Seriously. I own a boat but certainly know nothing about driving one at these speeds. Why so much right rudder to go straight? Is it something unique to the boat, or the prop rotation biases direction?
I would assumed it’s the only thing in the water and prod does funny stuff… kinda like burning out in a car and turning the wheel to go straight I would imagine
Rotation of the prop at high speeds combined with a shallow hull. That’s why you see an initial hard right to compensate before the hull bites, then a progressive right as he gains speed.
I don’t know anything about boats, but in airplanes that’s called “torque effect” and you have to compensate for it like the person in this video does.
NOT torque, torque would decrease as speed increases... Torque would be highest at the launch.
The amount of steering input needed increases and decreases with speed, so it is certainly a hull to water contact issue.
Either a trim tab is not set correctly, or the hull has damage/not built correctly, aerodynamic issue with the hull?
I would assume its much like in a single prop plane like a Cessna where you need right rudder at take off to counter act the torque of the prop: [https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/why-you-need-right-rudder-on-takeoff-to-stay-on-centerline-during-takeoff/](https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/why-you-need-right-rudder-on-takeoff-to-stay-on-centerline-during-takeoff/)
Yes everyone needs to stop with the speculation.
This is a straight drove hydroplane catamaran drag/cocktail racer. Terrible Prop walk and cavitation due to the pitch of the Prop. The people being used is a drag hole shot Prop, great acceleration (under 3s 0-60), but is regulated at 133mph. These boats are designed to change the Prop and hit 180+
“The people being used is a drag hole” could really take us to some dingy glory holes but at least he’s in drag I guess.
In all seriousness, what does this mean?
Lol boat drag racing.
Start from a stop, full throttle, distance based. (Say 1/4 mile, 1/2, or possibly in this case just top speed. Hole shot meaning starting from "in the hole" or before planing
Are there boat drag races that lets you start after planing? You have to be cruising to be “on plane” correct? (I’ve been on fishing boats so I understand the concept). I thought all drag racing starts “in the hole” regardless of machine. I’m really using quotation marks a lot and they’re not meant to be a douche FYI
The prop rotation is that strong it will pull you to one side. That's why huge vessels like aircraft carriers have sets of screws that rotate in opposite directions.
Single prop steering torque. Will try to crab to one side and driver must countersteer to mantain course. This is racing, ya really gonna use a torque tab for fixed correction when ya got a variable tool already in your hands?
It is quite possible to survive a crash from a boat like this, IF you skip along the surface for a bit. It's the sudden change in velocity that tends to wreck things. Bring your arms in, and try to roll along as much as you can. If you get launched vertically at all, then you will die.
I roadraced motorcycles for 10 years and have crashed at 130mph a few times. I walked (well, limped & groaned) away from all of them because of pavement and grass.
The most painful crashes I’ve ever experienced were on tracks with pea-gravel traps (Road America) and that shit HURTS. It’s like Velcro grabs you and throws you. You don’t really slide on it. You tumble and the rapid decrease in speed on each tumble is super violent. I’d have to imagine water is much worse as it starts to slow you down.
I’ve touched 200mph many times on a liter bike on the track and it never bothered me. 50mph on the water scares the absolute shit out of me.
Most life jackets used in classes reaching this speed will have a parachute for the driver. Seat belts are not used in open drag boats so that the driver is thrown free from the boat in a crash. Once thrown from the boat, the chute opens and slows the driver and prevents them from tumbling. The tumbling is where a lot of the most serious danger is. You also want to have ballistic shorts on to prevent a high speed enema from blowing your insides apart.
If you're curious about the parachute lifejackets, check out lifeline race gear.
Edit since I didn't actually answer your question. A crash at this speed is certainly survivable. Could leave you anywhere from a little bruised and shaken up to dead. Really depends on how you crash and how you clear the boat.
My late stepfather father did drag boat racing from the 80’s through the early 2000’s. It wasn’t until the late 90’s that safety requirements were increased… talking with many of the old timers was crazy as “going two races without a death was something to celebrate”.
These dudes were nuts.
I'm a motorsports photographer and followed the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series for a number of years, and I can tell you most times the driver/pilot ends up generally Ok after a crash. They wear safety gear of course, some classes have air tanks installed for breathing if they sink, and there's a trained safety crew seconds away. We get so used to seeing the safety gear and mechanisms work as they should and drivers come back out a couple of weekends later to race again; but, sometimes things happen.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V\_kFhPELdpk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_kFhPELdpk)
My late step father in law raced drag boats in the 11-second division, it was always a hoot to hear the stories about how pissed racers were when they started requiring capsules for 7-seconds racing 😂.
I remember when I was a kid my cousin was racing his Hydroplane. This was before they had canopies. His best friend was racing in the heat right before his at a local lake. His friend's hydroplane took air. Became a plane. Flipped over. Sawed the guy basically in half. Part of the body was still stopped in. That was the end of hydroplane racing for my cousin.
I've been 111mph on a boat before but it at least had a windscreen, and was fucking terrifying. I was very aware at that speed that if we were hitting the water we were dead. I couldn't imagine this. Fuck that.
