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Originally Posted by ILMORdude (Post 4057658)

He whom has a large wallet could battle Qatar with this beast. Am I wrong?

Nope ! :)

http://sharkeyimages.zenfolio.com/im...35306753-5.jpg

No price, but this is the perfect example of if you have to ask..........

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Originally Posted by Interceptor (Post 4057585)

totally off topic but why do so many of these projects get a wild paint job prior to proving anything ? If you look at NASCAR the teams test and test and then paint the car for the first race. Seems like a bunch of money wasted on bling.

karma, I have a 69 rag top that wouldn't run right till it had a bath she had to be clean and shiny or no
worky ;) very sad hope someone picks up the project

This may be a stupid question and I'm certainly not able to purchase the boat but from the looks of it, it is a complete boat. What is left to "finish" her.... I have seen the boat a few times but never running, what is the deal?

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Originally Posted by mike tkach (Post 4057595)

that is an amazing boat,i wonder how the opening in the deck affects the air entrapment?

hey mike how is it ? that looks like an elevator wing out front. prob. adjustable or fixed. Geico had one I believe a while back that was fixed. the PHENOMENON boat was on display in Key West 3-4 years ago. man o man what a piece of technology.

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Originally Posted by CraneHillFast (Post 4057917)

I was thinking the same thing. The add says it has test time. It may just need someone with deep pockets for purchase, fuel and a huge need for speed fix.:eekdrop: I would like to see this thing in action.

I used to drive into town from Williams Blvd. to work and always passed Copeland's place and saw his toys. RIP.

The wing in the front is adjustable and is computer controlled. The theory (and a sound one IMO) is the wing could be used to control the attitude, it could maximize speed and also possibly keep it from flipping over... all based on sensors and possibly a gyro or two.

I haven't been following their progress in the last couple years (if there was any), but last I knew the engineering and tuning of the wing was what was being worked on before family funds dried up.

It will take some real engineers (electrical and aerospace?) to complete this, this is not something a couple of resin slingers will have much luck tackling IMO. If and when it is properly tuned, this thing has the potential to run close to 300 mph.

I personally would get some universities involved with it. This would be a fantastic project for some engineering grad students... they would have the brains and the technical resources (through the university) to pull something like this off.

Lets hope a few guys with big money, brains, and a nut-sack the size of the boat itself can bring this to fruition. It would be a great honor to the late Al Copeland as well.

I see someone buying the turbines. Then selling the hull and rigging to a builder or big boat sales group to be pieced out.