Would Any OSO Members Drive This?
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I have had an offer to pilot one. If not married and a kid....who am I kidding that is a big H E double hockey sticks NO. Last time I checked my ball of steel were not stainless. Ill post some pics of that rocket ship though.
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Yeah Top Fuel Drag boat racing is pretty nuts, Eddie Hill (the Texan) raced both the dragster (top fuel) and top fuel drag boat, and I may be mistaken but I thought he felt safer in the top fuel dragster than the hydro (dragboat), and he was very, very good at both.
I do not have the requisite experience, desire, or large enough testcicles to drive a top fuel hydro, that is one serious ride.
Eddie Hill pictured below, he was one of my favorite racers.
I do not have the requisite experience, desire, or large enough testcicles to drive a top fuel hydro, that is one serious ride.
Eddie Hill pictured below, he was one of my favorite racers.
So, not no, but HAILL no! I would not drive one of those.
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I use to crew on an alcohol hydro (York Boys XXXtreme Toy) for a couple of years and made 1 pass in it and that said no way in hell would I get in a TFH. I know a bunch of those guys and have witnessed some wicked crashes but fortunate enough not to ever be present at a fatal one! Thats for sure a different breed of man. Owner of Problem Child is Eddie Knox and he himself is a wild man and good guy! Fun days and hard work. Cool thread
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The hyros are going much faster today than when Eddie Hill raced, but the safety technology has inproved too, and the hydros now run twin counter rotating props which, I assume, makes it easier to drive, and if the boat goes over the saftey capsules are pretty stout. Even with all that, still I do not desire to run a hydro at 260+ mph.....that is a skill set!
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http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...ail&FORM=VIRE1
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...ail&FORM=VIRE1
I think these guys are members or I know they are on here some. Also own a 46' Skater and it's FOR SALE.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...ail&FORM=VIRE1
I think these guys are members or I know they are on here some. Also own a 46' Skater and it's FOR SALE.
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All I can say is, if Satan came to Earth and decided to buy a boat, this is what he would run.
You have to have balls of brass just to run a top fuel dragster of funny car. To run one of these death-forks, they would need to be made of platinum!
You have to have balls of brass just to run a top fuel dragster of funny car. To run one of these death-forks, they would need to be made of platinum!
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That is a great video. Did he feather the throttle when the boat planed and broke the props loose? I was trying to figure that out by looking at the water being pushed by the props and the exhaust firing. Or do the drivers just stay-in-it the whole time? I would think you would have to feather the throttle (pedal it) so not to cavitate the sh*t out of the props if the props broke loose and that much horsepower being applied all at once, but that is just my wild ass guess, someone teach me...
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I have a or had a vcr tape of Eddie Hills crash. I will look for it. I rember them saying He would be the first to break 200 mph. He was an crashed. The motor was flying in the air an was still screamimg. The crash was at the top end of the run. They said He had gallons of water under His skin. It was a volant crash.