New Turbine Boat

[*BN*]

Spent the last few weeks finishing up this project that had been sitting for a couple years.

8’ long (96”)
62 pounds wet
Twin Turbine 170000rpm
Shaft 30000rpm
Speed 85
Runtime 15min

Took the boat to Riverland on the Strip last Monday for its maiden voyage.

Boat fired up and ran flawless. Ran about 65-70 mph.

Right about 70 the boat would get loose in the breeze, forgot to set the drives to the proper running angle, they were flat. Should have been -1.3 degrees.

Next time we will see 85.

 

[*BN*]

Pics

 

[Rotten deal]

Incredible.

 

[Classic Daycruiser]

15 minutes is all it takes, at 85 mph, to cross over from Mexico into the U.S. I bet it could hold 2 illegals.

 

[was thatguy]

Son of a bitch! That’s some real “next level” shit right there!
That’s downright cool.

 

[JDKRXW]

Nice boat..... nice shop too.

 

[KENDOG689]

Digging on it.I,m an r/c guy as well.

 

[GRADS]

Holy fuck, you've probably got more money in that thing than 3 real life size jet boats.

 

[BajaMike]

What kind of turbines are those? Is there a transmission or is it direct drive and always spinning the props??

Looks cool.....good job!

 

[spectras only]

Very cool. always wanted to build a turbine r/c heli but turbine engines were way too expensive. It seems prices dropped so maybe there's a project in the future for me. http://www.variocanada.com/index.php?cPath=111 http://www.easternhelicopters.com/

 

[Boat211]

Absolutely amazing. Would love to have one of those. So cool but I really have zero need.

 

[was thatguy]

Absolutely amazing. Would love to have one of those. So cool but I really have zero need.

It would be cool though!
But I see those engines (bare) are over $4000 apiece!

 

[4Waters]

Here is a video of one, there are several others but this shows the start up as well.

 

[cole_skier]

That thing is beautiful. [emoji106]


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[Tank]

HOLY SHIT! That is AAAAAAAAWESOME! At first glance before reading I swear I thought it was this boat (like the real boat) LOL

 

[OLDRAAT]

Impressive work!

Keep the inmates posted.

OR

 

[riverroyal]

Holy shit
Thats amazing. I need a hobby

 

[wsuwrhr]

I was amazed when I saw a turbine at an r c show, prolly in 92 or so. So badass

 

[*BN*]

What kind of turbines are those? Is there a transmission or is it direct drive and always spinning the props??

Looks cool.....good job!

Jetcat is the MFG, German company. For boat applications it is a two shaft turbine with a gear box

Brian

 

[foxfam312]

So cool, is there a forward and looking back live camera on it?

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

Here is a video of one, there are several others but this shows the start up as well.

Fak, that made by nipples hard, so what, $20,000 ish?

 

[*BN*]

Fak, that made by nipples hard, so what, $20,000 ish?

Sell for over 30k in an hour when finished. Buyer: Dubai

Brian

 

[djhartley2003]

Thats really cool. I would love to have one of those to mess with.

 

[spectras only]

Sell for over 30k in an hour when finished. Buyer: Dubai

Brian

Got a question. Few years back, I've met a fellow from Hong Kong who was invited by a local r/c flying club to demonstrate large scale fighter jetswith jet propulsion [ he had 5 of them ]
He brought his planes to Pitt Meadows airport, got permission . using the parallel runway next to the main runway. He flew them totally out of sight using GPS coordinate home base to bring them back. His radio cost about 10 grand alone. Do you have a program in your radio or have a GPS locator to find the boat in case runs out of sight, depending where it will be used? It's a lot of money invested to lose a craft such as this.
These guys into i big time.

 

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I do not have cameras or locator, can be done though with a FPV setup.

Do have fail safe, so if communication is lost the boat will shut off.

Brian