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Discussion in 'Power Boats' started by l8rg8r, Feb 12, 2014.

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    I have had this one for a couple of months finally got around to painting it I'm not done yet but only have to clear coat and polish any way have a look and enjoy

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    Did you paint that skull?
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    Kinda I used a stencil but had to do a lot of it free hand
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    ] Here is a before pic

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    Great job on the skull paint job!
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    Thanks it's my first attempt I'm pleased with it
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    What's going to power this one?
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    It's. Got a thunder tiger 28 nitro it is ready for water test but at this time everything is frozen
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    We're not freezing here...yet, but it's raining like crazy.
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    It's been warming a bit of late but we had three weeks of daytime highs under 25 and single digit night time lows only boat I can run right now is my air boat
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    Air boat? Is that a hovercraft? Photos?
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    It's a k&s pacer 1/6 scale with a oz 65 nitro spinning a 12/10 prop this thing rips through the snow and water

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    Can that run over dry land? I wonder if they make RC hovercraft, the kind with the skirting.
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    I run it around on my lawn it only goes about 10-15 mph on dry grass it will go 25-30 on snow and 40-50 on water I've ran it across gravel and sand bars and tall grass is no problem you can build a RC hover craft there is a local group that built there 1/1 scale one from plans they found some where online or watch flea bay tyco built one back in the 80s it was called the typhoon they made a mini and a 1/10 version but a home built one could be a lot better I had a typhoon back in the day they arnt very good I would use edf for the lift and a pair of three blade pusher props with twin brushless motors I have seen many hover crafts if you decide to build one let me know if I can be any help
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    I'm going to have to search for a RC hovercraft video now. Could be cool.
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    There a bunch on YouTube most I've seen don't float I would want mine to float for sure just so if it died on the water it won't sink there are several on YouTube so somebody is making them
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    I found one that seems to be a kit:

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    Good Find. That one looks cooler too.

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