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Scarab boats were popularly featured in the 1980s TV series Miami Vice. As of the second season of the series, the main character Sonny Crockett piloted a Wellcraft 38 Scarab KV. [ 3 ] In Riptide , the counterpart to the eponymous boat where the detectives work is the Ebb Tide, a 38' Scarab powered by KAAMA Power Systems. [ 4 ]
Its Scarab line of boats, specifically, the Scarab 38 KV was featured on Miami Vice. [4] The Wellcraft Scarab 38 KVs were a 28-hued, twin 440- hp boat that sold for $130,000 in 1986. [ 4 ] As a result of the publicity the show gave Wellcraft, the company received "an onslaught of orders", increasing sales by 21 percent in one year.
With a bore and stroke of 4.25 inches and a compression ratio of 5.2:1, the Scarab developed 125 hp (93 kW) at 2,050 rpm from 422 cu in (7 L) with a dry weight of 285 lb (129 kg). Scarab Junior A 5-cyl. version introduced in 1930 developing 90 hp (67 kW) at 2,125 rpm from 301 cu in (5 L) with a dry weight of 230 lb (104 kg).
By 1950, the company had 343 authorized dealers and used the marketing slogan "The Thoroughbred of Boats". In the 1960s, Century introduced 45 ft (14 m) motor yachts and jet-powered boats; in 1967 the last wooden boat rolled out of the Manistee Facility in favor of fiberglass.
Data from The Complete Guide to Single Engine Cessna, 3rd Edition General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: four passengers Length: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m) Wingspan: 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m) Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Empty weight: 2,100 lb (953 kg) Gross weight: 3,350 lb (1,520 kg) Fuel capacity: 75 US gallons (280 L; 62 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Jacobs R-755 radial engine, 300 hp (220 kW ...
Bricktown Drag Boat Circuit, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States Jay Wallace 2006/05/06 Event: National Jet Boat Association May Shootout race Lake Ming, near Bakersfield, California Charlie Hodsdon 2006/10/15 Lake Ming, near Bakersfield, California "White Thunder" River Races jet boat Lloyd Burns 2007/04/21 Kentucky Drag Boat Association
Jet boats have no downward projection, and achieve no additional steering effect from the device. If the operator of a jet boat releases the throttle, steering effectiveness decreases roughly in proportion to thrust reduction. The NTSB related an example of an off-throttle steering accident in the personal watercraft safety study of 1998:
Hangar No. 1 was the first structure at LAX, built in 1929 and restored in 1990. It remains in use. [13]In 1926, the Los Angeles City Council and the Chamber of Commerce recognized the need for the city to have its own airport to tap into the fledgling, but quickly growing, aviation industry.