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Tunnel Boat Design (Dec 2009) - "...Received both of your books, can't put them down, awesome...Thanks!" [MM, Pensacola, FL] |
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Scream
& Fly on-line magazine, (October 28, 2003)
- "AeroMarine
'Research's products are fantastic. The Tunnel Boat Design Program is the
only such software of its kind, and it's an extremely useful
tool"..."The Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design' [book] is also a fantastic
tool, and very interesting as well as educational." [S&Fly] [S&Fly Review of TBDP software] [S&Fly Review of STBD book] |
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 "Shakin' Not Stirred" Race Team, (Feb 2010) - "Last year we tried 75 different combinations and we gained 4 mph, we then purchased the TBDP software and worked with Jim... and we gained 6mph - thanks! ["Shakin Not Stirred" race team, FX 0.07, Hal Bamping - driver, Zabrina Bamping - Navigator", AB, Canada] |
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 HurjaMarine Racing, (Dec 2010) - "...Your program is very good and it help me with my boat project...So Thank You Jim for good program and keep on good work! Thanks. [Ari Nurminen, HurjaMarine Racing, Finland]. |
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"Secrets of Propeller Design" book, (Oct 2009) - "That book [Secrets of Propeller Design] is AWESOME. I bring it (to) work leave it by the computer at home and read it over and over. There's so much useful info there". [James "Whipper", Prince George, BC, Canada] |
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BoatDesign.net, (Nov 2007) - "...Jim's customer service is outstanding...he can help you through the process." [Navy Dave, TX, USA] |
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"Donzi Mod" [Oct 2011] - I employed the services of Jim Russell. Jim is very well known in performance circles and has evolved modeling software that can perform numerous "what if" scenarios. He produced a pretty detailed report that had gads of info. ...suffice to say he was worth every penny and routinely is called upon by UAE types for consultation work.
[Greg G.- Donzi Registry] |
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 Power
Marine - 21' SportCat, (Feb 2008) - We have been using the Secrets of Tunnel Boat
Design Book to analyse the performance of our new boat with much success,
the STBD book makes complex calculations straight forward and simple to
use, a great tool for anyone designing or setting up cat or tunnel hull
powerboats. Thanks Jim, you and AeroMarine Research
have been a great help and inspiration to all of my projects.
[Alan Power, Power Marine, Ireland] |
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 East
Cape Marine Ltd/Noah Thompson Design, (March 2009) - Your research has had an impact on
my design philosophy with my performance cat designs. Keep up the good
work. [Noah Thompson, East
Cape Marine Ltd, Noah Thompson Design - NZ] |
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 Dillon
Racing - 2006 Mini GT high points championship & Region 8
Championship, (Feb. 2007) - A
tunnel boat I designed/built last year absolutely killed in Mini GT
(25hp), winning 8 races out of 10. I expect to design more in the
future. I love your program (TBDP). Many thanks, Bob. [Bob Dillon,
Hackensack, MN]
(Visit Dillon Racing website
at: www.dillon-racing.com) |
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 Kretz
Marine Boating/TKM Racing Developments, (Jan 2009) - I am really
enjoying working with your software and learn more every time I use it! I
have (had) huge success in South Africa. currently (our RC design) holds
the South African Championship! This is really a great testament to your
program as is did wonders in helping to improve and develop our boats!
[Karl Kretz, South Africa] |
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  Jeff & Denise Talcott, (Nov 2011) - your software has really helped up get where we are today. once we had (Denise's) equipment in top form, we were able to go to the TBDP and predict any changes we wanted to make and instantly see the results. we understand why and how her boat performs and can tune to different course, weather and
water conditions and get the most out of every lap. it's that time of year again i keep the wood burner stoked, and go to the TBDP. [Jeff Talcott, MI, USA] |
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19' Sterling Tunnel - July 2005 -
The Guru Speaks... I submitted drawing, pictures and design notes to
Jim Russell at AeroMarine Research to determine what the performance
characteristics of my boat would be like (most significantly
swapping to twin outboards).
