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» Topic: PT 305 RUNNING
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WE MOVED TO THE NEW BOAT HOUSE TODAY








Posted By: RANDY SMITH | Posted on: Mar 3, 2017 - 3:40pm
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To sat the least I have the worse case of PT aboard-iris right now

Jimbo

Posted By: Jimbo Melanson | Posted on: Mar 3, 2017 - 4:38pm
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Randy How many RPM are you turning on these runs? I would guess 2000 to 2500.

C. J. Willis

Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 8:44am
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Man, that's beautiful!



Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 1:45pm
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C J WE WERE RUNNING 1450 ABOUT 30 MPH. WHEN WE GOT INTO THE LAKE WE WENT TO 1800 ABOUT 40 MPH THE PORT ENGINE EXPANSION TANK BACKED UP AND OVERFLOWED AND THEN WENT BACK TO 1600.



Posted By: RANDY SMITH | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 1:58pm
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Randy How many inches of manifold pressure? I would have loved to have been aboard at that speed.
when I rode the 658 with Jerry we were not able to go very fast because of the wake we would throw in the river.

C. J. Willis

Posted By: CJ Willis | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 2:24pm
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In that run we were run 25 inches of manifold pressure 1400. At 1800 we are about 32 inches.



Posted By: RANDY SMITH | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 3:39pm
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In that run we were run 25 inches of manifold pressure 1400. At 1800 we were about 32 in . Tomorrow 6 am the museum is filming a commercial so I hope to get some more footage at speed and some drone footage.


Posted By: RANDY SMITH | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 3:43pm
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For a comparison, 30 Nov 1943 in Lake Pontchartrain, PT 305 had 35 in Hg at 2100 RPM, Displacement 88,000 LBS using 29 x 26 wheels. Average speed at 2100 RPM was 37.422 Knots or 43 mph.

Great Video! Looking forward!



Posted By: Andy Small | Posted on: Mar 4, 2017 - 7:15pm
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very cool!
ThePTboater



Posted By: ThePTboater | Posted on: Mar 9, 2017 - 8:42pm
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Has everyone seen this Fox News article with stills and video?

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/10/combat-hardened-wwii-pt-boat-makes-triumphant-return-to-water.html[/url]

Cheers!
--Bob

Posted By: Bob Steinbrunn | Posted on: Mar 11, 2017 - 9:02am
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