outerlimits rolled?
05-23-2012 | 10:08 PM
#251
Rob
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Tab is a convienient excuse,Yea it could be? But Im sure they were running the **** out of it,So what shet happens.
Now people that are related or freinds of, make excusses/reasons shows me there idiots,just baiting the people that dont know anything.
Now people that are related or freinds of, make excusses/reasons shows me there idiots,just baiting the people that dont know anything.
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05-23-2012 | 10:14 PM
#252
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From: Fresno, CA, 93722, USA
I've seen the bottom of the boat. In person at the Miami show. It was the orange boat which is the topic of this thread.
Vee bottom boats today are being greatly improved by the premier boat manufacturers. I appreciate that. But this is not rocket science and there has been no great discovery. The basic physical concepts of drag and bottom configuration (v) remain the same. Those concepts can be tweaked better and better but there is a limit to what can be done with a certain bottom configuration. That's all I'm trying to say. The folks at OL naturally have connections with folks in the supercharging industry and with Mercury to be sure - and they have experience building their own engines as they made some progress for themselves in that field - and until a third party purchases one with said stock power and can verify the top speed number, for now I would say the claims are highly interesting if true *but* they are not yet verified in my opinion. I think others would agree precisely because 600 horsepower could hardly push a 29 foot cat to 103 mph (okay it might push a 29 foot cat to a little more than 103), and a vee bottom is way inferior to a cat in terms of its efficiency.
Not being a hater at all - it just doesn't make sense at 600 horsepower. It was claimed that a 525 29SV hits 90 (which is its own substantial claim), so how is 75 horsepower giving us and additional 13 mph?
Vee bottom boats today are being greatly improved by the premier boat manufacturers. I appreciate that. But this is not rocket science and there has been no great discovery. The basic physical concepts of drag and bottom configuration (v) remain the same. Those concepts can be tweaked better and better but there is a limit to what can be done with a certain bottom configuration. That's all I'm trying to say. The folks at OL naturally have connections with folks in the supercharging industry and with Mercury to be sure - and they have experience building their own engines as they made some progress for themselves in that field - and until a third party purchases one with said stock power and can verify the top speed number, for now I would say the claims are highly interesting if true *but* they are not yet verified in my opinion. I think others would agree precisely because 600 horsepower could hardly push a 29 foot cat to 103 mph (okay it might push a 29 foot cat to a little more than 103), and a vee bottom is way inferior to a cat in terms of its efficiency.
Not being a hater at all - it just doesn't make sense at 600 horsepower. It was claimed that a 525 29SV hits 90 (which is its own substantial claim), so how is 75 horsepower giving us and additional 13 mph?
To also be clear, the SV29 plug, as in the prototype, went 94mph and the weight was not the same as production. The production version will run just slightly faster in good conditions. Multiple speeds were posted because it went through many different changes until Mike was happy with it. In between initial concept to final test was nearly 8mph. I can tell you, as I know many of the boat builders, most do not make a plug and test, change, test, change, test. Hell, most don't even put the X dimension in the same spot on 2 boats. This is a different boat and time will show there really is nothing like it.
05-23-2012 | 10:18 PM
#253
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Wish they would just respond to the original reports where the two in the boat said they caught a bad wave and were not going that fast. Then someone said it was a tab down to far and the boat was out for a speed run at over 100mph, which was it? Just tell us all the truth so the rumors are stopped.
05-23-2012 | 10:28 PM
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I don't think Mercury's limited warranty covers underwater. The motor is fine but the last I heard, this was not covered under warranty.
05-23-2012 | 11:16 PM
#258
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From: Draper, Utah
Ya what he said!!!! LOL I guess Dustin cleared things up.
I rode in this boat the weekend of desert storm. I can tell you if it had a design problem we would have crashed that weekend for sure. Mike was driving hard every second we were on the water. Hard turns, crazy fast in wicked waves and the boat never did anything odd. In fact I was shocked how well it handled ever type of water and driving was thrown at it.
Mike pushes his stuff hard, very hard and his products are much better for it.
We ran 97 mph with five guys and a ton of gear with stock 600 on the way to the first card stop. In fact i dont think we ever went under 90 the entire time LOL. I know first hand the motors had stock ecu because I watched the merc guys hand them to Mike and we put them in. The hatch never came up again. Oh and we bought crap gas on the lake so I know it was not running a wild tune.
This boat is the real deal and if you rode in one It would change you views of V bottoms forever as it did mine.
MP
I rode in this boat the weekend of desert storm. I can tell you if it had a design problem we would have crashed that weekend for sure. Mike was driving hard every second we were on the water. Hard turns, crazy fast in wicked waves and the boat never did anything odd. In fact I was shocked how well it handled ever type of water and driving was thrown at it.
Mike pushes his stuff hard, very hard and his products are much better for it.
We ran 97 mph with five guys and a ton of gear with stock 600 on the way to the first card stop. In fact i dont think we ever went under 90 the entire time LOL. I know first hand the motors had stock ecu because I watched the merc guys hand them to Mike and we put them in. The hatch never came up again. Oh and we bought crap gas on the lake so I know it was not running a wild tune.
This boat is the real deal and if you rode in one It would change you views of V bottoms forever as it did mine.
MP
05-23-2012 | 11:36 PM
#259
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Outerlimits rolling and spinn-out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y3IBxTKrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Aa0vlJKL0
http://www.powerboatmag.com/content/view/219/39/
However, while in pursuit of the race leader, the SNAV OSG boat spun out at the end of the opening lap to drop back into third. Also an outerlimits boat
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ed-norway.html
This popped up when I googled, Outerlimits boat rolled or spin out....
These are realy agressive stepped raceboats, wich must be handlaed by care !!!!
By proffesional drivers and amateurs.
Very nice and fast boats, but has the search for speed gone on the behalf of safe handling????
This is not any diss of the brand Outerlimits, only what popped up on the google search :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y3IBxTKrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Aa0vlJKL0
http://www.powerboatmag.com/content/view/219/39/
However, while in pursuit of the race leader, the SNAV OSG boat spun out at the end of the opening lap to drop back into third. Also an outerlimits boat
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/g...ed-norway.html
This popped up when I googled, Outerlimits boat rolled or spin out....
These are realy agressive stepped raceboats, wich must be handlaed by care !!!!
By proffesional drivers and amateurs.
Very nice and fast boats, but has the search for speed gone on the behalf of safe handling????
This is not any diss of the brand Outerlimits, only what popped up on the google search :-)
I say wear a helmet. The gunnels are tough on skulls ;D
