7:30am, calm water, and a 4 blade cleaver prop = 1 TAMED SATAN!

[1BadAction]

i cant believe this. this boat is bad ass! I have one (blurry, but i'll get more soon) picture of me running about 55-60 (28p@5000 rpm) in SLOPPY water, 1/8th mile from where i took off. the pic was also around 11:00 am, i ran the tank dry idleing at the dock early, and had to go all the way back to my house to get oil for the gas. So 2 hours of driving later, i get to take the pic.

The feeling of finally getting this boat right after 10 months of work is awesome. Guys from Scream and fly, thanks so much, if it wasnt for this website, i wouldn't have as many good friends as i do now.

At the risk of sounding corny, i am going to thank the people that helped me.

Airboater, thanks for showing me the ropes on the glasswork, help flipping it over 4 times late at night, and keeping me busy on it. When i met airboater i didnt know anything about fiberglassing a boat, now i have ALOT of practice.

Talon 2.5 and Shorepounder, thanks for keeping me from giving up on this thing, its cool to have the encouragement, and i would like to run somewhere with you guys soon.

Instigator, thanks for going out into the cold ass weather and getting measurements for me, and for listening to me on the phone about how tired i was of flipping this damn thing over.

Mike Martin, thanks for the info on the flat pad vectors, it ended up helping this boat work.

CUDA, thanks for letting me, someone that you never met before, try 2 good cleaver props that worked excellent.

H2O NUT, what can i say man, thanks, since you did it, i know the core is built right and the boat is awesome

Scream and fly, thank you for putting this site together for guys like me.

Thanks to all the other guys that i have forgotten about, i couldnt have done this without everybodys help.

{end corny thank yous}

I have finally gotten it right. Satan is no more.

[1BadAction]

This is what the water looked like when i first ran in the morning. We only caught 1 pic of me running before the wind kicked up too bad to run.

[Instigator]

It is now time for you to go out in the water on your own young Grass Hopper:D
I think all the thanks sahould be going to Airboater. He's the one that did all the work/help for you.

Feels awesome doesn't it Jim??? Now you can start playing/testing where you are actually learning something!!
If you have a cone on your motor for cooling at elivated heights, put the prop shaft about an inch bellow the pad and you'll be damn close.
If you now have a flat pad you me have more luck with round ear/high rake wheels as the Vikings (flat pad) seem to like.
You'll also find Choppers way easier to find/borrow.

Congrats Jim for not giving up. It sucks to go now where and have no help getting there.

Glad to help any time.
Gary

[Scream And Fly]

Jim,

Very good man - that's the news I like to hear. Hard work paying off.

When I return to Cape Coral, do you want to try the most wicked 28 Cleaver you'll ever see?

Let's get some people together when I get back, I'm going to start setting my boat up at Alva.

Then, we get to serious business - the JSRE 375HP 2.5!

Greg

[Airboater]

Jim is that the picture I took I guess it wasnt focused but I didnt thought digitels had better pic than that.:cool:

[1BadAction]

Yea, i'll get some better pics tomorrow. I am going to try to get out there at approx. 6 am so i have at least 2 good hours of calm water. I don't want to REALLY Hang it out there yet, i dont have a helmet or a lifeline. It seems fine in calm to choppy water, but boat wakes really toss this thing around, even when i cross my own. Alva seemed to have more boats here today than i have seen in the past, i was there when paul took the picture, and in 15 minutes i crossed 4 boat wakes better than 6ft rollers, not to mention the 15 other less than 20 ft boat wakes that i crossed. it was a mess! oh well i had fun.

gator, as for the setup, i have both a 26 chopper, and a 26 yammie drag. they SUCK! paul drove it with the drag, just like it is now, and he or i couldnt make it fly on the pad. the bow pops WAYYY high in the air with the props that lift the bow. think how high your boat would run if it was 7* higher in the air :eek: scary. I will probably end up getting a 24 chopper worked special for this hull for drags, and run a 28 cleaver on top end, the cleaver i had before wasnt bad, but the one i borrowed from cuda is worked for an above water style exhaust, and i have the majority of the exhaust out through the lower, so needless to say its revving to the moon if i am not careful on hole shot.

After this last time that i finished the glass work on the pad. i was flipping it right side up in my yard 12 hours before i wanted to be on the water last saturday. i worked at my shop on it untill 12:30 in the morning, and i still wasnt prepared for doing set up work last weekend. I still have TONS of setup work to do on this thing to make it right, but at least now i have a hull thats not fighting me for every change I make.


what a day...

[WATERWINGS]

You're an Exorcist!!!

Cool, glad you got it solved what did it finially take?

[MirageSmack]

You forgot to thank the Academy!

[CUDA]

I still think you should try a little lip on the pad! The other props just might work after the change.----- By summer you need to move up to a boat eats up other boats wakes;) Two years ago while at the toys for tots run I came upon six boats that were afraid to cross the wake of 30 something boat going the same way, I just jumped it no sweat and never got wet. :) Good luck jimmy

[wing nut]

Originally posted by CUDA
I still think you should try a little lip on the pad! The other props just might work after the change.----- By summer you need to move up to a boat eats up other boats wakes;) Two years ago while at the toys for tots run I came upon six boats that were afraid to cross the wake of 30 something boat going the same way, I just jumped it no sweat and never got wet. :) Good luck jimmy

cuda is that an old pics or the new deck? i saw over on byuboyz you wer re-designing (again) the bottom and the deck. just wondering if its done already or is that an old pic?

thanks
scott

[1BadAction]

I am working on that lip right now... a little rough to get the size right with a pair of calipers, but its all good.

wing nut, i was there friday night, that hull is SWEET! the pictures dont do it justice...

[CUDA]

The deck is the same , But the bottom is way different. I'll post a picture soon. The new bottom JUMPS up out of the ditch with much better acceleration;--- new hull has a lot of lift in it, It drives like a tunnel ,(straight no corrections needed) but it's a true pad boat.

[wing nut]

Originally posted by CUDA
The deck is the same , But the bottom is way different. I'll post a picture soon. The new bottom JUMPS up out of the ditch with much better acceleration;--- new hull has a lot of lift in it, It drives like a tunnel ,(straight no corrections needed) but it's a true pad boat.

cool:)any top speeds recorded yet?

scott

[Instigator]

remember, if your boat now has a flat pad it will fly much higher than a smililar powered Vector.
The ones I've driven will come up but hang very nice/safe @ speed.
I'd say depending on RPM of your motor either 24 or 26 Chopper.

[Talon2.5]

good job man!!! glad to see that you followed through with casting statan from the hull :cool: