08-10-2007, 09:31 AM | #1 |
~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| TOOOOO much power...... |
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08-10-2007, 10:05 AM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ****, SL,UT
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waaaaay to much power |
08-10-2007, 10:09 AM | #3 |
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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08-10-2007, 10:20 AM | #4 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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actually it s all in the trim tabs. IVe seen that boat in person he forgot to lower the tabs to push the nose down..........plain and simple driver error
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08-10-2007, 10:28 AM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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08-10-2007, 10:44 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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| well not much holding the them in........carbon fiber and a few bolts......and a 80,000 keith black hemi goes to the bottom of the river LOL You can see the drivers capsule bob up out of the water at the end....
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08-10-2007, 11:00 AM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: L-TOWN
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wow lol that is all i gotta say is wow |
08-10-2007, 11:15 AM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville
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Do they bother fishing the motors out of the water? (For an $80000 motor I would sure hope so!) because if they don't I'm gonna start following these guys around to events, buy some scuba gear, and get a real long cable to hook to the back of my truck.. Can you say "Fishing for Top Fuel Hemis?" I've seen these things crahs before.. they're designed to come apart like that (like an F1 car) to protect the driver. At 100 mph+ Water becomes like concrete for impacts. |
08-10-2007, 11:26 AM | #9 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York
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what about this one http://dragboats.com/video/dsl/03_05_IHBA_556.wmv |
08-10-2007, 11:35 AM | #10 |
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there is never to much power if you have the balls to handle the horses GET-R-DONE |
08-10-2007, 01:31 PM | #11 |
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Too much power? I think not... He just forgot to put the fat chick on the hood! |
08-10-2007, 01:58 PM | #12 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF
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| fat chick......trim tabs...same concept..........Im Parker AZ last year one of the drag boats that runs computer controlled tabs, went haywire and thee tabs lifted at around 120mph.....................thing went skyward real quick.....1 1/2 flips before it touched down on the water again...........not much left
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08-10-2007, 02:53 PM | #13 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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That's a Hydro, hydro's do not have adjustable cav plates, what you call "trim tabs". That particular boat, Plum Crazy, utilizes what is called a W drive. It is a twin screw, counter rotating drive. The reason it did a wheelie like that is because they either had the drive angle set wrong for the power applied, or they had the wrong prop on for the amount of power applied. I happen to know the guy that built the props for that boat very well. He is also a TFH driver, used to drive "Madness" and a few other boats. Now a flatbottom on the other hand, does indeed use cavataion plates. They are NOT however, computer controlled. They are controlled by the driver's left foot. And before you go arguing with me, realize that I have been around drag boats all of my life. I have owned and driven 3 myself. Here is a pic of the last one. Sold it a couple of years ago. | |
08-10-2007, 02:55 PM | #14 |
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^^^^^^^ |
08-10-2007, 02:58 PM | #15 |
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08-10-2007, 02:59 PM | #16 | |
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08-10-2007, 03:31 PM | #17 | |
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08-10-2007, 04:04 PM | #18 | |
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When a boat crashes, there are almost always a bunch of good parts left to use on the next one. Alot of times the motor itself is not damaged bad at all, even after sitting at the bottom for awhile. Capsules are usually intact also. When a car crashes, it tends to do far more damage to the vehicle as a whole, thus a greater expense to repair. | |
08-10-2007, 04:31 PM | #19 |
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hell yeah. would love to try it. |
08-10-2007, 04:49 PM | #20 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: SoCal
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| Then I highly recommend you do. The best rush I have ever experienced (with my pants on) has been in a drag boat. Close second is land speed, it's a totally different rush though, almost surreal, like it's happening in slow motion. There is no slow motion effect drag boat racing, mostly just a blurr. |
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