Testing the Miss GEICO MTI- Boca/ Biscayne pics
03-17-2008 | 05:05 PM
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Neno the mind boggler
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From: toledo oh
Oh I see how it works . . . Haggin comes up here for the St.Pats day parade in Port Huron an you guys dig the toys out 
Looks like a blast, 6's is when it starts to get fun. I was always curious of what the throttling was like with a turbine in the ruff stuff. I would guess you really have to be on your game to stay ahead of lag in spooling up and down.
Looks like a blast, 6's is when it starts to get fun. I was always curious of what the throttling was like with a turbine in the ruff stuff. I would guess you really have to be on your game to stay ahead of lag in spooling up and down.
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08 OPA Class 1 National Champion
08 Class 1 Geico Triple Crown Champion
08 OPA High Points Champion
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03-17-2008 | 05:13 PM
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Rob
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Throttling the boat in seas. very similar to Piston. Not quite as much throttleback though. However... The challenging part as any race team will tell you is finding the fastest you can go "the zone" but not pushing the equipment harder than it can last to finish the race(that's the hardest by far).
Consequences of a miss ....overspeeding the turbine (very bad).
Marc
Consequences of a miss ....overspeeding the turbine (very bad).
Marc
Does it eat prop blades much on the miss throttleback?
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03-17-2008 | 06:01 PM
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We burn Jet A , Kerosene, Diesel/gas, Bio fuel is our big push right now.
Throttling the boat in seas. very similar to Piston. Not quite as much throttleback though. However... The challenging part as any race team will tell you is finding the fastest you can go "the zone" but not pushing the equipment harder than it can last to finish the race(that's the hardest by far).
Consequences of a miss ....overspeeding the turbine (very bad).
Marc
Throttling the boat in seas. very similar to Piston. Not quite as much throttleback though. However... The challenging part as any race team will tell you is finding the fastest you can go "the zone" but not pushing the equipment harder than it can last to finish the race(that's the hardest by far).
Consequences of a miss ....overspeeding the turbine (very bad).
Marc
Have you actually tried B100?
03-18-2008 | 10:00 AM
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Dave...When the cat's away....maybe it's should be the other way round!
Props- with the exception of our Elstrom's we rotate through our prop's every 3 races.
Correct this is the 2007 MTI. By no means an "old boat" see her perform in Biloxi this year.
Fuel- we have several formulas we are testing right now. Careful what you burn!
Yes the photo boat was slightly green that day
Scotty and I are off to Sebring to test "open wheel" Barber's for 3 days see if we can pick up something from the "car" guys" and get the reflexes up before the season starts. We'll post pics when we return
Thanks for all your support
Marc and Scotty
Props- with the exception of our Elstrom's we rotate through our prop's every 3 races.
Correct this is the 2007 MTI. By no means an "old boat" see her perform in Biloxi this year.
Fuel- we have several formulas we are testing right now. Careful what you burn!
Yes the photo boat was slightly green that day
Scotty and I are off to Sebring to test "open wheel" Barber's for 3 days see if we can pick up something from the "car" guys" and get the reflexes up before the season starts. We'll post pics when we return
Thanks for all your support
Marc and Scotty
