9 out of 10 times traveling buddies sign up on a channel radio to avoid racing each other, then run DSM at the actual race. Opps, did I open a can of worms!!!!Agree with the DSM. However a couple of us traveling buddies was considering using AM numbers at sign up so when we travel 6 plus hours to a race we don't get stuck racing each other in the same heat all weekend long.
A different subject but somewhat related.
Doug
Well it should be opened.9 out of 10 times traveling buddies sign up on a channel radio to avoid racing each other, then run DSM at the actual race. Opps, did I open a can of worms!!!!
And that sums it up quite nicely.I don't see enough non DSM that it is much of an issue anymore. Ray is correct the old number frequencies are more often used to avoid running in the same heat. I don't like the term avoid as moreover you are pairing with a friend or in my case son or grandson to have a pit person familiar your starting equipment and knowing how your boat needs to be launched, Drive hours and spend a bunch of money and time, then run around the pits finding anyone to pit. Then you get a bad launch, heat gone. Also someone you trust watching the course and knowing how to communicate dead boats ect. A familiar pit person is more a safety issue to me.I consider it a courtesy for a club to allow race partners who travel to their events. I have no problem running in the same heats jumping through hoops when not enough boats entered to split. We have friends in our area and 5 of us get put in the same heats when there are multiple heats and boats. No reason to travel when we can run each other at home.
Then the issue is your avoiding someone. Back in the day I did see people use the same frequency as someone they might not want to race. I would rather run the fastest boats as if you can beat them you keep them down on points. You can lay down and allow a partner higher points but separated you cant affect the outcome.
There has been so much crap about racing partners and it does nothing to advance the hobby. Then some of the same people who think your manipulating the system say things like "it's just toy boats". Lets make it hard for people to pair up and travel. And people ask why I don't go to certain sites.
Mic
Wonder why the hobby might decline? My son and I have run for 30+ years together. Now bringing my grandson along introducing him to competition we might have 3 in one heat. Even just a courtesy allowing one of us to get the kid on the water and pitting for him helps. Many times we have had to start two boats with the same equipment for a heat then having to recruit someone unfamiliar with our setups. We run the same classed to simplify setups and also to promote numbers in the boats we like. So it is not a simple as just running different classes. Sorry I have lived this issue for years and all it does is keep us home. Should be the best case in the hobby passing down generations. NOT
Yup, apples to oranges unless there are aviation events that 6 planes race each other at the same time that I don't know about.As Mike already knows most of the large model aviation events are DSM only. Yet in r/c boat racing we have a different set of perimeters than is affecting aviation. I wouldn’t like to see a racer not compete because they couldn’t afford or ??? to make the shift to DSM, I’d rather nudge them to move the better battery chemistry or ??
Thanks John
Well,My son and I still run 75mhz radios.
Yup, apples to oranges unless there are aviation events that 6 planes race each other at the same time that I don't know about.
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