Well hey fellas, first it is great to be able to be back on the forums a little more often then I have been, I tried to keep up when i could, but it has been tough!! so a couple of builds I have planned for the near future and winter

1. My 1/6th C-box
2. My drop Sponson Zippkit
3. My old sterling 48 inch chris craft with twin outrunner power!!! forward and reverse!!
4. my new p spec sport hydro
5. new p mono
my little n-2 rigger
6. a new 8th...

When Miss Pepsi first hit the water in the summer of 2005, she was intended to race under E-RCU rules and accordingly was fitted with an AstroFlight 325 brushed motor, 12 Sub-C NiMH batteries and a solid shaft. Today she is NAMBA legal with a Himax brushless motor, a .150" flex drive, a Spektrum radio, and a pair of 2S LiPO's. A look of Chuck's shoulder shows the cockpit detail. Under the aft hatch is the dual rudder rig and the water cooling pickup comming from the keel behind the prop....

Lets try posting the action shots that would not upload in the previous entry

Here are some photos of the finished product. She will actually keep up with the 3-pointer when I get the weight aft. I have yet to get it far enough aft yet since she has a nasty tendency to barrel roll. Not in the turns but in the straightaways. One good bounce that gets those little rudders out of the water and the prop walks her over. Otherwise she has good manners, e.g. no wantng to swap ends in a turn.

When John Hacker designed the Miss Pepsi, he was well aware of the Clel Perry designed and built first Miss Pepsi's shortcomings. Not only did he design her with self ventilating steps like My Sweetie but added both vents and self bailers. Check out the photo on the left of the museum boat. All those clamshell ventilators all over the deck are not for display, they are each plumbed to a vent on the bottom. Accordingly, my model incorporates step vents too.