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REPRODUCED VINTAGE PLAN FROM 1967
DICKIE-DO
By DICK HANSON
THIS particular outboard hydroplane was designed in 1958, following the purchase of a very unusual engine - a K&B Allyn Sea Fury Twin. In as much as I had always enjoyed watching the full size hydros race, I decided to build a smaller version for use with this outboard glow engine.
The completed boat proved to be quite successful right from the start, and it was in operation at the local pond each Sunday. The following year, I read in one of the model magazines that there was going to be an R/C boat race in Milwaukee. I attended the meet simply to find out what the other IR/C boaters were using, and was quite surprised to find a majority of "V" hulls and air screw boats. In those days there really was one class of competition, with the result that the .049's ran against the .60's. The contestants who bothered to come over to see the little outboard thought it was cute, but too small and underpowered to produce much in the way of speed. They suggested that I enter in the Scale event, and that I might possibly win something in that category.
I didn't take their advice, however, and as it turned out the Dickie Doo took second place for speed (the first time I ever went around a marked course), and I think the trend to hydroplanes began.
At the next sanctioned meet, it became the fastest racing boat in the I.M.P.B.A. The old record was something like 1:30.0, and on September 27, J 959, in Chicago, the outboard did the two lap quarter mile oval in 1: 17.8. Back in those days, when one contestant had a good run, everyone would applaud. In this case, however, there was silence broken only by occasional muttering! The following year, on May 22, 1960, to be exact, it set a new record of 1:13.0. This was topped by a young man who built an identical hull and captured the mark at 1:08.0. There are a few old timers who still say it was one of the finest running hulls to this day.
Length 20”
Beam 9 ¼”
Outboard Engine .15
or convert to
Electric Outboard
Radio Control
FULL SIZE PRINTED PLAN on a SHEET 37 ½”” x 28”
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