Hey Dunny,
It really breaks my heart to come to your defense
but here goes......
1.A 3.5 outboard mono is one of the hardest boats I have ever tried to set-up or drive.
2.A 3.5 outboard mono is one of the most fun boats I have ever driven.
3."Ugly" boats that consistently win all of a sudden become very beautiful.
4.Dunny,Great design......If this boat runs as good as I think it does,there is going to be a lot of these on the water in front of lakefront vacation homes in the years to come.
5.For you guys that think you know how to drive a model boat,go get an old 3.5 mono,put an outboard on it and go out and try to turn the boat with any speed at all.Make sure you take your Prozac,Vallium and a gallon Thunderbird with you when you do.You will need it.
"The devil made me do this".This is one of those great model boat racing memories.
"Uncle Waterbox" I love it.This is a great J.D. story.
[Jerry,I still remember Leo Drieth laughing and choking so hard that he had coffee coming out every orifice on his face.]
About 20 years ago,as I recall,at a play day at Waughop ,Jerry had flipped his boat.The boat stayed upside down on the course maybe 5-10 minutes until the water was closed.
The boat after being retrieved was back sitting on the stand and the radio was not responding.
Of course our first explanation was the radio had gotten wet but when Jerry pulled off the cowl the radio box was crystal clear with no moisture fog visible so we thought the problem was some where else.
Now this was back in the days when we had screw down radio box lids so getting into the box was no small job.We checked the xmitter batteries,antenna etc.etc,etc and it quickly became apparent the only thing left,we thought, was the receiver pack.
Jerry took out all the screws and peeled off the cover,and shazaam the water level in the box was right to the absolute top.Not even a bubble was present in "Uncle Waterboxes" radio.
To this day I don't ever recall seeing another radio box that full of water.
It really breaks my heart to come to your defense
but here goes......1.A 3.5 outboard mono is one of the hardest boats I have ever tried to set-up or drive.
2.A 3.5 outboard mono is one of the most fun boats I have ever driven.
3."Ugly" boats that consistently win all of a sudden become very beautiful.
4.Dunny,Great design......If this boat runs as good as I think it does,there is going to be a lot of these on the water in front of lakefront vacation homes in the years to come.
5.For you guys that think you know how to drive a model boat,go get an old 3.5 mono,put an outboard on it and go out and try to turn the boat with any speed at all.Make sure you take your Prozac,Vallium and a gallon Thunderbird with you when you do.You will need it.
"The devil made me do this".This is one of those great model boat racing memories.
"Uncle Waterbox"
I love it.This is a great J.D. story.[Jerry,I still remember Leo Drieth laughing and choking so hard that he had coffee coming out every orifice on his face.]
About 20 years ago,as I recall,at a play day at Waughop ,Jerry had flipped his boat.The boat stayed upside down on the course maybe 5-10 minutes until the water was closed.
The boat after being retrieved was back sitting on the stand and the radio was not responding.
Of course our first explanation was the radio had gotten wet but when Jerry pulled off the cowl the radio box was crystal clear with no moisture fog visible so we thought the problem was some where else.
Now this was back in the days when we had screw down radio box lids so getting into the box was no small job.We checked the xmitter batteries,antenna etc.etc,etc and it quickly became apparent the only thing left,we thought, was the receiver pack.
Jerry took out all the screws and peeled off the cover,and shazaam the water level in the box was right to the absolute top.Not even a bubble was present in "Uncle Waterboxes" radio.
To this day I don't ever recall seeing another radio box that full of water.
