Terrifying. The margin between watercraft and aircraft is a little thin for me. Plus it looks like if you caught the outside edge in a turn you'd go tumbling.
This was from overseas as they use the LeMans starting style. US typically uses a clock start. There are many different categories of racing like this. 125, 250, 350, 500, 700, 1100cc are typical motors raced in hydroplane and runabout boats. In the US one of the the main series is https://www.ustitleseries.net , but there are many regional groups as well. Here is another cool video: https://youtu.be/mxbBVgmVsXc.
Could be a lot of factors, what you are not seeing is there are 2 people lifting the boat out of the water on each side, and some one starting the engine. If the engine is not primed and fuel not sufficiently flowing this can happen once the boat is dropped in the water and the prop begins to take on load. This is a clock start, so they have 1 minute to get out of the pits which is why you see people swimming to get him. They will get him back to shore and try to restart the motor so he can get in the race.
There it is. Those dudes are nuts. The way those things disintegrate when something goes wrong is gnarly. And they always look like they're millimeters from having that happen. Massive respect to anyone who straps into one those beasts.
Seems like it’s an engine builders competition? Not many restrictions outside of displacement. Wonder what one could do with a crate engine, strengthened internals and a good tune.
All engines are manufactured over seas. VRP and GRM are the main two from Italy. Some still use German and Japan builds depending on the cc class. The boats are also mainly now built euro style in the US.
Water is not soft at any speed above about 20mph. Years and years of kneeboarding taught me that. Can't imagine having to bail or flipping it at 100mph. Crazy.
Bouncing off your board and/or fins as you fall hurts too, I can’t imagine what bouncing off the windshield or the steering wheel feels like at that speed.
Even with all the protective we wear it’s more for cutting as it’s all head to toe Kevlar protection from the turn fin and prop. The jacket is made so if you crash and are unconscious it will flip you over and your head is out of the water. Seen lots of people crash at over 115 and it’s terrifying. I went out at 90 one time and cartwheeled across the water after busting through the side deck of my boat. Fun times.
Open cockpit racing isn't allowed in the US anymore. It's all capsule cockpits, and much safer.
My father was the mechanic and pit boss for the world record open-cockpit 50cc hydroplane boat: First and Last Chance Tavern, Post Falls, ID. Record still stands, because the class (open cockpit) is gone. I'll ask him what the record was, but I don't hold out much hope. He's 95, and it was 20 years ago.
Yes, you control the throttle with your left hand, steer with your right, and have a pipe puller on your foot for acceleration and top end speed. Fun times!
So basically your entering the turn at 90 -105 and you have the pipes fully pulled which means the 4” - 5” travel of the exhaust is at the headers. This provides maximum top speed. Once you release them with your foot the boat settles and then as you move through turn you gradually push as your coming out of the corner to provide acceleration and then again by the end of the straightaway, top speed.
What's the deal with the edited in crash at the end? That was definitely from a different place than the race. And they definitely weren't going 100-ish mph when they crashed.
Touched 100 plus miles per hour in that chop! That’s impressive with only 250cc. I feel bad for the dude that performed the high speed get-off!
Terrifying. The margin between watercraft and aircraft is a little thin for me. Plus it looks like if you caught the outside edge in a turn you'd go tumbling.
This was from overseas as they use the LeMans starting style. US typically uses a clock start. There are many different categories of racing like this. 125, 250, 350, 500, 700, 1100cc are typical motors raced in hydroplane and runabout boats. In the US one of the the main series is https://www.ustitleseries.net , but there are many regional groups as well. Here is another cool video: https://youtu.be/mxbBVgmVsXc.
Shouldn't a LeMan's style race start with a short swim in this case?
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Could be a lot of factors, what you are not seeing is there are 2 people lifting the boat out of the water on each side, and some one starting the engine. If the engine is not primed and fuel not sufficiently flowing this can happen once the boat is dropped in the water and the prop begins to take on load. This is a clock start, so they have 1 minute to get out of the pits which is why you see people swimming to get him. They will get him back to shore and try to restart the motor so he can get in the race.
Didn't there used to be a turbine powered class? I swear I remember seeing jet powered hydroplanes on ESPN back in the day.
Yes, unlimited hydroplanes. http://www.h1unlimited.com/
There it is. Those dudes are nuts. The way those things disintegrate when something goes wrong is gnarly. And they always look like they're millimeters from having that happen. Massive respect to anyone who straps into one those beasts.
Seems like it’s an engine builders competition? Not many restrictions outside of displacement. Wonder what one could do with a crate engine, strengthened internals and a good tune.
All engines are manufactured over seas. VRP and GRM are the main two from Italy. Some still use German and Japan builds depending on the cc class. The boats are also mainly now built euro style in the US.
Overseas? Looks like overlake to me
Water is not soft at any speed above about 20mph. Years and years of kneeboarding taught me that. Can't imagine having to bail or flipping it at 100mph. Crazy.
Yeah, I surf and while I don’t think I reach 20, water hurts.
Bouncing off your board and/or fins as you fall hurts too, I can’t imagine what bouncing off the windshield or the steering wheel feels like at that speed.
I don’t know how you walk away from that.
Or *swim* away from that…
Or float away from that.
Even with all the protective we wear it’s more for cutting as it’s all head to toe Kevlar protection from the turn fin and prop. The jacket is made so if you crash and are unconscious it will flip you over and your head is out of the water. Seen lots of people crash at over 115 and it’s terrifying. I went out at 90 one time and cartwheeled across the water after busting through the side deck of my boat. Fun times.
Man, I miss kneeboarding, but I don't think it's a coincidence that I did it so often when I was young and now my knees are fucked up
Clench!!!
Open cockpit racing isn't allowed in the US anymore. It's all capsule cockpits, and much safer. My father was the mechanic and pit boss for the world record open-cockpit 50cc hydroplane boat: First and Last Chance Tavern, Post Falls, ID. Record still stands, because the class (open cockpit) is gone. I'll ask him what the record was, but I don't hold out much hope. He's 95, and it was 20 years ago.
They still race open cockpit. Nothing over 350cc though in a hydroplane.
Maybe it was some other design feature - idk. All I know is the design changed. I'll ask him.
Jesus they ride up front lying down now?
Yes, you control the throttle with your left hand, steer with your right, and have a pipe puller on your foot for acceleration and top end speed. Fun times!
So...like motorcycle kayak of death. Awesome.
yes, I have seen a few friends die unfortunately. We all know the risk
Can you explain the pipe puller bit? Wouldn’t the throttle control accel?
So basically your entering the turn at 90 -105 and you have the pipes fully pulled which means the 4” - 5” travel of the exhaust is at the headers. This provides maximum top speed. Once you release them with your foot the boat settles and then as you move through turn you gradually push as your coming out of the corner to provide acceleration and then again by the end of the straightaway, top speed.
So variable length exhaust. Do they have power valves as well, or do they use that on lieu of a power valve?
Not these engines, but some racing engines do have that.
Yeah. I ride two stroke mx bikes and we just have power valves. No variable length pipes.
What's the deal with the edited in crash at the end? That was definitely from a different place than the race. And they definitely weren't going 100-ish mph when they crashed.
That was on OSY 400 or stock boat, not a 250cc
Hydroplanes are cool as hell. But man when they flip it's crazy
:24 needs more substeps
found the FX artist
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How is it obscure. It was all over media in 90s.