IMPBA SAW record trials in North Carolina

[John Finch]

I think when doing straightaways that the seconds sound faster than the mph.......like..less that 2 seconds to run a full football field. That's pretty quick for a toy boat. UNBELIEVABLE!

 

[DON MAHER]

1.999 sec.=112.556mph!!!!!!!!!!

Don

 

[John Finch]

1.999 sec.=112.556mph!!!!!!!!!!

Don

I'm looking for 1.948. That's the number I woke up this morning at 4:30 am thinking about. Now, can I make that dream a reality? I guess I will have to take a ride to N.C. Don......hook up your trailer and come by the house. I'm ready whenever you are.

John

 

[Steve Sutton]

**** Christi, you been savin' up for that one .........

Don,

it looks like somebody has really got your number! Hmmm I might not need to bring down the kerosene heater as long as youre there from the sound of it? See you and John Saturday morning, and I got four of the props done and will bring them down with me. By the way go gettem and good luck to you and John this weekend!

 

[Bob Morton]

Good luck. Looks like great wather. And most of all great air for power.

Bob

 

[Preston_Hall]

Great weather is not 10-20 mph NE winds.

 

[Scott Norris]

Great weather is not 10-20 mph NE winds.

Well I hear the Yellowfin Tuna are running thick out there. If you don't get Sea Sick it's an Alternative to "Flying Boats". :blink:

 

[Henrietta]

Great weather is not 10-20 mph NE winds.

Well I hear the Yellowfin Tuna are running thick out there. If you don't get Sea Sick it's an Alternative to "Flying Boats". :blink:

I seem to remember your version of "flying boats" from the invitational - seasick is what came on watching you :lol:

 

[Terry Keeley]

KECG 032054Z AUTO 01010KT 10SM CLR 09/M06 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP278 T00891056 53003 TSNO

KECG 031720Z 031818 36009KT P6SM SKC

FM2300 01007KT P6SM SKC

KILM 032053Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP273 T01171061 53002 TSNO

KILM 031720Z 031818 36012G18KT P6SM SKC

FM2300 VRB04KT P6SM SKC

FM1300 02012KT P6SM SKC

KORF 032051Z 05008KT 10SM CLR 08/M04 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP281 T00781044 53002

KORF 032030Z 032118 36007KT P6SM SKC

FM0900 04006KT P6SM SKC

KRIC 032054Z 36005KT 10SM CLR 09/M08 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP287 T00941083 55001 $

KRIC 031720Z 031818 01009KT P6SM SKC

TEMPO 1820 02011G20KT

FM2300 00000KT P6SM SKC

Looks pretty good to me, you might have a bit of a north wind tomorrow, but as the high moves in it should lay down real good. Air's gonna be outstanding, boats are gonna think they're subs they'll be so far below sea level.

Which way is the site oriented? Which way do you face standing on shore?

 

[Scott Norris]

Great weather is not 10-20 mph NE winds.

Well I hear the Yellowfin Tuna are running thick out there. If you don't get Sea Sick it's an Alternative to "Flying Boats". :blink:

I seem to remember your version of "flying boats" from the invitational - seasick is what came on watching you :lol:

That was panic and getting dizzy from watching the tight circles. :blink: :lol:

KECG 032054Z AUTO 01010KT 10SM CLR 09/M06 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP278 T00891056 53003 TSNO

KECG 031720Z 031818 36009KT P6SM SKC

FM2300 01007KT P6SM SKC

KILM 032053Z AUTO 36008KT 10SM CLR 12/M06 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP273 T01171061 53002 TSNO

KILM 031720Z 031818 36012G18KT P6SM SKC

FM2300 VRB04KT P6SM SKC

FM1300 02012KT P6SM SKC

KORF 032051Z 05008KT 10SM CLR 08/M04 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP281 T00781044 53002

KORF 032030Z 032118 36007KT P6SM SKC

FM0900 04006KT P6SM SKC

KRIC 032054Z 36005KT 10SM CLR 09/M08 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP287 T00941083 55001 $

KRIC 031720Z 031818 01009KT P6SM SKC

TEMPO 1820 02011G20KT

FM2300 00000KT P6SM SKC

Looks pretty good to me, you might have a bit of a north wind tomorrow, but as the high moves in it should lay down real good. Air's gonna be outstanding, boats are gonna think they're subs they'll be so far below sea level.

Which way is the site oriented? Which way do you face standing on shore?

Terry I can't make heads or tails out of that. Can you put that in laymans terms? I have no idea which way the pond is oriented.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Here's a decode for the forcasts (TAF's), and actual weather observations (METAR's):

http://www.flyingineurope.be/metar_taf_decode.htm

All times are in GMT, this time of year EST is 5 hrs. behind GMT.

This site is great if you want to get aviation forcasts and actual weather observations:

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

Here's a list of station I/D's and elevations in meters (x 3.28 to get feet):

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/metars/stations.txt

 

[Scott Norris]

Here's a decode for the forcasts (TAF's), and actual weather observations (METAR's):

http://www.flyingineurope.be/metar_taf_decode.htm

All times are in GMT, this time of year EST is 5 hrs. behind GMT.

This site is great if you want to get aviation forcasts and actual weather observations:

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

Here's a list of station I/D's and elevations in meters (x 3.28 to get feet):

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/metars/stations.txt

Thanks Terry! Now I can decode all that!!

