Money for Nothing crash

[mj2562]

Every time I watch this it gives me chills! Cliff was very lucky to be with us today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDAU...e_gdata_player

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[MMarsha]

Notice the last name..

[AMBUSHER]

First time I have seen the video, very lucky indeed!

[rschap1]

Wild ride is a REAL understatement

[mj2562]

He said the prop broke. Wild ride at over 200mph

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[mj2562]

You can see when the prop broke. He said it was a wild ride.

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[HPbyGD]

He has gone faster out of the boat than most people in a boat ! Wow !

Gary

[mj2562]

Originally Posted by HPbyGD

He has gone faster out of the boat than most people in a boat ! Wow !

Gary

He almost saved it. I agree Wow!

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[MIKES280]

when a hydro looses a prop on the big end the back of the boat goes down which traps air and the boat takes off like a airplane , there is no saving it . If you look close the prop is gone probably broke the shaft right behind the strut , it makes for a wild ride. Back when we ran fuel we used a short shaft at the strut that was 1.3/8 in dia. the shaft from the v drive was 1. 1/8 and we broke them all the time so we would run a stub shaft 1 pass and pull it to check for cracks but most of the time we just put a new one in we kept about 10 in the trailer new. Also 1 pass on a prop , i know today it is better but it still happens.baack then the shafts were made of Aquamet 22 stainless and that was some bad ass steel , i think they still use it.