Radio Controlled Racing Hydroplane Pit Tour | R/C Unlimiteds Atomic Cup

Tour the pits at the first RC Hydroplane race of the season for R/C Unlimiteds in Finley, Washington. 60 of the coolest and fastest Nitro, Gas, and Electric powered radio controlled hydros compete for the Atomic Cup crown!
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[@autoprefecture6591]

as someone who's been getting into this side of custom RC boating, these videos are so valuable, thanks a lot! Miss Circus Circus in this video is insane!

[@M5PerfHydros]

I'm glad you're digging the vids. Ya that Circus is nuts!

[@simonjandrell5897]

the RC World is fascinating

[@M5PerfHydros]

Yep!

[@1965WHYTE]

Thank you Scotty! That's the best pit tour footage on the planet right there folks!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks Whytey!

[@country0800]

Actually please just continue like your going. 👇This guy's saying the electric seems off has hearing aids and the batteries are obviously dead. Thanks for the awesome footage

[@M5PerfHydros]

Ha ha! Don't worry, I'm an equal opportunity KZbinr!

[@IRONCLADRC]

Man I'd love to go watch one of these races. beautifully built boats great video brother. Good luck to you all.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Ellensburg WA in two weeks!

[@GreenRob1234]

I like seeing the electrics, nitros and gassers all cohabitating with one another at the same event! I appreciate the time you devote to the hobby. You’ve inspired me to dig out an engine I bought for a project almost 20 years ago and put it to use!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Attaboy! Build a boat!

[@GreenRob1234]

@@M5PerfHydros It turns out, being a millwright/welder doesn’t automatically make you good at making fibreglass molds… On my second cowl plug now unfortunately. The learning is high on this project at least! Will need to re watch some of your earlier vids lol.

[@strexttp]

Nice show 😀👍

[@02155Tony]

Thanks Scotty. Watching from Boston .

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks for watchin' Tony!

[@jamesmaroon6161]

Hey Scott. These boats are bringing back to many memories. I used to live in Washington State. Never got to go to a Hydroplane race. But I used to watch a lot of boats on T.V. My favorite driver of the Miss Atlas Van Lines was then Bill Muncie. Of course there were a lot of other drivers with other boats, but I sure miss it. I live in N.C now they unfortunately don't have the boats here. Well that I have heard of. Great video I totally enjoyed it a lot. Thanks

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks James. I'll be defending my Bill Muncey Memorial trophy next weekend!

[@weathervanerc8147]

Another great pit tour. Thanks for the video Scott.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks!

[@amxer83]

Been working Super hard to finish my 1st boat so I can get some much needed time on the pond and your Vids are great muse to keep me on point. Thank you for the How to's and Pit Tours you provide Mr Scott As always Some really Sweet lookin movers. There are some real works of Hydro-Art.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Get 'er done Charlie!

[@twistedliquidrcboats]

Great pit tour with run footage. Gotta luv it!!!!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Oh yeah!

[@kikiautorcman787B]

Nice video, the paradise of RC race boats... 🤩👍‼️💯🏁🔥🤓🇨🇵

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks KIKI!

[@949Designs]

Fantastic pit tour Scott! Thanks.

[@M5PerfHydros]

My pleasure!

[@prospenda]

Great Video!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks!

[@macgyver5108]

Mmmm... Breakfast looks de-lish! If you like spicy peppers try that with some pepperjack cheese and a couple Jalapenos! I know that sounds "odd" with bacon and eggs but trust me it's incredible! Makes an awesome burger too with bacon, egg, pepperjack and Jalapeno!

[@M5PerfHydros]

First time I've ever had a food preparation suggestion on my KZbin channel!

[@macgyver5108]

@@M5PerfHydros Just 'popped' into my A.D.D. brain! Also known as "A.D.O.L.A.S." - Attention Deficit OH LOOK A SQUIRREL! 🐿️🤪

[@M5PerfHydros]

🤣🤣

[@davidfrank6664]

Love this!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks for watchin' David!

[@deepfriedmango5859]

I'm on Camano Island!

[@Heavy_Distortion]

Awesome video. Keep 'em coming.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks HD

[@kevinsellsit5584]

There are less electric boats than I would have expected. I would love to hear more 'engine tech' but I suppose that is all hush hush. I spotted that massive 17+mm carb right before you mentioned it. Can we assume all these engines have full circle cranks, stuffed cases, top secret porting recipes and high compression? We used to get 20,000 RPM out of air cooled Zenoah engines so I can imagine you make insane power with liquid cooled engines. Thanks for the tour.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Yep these engines are all full-mod... Zoom Zoom

[@norcalrc]

Awesome boats. I had to like and subscribe

[@M5PerfHydros]

Attaboy! Thanks!