 

[Don Ferrette]

Well...... wind out of the north puts it coming straight down the lake from right to left, not good. However, today was supposed to be 12-14mph, didn't see that much & the water did lay down a couple times. From the looks of things Sunday from about 7a.m. to 11a.m. will be our best water. John & I are staying tonight at his parents house so I'm able to post, after this we won't be able to update until Sunday night unless we can call someone to post it. B)

 

[El Zorro]

I went down to the record trials Saturday for a few hours to see the guys make a few runs. Steve Speas was there with a gas cat-boat with Jim Squires wrenching; John Finch and Don Ferrette we making a few runs with their SGX hydros with Steve Sutton and another gentleman ( I didn't get his name, sorry ) helping out with the starting, launching and retrieving. John did manage a pass with the bigger hydro at 109 MPH and change. The weather was actually too cool ( mid 40's, late afternoon ) to get enough heat in the engines to let them develop the Horsepower needed to go fast. The water was GREAT! I'm sure they will do better today.

I was thinking on the way home about the 7 people at the lake yesterday and some of the things we have done in model boating in IMPBA. We have;

1 ) Won more races and trophies than you can "shake a stick at".

2 ) More than 10 US-1's among us.

3 ) One Excellence of Performance award.

4 ) Two President's Cups

5 ) One LeFeber Award

6 ) One in the Impba Hall of Fame

7 ) Numerous District Championships

8 ) Been clubs Presidents

9 ) Three that have been District Directors

10 ) One that is the current District 12 Scale Director

11 ) One that was President for 4 years

12 ) One that was Impba Secretary for 2 years

13 ) A couple of former and current World Record holders

and this is only SEVEN people........dedication to the hobby to say the least

Dick Tyndall

 

[Terry Keeley]

I saw a light north wind on the observations for Elizabeth City and thought they were done, glad it was good.

Wish we could see 106% air sometime in Flint, but then again it'd have to be so cold the water would be hard! :lol:

http://wahiduddin.net/calc/calc_da.htm

Good luck, lookin' forward to the results!

 

[John Finch]

No records set. We were knocking on the door of the 67 hydro record consistantly but had trouble getting heat into the engine so it would run properly. As the day warmed up to about 50 degrees, with no water cooling to the engine and the cooling fins wrapped in a blanket of tape, the engine finally started getting some heat into it. We started getting faster times every pass, but ran out of our good fuel at 111.71 mph. We used the sgx 20 hull and a mac 67 with a 2170 prop worked by Andy brown. If we had not run out of fuel, we might have got the record, but we know what we need to do for next time. 110 mph speed patch ain't bad. Don had a mac 45 in a sgx 20 hull that should have taken that record but his radio gave out several times. Don't use carbon fiber on your radio box top! I would like to know how some people get away with using carbon fibre around their radio boxes. Steve Speas, Steve Sutton, and Jim Squires had fun with Speas's cat boat and although they didn't get a record, Steve got a 65 mph patch and they all learned a lot about gas mixtures. All in all it was a fun weeked where a bunch of old farts got together, had a lot of laughs, and learned a bit more about model boating.

 

[Don Ferrette]

Well it's Monday & I'm sure glad that I took today off because I'm exhausted. Things certainly did not go as planned but that's the way it goes sometimes. Between mother nature sending us variable north winds which is straight down the pond from right to left to spending the first 5 hours on Saturday fixing screwed up timing equipment we saw a limited number of opportunies where we did actually get good water. I would like to take this opportunity to give a HUGE thank you to my partner John Finch because had he not been there to fix the screwed up sensors we probably would have been home Saturday night. John used to be the keeper of the timing equipment & knew what to repair inside the sensors once we determined why the equipment wasn't working correctly. I also would like to thank Steve Sutton for spending the time sitting in the timekeeper chair allowing John & myself some run time & to Steve Speas & Jim Squires for staying late & helping pull up all the safety nets & pack up all the gear. This event was a learning experience for me & the main thing I learned was do not make a radio box lid out of carbon fiber. The few chances I got to run on Saturday afternoon I kept losing control of the boat at the far ends of the pond when I would start to come around to make a pass. After numerous range checks & swapping modules in radios we found the culprit to be the carbon box lid. Why it chose this weekend to act up after working fine in Valdosta last winter I'll never know. Saturday night I was able to make another lid out of a thin sheet of plastic which is when I learned my second lesson on Sunday. If the lid & tub are not the same height the step formed by the differences will allow the tape to get pulled & lid lifted at over 100mph which is what happened to me Sunday afternoon when the water finally laid down enough for my boat to run ending my day with wet radio gear. On the up side was Steve Speas pushing his heat race Aeromarine Avenger cat with a Butch modded Zen 260 to over 65mph. This was an acomplishment simply because that boat is his full on heat race boat, no special light lay ups or anything like that. He spent alot of time getting over that 65 mark so the next time you hear someone claiming they're running 70 in heat trim with a gas cat think twice as Steve is usually aways out front when it comes to heat racing. John Finch was able to get himself a 110mph patch with a pass of 111.7mph so we definitely had a couple bright spots. So now it's time to switch from record trial mode to winter build mode & get started on my new stuff for '07.

 

[John Finch]

I talked to Carl and he said the antenna in the radio box was the only workable length. He said the antenna above and outside the boat is choked by the carbon. Choked being an electrical term. Makes sense. You always lost control on buoy5 and six so to speak, and thats when the antenna in the boat is pointing straight at you laid down in the boat. I tried many times years ago to hide the antenna inside the boat only to have the same loss of radio in the right hand turn at buoys 4.5.6.

Don, you gave a lot of thanks out to the guys who helped, but you pulled it all together and I know the Advil will be kicking in soon, so come by and drop off all the boat stuff. You can keep the nets though. PLEASE good buddy.

 

[rigger chaser]

hey you forgot about me..i helped carry the john boat :blink:

 

[Don Ferrette]

hey you forgot about me..i helped carry the john boat :blink:

...... and thanks to Don for helping carrying the retrieve boat from the storage room they let us use down to the water's edge.