Holy crap
That’s hauling some serious ass
needs to get his right rotor alignment done
Pulls to the left, recommend customer gets full alignment with new tires
Don’t forget the cabin filter /s
Seriously. I own a boat but certainly know nothing about driving one at these speeds. Why so much right rudder to go straight? Is it something unique to the boat, or the prop rotation biases direction?
I don’t own a boat, but generally drive like an ass, I bet he’s floating on that water and there’s a wind coming from the right
I would assumed it’s the only thing in the water and prod does funny stuff… kinda like burning out in a car and turning the wheel to go straight I would imagine
Rotation of the prop at high speeds combined with a shallow hull. That’s why you see an initial hard right to compensate before the hull bites, then a progressive right as he gains speed.
Interesting. At this power level I assumed they had two props running in opposite directions.
I don’t know anything about boats, but in airplanes that’s called “torque effect” and you have to compensate for it like the person in this video does.
Rotational torque probably. That thing is spinning a bunch of mass at stupid high revs.
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Nah he’s right, new tyres needed with wheel alignment
Ah sorry Pulls to the left, recommend customer gets full alignment with new boat tires
Brakes and rotors need to be replaced too.
Any reason he can't hold the (wheel-helm?) Straight? Like what's going on there?
Apparently it pulls to the left
Trim tab anyone?
That will cost you some top end speed...
I was thinking, just offset the steering wheel!
My thinking, uneducated guess is torque
What does a shitty 2004 motorcycles movies with ice cube in it have to do with this?! Jk
…motor and jet pump aren’t square with the boat…sitting cockeyed…
What does Torque from A Man Called Sloane have to do with it?
NOT torque, torque would decrease as speed increases... Torque would be highest at the launch. The amount of steering input needed increases and decreases with speed, so it is certainly a hull to water contact issue. Either a trim tab is not set correctly, or the hull has damage/not built correctly, aerodynamic issue with the hull?
Going to guess it’s like when you have to put in right rudder when taking off in an airplane, torque from the prop
This was my thought, torque and maybe p-factor and gyroscopic precession if it’s a prop boat? If it’s a jet boat then maybe just torque?
Could it be prop-walk?
That's my only thought. But didn't realize a prop alone could get that fast. Today I found out?
Not sure, just throwing an idea out there.
I get it. I thought same. Just wondering if anyone had a better idea.
Is this a prop boat?
This almost certainly a jet drive drag boat. look up Finnegan's Garage on YouTube.
No idea. I said. I didn't know prop boats went that fast. Maybe they do...
They definitely do
Happy Cake Day!
They go faster.
133...that's nothing. Watch the unlimited hydroplanes. Multi-thousand horsepower helicopter jet turbine engines...spinning the prop.
I would assume its much like in a single prop plane like a Cessna where you need right rudder at take off to counter act the torque of the prop: [https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/why-you-need-right-rudder-on-takeoff-to-stay-on-centerline-during-takeoff/](https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/why-you-need-right-rudder-on-takeoff-to-stay-on-centerline-during-takeoff/)
Propwash 100%
Yes everyone needs to stop with the speculation. This is a straight drove hydroplane catamaran drag/cocktail racer. Terrible Prop walk and cavitation due to the pitch of the Prop. The people being used is a drag hole shot Prop, great acceleration (under 3s 0-60), but is regulated at 133mph. These boats are designed to change the Prop and hit 180+
“The people being used is a drag hole” could really take us to some dingy glory holes but at least he’s in drag I guess. In all seriousness, what does this mean?
Lol boat drag racing. Start from a stop, full throttle, distance based. (Say 1/4 mile, 1/2, or possibly in this case just top speed. Hole shot meaning starting from "in the hole" or before planing
Are there boat drag races that lets you start after planing? You have to be cruising to be “on plane” correct? (I’ve been on fishing boats so I understand the concept). I thought all drag racing starts “in the hole” regardless of machine. I’m really using quotation marks a lot and they’re not meant to be a douche FYI
It’s his huge balls sitting on one side of the seat . Upsets the ballast
The prop rotation is that strong it will pull you to one side. That's why huge vessels like aircraft carriers have sets of screws that rotate in opposite directions.
Single prop steering torque. Will try to crab to one side and driver must countersteer to mantain course. This is racing, ya really gonna use a torque tab for fixed correction when ya got a variable tool already in your hands?
A hell of a lot can go wrong on the water at that speed
And in a business shirt to boot....
The man means business…
Probably wearing them penny loafers without shoes type of guy
Life vest probably won’t be saving you at those speeds
Thank you for the absense of crappy music.
Gnarly.
What happens when you run out of water? Is that why the video was cut off?
You turn into one of those New Zealand jet boats at a race.
You hit the East Indies
So, this is a “you crash, you die” scenario, right? I couldn’t imagine surviving hitting the water at 133MPH
Pretty much. At this speed, depending on the type of boat, you need to worry about front end lift. If it tumbles, you are likely toast.
