Recent content by Ryan Strecker

perfect, exactly what I was looking for. Thank you Ryan

Hey guys, if anyone has any good photos of the 1985 Miller i'd really appreciate it. I'd also like anything you have of Chip in his suit, as I still need to paint the driver. Thanks! Ryan

well, the first time I fired it about a month ago it idled ok, sputtered like all my other nitros have while not under load. This time it wouldnt stay running for more than a second and I had to give up as I was afraid of burning out the starter and thats when I noticed loads of fuel in the...

definitely need to run it before anything, just thinking of what can be done if necessary. on a side note, do you guys know what the range of the stock needle settings on a p.67 picco would be? I went to fire it up today just to get it to idle and it was clearly too rich at 3 turns out, there...

Just had another thought....the Rx battery can probably be relocated from the radio box (stock dumas location) to up in the front under or in front of the fuel tank. Where should the CG really be on these boats?

yea the tank is under the front, I may be able to make the cockpit area removable that way I can access in front of the tank easier.

yeah my fear is its going to ride low in the back. At the moment the CG is about 3 inches behind the trailing edge of the front sponsons, im not sure how that will translate to ride attitude.

makes sense, thanks again for all the info. i have this and the prather 255 so ill be interested to see how it reacts to both.

One more question guys....I received a 1455 octura today and its a raw prop so ill be doing the sharpening and balancing. Would you suggest detounging the 14 series props? From what ive read it will help unload it, but I dont want to sacrifice the lift it provides and I'd prefer the boat to be...

so the official weight is 12lb 9oz, dry. No intentional lightening was done during the construction so i guess I got lucky? who knows maybe we got some magic epoxy or a really good kit (yea right..) from dumas....but ill take it. The speedmaster hardware probably helps because the stuff is...

awesome thanks guys. My uncle built it, so ill ask him if he did anything to lighten it. Ill get my hands on a couple octuras, probably try a lifter just to see how it runs with it. Ill keep you posted on the progress

Thats actually with motor and hardware. i dont think I had the pipe on it though, and it was dry without receiver batteries. Boater, What type of speed do you see with your dumas? (assuming its a .67 nitro as well) thanks guys Ryan

Hey guys, just wanted to introduce myself and show a nearly complete Miller American ive had for over 10 years sitting on a shelf. I have mostly ran small nitro, and large gas mono's so this hydro is a first. Unfortunately, I inherited it with the decks already on so I wasn't able to make the...