Jeeezus! The force on the propellers must be insane. And how do they deal with the axial thrust?? Bonkers... I’d say 10,000hp is a stretch though. Impressive none the less
impressive, Drag Racing on water. I wasn't there that time but 3.58/386mph still stands I think, was Hydrogen Peroxide though.
Been watching these antics online for a few years now as my other hobby is boats. Only in the US really. When it goes wrong it does tend to go very wrong: And yes Chris, I've missed my regular trips to Santa pod this year more than many other things I've not been able to do. Nashser
Although my favourite Boat You tube vid is this: It's old hat now, 1990's, but consider this is a 41 foot boat running Lambo motors, that takes 3 people to drive and the chopper struggles to keep up with it. Skip to @3.10 for a scary moment. These things are basically to expensive to run these days as most of the boat is a fuel tank to feed the motors over a long leg. The guys that raced them did so for hours on end, and took such a pounding they had blood in their urine for days afterwards. Men were men etc. Nasher.