[@jnsfrahm]

This looks like so much fun. I’ve raced an outboard decades ago but these larger boats look awesome and are easier to see. I’ll have to check my local area (Spokane WA) for racing locations.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Several of our racers live in the Spokane area. Jump on our Facebook page and get connected! m.facebook.com/102604076461718/

[@kensutherland414]

Hi mate, love your videos etc. Do any of the hydro’s run servo controlled canard boards, or is that too twitchy to control? Reg Ken

[@S14AA]

You sound abit like homer Simpson I thought the Simpson's started auto playing when I was in the other room hahah

[@M5PerfHydros]

Doh!

[@TheGospelGuitarist]

I was really wanting to see your rebuild on the water. You DO have a video coming ....right? Looks sweet man!, Thanks for the videos.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Kinda hard to film my own boat while I'm driving, but lucky for you somebody else did! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpnEXoiZnL91jaM

[@bobhoyer]

Your back ! ...

[@M5PerfHydros]

I am!

[@MrDINODINO74]

Very impressive !!!! Did you ever try to use a jet propulsion on one of this?

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks Double D. I'm thinking that if you'll sponsor the jet engine, I'd be happy to build it! 🤑🤑

[@MrDINODINO74]

@M5PerfHydros ....not on the sponsorship level yet, just a modest hobby craftsman with global materials.

[@georgem.6136]

I am still so blown away by these boats & the fact you all build them from scratch, so cool! What is the average time frame on a build?

[@M5PerfHydros]

Anywhere from four months to four years depending upon how much of your life you're willing to commit to it!

[@nolenwright3147]

Great video keep up the good work,, love hearing these gas boat run and race, please try to keep it all gas, the electric boat seem off,, do you guys ever tour the mid west or the east coast ? I feel you will pickup a lot of support,,

[@M5PerfHydros]

Electric is our fastest growing class, because it's easier I guess. As for me, I need gas and nitro to get me up in the morning!

[@SgtThurston6738]

Some awesome stuff there! Pretty jealous as I have no one to really race my Sport .20 Nitro Hydro I got from the states here in the UK as RC hydro racing isn't overly popular over here, Although we do have RC offshore powerboats which are up to 30cc gassers I believe.

[@M5PerfHydros]

It only takes two to start a club ....

[@SgtThurston6738]

@@M5PerfHydros Oh I know the biggest issue round my area is actually finding the water to run on! I go to a large RC pond out in a nearby city but it's only big enough for 1 hydro to run at time just due to it's width.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Hmm, start digging?

[@jefferyferguson9232]

When is your next build? Your builds are very informative. Thanks

[@M5PerfHydros]

Thanks Jeffery! We're still stuck in permitting for the new shop, so I'm afraid it'll still be a couple months before The Gasser 2.0 sits on the jig

[@youknoweverything7643]

Also on my huge quarter scale boats one is catamaran and other is a hydro plane v shape front like kirks light blue and white boat you showed and I have a water pump in the that is for small ponds or home made fountains from Lowes and I flip a switch to spray water to stop a fire instantly cuse the v shape 1/4 scale like Jeff's Budweiser one is a giant gas powered one and it has it and the other one like kirks has the biggest brushless motor I could fit in it with 2 6s batteries 100c and it has the home made fire suppression system and it has saved that boat twice from burning up. And for my paint jobs I just use rc airplane mono kote and it looks amazing cuse you just cut your stripes with razar knife or number 7 exacto or a scalpel like I do and you just cut out your stripes and shapes for on top of the base colors and I have made some amazing graphics and beautiful boats using it and it lays on nice and flat and is always super glossy cuse it can't orange peel like paint and then I just spray the whole thing in 2k clear coat it's a 2 part clear coat for paint jobs you can get it in a spray can and you pop a ball to activated the hardner in the spray can and just spray even coats just don't get clear and the edges that are tucked inside the boat so you can remove the mono kote and it's so glossy like glass. Also the boat racing league I was in while I lived in cannada as a kid with the quarter scale we had a timing system that tracks your lap times positions laps or race time limit if we are racing like 4-6 minute races like you do in rc car racing it's pretty cool setup it's a pole on a little inflatable and has the wire going across that pole and every time you pass through it reads your transponder its a co and easy portable setup and it's got two giant 20 lbs anchors holding it in place the best you can and it worked well. I have a huge lake size pond in the middle of all my neighbors backyards back up to it and everyone has their own section of lake or pond front on the shore and I set up a portable timing system and tried to do electric boat races 1/10 scale and they called the hoa and cops for endangering the ducks when their fishing line has hurt way more ducks then anything else that they break off into the water and my boats have not injured a single duck cops said it's perfectly legal and hoa said it was ok to race once a week but the old ppl kept calling cops everytime we would race so I just stopped doing it cuse it got an lying but I still run my giant 1/4 scale gas powered 2 stroke weed eater powered boat in it twice or three times every week just to piss them off cuse nothing they can do about it

[@kensutherland414]

Ok question answered by further viewing.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Ha ha, glad I could help!

