Skater 388- 186mph at LOTO
 

Hey guys, is the Skater 388, 186mph at LOTO currently the fastest speed that any current poker run/pleasure series Skater has gone?... that would include any 368/40 models.... is this the fastest?

Thats unreal...186mph...

the JET SET has gone faster , but that is turbine power.

Probably the fastest pleasure cat to go thru the KILO that fast....Heard his GPS showed 192MPH at the end of the run.

I would think Romers would possibly go faster given more room and possibly alittle different prop setup.. I'm sure Blume would know..

thanks blume.....any idea why there always seems to be 5 to 7 mph difference bwtn radar / GPS..... which one is more accurate?

How fast did JET SET go?....What model is it ?

5 to 7 ????? you mean 2 to 3 ..... put thee Kahlua down

I believe Jet Set is a 92' 40 ft w/arnesons

more METH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool-smiley-027::cool-smiley-026::D:bong:

lol ok.... my bad:kiss:

cool...thanku:drink:

i believe that the angle of the radar detector accounts for some of the difference between the gun and the GPS in the boats. Several years ago i ran the shoot out and my first pass my GPS was showing 79-80, and my recorded speed from the shoot out was 74, i though about it for awhile and on my next pass i moved closer to gun ( that was at shooter then and the gun hung off the cliffs so i got closer to the cliffs ) my next pass and 2 others all recorded 77MPH while my gps was sitting at 79-80. i called it a day and won my class. I have a radar gun that i bought years ago before GPS was so easily available and accurate, use to use it when playing with props and i noticed you could get several different readings depending on the angle of your fixed object you were shooting at. I also learned from playing with the gun that if you deaccellerate rapidly it throws the gun off on the low side, so on occasions when popping over a hill and there sit a radar trap if you climb on the brakes fast your deacceleration will be greter then your speed and will show on the police radar a much lower speed. then what you really are doing. For years before GPS people use to stretch the truth on thier boat speeds (they still do human nature) i would go down below and bring my radar gun out and then ask them how much they wanted to bet! There was more times than not alot of back peddling. We did have alot of fun sitting out in the main channel doing speed runs to see just how fast you were.

later

Wait till you see his new one.

What, Is mike getting a new 1? skater I hope..

A 46. Its been evolving for a while now.

piston power or turbine?

I would think he's going to use his turbines from the old boat...

don't think tooo much Cat you may hurt yourself,and set off the smoke detectors :lolhit:

Do turbines require alot of maintance? are they user ready around docks?

No............. These are the Big boys.

yes it did blume, i was helpin chip out that weekend. and yes it did. i have a pic of tattle tale as well, and it was burried! lol

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jet set...........and it's a 1992 model.

How Fast has JET SET gone ? blume do u know?

If you keep up with the preventative maintenance, they're amazingly trouble free. If you don't keep up on them, they're very tempermental.

I don't deal with the baby gas turbines a very much. Usually its the big boys that make several 100k+ hp.
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If your wondering about cost... The rotor alone is $5,000,000.00

anyone know if Romer is running the 388 at DS in 2 weeks?

PR388, DS starts next week, next Thursday is the street party.

yep,, sorry blume, forgot to edit that... yep, i'll make sure im there on the right thursday.. LOL...:drink:

Yes Chip and Gary are on the shootout list.