Nqd Jet Boat vs. water log

[damfurst]

Having fun in the creek, well mostly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib8JTKYOl8

[Knytemare]

Looks like serious fun! Until it got stuck ... how long did it take you before you got it back?

[damfurst]

Originally Posted by Knytemare

Looks like serious fun! Until it got stuck ... how long did it take you before you got it back?

About 30min. It was too far to reach with my net with 10ft handle. So I taped the stick to the handle and was able to knock it loose. By that time it had enough water in it that it just bobbed on down the creek with the bow up. Missed getting it at the bridge so had to wait for next spot which was 1/2mile down the creek. It all worked out at least.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OlRNzSt_-E

This is a fresh Nqd Tear Into with a 22mm jet drive. She gets up on plane well and is quite smooth though only at 1/2 throttle here. Too much cavitation at wot and loss of prime. Always something to work on.

Here's another one from the same day different view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXCW27eHBrg

The ponds thawed out this last week so today went down and ran this boat and my Mini-C Jet drive boat. Forgot my gps, but will have to do that another day. You can judge for yourselves how fast it was going. It would spin out if you oversteer it, but cavitation was at a minimum. I did do the delta (attempted) and also added the screen to the intake. I'll have to wait until I take it on the creek before I say it helped a bunch, but I do think it does make a difference. Experienced no bouncing so I probably won't do a ride plate. Will probably add cooling tubes to the esc since the temp was so much higher than the motor was. Overall it was a good run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPpSdpMwdYo