Hi Paul! How have you been? Hey, was thinking about you.
My youngest son, still a Battlebots fan, has refurbished a small hydroplane boat, radio controlled. It was an old boat, built years ago by a dear friend's father who passed away. The friend gave it to our son, the "tinkerer." He's been working on it for about 6 weeks. Took the entire thing apart, including the engine, cleaned it, fixed some parts, fabricated some additional ones, and got the thing working.
I was amazed he got it going. To his credit, he didn't quit on it.
We took it down to the pond yesterday and ran it. AWESOME! It is so fast. The boat is about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide, and runs just like a regular hydroplane boat. Cool.
The first night he got the engine running again, he called our friend up on the phone so she could her it. She has fond memories of her Dad playing with it when he was alive and she was a little girl. She started crying when she heard the engine fire up.
She is going to be here at out place shortly and will get to see it running again first hand! I think that I better have a handkerchief with me when we go to the pond.
Thought you'd like to know since you and your young one are tinkerers, too.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
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