snow boating...

[bandit86]

going to try this with my bayliner, we have a foot of hard white stuff on the ground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuNt0PUahTY&feature=player_embedded

 

[LippCJ7]

Re: snow boating...

I would have never thought of trying that in my life....way cool!!

 

[dozerII]

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Im almost wishing I never got rid of my R/C boat now. I never would have thought that a prop could grab snow for go.

 

[H20Rat]

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i've often thought about doing just that, never thought it would actually work... hmm, lots of new snow on the ground right now....


not quite sure how they kept it from overheating though. Normally a marine rc glow engine uses water from the prop blast to pump through the head and then overboard. (imagine a speedo pitot, looks almost identical) Snow is certainly not going to flow through that tiny tubing, at least not for long. Maybe they swapped a car head onto the engine. (air cooled with fins)

 

[foodfisher]

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Pretty cool (literally). You'll find me next to the fireplace w/ a hot buttered rum

 

[justchange]

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Sure makes me wish I lived in upstate NY. Lots of snow up there to use a real one.

 

[Stachi]

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that was virgin powder snow...looked like it was about 6-8 inches deep as he walked through it.. still frozen flakes with no crust...pretty cool....it did cavitate once or twice...

 

[DBreskin]

Re: snow boating...

i've often thought about doing just that, never thought it would actually work... hmm, lots of new snow on the ground right now....


not quite sure how they kept it from overheating though. Normally a marine rc glow engine uses water from the prop blast to pump through the head and then overboard. (imagine a speedo pitot, looks almost identical) Snow is certainly not going to flow through that tiny tubing, at least not for long. Maybe they swapped a car head onto the engine. (air cooled with fins)

If you check his other videos you'll see it's an electric motor (and carbon fibre hull).

 

[bowman316]

Re: snow boating...

hell boys,
i might try that with my 12 ft tin rowboat, and my 8 hp outboard.

 

[bowman316]

Re: snow boating...

i would imagine you would have better luck with heavy wet snow, rather than a fluffy snow.

 

[dvandsm64]

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cool,

maybe i'll try thatwith my son's cheapy elec. toy boat.

 

[H20Rat]

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so broke out my nitro RC boat today, put the biggest prop on it that I had as well as put a car head on the engine, and tried to fire it up. Pulled the cord 3 times, and it jammed up! pulled the engine out, took the recoil off, and it ate itself internally. I guess it just wasn't meant to be!

 

[64osby]

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His RC probably cost more than my Boat:redface:

But it looks like fun.

 

[mudslinging79]

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thought of something like that with my dingy, small sib and a steep hill...