A bit of off topic viewing for anyone interested...
Have always had a soft spot for Unlimited Hydroplanes, especially the Miss Budweiser's,, from the 80's & early 90's.
For many years,, I have been searching for another MRP 1/12 scale electric R/C Miss Budweiser, as I had one back in the early 90's.
This kit I was ''very'' lucky to find on an R/C site, & it was made in 1991,, in So Cal., by MRP.
Always envisioned another one, with running it with a state of the art ''lightweight'' brushless set up,, & Lipo battery packs.
The set up I will be running, is a 3660 - 2150kv water cooled brushless inrunner motor, & a 70a water cooled ESC ''speed control'',, & powering it with 2 - 3s 2200 30c lipo packs wired in parallel.
Free rpm's of this set up, will be over 27,000,, & around 23,000 rpm's under load.
It will kind of have a turbine sound pretty much like an electric R/C Jet.
Run times should be around 8 1/2 min. , & with the initial prop set up,, should hit around 40mph, with out breaking a sweat.
Back in the day, we ran these electrics with duel brushed car motors in a gear drive, & ''heavy'' Nicd 12 - 14 cell packs.
They ran like stripped ones for about 30 sec., & were pretty much done after about 1 1/2 min. LOL
The state of the art set up now, should be around 2 1/2 lbs. lighter,, & will have pretty much full power for the whole 8+ min. run.
It's going to be glorious !
Pic's 'so far'',, are showing the rudder & turn fin assys. that I made & or modified.
Some of the graphics were missing in the kit, & am having them custom made.
Hope to have it all done by Sept., once I get the rest of the stuff for it.
Lastly,,
As far as I' am concerned, the late 80's - early 90's ''real'' Miss Budweiser's,, were some of the most ''beautiful'' / functional works of racing art ever conceived.
They could hit around 240mph also !
That's right up there with this years Indy 500 track record breaking speeds.
Bottom pic is of a 1993 ''real'' version.
That was pretty much one of the last, in the - ''red / gold,, & white'' scheme,, which is my fav.
MRP started making these official ''A/B'' kits back in the later 80's, & re configured them every year or so,, with keeping up with the changes of the real ones,,, up till the early 90's.
Pretty sure the 1991 version I have, is the last of their offerings in the red / gold & white scheme., & is ''really rare'', as my other one back in the day,, didn't have the ''rear'' protruding outboard hortz. ''hull' winglets.
My other one would of been a prior version.
I
Have always had a soft spot for Unlimited Hydroplanes, especially the Miss Budweiser's,, from the 80's & early 90's.
For many years,, I have been searching for another MRP 1/12 scale electric R/C Miss Budweiser, as I had one back in the early 90's.
This kit I was ''very'' lucky to find on an R/C site, & it was made in 1991,, in So Cal., by MRP.
Always envisioned another one, with running it with a state of the art ''lightweight'' brushless set up,, & Lipo battery packs.
The set up I will be running, is a 3660 - 2150kv water cooled brushless inrunner motor, & a 70a water cooled ESC ''speed control'',, & powering it with 2 - 3s 2200 30c lipo packs wired in parallel.
Free rpm's of this set up, will be over 27,000,, & around 23,000 rpm's under load.
It will kind of have a turbine sound pretty much like an electric R/C Jet.
Run times should be around 8 1/2 min. , & with the initial prop set up,, should hit around 40mph, with out breaking a sweat.
Back in the day, we ran these electrics with duel brushed car motors in a gear drive, & ''heavy'' Nicd 12 - 14 cell packs.
They ran like stripped ones for about 30 sec., & were pretty much done after about 1 1/2 min. LOL
The state of the art set up now, should be around 2 1/2 lbs. lighter,, & will have pretty much full power for the whole 8+ min. run.
It's going to be glorious !
Pic's 'so far'',, are showing the rudder & turn fin assys. that I made & or modified.
Some of the graphics were missing in the kit, & am having them custom made.
Hope to have it all done by Sept., once I get the rest of the stuff for it.
Lastly,,
As far as I' am concerned, the late 80's - early 90's ''real'' Miss Budweiser's,, were some of the most ''beautiful'' / functional works of racing art ever conceived.
They could hit around 240mph also !
That's right up there with this years Indy 500 track record breaking speeds.
Bottom pic is of a 1993 ''real'' version.
That was pretty much one of the last, in the - ''red / gold,, & white'' scheme,, which is my fav.
MRP started making these official ''A/B'' kits back in the later 80's, & re configured them every year or so,, with keeping up with the changes of the real ones,,, up till the early 90's.
Pretty sure the 1991 version I have, is the last of their offerings in the red / gold & white scheme., & is ''really rare'', as my other one back in the day,, didn't have the ''rear'' protruding outboard hortz. ''hull' winglets.
My other one would of been a prior version.
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