The information and understanding that Jim and AeroMarine were able to
convey to me was extremely valuable. The final point - use Jim Russell's
services and buy his software if you are doing any work on tunnel hulls!!!
The alternative of "trial and error" is expensive, time consuming, and
possibly dangerous. - [David
(AxisMoto), Phoenix, AZ] |
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Secrets of Propeller Design book - (Oct 2009) - I highly recommend the book Secrets Of Propeller Design by Jim Russell. He has the answers to your type of questions. The book will help you out immensely in finding what works best for you and understanding whats going on under the motor. ["Whipper", Prince George B.C. Canada]
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 3S Class Racing Cat - (March 2010)... have purchased both your book and software for tunnel boat design and have found it invaluable for the work...The software was incredibly useful. I was really impressed with how many calculations it made for the various aspects of performance and how simple it was (to) use. The engine and prop selection is brilliant. [Barnaby Heseltine, Coventry University, UK & XSMG World, UK] |
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 Alemdar
Offshore Racing Team - 2004/2005 UIM Offshore Champion, (Feb 2007)
- In 2003 we bought (TBDP) software and started to modify our existing
hull with TBDP. In 2004 we won the championship. We modify our hull
again and we won the 2005
UIM Offshore Championship without losing any race. After 3 years I
started to use the TBDP software like an advanced user. Finally 2006 is
the year of our completely new designed boat powered by TBDP. We won the
championship again!! 4 key factors of our winnings (are) Very High top
speed numbers, Excellent rough water capability and speed, Acceleration,
Higher turning speeds - All the key factors comes from TBDP software
benefits. [Murat Alemdar, Istanbul, Turkey] |
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 CT
Marine - NZ Superboat Class National Champion (Jan 2007) - I had my
designer use your (TBDP) program on our latest offshore race cat.
"Sleepyhead" designed for NZ Superboat Class. Powered by 2 x
525 Bulldog Mercury racing engines giving it a top speed of 118mph.
Peter Turner wins the NZ
National Championship! When it came to a new boat I had already
purchased your (STBD) book and our designer (purchased) your
program...we input (data from our) last design...then changed every
thing to suit (TBDP) program. We launched it on Saturday 27th of January
took it for one quick run...raced it on the Sunday and won!
[Nic deMey, CT Marine, New Zealand] |
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 Kuhl
Racing - 2nd High Points (TCBA) 2006, Jan 2007 - Driver Tyler Kuhl at
Sioux City, Iowa (photo). Mini-GT Racemaster/Evinrude - Second in
Highpoints 2006 (TCPBA); Third in Highpoints 2005 (TCPBA). The TBDP
Software and STBD Book helped us understand the importance of
Hydrodynamic lift on slower Tunnel boats. It also helped us with dialing
in our motor height and reducing wetted surface drag on the hull. This
program saved us many hours of testing, I wish I had this program 20
years ago when we where running our bigger boats. I would recommend TBDP
software and STBD Book to anyone who has an interest in going fast on
water. Visit Tyler's
website www.kuhlracing.com for the photos of boats.
[Dominick
Kuhl, Frazee, MN] |
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 Mike
Breslin - Sport C World Champion
- (April 2005) - I
highly recommend the Tunnel Boat Design software. It allowed us to
build a boat from the ground up, and test it without even having to
build a prototype first. We were able to test for speed, handling,
and design before we even started the boat. After the boat was
built, it tested within 0.1 mph of the projected speed. I highly
recommend this program.
[Mike Breslin, Black Widow Customs, Sport C World Champion High
Points 2004] |
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 American
Offshore Powerboats - (January 2005)
- We
at American Offshore
have used the AeroMarine software to design the hull for our 37 ft
Cat. It is a very good program and allowed us to evaluate many
different configurations and compare our final design configuration with
those used by other manufactures. It also allowed us to compare our 26
ft and 31 ft hull designs with the similar size hull designs used by our
competition. I highly recommend it. [Art DiNick, American Offshore] |
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 B.Wolf, (November 2004) - I
finally (my SST120 boat) built in September of this year. Your book and
your info was a great help to me. The boat is light and fast and comes out of the hole like a
rocket. Thanks again!
