Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Pleasure boats, Sports, Race, Power and Leisure Boats: => Topic started by: gwa84the2nd on May 23, 2012, 09:10:10 pm

Title: the green machine going well
Post by: gwa84the2nd on May 23, 2012, 09:10:10 pm
hi folks just a short vid of my boat finaly got it dialed ina nd runing streat ith a new prop made such a difrence to the way it handles hope you gas heads like  :-))


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8BrIwgqlMDg#!
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: Danny on May 23, 2012, 09:56:12 pm
Nice run, but the 4 second straight tells me that you need a bigger pond :-))
Get it down to Nottingham!! :-)
Cheers
Danny
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: gwa84the2nd on May 24, 2012, 02:08:02 am
i will be at the Nottingham meet but wont be able to bring the boat it also needs some modifacation to comply with the rules  need to get the pipe further into the hull ime going to have to modify and cinda make my own header pipe looping towords the front of the boat then dawn back under itself and what you recon to the noise level it sounds louder on the vid  :-))
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: martno1fan on May 24, 2012, 08:17:41 am
sites playing up tripple posts lol  :o
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: martno1fan on May 24, 2012, 08:17:47 am
Hi James get the motor moved forward problem solved m8,i had my motor so pullstart was just accesible and she balanced perfect and only the silencer was stuck out the back m8,boat ran flawlessly.
Mart
heres the old version of the hull with a dif style canopy
Nice vid by the way  :-))
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: martno1fan on May 24, 2012, 08:17:47 am
whats going on lol  :o
Title: Re: the green machine going well
Post by: gwa84the2nd on May 25, 2012, 09:34:42 am
i would move it forword mart but that would involve buying a new flexy and outer and refiting the lot and i just dont have the monny at this time to do it  but it will get sorted aventualy