1989 Cooper's Express

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Cooper's Express

1989

 

U-3

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Dale Van Wyk

 

2006

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Dale Van Wyk

 

Plywood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Aveox 36/30/1.5

 

Castle 125

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura 442

 

Red White & Black

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Hand Painted

 

Spektrum

The model:  Dale has been a fan of this boat for a long time and finally built it in 2006.  He debuted it late in the 2006 season with limited success, but has the bugs worked out for 2007.  At some point he's going to drop in 14 cells and see what it can really do.  

The real boat:  The boat was the last piston powered boat to win a race until the same team accomplished the goal again in 2003.  The Cooper family has campaigned their Allison powered line of boats since at least 1987.  Mitch and Mark Evans built this boat from the remnants of the Miss Prodelco.