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JB-Cigarette 05-21-2003 11:28 PM

140 MPH cruising speed
 
I had the thrill of riding in Integrated Turbine Service's 40 Skater. WOW we cruised around the Chesapeake at 140mph. The ride is comfortable and stable, expect I had to hold on to my head set so they wouldn't blow off my head. We ran the Skater with the smaller set of prop and toped out at 160 mph. The bigger set have produced 174mph but I'm not complaning about 160. Check out there website through the link off of the this site.
:D :D AWESOME:D :D

wwwTOPDJcom 05-22-2003 12:33 AM

you lucky sob :D :D

Ted G 05-22-2003 07:50 AM

:( :( :(

Ed offered me a ride but my wife wouldn't let me till I upped my life insurance:rolleyes:

It is truly a remarkable boat.

Tague 05-22-2003 08:07 AM

Turbine power is the only way to go.
we have a 46 skater and a 50 nortech
ready for you.
give us a call
954-524-7500
thanks
Tague Estes

dhlaw 05-22-2003 10:18 AM

How much a month would that be???? I think they will run on home heating oil.........I'll take it!

vtec 05-22-2003 11:26 AM

Is there a rev limiter on the turbine to prevent overspin when the props are 3 feet in the air?

MnHowardCat 05-22-2003 12:55 PM

Wow does that sound like fun.;)

Danny Usnik 05-22-2003 01:09 PM

What an experience, there's not to many people that can say they went 160 mph on water.

JB-Cigarette 05-26-2003 11:33 PM

V-TEC I believe the revs are controlled by the fuel psi. When the turbine reach predesignated rpm the fuel psi drops and limits the rpm and the toque is taken away from the drives. Oh the turbines can burn diesel or kerosene or a mix of both.


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