U-10 whats this hanging off the sponson

[SayMikey]

Ok scale guys I was drooling over this pic of a U-10 Winston and saw something ive not seen before. have a look and tell me wut it is?

 

[Don Ferrette]

Ok scale guys I was drooling over this pic of a U-10 Winston and saw something ive not seen before. have a look and tell me wut it is?View attachment 41297

Ski platform. Seriously though if I recall correctly it's nothing more than a splash guard to try to keep the spray off that side of the cockpit in the turns. B)

 

[Mike McKnight]

It's a salt water deflector. Usually you wouldn't see them on the conventional style hulls but the 2 wing hulls like the Circus and the Exide and I think the T-Plus hulls had one too. Some were retractable once at a certain speed. But most were fixed. In most of my video footage of the Eagle they didn't run a salt water scoop like most everyone else did. If you notice they also have the scoop dam shut in this pic. Must have been Miami or San Diego.

 

[dave roach]

Mikey

It's a curb feeler.

Dave

 

[Ken Smith]

That is a pretty picture. Love the Eagle. They sure don't make em like they use to. That era had many different hulls offering a lot of variety. Not as cookie-cutter as today's (T6) dominated fleet.

 

[bsmtboy2]

Don is correct its designed to keep water from splashing over the canopy windows and scoop intake at high speed

 

[Ray Sametz]

Ok scale guys I was drooling over this pic of a U-10 Winston and saw something ive not seen before. have a look and tell me wut it is?View attachment 41297

Fast food tray. ..........==={}

 

[Thomas Hulbert]

Well how about a passenger stand

 

[Ken Hildreth]

they were thinking ahead, a go pro camera would go there now! Ken

 

[circus circus]

Its referred to as a " spray rail" most of the modern day hydros have them, as everyone has stated its designed to redirect spray away from the windsheild at high and low speeds and keep salt out of the scoop.