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Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273145
06/11/14 09:38 AM
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european way


ronald
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Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: Karl_Brogger] #273146
06/11/14 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
Originally Posted by Jeff.Dusek
As an engineer I have an easy solution:

Buy an F18, then you have a crew to help tie the wheels.

done


Smartest thing I've read on here in a while.


Now hold on there stud, talk like that will get you kicked out of the circle. Sometimes I think you like to say stuff just to spin people up, kind of like that Todd guy (pick your favourite, they all apply).


David Ingram
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Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273147
06/11/14 12:21 PM
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The notches idea is interesting, but the friction is needed just to get the axle to the CoG.

My crew is 7. When he's old/big enough to sail something other than a Wave, it will most likely be a Hobie 16.

Mike

Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: David Ingram] #273148
06/11/14 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by David Ingram
Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
Originally Posted by Jeff.Dusek
As an engineer I have an easy solution:

Buy an F18, then you have a crew to help tie the wheels.

done


Smartest thing I've read on here in a while.


Now hold on there stud, talk like that will get you kicked out of the circle. Sometimes I think you like to say stuff just to spin people up, kind of like that Todd guy (pick your favourite, they all apply).


I don't have a circle, I'm only loyal until the next new shiny thing comes along. If I had a spare $40k and any friends I'd be sitting on the stoop waiting for UPS to drop off my new Flying Phantom. Depending on what happens with the a-cat's with their rules and foiling, I might finally pull the trigger on an A. Or, I'll pull out entirely.


I'm boatless.
Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: Karl_Brogger] #273149
06/11/14 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
Originally Posted by David Ingram
Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
Originally Posted by Jeff.Dusek
As an engineer I have an easy solution:

Buy an F18, then you have a crew to help tie the wheels.

done


Smartest thing I've read on here in a while.


Now hold on there stud, talk like that will get you kicked out of the circle. Sometimes I think you like to say stuff just to spin people up, kind of like that Todd guy (pick your favourite, they all apply).


I don't have a circle, I'm only loyal until the next new shiny thing comes along. If I had a spare $40k and any friends I'd be sitting on the stoop waiting for UPS to drop off my new Flying Phantom. Depending on what happens with the a-cat's with their rules and foiling, I might finally pull the trigger on an A. Or, I'll pull out entirely.


You know foiling is a fad, right?


David Ingram
F18 USA 242
http://www.solarwind.solar

"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda
"Excuses are the tools of the weak and incompetent" - Two sista's I overheard in the hall
"You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be a complete idiot, but it helps"
Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: northsea junkie] #273150
06/11/14 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by northsea junkie


european way


Pshaw.... The 'merican way is a trebouchet. Sadly, no video of that yet. But I'm sure its in development. It would probably work with a Wave and/or H16


Jay

Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: waterbug_wpb] #273151
06/11/14 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by waterbug_wpb


Pshaw.... The 'merican way is a trebouchet.


Sorry you have to help me with my english, I think I miss the clue.

What do you mean by a trebouchet ????????????


ronald
RAIDER-15 (homebuilt)

hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.
Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: northsea junkie] #273153
06/11/14 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by northsea junkie
What do you mean by a trebouchet ????????????


Trebuchet....

shocked

I wonder if it launches with or without skipper/crew...
sick


Yar, & this ere post be done without a sin'le drop o' rum passin' me lips

Kingy
started with Impara Cadet #3 / Mosquito #245
& now Mosquitos #1182 & #1740

Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273154
06/11/14 04:17 PM
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Last edited by pgp; 06/11/14 04:19 PM.

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Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273160
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love you Americans (specially with all your enlargements)



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ronald
RAIDER-15 (homebuilt)

hey boy, what did you do over there, alone far out at sea?..
"huh....., that's the only place where I'm happy, sir.
Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273175
06/12/14 09:14 AM
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I really do like some of the junk yard contraptions but $186,000 pumpkin shooter...not so much.


Pete Pollard
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Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: brucat] #273185
06/12/14 02:40 PM
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An ex coworker and I wanted to build a trebuchet that could launch people. strap it to an old pontoon boat, and head to the lake with it. In the end we decided it would end up killing someone.


I'm boatless.
Re: Cat Trax Idea [Re: Karl_Brogger] #273197
06/13/14 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Karl_Brogger
An ex coworker and I wanted to build a trebuchet that could launch people. strap it to an old pontoon boat, and head to the lake with it. In the end we decided it would end up killing someone.


There is probably a YouTube video of that. No telling what people are up to these days...

I like the trebouchet that launches the car about 200 meters. That should get your boat from beach to water pretty quickly... what condition it arrives would be unknown, however.



Jay

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