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**Bunkerbarge** · 31-03-2007

Completely agree guys, there are a number of boats at our club that must be doing in the region of 70, 80 90 knots etc but it does not seem to occur to the operator that this is not appropriate.

I also agree that you do need an excess of power to cope with the out of scale weather and to get you out of those occasional tight spots you get yourselves backed into sometimes but control of the throttle at other times should be used to give a more appropriate scale speed for the best effect on the water.

I also think the effects of the wash are not always appreciated either and if you have a model such as a large scale Perkasa for example the wake it leaves can cause considerable disruption to a number of other smaller scale models.

Consideration for others is the best policy which sometimes could be adhered to a bit more, although I have to say we don't usually have a great number of issues on our pond.

31-03-2007	#4 (permalink)
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