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Bill D203

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Tethered Hydros and cars!
« on: August 25, 2008, 08:49:58 pm »
Been over to St Albans today to watch the pole wire hydros. Now they do get a shift on Some of them are doing over 107 mph. Wow??
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2008, 09:51:11 pm »

Tethered Hydro on Youtube for those that have never seen one!  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o043isLMqY&feature=related
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Tethered Hydros and cars!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2008, 10:04:52 pm »
Talking to trevor at the club, apparently for the world record hydro's to count, they have to touch the water at least 1 time per lap :D
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Re: Tethered Hydros and cars!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2008, 10:30:29 pm »

Look at the speed of this thing!!!     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T31juxlQuGA&feature=related
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Re: Tethered Hydros and cars!
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 09:16:43 pm »
First of all I would just like to say "Darn they are quick" The last one in the hyro video was more of a plane than a boat, it hardly toched the water!

So a couple of questions:
WHY?

What happens if the line snaps?
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« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2008, 09:27:10 pm »
People do it for the same reason you do model boating, because its FUN....

And if the line snaps, you get a faceful of boat. Presumably they acually have two lines...
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Re: Tethered Hydros and cars!
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2008, 09:31:27 pm »
Looking closer at the video to me it looks like there using a solid bar or maybe a thick wire ???

Still it looks like a hobby for the folk who like one speed, FLAT OUT speed  {-)
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« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2008, 09:39:31 pm »
Whats the point in anything less than flat out, only slow to go around the rescue boat....
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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2008, 09:46:53 pm »
Actualy we only have one line from the pole, then approx 3ft from the hull it has bridle which then fixs to 2 point on the hull.
It is very very rare for a line to snap (they are replaced every year) and I have only ever seen it twice. Once at Blackheath  where it cleared the grass, the pavement, the road, and finaly crashed into a bus shelter (we stopped running hydro on the pond then) and the second time a 2 1/2 cc airscrew line snapped, it bounced off a straight runner on the bank, and then hit the club house, all in less than 2 sec. Its great fun though, below is an example of a novice class (6 1/2 cc) doing just over 105 mph.
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« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2008, 10:17:35 pm »
Ah Phil - so that's what Pete Dirs is up to now!  I used to multi race with him and Mick Miller years ago!
Must have got fed up with trannies  ::)

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« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2008, 10:28:34 pm »
Hi Danny
He got a gold medal in France this year at the Naviga world champs, you should see his hydro when its really going  O0
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« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2008, 10:31:38 pm »
I was doing some research in old MB magazines in the British Library some years ago, and found a report of a hydro breaking its tether on Cove (Farnborough) pond in the '30s, and demolishing a bathing hut!!

I saw flash steam hydros once at the old Ford (kingfisher club) lake - Awesome, truly awesome.

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« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2008, 10:38:14 pm »
My humble flash steam steam hydro only ever got to 62 mph, I'm currently building a new one having learnt a lot over the years, and of course looking at the masters hydro---want you cant see in the pic is the boiler casing glowing a nice cherry red, oh and the noise it makes.
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« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2008, 10:54:35 am »
 :o :o :o :o
In a steam boat! 120kmh!
Dude thats quick.
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2009, 11:14:31 pm »
iw would love to see a video of that baby
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« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2009, 11:40:50 am »
If you want to read more go to http://www.onthewire.co.uk

Fred
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2009, 02:39:12 pm »
I'm stepping on toes, i'm sure. Now my ? is why? I watched the hydro and the guy walked away bored. My guess is just to see how fast they can go! I like to see my units ( rc boats ) work in different water conditions and various directions to see how they behave and correct them if i can. Well to each his own thing and if all the same, ALL would get bored. Variety is the spice of life!
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« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2009, 12:04:09 am »
@Ian M

120 Miles per hour! Not km/h.
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