa 1978? (note heavy flywheel that kept it running after spinning out)
Was a couple years before the tunnels came in.
Mic

 

[HTV Boats]

Here's a couple for Twin Cities Model Boat Clubbers


Race at Pigs Eye lake South St Paul 1980?
L to R
Mic - Don ?- CJ VanVorhis (Van) Dee Panchott ? (Duluth) - Mark Wirtanen (Eveleth Hibbing?) Joe Penaz and I can't remember the guy on the right end but he was a good guy and racer.
Mic

 

[riggerman]

My first boat i built in 1977 Dimas Ski vee - 10 powered by a Cox .049 golden bee set the rudder with a slight offset as a free runner.

 

[Randy Naylor]

Dumas 20 Deep V 1985. it is just over my head and to the left. I still have it.

 

[Bill Gibson]

WOW! All the different hulls that every one started out with and how long ago many of us started in this great hobby! For me this has been a FASCINATING read so far!!! I love the old pictures! I hope there is more to come!!

 

[timothy johnson]

Collection of my first RC boats from the 1960s. Radio was a Kraft 6 Channel reed with World engine kit servo"s . The Wave Master had a ED Sea Otter 3.5 Diesel engine. The Thriftway had a Super tiger 56 and the Quickie had a McCoy 60 and also a Rossi 60 which was I believe the first Schnurle ported engine. In those early days I was a member of club in Nassau County on Long Island NY and also a junior member of the IMPBA. Most weekends were fun runs, no heat racing that I recall. I did get to meet ED Kalfus at a Place called Richie's Hobby Town in New Jersy where I saw his Tether boat Blitz run at 114 mph. Ed also used to fly down to Long Island from Poukeepsi NY and run his home built White Heat 4-60. At that time ED was using a proportional radio that he built himself. Those were great times for me, my RC boating career was interrupted by the Vietnam War and a 26 year career in the USAF.

 

[Bill Gibson]

Collection of my first RC boats from the 1960s. Radio was a Kraft 6 Channel reed with World engine kit servo"s . The Wave Master had a ED Sea Otter 3.5 Diesel engine. The Thriftway had a Super tiger 56 and the Quickie had a McCoy 60 and also a Rossi 60 which was I believe the first Schnurle ported engine. In those early days I was a member of club in Nassau County on Long Island NY and also a junior member of the IMPBA. Most weekends were fun runs, no heat racing that I recall. I did get to meet ED Kalfus at a Place called Richie's Hobby Town in New Jersy where I saw his Tether boat Blitz run at 114 mph. Ed also used to fly down to Long Island from Poukeepsi NY and run his home built White Heat 4-60. At that time ED was using a proportional radio that he built himself. Those were great times for me, my RC boating career was interrupted by the Vietnam War and a 26 year career in the USAF.View attachment 303480

Great story Tim! Great pictures! Thank you for your service to our country!

 

[Bill Gibson]

1973 miss unlimited with a OS 60 ringed air plane motor with a cool clamp on it for water cooling. No pipe. Just open side exhaust! Let me tell you it will wake you up in the morning! Futaba 2 channel stick radio with S7 non water proof servos.
Water proof radio gear was not popular at this point. In fact the radio compartment did not have a lid other than the drivers seat cowling.
If I remember correctly some time later we started using AFX converted throttle handles with steering wheels on the radios.
Sorry that I no longer have a pic as it was destroyed years later in a heat race but a stock pick will give you an idea. I think at the time this was considered the scale hydro class but the boat is only 36" long.

Ive still got that kit!!

 

[Bill Gibson]

Then dabbled in Wild Thing Monos. My trip to the dark size (Gas) Local Union 6 HO 8, drunk and late.

I just built a Wild thing for FE Ray.......!

 

[Blair Warren]

My first R/C boat was a DragonFly 40. 1977. I still have it and it still runs. Original HP 40 w/Kool Clamp rear rotor side exhaust and home made hardware. The radio I used was a Cox/Sanwa on and airplane frequency. Video link below. I had posted it here a couple years ago as well.

