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Old 29 January 2015, 13:44   #1
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OK Who wants one of these for their boat?

- mightn't work so well launching in to your typical Atlantic chop but would have serious fun potential in sheltered waters.

Would probably mount effectively on a RIB transom making your RIB into a big RC boat.
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Old 29 January 2015, 15:19   #2
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Cool, but I've got a butler who does all that for me and his batteries wont go flat at the wrong moment
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Old 29 January 2015, 17:32   #3
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That boat had one of these Talons on the back too. Which would allow the the boat to stay in place.

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Old 30 January 2015, 07:16   #4
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Would look like a prize pillock when it fails to deploy for any reason and your pride and joy merely floats off
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Old 30 January 2015, 10:49   #5
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Would look like a prize pillock when it fails to deploy for any reason and your pride and joy merely floats off
Or you forget to retract that Talon device.
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Old 30 January 2015, 14:57   #6
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Very clever it even trims the main engine ready to go! WONDERFUL
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Old 30 January 2015, 17:11   #7
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Or you forget to retract that Talon device.
That would be kinda like forgetting to pull a standard anchor up, which has been done before

Except you would just go in circles and not get stopped dead in your tracks 20+ meters later. So it would seem leaving the talon down and being a bone head and driving off shouldn't be that big of a deal as you will notice it immediately.
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