[@alaskangypsies342]

Love your pit walks! How did you do in the races?

[@M5PerfHydros]

Leading the points going into the final, but another boat took me out right at the start. No harm, but my day was done

[@macgyver5108]

Dayum that Miss Bud is sexy! I remember watching Chip fly those boats back in the day when I was a kid. What kind of magnets are you using? Have you tried neodymium AKA rare earth magnets? They're STUPID strong so you can get away with using super tiny ones that don't weigh much, like a 4mm one should be strong enough. Epoxy or super glue them in with a tiny 4mm tab of sheet metal on the mating surface. Just make SURE to hang on to them TIGHT TOO! Don't let them "snap" together or they'll shatter easy, or give you a helluva blood blister if you get in their way! You can find them on the Ama... Zon...

[@M5PerfHydros]

www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BX082CS-P&cat=19

[@johnnilsson8474]

This is awesome. Anyone knows about a easy beginner hydroplane kit to buy in Europe ?

[@robertjezek2867]

I worked with a gentleman years ago named Robbie Roberts, by chance is he still around? Would li,like to go watch them again, by chance could you please post a schedule? I have seen then up north, I believe it's called Twin lakes, Smokie Point I believe. Take Care!

[@M5PerfHydros]

Haven't seen Robbie for years. You'll find the schedule and much more here; www.rcunlimiteds.com/

[@Ryan_H22]

That was cool, thanks! Why right hand turns? I found this from watching some Unlimited vids and they turn left?

[@M5PerfHydros]

The engines we use rotate in the opposite direction from the engines in full-size hydroplanes. The prop torque in big boats tends to lift the right sponson, so they turn right to keep it down. In our boats it lifts the left sponson so we turn right to keep it down

[@Ryan_H22]

@@M5PerfHydros Ah okay, cool. Thanks for the help!

[@stephendavis9290]

Sure would be nice to see some races instead of looking at all the boats

[@M5PerfHydros]

Sure would be nice if you'd watch the rest of my videos. Here's a playlist of races... Ask and ye shall receive - Radio Control Scale Hydroplane Racing Videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLN1BConcF3a1QQ5gIm5PYEj9HFK_fnNnl

[@rickfreeda5845]

Love the channel, question is ML still in business I want to get a kit but I get no response thank you keep up the videos 👍

[@M5PerfHydros]

Yes, absolutely. How have you attempted to contact him? He responds very quickly whenever I reach out via email or FB messenger.

[@rickfreeda5845]

@@M5PerfHydros ok I’ll try email I called the number on his site I’m now attempting a 1/8 u95 off of prints very vague but I get it it would just be nice to have laser cut. I’m definitely going for it either way you have inspired me thanks Scott

[@jimwuytack4738]

At the beginning of video the Smoother Mover boat , actual planking ? How’s it done ? Airplane guy . Thanks.

[@M5PerfHydros]

I don't know. I'll have to ask the builder next time I see it

[@rchydroplanechannel]

Hey just wondering what speeds you are getting out of your gasser?

[@M5PerfHydros]

I dunno, haven't run a gps. One of our guys does and he claims 65+ mph, and I believe my boat is faster but who knows?

[@fredrickthompson8006]

i am a novice at rc boating but i do have a dumas 55kv with picco 90 hydro. what is your opinion?

[@M5PerfHydros]

I don't have experience with either of those, but why not run it and see what happens?

[@Adam-ks8rk]

Hi was wondering how do you mount your gas engines without using stringers ? Thanks

[@M5PerfHydros]

Floor mount. I make my own, but a really nice mount is available through Rattlesnake RC here; www.allrc1.com/product-page/floor-mount-zenoah-and-others

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydros nice but how do they mount them to the floor?

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydros as far as attaching them to the floor

[@M5PerfHydros]

Isolation mounts McMaster-Carr Page: www.mcmaster.com/Isolation-Mounts

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydros thanks looking forward to seeing more builds

[@ilesfarms1314]

Are there any 1/6 scales out there?. I'm planning on building 1/6 scale.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Yup, it's a growing class

[@clydeholiday5907]

What's the matter don't they float

[@Adam-ks8rk]

im balancing the hydro out using a scale ive been told it should weigh 1 lb in the back but for that to happen i need like 4 pounds ad to the front seems like alot of weight ?

