OLDIES

[Guest_JAMES IRWIN]

:blink: man o man , tether boats , belle isle, home made motors, home made props home made u joints , drive shafts. cetrifuge casting of props , etc,etc. man you guys dont know how lucy you are that you dont have to make everythingfor your hot rod . iam in fla now and we just ran the winternats in orlando, i was showing my home made props to theguys and was explaning to them how we figurd the pitch/roll/curve etc. you should have seen there faces,, this was in 1953 , one fellow popped up and said,hell i wasnt even born then jim , how old sre you anyway, i told him i had been around for a little whil , but i still learn every daay , james irwin ps. yes my motors are made by rossi for me to my spec,s

 

[TomMoorehouse]

got some pictures of those props jim?

 

[DaveMarles]

They still race those tether boats in Europe. They use a bungee to accelerate them up onto the pipe. I think 2.5cc is well over 100mph and they even have flash steam powered riggers going over 100mph.

Dave

 

[Ed Radz]

Jim!

My first RC boat was in the middle 60's. We used to run at Marquette Park in Chicago. I remember well the tether boats that used to run in the lagoon there. Was that you I saw out there in the waders?

Later!

Ed Radz

 

[Hap Mulvany]

I still have a Dee Huey dial aprop I made my own props for the ob rigger as no one had what I needed. remember the first realy good JG props?Thank god for Tom Prezenka