New Traxxas BL Boat

[E-Revonut]

50MPH is a feat no matter what the vehicle is. It takes a lot of power to move something through water. My Dad has a ~3200lb boat with 200HP, top speed is 42MPH. That same 200HP in a 3200LB car would easily break 100MPH. As I already said, I was ready to drop money on a SuperVee27 when Tower got them back in stock, but rather than informing me they where in stock I was informed they where discontinued. The SuperVee wasn't lipo ready, no 2.4Ghz radio, 3/4 the size and I'm pretty sure it would have cost a lot more than $400 just to get it to 40MPH. I think they are a little late releasing this though as boating season has already begun, but pretty good timing with the SuperVee off the market.

[PBO]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

50MPH is a feat no matter what the vehicle is. It takes a lot of power to move something through water. My Dad has a ~3200lb boat with 200HP, top speed is 42MPH.

Water is 1000 times more dense than air, this is why the top BL boat guys are arguably closer to the cutting edge than BL vehicles. I know that won't go down well but boat guys definitely have a take no prisoners attitude when it comes to their racing

This is the local boat guru & some of his projects and/or customers in action http://www.youtube.com/user/fastelectrics

This is the "fastest" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA3y_gyX3m8

When you consider how much drag is on the entire vessel these speeds are fairly amazing. 50mph from Traxxas (if it's true) is no mean feat...they'll sell thousands