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Hydro Junkie
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If you were watching the video from the Dean Chenoweth Memorial, David Newton was driving the boat, the 1988 version, for Fred Olson. Fred uses the name u60 and David goes by miniczar here in the forum. Hope that helps Don
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Hey Don,
Try here: http://www.rcunlimiteds.com . Select boats, then 1980 -1990 column. The boat is at the bottom of that column with a bit more data. I can not copy and paste to IW any longer it appears.
CHEERS !!! Bob
Try here: http://www.rcunlimiteds.com . Select boats, then 1980 -1990 column. The boat is at the bottom of that column with a bit more data. I can not copy and paste to IW any longer it appears.
CHEERS !!! Bob
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I just tried too, without success. That boat's been around for a long time. I remember, years ago, when the builder, Howard Price, was at a race with it . He had pulled the motor to take care of a problem he was having and they put him on the clock. Between the two of us, we reinstalled the motor, fueled, started and launched the boat in less than 2.5 minutes. He later sold the boat to another member of R/C Unlimiteds who raced it for a while before apparently selling it to Fred.
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It depends on which R/C U you are referring to. As far as the nitro club, yes. We run 1/8th scale nitro and electric boats in their own heats, no mixing the two. E-R/C U runs 1/10th electrics. There are also 1/7th electric and 1/6.7 gas scale and CT boats that run in a couple of different clubs as well.
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Larry Roberts
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i'am also going to build this boat using an old Dumas hull I bought off eBay a few years ago. The boat needs the upper deck to be skinned and i'am going to use a cowling from R/C Boat co. Here a picture I found on IW and a snap shop from r/c unlimited page described above I hope this helps you fine what you need
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If the Dumas you bought is the scale Atlas, you will need to modify the front of the cockpit to make the RCBC cowl fit properly. Dumas boats are notorious for having narrow engine bays so you may need to build up or move the cockpit sides out to fit the cowl shape
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BobGutsell
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That's my boat just finished it last year, and just started running it. Have put a full build report in my Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/bob.gutsell/media_set?set=a.4149984317446.171710.1519001777&type=3
I used the RC Boat co cowl as well. I'd been staying out of this thread because it looked like someone was asking about Fred's boat. More than happy to provide input if needed.
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Thanks guys, I thought I might have to do a few mods to make this work
