Bill, the race we are talking about is the IMPBAs 75th anniversary Internats.
The race is in October (Huntsville Al)
I am hoping to race 5 boats.
B Sport Tunnel
B Mod Tunnel
B Hydro
B Sport Hydro (Sport 20)
D Sport Hydro (Sport 40)
and its ready for primer.. AGAIN.. broke out one of the mounting holes for the NACA duct. (gota fix that)
I had to ORDER 180 grit wet dry.. yes.. had to ORDER IT.. I could not find it anyplace around. I must live in a bubble!
CRIPES
one of the most profound things I discovered while working on gas boats was to "curl the pull start cord" not pull with your shoulder. It take FAR less holding power to secure the boat as well as the speed of the pull it can some times be just one compression stroke and its running.
If you are...
Yep.. Phil is right.. WAY BACK WHEN.. when Futaba first offered the FASST systems SOME of the RXs with the BLUE label had issues with heat. They identified it quite quick and it was fixed.. Hence the Orange FASST labels.
In all my testing and running.. I never had heat issues with the blue...
If i have room (most of the time I do) I like to wrap the RX in 1/4in foam rubber and then Vet Wrap to hold it all together. In some cases I will place the RX on the block of Pink foam before the vet wrap if i want to raise the unit in the boat. Some times i only have room for Vet wrap.
I have...