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I likes twin turbines!!

..just look at the heat pour out the stacks..taken at 1/2000th of a second..3 miles away at 600 mm optical zoom. They were on the sticks full bore..oh and handheld (with stabilizer on)....I feel cheap using a Panasonic/Leica FZ-20 that costs $600.00. But my Nikon does not do as well...what can I say.

..can your disposable camera do that? ;)

..left click to enlarge.

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Way to go Brian!!!! Lookin' good!

Your boat is a fine example of a well dialed in rig!

Kick some butt down in Reggieland!

Kurt

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Thanks Kurt,

It's taken some work, but the combo of indestructible drives from Konrad, a solid engine package from Flow Technologies, bigger Hubers, and a lot of plain hard work from Lee and myself, has all paid off.

She feels as good as she looks.

Cheers,
Brian

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Brian,
Congratulations on the win! Good luck in North Carolina.
Dan

Hydrocruiser,
Thanks for all the pictures. :drink:
Dan

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Brian,

Congrats on the win. :drink: Dave

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Hey Brian....... Congrats on the win !!! :evilb: And may they keep comin. You DO have one heck of a great runnin 10 meter. :D

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Thanks guys.

...well good news and bad news. Good news is we crossed the finish line first in Reggieville! But the bad news is: somehow, scoring has us breaking out by 5mph! :eek:

All of the P5 boats broke out, as well as 3 P4's.

We understand it's being "looked at". Hopefully all will shake out in the end.

Cheers,
Brian

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Brian,
Hope all works out. What is breaking out? Is each P class allowed a top speed they can run?
Dan

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Yeah, they allow us a top avg lap speed of 74.9mph on a course measured in a straight line from pin to pin.

The prop calculation at tech inspection combines rpm, prop pitch, drive gear ratio, and a theoretical slip of 12%.

My calculation works out to a theoretical top speed of 82+ at 5400rpm, which is the estimated straighaway top speed. Scrubbing down to the high 60's in the turns, plus taking wide turns brings speeds close to that average. It's a way to level the playing field with a wide range of boat sizes and power setups.

P-class boats fit into:

P5 65mph avg
P4 75mph avg
P3 85mph avg
P2 95mpg avg
P1 110mph age

Hope this helps,
Brian