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We had better luck this weekend and the results were fun for sure... I must first say that this aint not Yamato motor...I will kind of give a blow by blow of the weekend.
Friday we had 5 hours of testing so I ran the C Mod first and all went well but we were planning on some experimenting thru the weekend so we parked it and got the D mod ready. As I was waiting to go out I figured I better get the paddle ready since the first time out lead to 5 paddle ins. Amazingly with one pull we took off and planned out real quick and ran a few laps at half throttle and raised and lowered it a couple hundred rpms for a few laps but then I could not take it any more. I gave it full throttle and nothing happened. I went back to half throttle and nailed it again and nothing happened and then all of a sudden we were flying. I guess when I came back in I had a big smile and found out I had about one lap of fuel left. The wife said she had been watching and said the boat made a big puff of smoke just before it really took off. We made a second run later and the boat was perfect and the power is unreal. When you giver it gas there is no waiting.
Friday I praticed my start and then dropped to the back to see what it was like with other boats out there. The second heat I nailed the start and everyone was late but the motor shut down and I figure I was toast with everone coming at me but I got there attention and the heat was called since I was right in the middle of the turn. That ended Saturday for us. A cranky Kill switch and junk in the fuel lines.
I must say that I ran both boats hard and in rough water and they did everything I wanted them to do so it was a good weekend. Now we can work on set up and some results now.
Sunday was great and I used the power to nail the starts but could not hold off the bigger motors in the corners. It was a lot of fun and the weather was great all weekend with temps in the mid to upper seventys and a light breeze.
Friday we had 5 hours of testing so I ran the C Mod first and all went well but we were planning on some experimenting thru the weekend so we parked it and got the D mod ready. As I was waiting to go out I figured I better get the paddle ready since the first time out lead to 5 paddle ins. Amazingly with one pull we took off and planned out real quick and ran a few laps at half throttle and raised and lowered it a couple hundred rpms for a few laps but then I could not take it any more. I gave it full throttle and nothing happened. I went back to half throttle and nailed it again and nothing happened and then all of a sudden we were flying. I guess when I came back in I had a big smile and found out I had about one lap of fuel left. The wife said she had been watching and said the boat made a big puff of smoke just before it really took off. We made a second run later and the boat was perfect and the power is unreal. When you giver it gas there is no waiting.
Friday I praticed my start and then dropped to the back to see what it was like with other boats out there. The second heat I nailed the start and everyone was late but the motor shut down and I figure I was toast with everone coming at me but I got there attention and the heat was called since I was right in the middle of the turn. That ended Saturday for us. A cranky Kill switch and junk in the fuel lines.
I must say that I ran both boats hard and in rough water and they did everything I wanted them to do so it was a good weekend. Now we can work on set up and some results now.
Sunday was great and I used the power to nail the starts but could not hold off the bigger motors in the corners. It was a lot of fun and the weather was great all weekend with temps in the mid to upper seventys and a light breeze.
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