Charles Perdue

Anything that makes noise and goes fast.

JUST SOME OF MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO RC MODEL BOATING

Designer and builder of the BOSS series of RC boats.

Designer and builder of the Zoom Carbs.

Designer and builder of a very accurate flow bench for RC carbs.

Designer and builder of the first "Roll-Off" sponson.

Designer and builder of the first anachoic chamber to help accurately measure the sound level of our toy boats.

First to successfully incorporate ground effects in the design of RC boats.

First to successfully run the shingled running surfaces on the sponsons.

First to design and build a series of RC boats that ran the same speed thru the turns as the straight-a-way speeds.

First to successfully use tunnel running surfaces on the sponsons.

First to design a boat that ran an offical 10 second lap.

First to successfully use a flat bottom strut.

First to put the water pickup in the rudder blade.

First to design and build a successful combination Torque Cradle and Inertia dual-system dyno.

I was born with nothing and I still have most of it.

Common sense is not all that common.

If it were, everyone would have it.

There are 2 rules on being successful.

#1-Do not tell everything you know.

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