[Barry Wolf, OH] |
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 E.Cengiz
- (June 15, 2004) - I
would like to inform you that our production of two boats are winner and
second place in the first race of this season. Second race was in a
lake, one of our boats was the winner again. We highly appreciated your
computer software which we used to design our tunnel boats. [C.E., Team Director, Alemdar
Performance, Istanbul, Turkey] |
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 US1
Marles Racing Engines - (January 2005) - I use the program
all the time and it’s totally awesome. It has helped me win two
National Championships in Mod-U Formula One. I would feel naked
without it. [John Marles,
Two
Time National Champion Formula One Boat Racer] |
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(October 17, 2003)
- "I
also recommend the Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design, by Jim Russell of
Aeromarine Research. It's a fantastic manual that outlines the physics
behind much of the setups on Tunnel Boats as well as V Bottoms"
[Greg
- S&F]"
(October
16, 2003) -
I
designed my Sport C boat with the Tunnel Boat Design Software and it
does work! ... It made the designing phase much faster and allot of fun
too! Building your own boat from someone else's plans is OK, but
building a boat that you designed yourself is much more rewarding
[MN]. |
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University of Buffalo, Engineering Faculty (Oct 2002) - “The software [TBDP] is so cool! You must have put in years of hard work to get it to where it is. It is so user friendly that even I understand it.” [PK - Univ. of Buffalo, NY] |
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Scream
& Fly on-line magazine - (December 2001) - "This
software (TBDP, Version 7) allows the tunnel boat enthusiast to
alter a ‘virtual model’ of their current hull...and see the
results of...changes in real time as you alter hull variables.
The power of the PC can now be leveraged to offer insights into
your hull configuration never before possible with such ease and
accuracy."
"The (TBDP) shows...how small dimensional differences can
really affect performance. It’s very easy to enter your
boat’s design dimensions and setup into the software." |
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to go to S&F magazine article
click to dload pdf
reprint of article |
"Astonishingly, the
Tunnel Boat Design Program predicted that our setup would achieve a
maximum velocity of 115.1 mph! (within less than 1 mph of actual top
speed). The TBDP also accurately predicted our acceleration model – a
big plus for drag racers. Impressive accuracy, to say the
least". "Taking this yet another step
further, the Tunnel Boat Design Program assessed the stability of our
STV, arriving at the conclusion that our rig would experience relative
instability throughout the 55-80 mph range...the software was remarkably
accurate: our STV did "settle in" over 80 mph!"
"It is easy to use for even complete novices...pros can dive right
in, and amateurs will find that the program can guide users through each
step. The included Help file is a gold mine of performance boat
knowledge. Each design measurement and aspect of performance is clearly
and accurately defined, along with the related background theory."
"On or off the water, AeroMarine Research’s Tunnel Boat Design
software is a performance-predicting program that is more than worth the
price. There’s just nothing like it anywhere else".
(from: "Fine Tuning
For The Future - An Evaluation of AeroMarine Research's Tunnel Boat
Design Program"; Article and Test by Greg Terzian and Helmut Freitag) |
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  Mark
Nelson, (September 2003) - “Jimboat,
This
this how my (Sport C) boat turned out. It was really fast…Your
program did good work. Mark.”..."I
designed my Sport C boat with the Tunnel Boat Design Software and it
does work! ... It made the designing phase much faster and allot of fun
too! Building your own boat from someone else's plans is OK, but
building a boat that you designed yourself is much more rewarding [Mark
Nelson, IL] |
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Alan
Power, Dublin,Ireland. (January 2003) - “The book is outstanding,
it's really starting to come together for me, … the book has already
saved a lot of work….Thanks again and keep up the good work.” |
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Jeff
Dozier, Severn, MD (March 2003) -
“It
is great!!!!!!!!!! It is exactly what I have been looking to find.
