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    Posted: April-28-2007 at 10:01pm
In case you have some extra time on your hands and want to read a short story about a lot of outboards on a boat (from Snopes.com Urban Legand website)....

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nates78ski Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April-29-2007 at 12:12am
haha my dad had a picture of this from an email he got a few weeks ago at our shop. I heard they couldnt catch it for a while & actually managed to figure out where it was going(probably the chopper they talked about) & busted em then... AWESOME!!! I could totally barefoot behind that!!

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stupid, photo shop sh*t. lets raise the outside motor's so they spin in the air on plane that's fast right?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Tim D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April-29-2007 at 9:10am
How many gallons of gas does it need to carry?
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I don't think that's photoshopped, and if so they did a good job with the shadows on the water. The hard-bottom hull is a vee and needed those outside engines raised. The link shows the first shots I've seen of it actually out of the water.    
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79 , This was confirmed true by snopes.com. if you look at the bottom of the page they site their sources. you could check them out yourself if you wanted to.

I thought the side motors were mounted higher on the sides at first look too. if you look a little closer, the motors on the ends are larger, but the props are all a the same level.




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Tim, 3400 gallons! I'd like to see the instrument panel!


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Actually, it looks like all the motors are the same size (250) and height. The hull looks to have a step down from outside to the center so the motors can be higher on the outsides and still mounted to the transom (which I'm sure is very strong).
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The ones in the middle are definitely too low, way to much rooster tail. Someone who knew what they were doing with some jack plates, lower unit work, and surface piercing props should have been able to get it to go faster without the 4 motors on the ends.
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Ran across this on Freerepublic this morning.


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From personal involvement- that's no photo shop job, she's the real deal.
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twin rig hydrodynes have the outside motors raised up just a hair too.
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They need a Yamaha mechanic on retainer, dang.

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