This is the one episode that the Raging Racers (Ice Drag Racer, Pie Filling Machine) and the Scrapheap Henchman (Water Bike, Mud Scooter) have been waiting for all series long. The teams will be building a boat that they can sail across a tank of water toward the enemy's flag ship (a plastic model of a destroyer, painted in the opposing teams color). Their ship must be able to sink the enemy ship, filled with bullion, before the other team can do the same. A whole bunch of prizes go to the winning team. Oh yeah, to mark this special occasion, the teams will be building their creations on the deck of the air craft carrier USNC Nimitz.

The teams will be given engines to power the boat and the R/C units to drive them. They are also given servo motors. A servo is a tiny motor that can be used to turn on a switch to run a bigger motor (or move a small part on it's own). Also, both teams are given 15 minutes engineering time (no bodgit game). The dimensions of the boat can be no more than 3 feet long and one-and-a-half feet wide.
 

Both teams are building non-navy approved catamarans. A catamaran is a boat with 2 parallel hulls and a deck connecting them in the middle and the engine in the stern. The plus side is that the deck in the middle will givem them a large surface to attach weapons too. The minus side is that they will need to get the balances (side to side and front and back) just right or the boat will tip over.
 
 

The blue design has a rake and  saw at the front	The red design uses a saw and fork  plus a big swinging arm
One of the buses gets loaded, by  crane onto the massive Nimitz	Both teams are going to use foam  to build the pontoons
Red welds together the support frame	The red team has their basic boat done
Blue takes some time to  shape their pontoons	Rob admires the blue teams almost  finished catamaran
This pneumatic piston will drop the  arm by forcing air into the bottom  and pushing the piston back and forth	This saw blade, constantly running,  will hopefully cut a hole into the side  of red's flag ship
The red team lowers the boom	Blue seals their engine with duct tape
Red does a quick test in the tank	So does blue, who realize they need  more weight in the back and foam infront
This servo moves an arm that contols the pitson that will drop the arm	This concrete brick will do maximum damage in a hurry
The blues have a "rake" for poking holes into the ship	The pool/tank where the battle will take place
Blue gets the first hit in a hurry	That brick was going to tip the boat over, so they removed it
Ooh! Red gets in a hit	Blue uses the rake to punch holes into the tipped over flag ship
Oh no! the blue ship is going down	It's sunk! It's all over!
Everybody wins gold dog tags & a glass trophy. The winners get their names engraved on this OP/JY Bus model	Your first ever OP/JY series winners the Red Team, the Raging Racers!!

 

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