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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Well those weren't good motors for anything but planes the nitro boat motors they made definitely weren't sought after for racing and they won't handle a ton of nitrous, it's 45cc but rated 4-4.5hp they weren't high output engines. A stock well tuned 26cc Zen with a proper length pipe will run those numbers.

Stuff doesn't work the way your saying. If you knew enough to make a boat that more than likely wouldn't go in the 90s do that you'd know adding drag from wings doesn't help you go faster in a boat that's already pushing a lot of air and water. You don't want any of the hull in the water other than a few inches of ride pad and the bottom half of the prop. You adjust the outdrive pitch and tabs to keep it from blowing over.

My boat ran on 2-3" of pad on a 41" hull built for lift, but you made a wet riding design have more drag...

I'm not trying to be a dick it's just odd everything you mention is so fantasticle.
I feel like I need to add this, sorry.
Horsepower will not move a motorized vehicle 1 inch.
It's torque that matters, and it's torque that is measured on a dyno.
Horsepower is nothing but a mathematical equation derived from the torque measurement.

Ask any *real* engine builder.

To make torque, the reciprocating assembly must have inertia.
The more inertia, the more torque.

Ah hell....not much use attempting to explain physics on a gun forum is there ?
 
Long ago in a state far far away Louie Unser described torque angle to me this way...

When you're young and have morning wood, torque angle is defined by how far your heels come off the ground when you push down on your erection to take a leak.

Just thought I'd pop that in there (see what I did there?).

Louie was one cantankerous old fart with a great sense of humor, and when it came to engines he was a no bullshit, take it or leave it, quadriplegic in a wheelchair.
And good, insanely good.
 
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For you old farts, the real reason you got a Hurst Shifter in your car. 😆

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Maybe you were a Jungle Pam guy.
Linda Vaughn used to be at the Speedway in Indy for the month of may when I was with a race team in the 90s. She would wander the pits and the garages and was a really nice lady.

Frank
 
I feel like I need to add this, sorry.
Horsepower will not move a motorized vehicle 1 inch.
It's torque that matters, and it's torque that is measured on a dyno.
Horsepower is nothing but a mathematical equation derived from the torque measurement.

Ask any *real* engine builder.

To make torque, the reciprocating assembly must have inertia.
The more inertia, the more torque.

Ah hell....not much use attempting to explain physics on a gun forum is there ?
That engine still wouldn't do what you claim, you feel slighted and want the last word is all lol.

Horsepower does matter in this case, all the torque in the world won't make that too small prop push that boat in the 90s. So it does matter in this case.

👍🏼
 
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That engine still wouldn't do what you claim, you feel slighted and want the last word is all lol.

Horsepower does matter in this case, all the torque in the world won't make that too small prop push that boat in the 90s. So it does matter in this case.

👍🏼
And do we know what the pitch was on the prop ?
Nah, it probably makes no difference, you just want to argue.
 
And do we know what the pitch was on the prop ?
Nah, it probably makes no difference, you just want to argue.
Doesn't matter, that engine wouldn't push that hull those speeds. If it did everyone would be running 4500 plane engines and scale deep vee hulls for racing.

Why spend hours and hours tuning a light lay up race hull with a top end built motor when you can just cobble some shit together?
 
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See, I called that one, right ?
I've been trying to be nice, but your full of shit. Everything you own is the coolest and fastest.

Even talking about illnesses on another thread pretty sure it was you and you're also the sickest, you're the best at everything we get it. 👍🏼

All you have to do is stop making shit up and exaggerating