2010 Air Guard U-7

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Air Guard

2010

 

U-7

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Ron Forister

 

2012

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Mark Beatty & Ron Forister

 

Wood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Leopard, Scorpion and Turnigy

 

?

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura and Graupner

 

Black, red and blue

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl wrap-Ground Up Designz

 

Spektrum

The model:  Ron repainted his Plumbing Joint into a boat he thought he would like better.  He chose the Air Guard boat as it related to his past as a 20 year active duty Air Force service man.  Just like the real Air Guard, the boat is painted all red and a vinyl wrap was applied, including those pesky dots. Ron added the salt water scoop and Jeff Ross of Ground Up Designz did a great job making the graphics.

The real boat:  The Air Guard hit the scene as a series sponsor and put their name on the boat in San Diego as a boat sponsor to further their efforts in recruiting.  The boat was owned by Ted Porter and had been run as part of his FormulaBoats.com team.