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Morning everyone, I've been lurking here but haven't logged in for a while. I've decided to sell a few of my boats that just aren't getting used so here they are. First is a VS-1. I bought it new from Hobbico a few years ago. It has maybe an hour of run time and no damage history at all. I...

Afternoon everyone, The past couple of weeks I've been working on a tunnel hull with the idea of running it at the endurance race coming up at SOWEGA. I've had it for quite a while, I bought it along with a smaller tunnel, sort of a two for one. Both were painted black and just looked awful...

Afternoon everyone, I've got a JAE 21 G2 that's been 3/4 built and sitting on the shelf for too long so yesterday I got it out and got back to work. Most of the construction is done and it's well sealed. I won't be able to order a hardware kit for it until ZippKits gets re-located in Florida...

Afternoon all, I've finally finished building all manner of models for other people and am back to working on my own. I'm in need of a couple of engines for my D tunnel hulls. I've got two of them that I am looking forward to running and then racing but need powerplants. I've got four K&B...

Morning all, A second question in a week, I must be getting busy around here. A local club member passed away last month and his wife called and asked us to come and get all of the modeling stuff out of the house. There was quite a lot of it and she just gave it away. It all ended up in my...

Afternoon everyone, I have a problem boat. It is properly built but has yet to run 3 feet under its own power. The question here is mostly about the engine. It's a D class boat, a HyPoint I got a while back. Power has been K&B 7.5, an engine I've always had good luck with in the past. The first...

Evening all, I'm trying to get a new tunnel ready to race and am having some engine problems. I have a number of K&B outboards, in this case a 7.5. I have four of these and run one of them on an old Hotshot Sprint that I will be racing tomorrow. It's always run well and been trouble free. The...

Evening all, I have a rigger I picked up a couple of years ago. I don't know which one it is but have been told it may be a Crapshooter. Not sure but in any case it's pretty well built. It runs on a piped Nova Rossi .12 engine. The problem I am having is that every time I put it in the water it...

Morning everyone, Well, it is morning around here at least. I've run into an engine problem new to me and need some help if there is any. My Dad and I were running some boats yesterday checking them out for the race next weekend in Georgia. Most of them ran well and are ready to race but one of...

Evening all, I'm in need of a decent 3.5 outboard nitro motor. I have one of the old Hotshot .21 glass hulls in need of power. It's not my only one but I'd like a powerplant that lets me dash this one around the pond for fun. I won't be racing it, I have several other faster hulls for that. I...

Evening all, I've had a tunnel sitting around for a year or so and didn't ever know what it is. It was received from another racer in the area who is not running outboards any longer but it was never identified. Yesterday it was sitting on the workbench next to a Cobra and I finally realized...

Afternoon all, I may have posted this before but I cant find it so here we go. I'm building a Zippkits JAE 21 I received from a very generous racer. It came with a GO motor new in the box. The boat is maybe 2/3 built but I am in need of some parts, primarily the hardware. I see that Zippkits...

Afternoon all, I've been out of things lately, an accident last fall kept me in the hospital all season and I lost my laptop and a ton of information that was on it so please forgive me for asking these questions over again. I need some parts. To begin, I've managed to pick up a good supply of...

Afternoon all, I finally got my Topspeed 2 in the water the other day and had unexpected results that I don't understand. I built and balanced it to the instructions. In the straights it runs pretty well, no bad habits, doesn't porpoise, sits about right on the water at full throttle, doesn't...

Afternoon all, I just picked up a Blackjack 26 in a trade. My intent was to have an electric to just bash around with but naturally I started wondering about racing it. Is there a class in IMPBA that I can race this boat in stock form? I don't feel like re building the whole thing and if there...

Morning all, I've recently aquired a used Cobra hull. It's slightly more worn than I expected but has plenty of life left in it. I'm trying to determine what powerplant was used on it or at least what engine mount. I'd prefer to go back with the same unit than to dig out threads, fill and re...

Evening all, I am working up another tunnel, this one powered by a K&B 7.5 OB with a pipe cut lower. Problem is I don't have a pipe. does anyone have a reasonably priced pipe I can purchase for this motor? It's got a header, just need the pipe. Thanks. Rick H.

Evening all, I've found that my enthusiasm for boat racing is really taking hold and to that end have got enough tunnel hulls ready to run to race in four different IMPBA classes, two in B and two in D. Plus I have a couple of back up boats if I start tearing things up. I'd like to try a...

Evening all, Does anyone know the part number for the output bearings in a K&B 7.5 outboard. Or another way to reference it with Boca or another supplier? Thanks. Rick H.

Afternoon all, I've been spending too much time online and found an ad elsewhere for a Topspeed2 that was basically NIB. Price seemed fair so I went with it because I'd heard a few good things about the boat and also that it isn't all that common anymore. It arrived ok, missing a lot of the...