Mike Culhane
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"F" it. I'm putting a fin on both sides
Or just put one right in the middle!"F" it. I'm putting a fin on both sides
SLJ is out in the garage on brain detail...Norm.Is it not clockwise norh of the equator and counter clockwise south of the equator? Maybe I am thinking of some other deal.. ... :blink:
you're confusing the whole cyclone/typhoon adventure.
wait, that wouldn't be right.
Where's Samuel L.Jackson when you need him. He could shout the answer for us. Hopefully it's in English!
If the full size boats were going 700mph + they would. If we were running our model boats at true scale speeds they would be slower then a Miss Vegas.
AMEN!!!I agree that we should be running the same as the big boats. In scale racing, the intent is to duplicate the real boats. We do the timed starts, so why not turn CCW for trueism. Has anyone tried putting a skid fin on the left side of their scale boat to see how it handles and turns. (Sounds like a winter project).
Kyle
Do this with a newly set up tunnel same person, boat and course. I will guarantee CCW will be faster.run 10 laps CCW.. and time themI will run 10 laps CW.. and time them.
Lowest time wins! lol
Grim
The power to weight ratio and speeds attainable by models is disproportional to their size, the term "scale speed" has existed since long before I ever started modeling.Right or wrong.If the full size boats were going 700mph + they would. If we were running our model boats at true scale speeds they would be slower then a Miss Vegas.
There is no such thing as "scale speed". Speed is speed, regardless of scale of the model or full size. You cant scale time.... You can scale distance, but not time. (Mile Per Hour)
~James
Do this with a newly set up tunnel same person, boat and course. I will guarantee CCW will be faster.run 10 laps CCW.. and time themI will run 10 laps CW.. and time them.
Lowest time wins! lol
Grim
NOT at all Grim. What I'm saying is your tunnels have been set up to run CW, and we all know you are one of the best racers. What I am saying is this.Do this with a newly set up tunnel same person, boat and course. I will guarantee CCW will be faster.run 10 laps CCW.. and time themI will run 10 laps CW.. and time them.
Lowest time wins! lol
Grim
Are you saying.. I take my tunnel boat run it CW,, then you take my tunnel (same boat, same cource) and run it CCW and the CCW will be faster?
Grim
Who cares what direction we run as long as were having fun that is the object of model boats.....NOT at all Grim. What I'm saying is your tunnels have been set up to run CW, and we all know you are one of the best racers. What I am saying is this.Do this with a newly set up tunnel same person, boat and course. I will guarantee CCW will be faster.run 10 laps CCW.. and time themI will run 10 laps CW.. and time them.
Lowest time wins! lol
Grim
Are you saying.. I take my tunnel boat run it CW,, then you take my tunnel (same boat, same cource) and run it CCW and the CCW will be faster?
Grim
You or anyone else take a tunnel that is new, have the same guy and the same tunnel go CCW, then CW I will grantee the tunnel will handle better running CCW and be faster.
TL
no it wouldn't. the leecraft's sponsons are different side to side, the boat is BUILT to turn right, as are some other tunnels.I bet that over powered leecraft would have turned CCW just fine.My Leecraft XTR-21 had issues in the turns because it was over powered, with a strong piped engine on it. Put a sport K&B on it and it worked fine. The Twin Cities area is long over due for another model boat club, Hell Chicago has about a half dozen of them, Start up the LTO Model Boat Club.
Who cares what direction we run as long as were having fun that is the object of model boats.....NOT at all Grim. What I'm saying is your tunnels have been set up to run CW, and we all know you are one of the best racers. What I am saying is this.Do this with a newly set up tunnel same person, boat and course. I will guarantee CCW will be faster.run 10 laps CCW.. and time themI will run 10 laps CW.. and time them.
Lowest time wins! lol
Grim
Are you saying.. I take my tunnel boat run it CW,, then you take my tunnel (same boat, same cource) and run it CCW and the CCW will be faster?
Grim
You or anyone else take a tunnel that is new, have the same guy and the same tunnel go CCW, then CW I will grantee the tunnel will handle better running CCW and be faster.
TL
Walt Barney
I agree whole heartedly with the first part of your statement, but scale speed does not exist. Google it. There are many things that have been incorrectly assumed for a long time, thats doesnt make it rightThe power to weight ratio and speeds attainable by models is disproportional to their size, the term "scale speed" has existed since long before I ever started modeling.Right or wrong.