ATS_Aaron
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Just my random thread.
My Rickter is running great again. What was once a barely get a tank of gas through it before problems show up ski is now a reliable thirsty boat. Last year problems of cracking R&D chambers weren't possible in the Rickter because the pipe would not physically fit. I ran a b pipe for a bit. But snatched up a carbon chambered Power Factor pipe. For those that have listed over these.....don't bother. It cracked almost immediately. It was replaced with the more reliable aluminum chamber that turned out to be just 2.5 lbs heavier. My ski sounds mean again. I knew something was wrong with the carbon chamber when my ski kept getting quieter and quieter as more water was leaking into the exhaust from the outer jacket.
My old black Wammer ski is now Christin's ski. I dropped a 5mm able motor into it. She hasn't ridden it yet (water is too cold for her still). It has SRE carbs that are almost identical to Blackjacks. The $$$$ carbon R&D chamber that wouldn't fit my Rickter is still with that ski. It runs pretty good. Great top end. But a little soft on the bottom. Right now it has a Hooker 13/17 or 12/17 prop. Maybe I need to down size it a bit to get the rpm range correct?
Enough about my stuff. How about these new budget hulls on the market. Pretty cool stuff. I was excited about the Stunt.....until I read a few build threads. Then I started reading ride reports that they are super twitchy and dump you off above ~20mph? That's a bummer.
The BOB looks cool. I like it a lot. The videos make it look pretty stable. I'm not real keen on the BOB graphic on the side. Not sure I'd want to explain to everyone that it's my "budget" ski. I'd call mine SCS = Ski Clinic Ski.
Lone Star Freeride was awesome. I want to move to the ocean now. One good trip to the surf and flat eater seems dull. It's not that it's dull. It's that o have to try so much harder to pull off a trick. I have to carry more speed. Physically move my body more. Use all the power I can make and sometimes I still crash and burn. That probably says more about my lack of skill than anything.
How is it that I managed to charge into a 6 foot wave and attempt a backflip (and get 15 feet of air) but I am scared to commi like that off a 3 foot boat wake?
Aaron
My Rickter is running great again. What was once a barely get a tank of gas through it before problems show up ski is now a reliable thirsty boat. Last year problems of cracking R&D chambers weren't possible in the Rickter because the pipe would not physically fit. I ran a b pipe for a bit. But snatched up a carbon chambered Power Factor pipe. For those that have listed over these.....don't bother. It cracked almost immediately. It was replaced with the more reliable aluminum chamber that turned out to be just 2.5 lbs heavier. My ski sounds mean again. I knew something was wrong with the carbon chamber when my ski kept getting quieter and quieter as more water was leaking into the exhaust from the outer jacket.
My old black Wammer ski is now Christin's ski. I dropped a 5mm able motor into it. She hasn't ridden it yet (water is too cold for her still). It has SRE carbs that are almost identical to Blackjacks. The $$$$ carbon R&D chamber that wouldn't fit my Rickter is still with that ski. It runs pretty good. Great top end. But a little soft on the bottom. Right now it has a Hooker 13/17 or 12/17 prop. Maybe I need to down size it a bit to get the rpm range correct?
Enough about my stuff. How about these new budget hulls on the market. Pretty cool stuff. I was excited about the Stunt.....until I read a few build threads. Then I started reading ride reports that they are super twitchy and dump you off above ~20mph? That's a bummer.
The BOB looks cool. I like it a lot. The videos make it look pretty stable. I'm not real keen on the BOB graphic on the side. Not sure I'd want to explain to everyone that it's my "budget" ski. I'd call mine SCS = Ski Clinic Ski.
Lone Star Freeride was awesome. I want to move to the ocean now. One good trip to the surf and flat eater seems dull. It's not that it's dull. It's that o have to try so much harder to pull off a trick. I have to carry more speed. Physically move my body more. Use all the power I can make and sometimes I still crash and burn. That probably says more about my lack of skill than anything.
How is it that I managed to charge into a 6 foot wave and attempt a backflip (and get 15 feet of air) but I am scared to commi like that off a 3 foot boat wake?
Aaron
