Want to start a club in Charlotte, NC

[wizard122]

Hi guys I know your out there I meet 4 new people so far if theres any one interested in forming a club I spoke to the parks dept here in Pineville and theres hope to put a club together so step forward and let your selves be heard. Send me a PM if interested thanks Brad

[Bigmaxy]

I'll join your club if you find me an IT job to apply for over there. Just need to find an employer willing to sponsor an Aussie looking to work on an E3 Visa.
Looking to move to NC.
I'll bring my Sprintcat 40 with me.....

[mdunham]

I'm in..As u know my father in-law just bought his "21st" rc boat and his first fast electric(sv)..so far as i can tell it will be myself, you, diesel, ur son Ian,and my father in-law(scottrp1)..we all now have sv 27's and live close together!! i think we are off to a great start!!

[wizard122]

Theres one more Drewmugx5 is waiting for his boat hope we can all get together and run soon.

[Diesel6401]

You already know I want in...

[wizard122]

We need to find a permanent place to run so we can set up markers and have access all of the time. Any thoughts?

[skiking1739]

Want to start a club in Charlotte, NC

As you know, Wizard, I'm up here in Statesville, NC, with a Supervee, and a UL-1. I run up here at Top of the Lake on Lake Norman; but it's an iffy site, in a secluded cove, but on a public waterway, but at least I can walk to it. Early morning or late evenings are my best run times - even then you have to show some patience.

Check out the link below on small lakes (by county) for SC & NC. You can cut and paste the latitude and longitude to a google map for a good satellite view.

http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes

I have looked at Earnhardt Lake (Cabarrus county) and Carrigan Farms (Iredell county), but nothing concrete yet.

Kindly keep me posted.


SkiKing

[skiking1739]

Want to start a club in Charlotte, NC

As you know, Wizard, I'm up here in Statesville, NC, with a Supervee, and a UL-1. I run up here at Top of the Lake on Lake Norman; but it's an iffy site, in a secluded cove, but on a public waterway, but at least I can walk to it. Early morning or late evenings are my best run times - even then you have to show some patience.

Check out the link below on small lakes (by county) for SC & NC. You can cut and paste the latitude and longitude to a google map for a good satellite view.

http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes


Kindly keep me posted.


SkiKing

[skiking1739]

Sorry for the double post. My bad.

[Diesel6401]

As you know, Wizard, I'm up here in Statesville, NC, with a Supervee, and a UL-1. I run up here at Top of the Lake on Lake Norman; but it's an iffy site, in a secluded cove, but on a public waterway, but at least I can walk to it. Early morning or late evenings are my best run times - even then you have to show some patience.

Check out the link below on small lakes (by county) for SC & NC. You can cut and paste the latitude and longitude to a google map for a good satellite view.

http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes


Kindly keep me posted.


SkiKing

I'm in Cornelius. Exit 28 off of I77, shouldn't be to far from you. I would like to think I have have a pretty good spot to run, also on lake norman.

[skiking1739]

Diesel,

I viewed your SV Run and your UL Run, and that does indeed looks like a pretty good spot to run. (By the way - that SV is humming with that UL-1 Motor-also that was a gutsy move with that 7xl in the UL-1, Wow!)

I can't quite figure out your exact location, and as you know, Exit 28 incorporates a lot of lake territory. Are you up near Rusty Rudder, or closer to Ramsey Creek and Mid-town?

I would probably boat down the lake - By water, I'm at Channel Marker 25 at Buffalo Shoal Bridge, Bills Marina and JB Frogs (great entertainment). It's actually quicker by water than road - I'm off 77N at Exit 45 - besides, I'd rather be on the water.

Here's a short video of my Supervee before I switched to lipos. I was running (2) 7Cell Duratrax 4200's at the time and a CF-45 Prop, stock motor. I know lipos are better - but those NIMHs were strong IMHO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0qChQTu_vs

As a group I hope we can find that magic place to run.

Later,
SkiKing

PS: I normally don't work on Fridays.

[Diesel6401]

Diesel,

I viewed your SV Run and your UL Run, and that does indeed looks like a pretty good spot to run. (By the way - that SV is humming with that UL-1 Motor-also that was a gutsy move with that 7xl in the UL-1, Wow!)

I can't quite figure out your exact location, and as you know, Exit 28 incorporates a lot of lake territory. Are you up near Rusty Rudder, or closer to Ramsey Creek and Mid-town?

I would probably boat down the lake - By water, I'm at Channel Marker 25 at Buffalo Shoal Bridge, Bills Marina and JB Frogs (great entertainment). It's actually quicker by water than road - I'm off 77N at Exit 45 - besides, I'd rather be on the water.

Here's a short video of my Supervee before I switched to lipos. I was running (2) 7Cell Duratrax 4200's at the time and a CF-45 Prop, stock motor. I know lipos are better - but those NIMHs were strong IMHO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0qChQTu_vs

As a group I hope we can find that magic place to run.

Later,
SkiKing

PS: I normally don't work on Fridays.

P.M. Sent

[skiking1739]

Thanks for the P.M.

Looking good for a Lake Norman Hookup.

You have a P.M.

Thanks,
SkiKing

[skiking1739]

Want to start a club in Charlotte, NC

We need to find a permanent place to run so we can set up markers and have access all of the time. Any thoughts?

Wizard,

Are there any more thoughts on where to run as a small group? I have looked at
(2) small lakes so far; but their both close to where I live, and not much response. I don't have a problem with traveling to Pineville or anywhere that is accessible.

Diesel and I are up here on Lake Norman, and hopefully we can hook up when we get our schedules get worked out.

As a thought, I called the Ranger at Lake Norman State Park this morning (again in my territory); because they built a brand new swimming facility on Lake Norman, and are not using the small swimming lake that they use to. It is perfect for RC's, with a beach access and tree lined for smooth water and separated (isolated is a better word) from Lake Norman by a spillway. They also have a bath house and facilities. It is in the Troutman, NC area.

I didn't go into detail about how fast these boats run. I did say they were electric RC boats up to 30" - but I think they're probably thinking toy boats and maybe slower speeds, plus they don't want 20 or 30 people there (they told me that). They do have paddle boats and canoes for rent - but our run area could be separated and used just by us.

We have the green light, but they need more details before we proceed.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
SkiKing

[wizard122]

That sounds good the Idea is to be able to set up buoys to Namba specs they are easy to make so if we where to go to any races are boats would be set up for it plus I just think its more fun when there is some kind of track to run around. We would just need a way to put them out there and mark it out. Less Chance of hitting each other. The races consist of 5 lap heats. 3 qualifiers and a main. Any way thats just my 2 cents let me know how you feel about this I don't think we have that many people yet and we could get some kind of insurance from Namba.

Thanks Brad

Just checked out that area on a map and that is over an hour for me not sure I want to travel that far hope we can come up with something in-between.