I am very impressed!” |
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Techno @ S&F
on-line forum - (July 2002) - "I
normally wouldn't buy a prop calculator with so many free ones on the
web but I made a mistake and glad I did. This one allows you to change
anything you want without refilling and deleting and OK'ing stuff. Its
cheap and nice to use. If your going to use one regularly I would
recommend buying this one...everything is changeable... rpms can be slid
up and props changed along with a change in slip with a click".
(Techno - S&F
on-line magazine - July, 2002) |
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Hot
Boat Magazine - (July 2001) - "The 'TBDP' Version 7'
can...compare design alternatives and predict your tunnel hull
performance under any operating conditions. The software includes
impressive on-screen graphics to illustrate predicted trends of over 40
vital performance indicators". |
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RaceBoat
International - (July/August 2001) - "The new 'TBDP'
Version 7.0' is a powerful computer-aided design technology. This is the
only comprehensive predictive performance design and analysis computer
software package available specifically for tunnel boats, and is
essential for the serious tunnel designer, builder, driver or
performance enthusiast". |
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Scream
& Fly on-line magazine - (August 2001) - This (STBD) book is
highly recommended for the casual as well as the serious performance
boating enthusiast"
"…once I started reading it, I was hooked. I don't know about most of you,
but for a book to keep me glued to its pages for most of the night, it
must be good. Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design takes the reader into domains
that are sure to interest even the most dedicated and knowledgeable
boating enthusiast. This fantastic book…details the ten design steps for
analysis of hull performance and stability… the material covers all levels
of technical understanding, from the casual reader to the technical guru".
I would describe (STBD book) as one of the most comprehensive manuals
covering tunnel boat design."
[from:
"Required Reading: The Secrets Of Tunnel Boat Design -
A
book review by Greg Terzian - Scream and Fly Magazine, August 2001]" |
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Marles Racing
Formula One - (July 2001) -
Our Formula One
team bought the TBDP software to find a plaguing problem, in one
of our race hulls, affecting top speed. To our amazement, after
months of trial and failure to right the problem, your TBDP
software went right to it and gave us the answer. Then just for
fun we fed in all the information about our other race hulls and
the out come was unbelievable. The software's potential speed
calculation had the boats within 2 MPH of there actual top speed
readings on radar. I am quite impressed. Thank you
Jim.
John Marles, 2000 APBA MOD-U National High Points Champion |
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Australian
Powerboat - (April/May 1994) - "...the world's first computer
software package for the design and performance analysis of Tunnel
boats". |
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South African
Power Boat and Ski - (February/March 1994) -"Tunnel Boat Design
Program Version 4.0 can compare design alternatives and predict
performance for a tunnel hull under any conditions". |
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Powerboat
Magazine - (October 1994) - "Tunnel Boat Design Program 4.0 for
Dos...gives designers and builders of competition hulls the inside track
on perfecting racecourse performance" |
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GRW - CA.
(Dec 1994) - "I really appreciate the help and support you've given
me." |
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WH - West Indies -
(October 1997) - "Your 'Tunnel Boat Design Program' is
amazing!" |
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BH - Norway
(March 1998) - "the 'TBDP' program has given me valuable help in
rebuilding some of my powerboats. I look forward to the new
upgrade." |
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EVderV - Belgium
(August 1999) - "I like the way you do business - quick and to the
point." |
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DLB - FL, USA
(August 2000) - "I really enjoyed your 'STBD' book. Very concise
and gets to the point without alot of fluff...your work will radically
reduce the trial and error process...Please rush the TBDP, Version 7.0
software." |
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PR - Ontario,
Canada (November 1994) - "Your book and 'TBDP' program continue
to be the leading data on Tunnel hull and high performance design." |
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OB - Italy
(January 1993) - "The 'STBD' book is very interesting, and give to
me important information about tunnel boat design. Please order the
'TBDP' software." |