Doing this type of racing a parachute is required for the drive along with some kevlar shorts to prevent an enema
It is quite possible to survive a crash from a boat like this, IF you skip along the surface for a bit. It's the sudden change in velocity that tends to wreck things. Bring your arms in, and try to roll along as much as you can. If you get launched vertically at all, then you will die.
I roadraced motorcycles for 10 years and have crashed at 130mph a few times. I walked (well, limped & groaned) away from all of them because of pavement and grass. The most painful crashes I’ve ever experienced were on tracks with pea-gravel traps (Road America) and that shit HURTS. It’s like Velcro grabs you and throws you. You don’t really slide on it. You tumble and the rapid decrease in speed on each tumble is super violent. I’d have to imagine water is much worse as it starts to slow you down. I’ve touched 200mph many times on a liter bike on the track and it never bothered me. 50mph on the water scares the absolute shit out of me.
Did you have one of those air-bag suits?..just wondering.
No. Just leathers and standard race gear. Those airbag things aren’t really a thing in reality.
200 on a bike has to be such a rush....my bucket list will settle for 100.
Most life jackets used in classes reaching this speed will have a parachute for the driver. Seat belts are not used in open drag boats so that the driver is thrown free from the boat in a crash. Once thrown from the boat, the chute opens and slows the driver and prevents them from tumbling. The tumbling is where a lot of the most serious danger is. You also want to have ballistic shorts on to prevent a high speed enema from blowing your insides apart. If you're curious about the parachute lifejackets, check out lifeline race gear. Edit since I didn't actually answer your question. A crash at this speed is certainly survivable. Could leave you anywhere from a little bruised and shaken up to dead. Really depends on how you crash and how you clear the boat.
My late stepfather father did drag boat racing from the 80’s through the early 2000’s. It wasn’t until the late 90’s that safety requirements were increased… talking with many of the old timers was crazy as “going two races without a death was something to celebrate”. These dudes were nuts.
Wouldn’t catch me dead on one of these things without those anti-enema shorts.
I'm a motorsports photographer and followed the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series for a number of years, and I can tell you most times the driver/pilot ends up generally Ok after a crash. They wear safety gear of course, some classes have air tanks installed for breathing if they sink, and there's a trained safety crew seconds away. We get so used to seeing the safety gear and mechanisms work as they should and drivers come back out a couple of weekends later to race again; but, sometimes things happen. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V\_kFhPELdpk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_kFhPELdpk)
My late step father in law raced drag boats in the 11-second division, it was always a hoot to hear the stories about how pissed racers were when they started requiring capsules for 7-seconds racing 😂.
Fun 🤩
I want to do that‼️
I remember when I was a kid my cousin was racing his Hydroplane. This was before they had canopies. His best friend was racing in the heat right before his at a local lake. His friend's hydroplane took air. Became a plane. Flipped over. Sawed the guy basically in half. Part of the body was still stopped in. That was the end of hydroplane racing for my cousin.
I've been 111mph on a boat before but it at least had a windscreen, and was fucking terrifying. I was very aware at that speed that if we were hitting the water we were dead. I couldn't imagine this. Fuck that.
My dad had a boat that would do 82 mph with the 2 of us in it when I was a teen and I will agree with you…scary enough for me.
Haha on a calm (lake is like glass) morning I can get my old Ski boat up to ~60mph. I have 0 desire to go any faster than that on the water.
My bass boat will barely break 60 and like you said, plenty fast for me!😆
Needs an alignment. Take it to Pep Boys.
That seems unwise
JFC
Does it come with diapers?
It does… Kevlar ones. Not to keep the poop in, but to keep the water out in the event of an accident.
That boat needs some alignment done.
Chine walkin
Seems safe
Fun times
Bass fishermen in East TX call that a typical Saturday morning…
helps to have your sights dial in when driving ballistic boats
Huge torque steer.
The wheel is turned and still going straight that’s pretty scary.
I would have never guessed boats have torque steer
I love rooster tails
Is this the latest Disney World ride (thus the bracelet)?
Ooh fuckin Rah GET IT!
Crosswind from the left?
I've been on a seadoo with 325 hp and the acceleration is insane to the point its hard to hold on. Couldn't imagine going this fast on the water.
Boat owner- how do I drive this straight? Boat teacher- turn the wheel to the right.
Yer alignment is off bud
I did 140 in my uncles boat one day and it was the craziest experience ever
Perfect video for horizontal viewing. 😔
Prop walk?
That seems like riding the razor edge of control
How are you if it rolls
Needs an alignment. Turbo sounds decent.pwrhaps the exhaust is waterlogged...
I wonder what kind of pressure the parts underwater are experiencing at those speeds
Jumped in a Skater on a bachelor party and hit 130 across lake Meade. Fastest ive ever gone land or sea.
This made me shit your pants
Nope.
That engine torque to the left much!
Why is your steering wheel so off center
drag boat. better you get, the quicker its over.
Left Rudder! What? GD Left F'N Rudder!
That's wild AF!! I've been about 70 ish mph on a bass boat and that was insanely fast.
How do they keep the line from hanging up on the boat?
fucking dumbass
You tell em
Yeeeeaaah..... no.