I had a Dumas 0.049 Thriftway Too, and a SK Daddle Jr that were not R/C.




My first "R/C Race Boat". Crapshooter 40, with an OPS 40. First race I went to was in Saginaw, MI at the waterworks plant. I believe around 1979.

If you'll notice the fuel tank....it obviously wasn't big enough. I was leading all three of the heats that day and ran out of gas each time!!! What was funny was after the first heat we delayed starting and launching the next 2 heats to see if it would make it to the end. Closest I got to a finish was about a half a lap short in the 3rd heat. LOL

 

[Bill Gibson]

My first R/C boat was a DragonFly 40. 1977. I still have it and it still runs. Original HP 40 w/Kool Clamp rear rotor side exhaust and home made hardware. The radio I used was a Cox/Sanwa on and airplane frequency. Video link below. I had posted it here a couple years ago as well.

I had a Dumas 0.049 Thriftway Too, and a SK Daddle Jr that were not R/C.




My first "R/C Race Boat". Crapshooter 40, with an OPS 40. First race I went to was in Saginaw, MI at the waterworks plant. I believe around 1979.

If you'll notice the fuel tank....it obviously wasn't big enough. I was leading all three of the heats that day and ran out of gas each time!!! What was funny was after the first heat we delayed starting and launching the next 2 heats to see if it would make it to the end. Closest I got to a finish was about a half a lap short in the 3rd heat. LOL

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Hey Blair! Thanks so much for posting! That 40 Dragon fly video is AWESOME, as re the rigger pics! Great memories man!

 

[Jeff Barnes]

Cool looking boat Blair I can remember as a kid growing up in Saginaw going down to the water works plant and watching boats run I think that's where I initially got the bug of rc boating

 

[BobLondress]

I grew up in New Jersey on the Toms River and Barnegat Bay, so boating was very big in my life. It didnt take much for me to get the RC boating bug. My first boat , in 1962, was a scatchbuilt garvey about 24" long with a Cox 049 and the crude hardware of the day. Cant remember the Mfg but it was available at the local hobby shop. No radio, just start it up and throw it in the lagoon. It stopped when it hit the bank. Then I built a Skadaddle with an Enya 19. It had a Bonner Digimite radio, servos weighed about a pound each. It was a disaster. One day at the hobby shop, there was a beautiful White heat 5 or 10, I cant remember. With an OS radio rtr. I paid $200 for it in 1968 or so. About 2 weeks pay at the time. I had a lot of fun with it. I never raced with anyone because no one else had a boat. We were CL flyers. After moving to California in 1970, I meet Vern Schmidt and we started racing. the SK20 and my 36" deep vee are in 2 of the photos. I was working for a sailboat company at the time so I learned a lot about FG and building molds. The DV was my first scratch built FG project. It was to be my version of a Donzi, and it ran well. Ran it at Legg Lake Record trials with a Veco 61, open exhaust. I think it clocked 21 mph, Later on, I got the real Donzi.

 

[Marty Davis]

My first R/C boat was a DragonFly 40. 1977. I still have it and it still runs. Original HP 40 w/Kool Clamp rear rotor side exhaust and home made hardware. The radio I used was a Cox/Sanwa on and airplane frequency. Video link below. I had posted it here a couple years ago as well.

I had a Dumas 0.049 Thriftway Too, and a SK Daddle Jr that were not R/C.




My first "R/C Race Boat". Crapshooter 40, with an OPS 40. First race I went to was in Saginaw, MI at the waterworks plant. I believe around 1979.

If you'll notice the fuel tank....it obviously wasn't big enough. I was leading all three of the heats that day and ran out of gas each time!!! What was funny was after the first heat we delayed starting and launching the next 2 heats to see if it would make it to the end. Closest I got to a finish was about a half a lap short in the 3rd heat. LOL

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I think I probably built that boat and sold it to you.........

 

[Blair Warren]

I think I probably built that boat and sold it to you.........

Yes you did.

It was a great boat!

 

[Joe Wiebelhaus]

1980 Dumas Pay n Pak, hooked........................