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The fully assembled and ready-to-race Caribbean
Cruiser is a 30-inch long, twin-motor,
electric ocean racer loaded with full-race
features from stem to stern. Every design
feature found on this model was put there
for one reason-to make it go faster!
We started with a modified V hull design featuring
multiple planing strakes for breaking up water
surface tension. Surface tension is the biggest
drag-causing factor on any race boat, and
the Caribbean Cruiser's planing strakes are
placed at several points on the hull's bottom
to defeat this speed-robbing phenomenon. As
a result-this boat literally flies over the
water's surface.
Motivating this hull are twin 550 motors bolted
up to a 1:1.7 drive-ratio transmission, which
in turn drives a single heavy-duty main shaft
and large surface-drive prop (no toy-like
under-water drive found here). Surface-drive
setups are the pinnacle racing technology
all the way. They are also the mechanism responsible
for creating those huge rooster tails so closely
associated with competition boat racing, and
guaranteed to excite any onlookers.
Mounted off the transom is a "strutter-design"
rudder control. Again, a feature only found
on racing boats. Rounding out this competition
package is the copper plumbed, (not aluminum)
"Aqua-Ram™" forced-water cooling
system. This system features water-jacketing
around the commutator ends of the twin motors
keeping things cool and running at optimum
output efficiency. Exiting cooling water can
be seen streaming out of the model's portside
freeboard-very cool. Caribbean Cruiser also
comes with installed High performance competition
speed control and pistol-grip radio. |
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