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Thread: Hot Multi's - Pictures
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10-13-2008, 01:56 PM #286
Im adding this to this thread.....because it belongs here I think.
T2x20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-13-2008, 02:59 PM #287
Wing
FANtastic Job there, Rich..
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10-13-2008, 03:48 PM #28820 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-14-2008, 10:32 AM #2895000 RPM
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I know a lot of work and $$$$$$ went into those photographs and it just looks fantastic,,,,,,,,,,,
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10-14-2008, 03:55 PM #290
World's Fastest Wing?.....
No thinking needs to be done.....that thing is definately a "Hot Multi" . On an old thread and with some research by old fiberglass, it was determined that 113.208 was the fastest speed recorded by a Switzer Wing.....Kenny Kitson in 1968 with an 18'er (Outboard Bob's Wing) and a pair of stacked 1250's with speedmasters. There's your target.....
Hard to believe that Superbash first showed us what it was going to look like on 10/28/05.....the "This Old Wing" thread. A lot of time, a lot of work and a great result.
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10-14-2008, 04:28 PM #291
I have some Lake X test sheets that indicated Jan Schoonover's wing with Odell driving ran 118 or thereabouts on the measured course down there.
I also thought that Kitson ran 120+ in one direction at an NOA kilo.
In either case that should be easy for this monster........ On the other hand she's an OLD boat.....like me
T2x20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-15-2008, 01:52 PM #292
Nah, I doubt they went that fast. Ya gotta remember that the offshore boys always had stuff going at least 10 mph faster than it really ever went just because they were the offshore boys.....the bigger the name, the faster it went .
There was some interesting talk about those Wing record speeds on the "What was the fastest speed by an inline" thread.....I'll bring it back to the front just to refresh memorys.Last edited by willabee; 10-15-2008 at 02:05 PM.
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10-15-2008, 04:07 PM #293
I spoke to Kitson last night. He confirms that he ran 121 one way in a Kilo in Tennessee. The boat had overdrive lower units and Record 3 blade 21's on it for the attempt. He barely missed the shore on the run out and because of that close proximity he was still accelerating as he entered the measured course on the return and only registered 107 on that leg. His AVERAGE 2 ways was 113.
If I can find the time sheets, I believe that Odell, Sirois, and Schoonover had recorded wing tests at the Lake. I think Schoonover also set an APBA kilo record as well at close to 120.
T2x20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-16-2008, 12:28 PM #294
Next time you talk with Kenny, please tell him I said hello and that I still tell people about the trip to San Luis in his T-bird (another Parker 9 Hour story) .
Thought I'd get some takers after my shot about the offshore drivers and their speeds, but guess none of them are reading. Anyway, I used to go to these speed trials. Just outside Knoxville and I'm thinking it was Edgar Rose that ran the show for NOA? On the "Fastest speed recorded by an Inline" thread, I said that I thought Kitson set the record there at 119. Apparently what I was remembering was that one way run because, as you stated, the record is 113 (two way average).
My memory banks say that Jan was done with record attempts after he flipped trying to break the NOA 113 mark.....sure don't recall him setting one in the 120 range in APBA. I don't know a thing about Wings running record tests at the Lake, but I didn't start going down there until late 1967.
So, now I'm curious, how are you looking at this. To make the claim, do you think you have to go faster than the fastest one way run or better the two way average?Last edited by willabee; 10-16-2008 at 12:32 PM.
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10-16-2008, 12:33 PM #29520 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-16-2008, 02:46 PM #2967000 RPM
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[quote=willabee;1491166]Nah, I doubt they went that fast. Ya gotta remember that the offshore boys always had stuff going at least 10 mph faster than it really ever went just because they were the offshore boys.....the bigger the name, the faster it went .
Willabee:
I don't think any of us were guilty of that, the only one that MAY have exagerated a little was that guy from North Carolina-----
Gene
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10-16-2008, 03:49 PM #29720 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
!6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
(Single engine boats are lacking something)
15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
(The exception proves the rule)
Obsolete and Proud of it
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10-16-2008, 04:12 PM #298....the only one that MAY have exagerated a little was that guy from North Carolina----- Gene
Actually, in my experience with Reggie, I found him to be a pretty straight shooter. While testing, I remember asking how he was running and he would sometimes look me straight in the eye, smile, then go into his 'aw schucks' routine and say something like....."I'm running pretty good, but so is Seebold. I'd like to try some more of the powerheads in the truck to see if one of them might give me an advantage over these guys."..... I'd just laugh and tell him that they were all built the same and that would pretty much be the end of it.Last edited by willabee; 10-17-2008 at 08:22 AM.
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10-17-2008, 12:17 PM #2997000 RPM
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10-17-2008, 01:14 PM #300