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Eric's "Unlimited" Crackerbox. Sweet paint job. 1800kv brushless motor on 3S w/ surface prop! Kyle's new Cracker in Hawaii
Robert's P-49 Excellent decals and trim paint. Looks good on the water too!
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Jim's Crackerbox. Heads actually swivel with the rudder. Go to the Cracker Videos. Bright colors!
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Teri's Aquamole stock Crackerbox. Reed's Vac-U-Cracker. Ready to Rumble. John's brushless cracker with a conventional sub-surface drive.
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Starting line of Winter Race Doug's at 37 MPH. Surface drive & brushless motor. Doug's coming in for a landing!
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Mike's Crackerbox Matt's Crackerbox Phil's Crackerbox

These are some "prototype" photos. Production Vac-U-Crackers™ have a bronze-colored rudder with a stainless steel blade.

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Nice stainless steel "double-shark fin" turn fin. Notice I eliminated a molded skeg resulting in a very flat hull bottom. This boat is painted with Krylon Fusion paint. Instead of a skeg, the stern tube is thick brass that is strong enough to resist impact damage. Oilite® sleeve bearings support a stainless 1/8" shaft. The bow has a laser-cut 3/32" thick motor mount that will not flex in rough seas. A 1/8" plywood motor mount base will be used in the final model instead of this PVC sheet one shown.
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The stern is flat, allowing you to locate your battery and hardware anywhere you wish. The transom is reinforced with 1/8" PVC sheet. The floor also reinforces the lower hull giving great strength yet remaining lightweight. I didn't get the paint finished in time for the Chattanooga Invitational. Had to remove the red decals as they were not compatible with the hatch tape I used. This is Casey's kit. Note the smooth deck. I didn't have the helmet molds completed until the day before the Chattanooga Invitational. As a result, many of the prototypes have missing heads.
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Doug built the "Moov Over". He is hoping Chick Filet will sponsor him... Most of the prototypes were built with water-cooling. Chris built this one. Note the spark plug wires. The kit comes with a choice of 7 different air cleaners for the motor. Mike made the Curb Side. He added header pipes to the motor.
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Here are a few passes to show how little of the boat actually stays in contact with the water. We are still working on the best trim tab for the hull. I won the oval course without trim tabs. However, I was upside down on the M course.

 

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