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Tpoppa
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 04:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I want

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz0BbIGbCCM
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 04:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Very James Bond.
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Firebolt020283
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 05:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I want one...I bet you could paint it the color of a shark or something and reall scare the crap out of people with it.
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Boogiman1981
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 05:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

WOW!! ppretty spendy though $65k to $85k
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Ourdee
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I want a ride.
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Redefine420
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 06:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i would shoot it if it were coming towards me
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J2blue
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 07:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

This is the replacement(scaled up) for the WW2 PT boat.
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Sifo
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 07:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I hate to throw cold water on this, but I wonder how long the fascination would last with this. It appears to have little practical value. I also don't think it's capable of high speed without sever bouncing. I say that based on the video and the hull shape.

Reshape it so it will work in big surf and you would have something fun. I think it would be a bit fragile in big surf though.

I would rather stay with a windsurfer, or kite-board. Much cheaper and the fun factor has staying power.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Water-wheelies!
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Iman501
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 12:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

you could really scare some boaters with that if you painted it like a shark! haha
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Slaughter
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 08:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

By the way - ROTARY engine, NOT ROTAX according to the video.

Cool concept but a bit too "gimmicky"

Would be cool if it could stay submerged and run submerged/shallow and NOT just be designed to do the circus stunts... but that's just me.
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Swordsman
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Making it look like a shark is gay, IMHO. It could obviously be made to handle better if they would forgo that gimmick. And how deep will it go? Skimming right under the surface is kinda neat, but why didn't they go any deeper?

~SM
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Tpoppa
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ROTAX 1500cc, 4 stroke engine
260 hp supercharged, Intercooled

That would be all kinds of fun.
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86129squids
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 02:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Don't really get it.

Having to carry an air bubble for the pilot won't allow it to submerge any farther than that, probably even at WFO throttle. Then, launching and coming back down HAD to be less than "comfortable"...

Somehow I wanted to see retractable hydrofoils, a SCUBA system, ballast built around the pilot- THEN this might become a "stunter"foil....

Gotta give credit for imagination though...
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Sifo
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 05:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Here's my idea of fun on the water...


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Slaughter
Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 07:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My bad - video narrator said "Rotary" - but literature says Rotax.
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Spuds
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 01:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

...or, maybe this..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJC7E06IBXI&NR=1&fe ature=fvwp
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Danger_dave
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 01:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Like all PWC. 10 minutes and I'm bored.
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