"Technical Amendment to the 92db Noise Rule This was approved by the Board of Directors""At all IMPBA timed events including theInternational Regatta Straightaway and Oval Trophy Trials any boat exceeding the 92The new rule is posted in www.IMPBA.netLook in the "IMPBA Forms & Voting" section.
. MikeThe 92 db thing is fine the rest is a little wordy. But the calibration documentation every year on a Radio Shack meter................come on.
You hear that sucking sound?
It is a little more fun be sucked out of the sport.
I must agree with Brad and Chris,this is THE place to talk r/c boats. While the noise issue is not a popular one its important to air out issues and feelings. Some control may be needed if someone goes ranting and raving. In the end we are all for growth in model boating,issues have answers we just need to find common ground.Tom,
Where else are we to take it? IW has become (even if by default) the foremost meeting place for all things "Model Boats". I mean you no disrespect when I say that your shunning of the subject is only telling us to continue to bury our head in the sand. I know that is gets out of hand at times, but if we continue to turn away from the issue it is only going to get worse. And worse. And worse...............
I've only been "playing boats" for seven years, but I LOVE this hobby/sport. I really don't want to see it dry up and die because the governing body refuses to accept that a well meant rule that can't be fairly enforced is doing far more harm than good.
It's your board. Do with it what you will. But this isn't going to go away just because we don't want to talk about it. I don't want to sound like a "Doom's-day" prophet, but this board is for the boaters. If we can't use it, why is it here? I mean other than someplace to complain about Little E teaming up with Jeffy................. <_<
Thanks. Brad.
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Guys the latest rule was voted in by the district directors,only two districts voted no. Maybe someone should start a poll indicating IMPBA#,district and a yes or no vote? I know the current rule is a burden to all clubs and members,we had a meter out saturday until the rain came. After that we put it away,on Sunday it was kind of rainy all day and it stayed put away. Sure enough someone complained even with a 15 member club we could not baby sit the meter. Oh and by the way on the last round at least one person ran a nitro unmuffled pipe it was of coures the last round and a warning would have meant nothing. MikeHas anybody ever tried wet exhaust? Noise is a issue for sure, but then again you will have those who argue for the purpose of doing it. The facts are this. IF THEY JUST MAKE THE RULING...WE FOLLOW OR DONT RACE...pretty simple. This hobby is full of choices...you only have to make them. When horsepower, fuel, and testosterone mix....bad things happen...LOLI think the organization is being harmed not by trying to implement meaningful rules, but by people who appear to be hell bent to stir up trouble, or who want to push every possible loophole to the max, or who want to blow a problem into more than it really is. A while back, a muffler rule was passed. Creative people figured out how to build "mufflers" that met the letter of the rules, one must use a muffler, but not the spirit, mufflers should make the boat quieter. To fix this problem, we said mufflers don't matter any more, just get your boat below a certain decibel level. I wonder how much of the opposition to the new rule is because there's no way to be creative? Gone is the concept of a token muffler that does nothing to quiet the boat down. Instead, there's a device that puts every racer on an equal footing.
It's been said many times during these discussions that the people who follow the spirit of this initiative, quiet down our boats, will encounter no problem with the new rule. OTOH, those who want to push the limit stand a good chance of being over the limit. Is it possible for the measurement to be a little off? Possibly, but if the rule says 92 db and you've got your boat below 88, small measurement variations aren't going to matter.
When I started running planes and boats some 25+ years ago, there were some people who seemed to find enjoyment from having the loudest boat/plane. To them it didn't matter how fellow R/Cers felt. It also didn't matter what impact their loud planes/boats had on the people who lived near the field/pond. In the intervening years, many a field/pond has been lost due to our toys being louder than they need be. In spite of these losses, I still encounter people at the field and at the pond who run WAY LOUDER THAN NEED BE. What's it going to take for people to wake up and realize that an aggressive noise reduction is one of several important things we need to do to protect our sites?
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