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http://www.rcracinge...club=Charleston Model Boaters&event=2012wtc
Hers a link for all the results at the World Tunnels. Was really nice to see a good turn out and share info with the some really good FE tunnel racers. We all learned some things in actually heat racing a lot of projects. A few guys had last minute glitches and couldn't make the fields but I know there will be more next year so keep building.
I tried to support every class and had some good results with my son Jay driving most of the boats. We also had several nitro classes to run. Our best boat ran in the Open tunnel class against gas.and nitro. We had the only FE in the class and Jay went perfect 2000 points. Running against some of the fastest nitro 40-101 tunnels with a 1520 Castle 1600KV, A Swordfish 200 Amp speedy with a couple extra caps and a Zippy 5800MA single 6S 30C pack and an M545 prop. I did not use exotic equipment as any more power and we would have been upsidedown. As an open tunnel we could pass and pull away from anyone in the field at will. With a 32" boat we after locking up the win in 4 rounds wanted to see what the boat could do in traffic. Starting behind the whole field in round 5 we picked off 5 boats in one lap and the 6th in the second lap. This is going through water stirred up by big nitro and gas boats. Not trying to rub anyones nose in it as we knew we could out accelerate everything at the start.
We opened a few minds up to the power of FE. Saw a few jaws drop when we puller the trigger too. When their are more P & Q tunnels built it is going to be some real challenging driving in heat racing. The boats and their handling characteristics will for a while keep costs in check. Hope to see more at the races.
Mic
Hers a link for all the results at the World Tunnels. Was really nice to see a good turn out and share info with the some really good FE tunnel racers. We all learned some things in actually heat racing a lot of projects. A few guys had last minute glitches and couldn't make the fields but I know there will be more next year so keep building.
I tried to support every class and had some good results with my son Jay driving most of the boats. We also had several nitro classes to run. Our best boat ran in the Open tunnel class against gas.and nitro. We had the only FE in the class and Jay went perfect 2000 points. Running against some of the fastest nitro 40-101 tunnels with a 1520 Castle 1600KV, A Swordfish 200 Amp speedy with a couple extra caps and a Zippy 5800MA single 6S 30C pack and an M545 prop. I did not use exotic equipment as any more power and we would have been upsidedown. As an open tunnel we could pass and pull away from anyone in the field at will. With a 32" boat we after locking up the win in 4 rounds wanted to see what the boat could do in traffic. Starting behind the whole field in round 5 we picked off 5 boats in one lap and the 6th in the second lap. This is going through water stirred up by big nitro and gas boats. Not trying to rub anyones nose in it as we knew we could out accelerate everything at the start.
We opened a few minds up to the power of FE. Saw a few jaws drop when we puller the trigger too. When their are more P & Q tunnels built it is going to be some real challenging driving in heat racing. The boats and their handling characteristics will for a while keep costs in check. Hope to see more at the races.
Mic
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