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This past weekend there were two races for 1/8 Scale Unlimiteds in Ellensburg , Washington. On Saturday UNW hosted the Apple Cup. RCU boaters were invited to cross over and race with them. About 30 boats showed up for the combined event. The race was won by Kirk Maupin driving the 1978 Squire...

RCU held the second race of the 2008 season. A good time was had by all [most] but it was not without its problems. And that had to do with the weather. You see we schedule our races in early season over on the east side of the mountins. We do this because it is usually raining on the west side...

The 2008 RCU Atomic Cup was held this last weekend. The winner was Scott Myers driving the two Miss Exide. This was Scotts second win in RCU. A very fast field of 30 boats showed up. Several new boats and drivers ran for the first time. For more highlights go to the following-...

Thought I would share with you some pictures of the lastest project. This is a 1/8th scale model of the current U-13 Spirit of Detroit. Built from a Phil Thomas hull with some modifications. There are still many "5 minute" jobs left to be done. Our first race in RCU is in two weeks over in...

Hi Guys, Just got my Christmas present from Eddie Hansen [[email protected] ] It is a driver for my new 68 checkerboard Bardahl. The workmanship is fantastic. Cant wait to get him painted up as Billy Schumacher. So if you need a driver for the CT go see Eddie. CZAR

FYI. If anyone is interested in obtaining large sheets of plywood[1/64-1/4"] there is a company in Tacoma, washington that sells 61"x61" sheets for a reasonable price. Their website is www.Bd-international.com Check it out

RC Unlimiteds , the oldest and largest scale club in the world, just completed their 33rd season with the running of the Gold Cup this past weekend in Chelan, Washington. Over 40 boats attended. The top twenty qualifiers raced for the Cup while the other boats competed for the Norm Evans...

I would like to take an unofficial survey of how many of you out there have been watching the U boats on the Internet? Do you follow the live coverage. If you do please let ABRA know your feelings. Roger

Trying to finish up my 1/6 scale Hawaii Kai. Does anyone know of a source for the Williams Bros. 2" military pilot? Need a helmet. Or is there any other source for helmets? Thanks, Roger

A few guys ran their scale Unlimiteds on Lake Washington yesterday. We do things a little different here in Seattle. These werent your typical 1/8 scale Unlimiteds. They were a little bigger. In fact 8 times bigger. After about 5 years of sweat, tears and a lot of money the 55 Miss Thriftway and...

In case you havent heard ERCU is a club located in Washngton state that runs 1/10 scale models of Unlimiteds from the past to the present. This marks our fifth season of existence. Yesterday we had a race with 55 entrants. Thats our largest field ever. And not everyone showed up!!!! We could...

Check out the pictures from the first test of 2007 for a couple of Unlimiteds. The U37 and U48 hit the water today in Tri-Cities Washington. Go to www.cdenslow.smugmug.com

Have I got a deal for you. Anyone interested in scale hydros you will want to check this out. Chris Denslow has been taking pictures of real and scale hydros for several years now. He has put together 3 books that all serious scale model boaters should have in their library. One is RC...

I should know the answer to this question but I wanted to verify this with the group. At this last RCU race my son was having a fuel problem with his 1/8 scale. It would run fine for a couple of laps and either die or slow down. He changed or checked everything he possibly could. Just prior to...

Hi all, Just thought you might like to know. RCU held its first race of the 2007 season yesterday in Tri-Cities, Washington. Weather was great for the over 40 boats that showed up in the pits. Bil Brandt won the trophy driving the 1972 Notre Dame. Our photographer, Chris Denslow, took over 615...

RCU had its first gathering yesterday. Eight boats showed up to test. Small turnout but the weather was great with temps in the mid 60's. For pictures go to Chris Denslows website. www.cdenslow.smugmug.com

Can anybody tell the best source for McCoy glow plugs. Thanks

Here is a real challenge for the group. For over 35 years I have been looking for a picture of the nose cowl on the '69 Pak. I did find one on the UD website that is not too clear. It does show an eagle. Does anyone have a good picture of the eagle? Thanks, Roger

Is there anyone out there that can tell me or has a paper been written about the subject of head clearance? The reason I ask is that due to different elevations or weather conditions you should either increase or decrease head clearance. I run CMB .67's in my scale boats. I should know this by...

My son recently started a site selling pix of the Unlimited Hydros. His stock ranges from the '50's up thru 2005. When finished he will have several thousand pix on the site. If there is a particular boat you are looking for and cant find it contact him. I am sure he can find it in the inventory...