[@M5PerfHydros]

You think? Crikey Adam, that's nuts! So here's my take on "balancing"... When I build a boat I layout my hardware and then pick the boat up using one finger on each side moving forward/back until I find the balance point. This point should be right in the center of the turn fin or slightly forward, and that's it. I have never checked my prop weight! If it doesn't balance where I want it I move hardware until it does, simple as that.

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydros I'm not weighing the prop but I was told the back of the boat should weigh 1 lb or 3/4 of a pound is that critical? Or everyone has a different way of doing things ?

[@M5PerfHydros]

If every boat was of the exact same design with strut depth, strut angle, ride height, break point, attack angle, ride pad width, ride pad length, etc, etc, all exactly the same, then yes I suppose someone's measured and proven strut weight could be trusted 🥴 Again, I believe a boat is ideal if all of those things work together to place the CG right on the center of the turn fin. Think about it... The turn fin is your pivot point, about which the boat rotates in order to turn. If the center mass of weight is ahead of the fin the fin will have to fight to pull the nose into the turn. If the center mass is behind the fin the tail will overreact with inertia. But if the mass is centered on the pivot point the boat will rotate quickly and smoothly and with any luck will almost seem to accelerate through the turn. At least, that's the way I heard it. 🤗

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydrosthanks for your help the problem with my hydro it seems like it plows through the water maybe I'm not running the right prop it weighs 20 lbs would be nice to get a little more lift out of it then get faster speeds

[@Adam-ks8rk]

@@M5PerfHydros as far as props is it cut and dry which one to get ? On a certian boat thanks

[@kenoboater]

Missed 2.

[@M5PerfHydros]

I did?

[@kenoboater]

@@M5PerfHydros I was sitting there waiting for ya. Then I got distracted and forgot to pull you back over.

[@M5PerfHydros]

Darn it!

[@huhreally719]

Im surprised the guys are ok with you touching the boats that aren't yours. I have a problem with that. I fly rc and ride Harley's you touch you loose your hand. Not cool. what would you do if every one walking around put a hand on yours and accidents happen somebody going to knock it off the table. but that's ok right. well i never touch. you can have my wife but don't touch my stuff. I respect everyones working to keep there things super clean and finger print clean,

[@M5PerfHydros]

Life is too short to live like that Vern. Here we're all friends, just hanging out and having a great time. Nobody is uptight or freaked out or so crazy anal that they'd go bezerk over someone touching their boat. You should come race with us sometime....

[@huhreally719]

@@M5PerfHydros well can't get mad when some one touches it and it falls and get broken. Happened to me a canopy broke on my giant scale p51 cost lots of money to replace and im not just talking cheap hundreds. It just a matter of time not if but when. Good luck to you

[@youknoweverything7643]

I'm a huge hobbies rc racers/ pro if you count me winning a few hundred dollars in the last 2 years of indoor carpet 1/10 scale oval and road course racing and giant RC boat racing in a 1/4 2 stroke offshore style racing boat class when I was in cannada as a kid and 1/10 v hule racing class and won about 5k dollars Canadian racing boats, but when we moved to the Gulf coast of Alabama with tons of water around we don't have a single rc boat racing club or league and we have tons of giant ponds,lakes super wide and huge rivers where the width is lake size that has a slight current sometimes that makes it like a scale version of waves so the boats jump like off shore and tons of other areas of water to race we are surrounded by different types of water and no rc boat racing but I still run my two boats I love taking the huge 1/4 scale to the beach like the gulf of Mexico side or to the flats when I go spec trout fishing and run it in the waves or small surf in the flats when fishing is going bad and it a blast jumping it and flying through the waves and small surf it looks so scale and we could have actuall 1/4 scale off shore racing on the beach and it will look so realistic it's sad, we have rc pylon plane racing and the indoor carpet stuff which is huge here race every weekend the cars and every Thursday night is legends rj speed nights and we switch from road course to oval one week oval next is road course then Sundays on road course weeks we add jumps for indoor carpet off road racing and it's a balst and we been doing that since 2017 when it first opened and car count is so huge they will never close to much money invested by alot of ppl. And the whole carpet track is a rectangle and it's the same size as the snowbirds track so we get to practice for snowbirds rc race every week so when we go to snowbirds we know our oval cars are perfectly dialed in and close for road course cuse it's the 2019 snowbirds track the track owner bought it and everything that was used to make the track he got with it