wastegate Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Got a new boat last week from a guy on another forum. It's a HOR Rocket 25 with a Leopard 3674 2200kv motor, Swordfish 120 amp ESC running on 4 cell batteries in parallel and it goes like s**t off a shovel even though it's still underpropped at the moment. The previous owner had done a lot of work reinforcing the hull with carbon and did a really nice job. Even the motor mount is water cooled! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekbullet Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Great looking boat lovin it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howie87 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 thats very nice. always liked boats just a shame the only water near by is a small river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmaxdriver Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 holy **** that's one sexy looking boat! Carbon and orange is such a good combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stebro Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Not normally a fan of boats but holy smoke that does look sexy. The previous owner has really put some effort in to doing that. And as someone has said orange and carbon looks sweet together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbagey Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 AWESOME! That is one sexy looking boat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henzy190 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm not an R/C boat person; but that looks epic!! Video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmst74 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Very nice. How much was it if you dont mind me asking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastegate Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 (edited) I paid Edited November 13, 2011 by wastegate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stebro Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Ohh that really is sweet. Sounds so nice when it opens up, almost like a jet boat sound Is well fast too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastegate Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Short vid of my boat running to give you a better idea of its speed and this is with the batteries half drained as it took quite a while for the birds to move! http://youtu.be/9Zp4c_JNbMU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibo Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 Them mollys think its live food lol love the boat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastegate Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 The birds move out of the way for this boat but they don't give a damn about the Jet boat I have! The lake is an old gravel pit that was bequeathed to the council so they run a permit system with only a few rules, one of which is to not hit birds. Gets a bit tricky sometimes but I haven't got one yet It also has wooden sleepers around the edge to stop errosion but that makes the wake bounce off and back out which creates a lot of chop as you can see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibo Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 That looks a good pond,what happens if the boat goes dead in the middle?? I was thinking of a jet boat but will have to wait me thinks, have got my eye on a Billings Tug,Smit Nederland, also a club 500 for racing at the local club.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastegate Posted November 19, 2011 Author Share Posted November 19, 2011 I get my other boat out to push it back. Well that's the plan but I've not had to try it out yet! Apparently the lake is 9m deep in the middle so no wadding out to get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastegate Posted June 15, 2013 Author Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) ... Edited June 16, 2013 by wastegate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smash Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Your rig makes me want another mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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