Run day reports.

[bill34207]

I know we already have a gallery thread (http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1327096) going over on RC Groups but, since we now have the ability to run multiple threads within our club area thought I’d start another one here for the non RCG users. All the old vids will still be on RCG and I’ll still be updating that one as well.

That said here’s our 1st run from today. A LSO heat that didn’t go a full 4 minutes with the wind conditions and chop. I think 7 boats started this heat. Winner determined by “last man standing” rules.


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[bill34207]

Next up, Scott’s HPR and my DF Explorer cat in a PTD run. The DF cat really doesn’t much like the wind and chop either. Think I might have completed 3 laps before it was upside down. :olleyes:


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[bill34207]

Ray and Hugh go at it in a little 1/8 scale hydro action. (or maybe it was NASCAR considering the “rubbing is racing” effect) :w00t: The bigger boats were not affected as much as the smaller ones but you can still hear the chop as these big boats bang through it.

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[bill34207]

Not sure if it was the rough water conditions, or if Scott’s GPS has gotten stingy. Finally got a GPS readout for the Delta Force Explorer twin on 6s and was really disappointed with the reading. Sure looked faster than that to me. (and everybody else that that was there watching).


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[bill34207]

Here’s a Quickie related STD. It won’t hurt for long though :laugh:

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[bill34207]

Hugh's Team Believer cat and my Sprintcat .40 in a Q boat run. I got a little too cocky and Hugh took the heat.

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[tiqueman]

Great idea Bill. And as always thanks for all your video efforts

[bill34207]

Great idea Bill. And as always thanks for all your video efforts

Now that I finally got getting the thumbnail to show right figured out, it seemed like a good thing to do. :iagree:

[bill34207]

Scott’s HPR Cat with Brian’s DF Cat and my DF Cat in a P class twins heat. This time I did at least manage to keep the props in the water for the duration.

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[bill34207]

Larry, Chris and myself in a P mono heat. I got a good start and was 1st into the 1st turn but hit a hole in the water coming out the back side. That dropped me to last but at least it stayed right side up and I got to finish. That’s better than what happened to Chris when his steering stopped working.

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[bill34207]

Another LSO heat. This one in two installments (or maybe it’s 2 heats in one video) with another last man standing finish.

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And that concludes today’s reporting. :tongue:

[bill34207]

Typical Ackerman winter time running today. Wind coming from the NNE at around 15-20 mph. (such fun) :olleyes:
A little open water practice. Started shooting Brian’s Motley Crew because I was liking the way it was hopping the waves, then Hugh came out with his 1/8 scale hydro and before it was over, Scott had his Miss Geico in the mix.

http://youtu.be/4wJzSOrEIio

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[bill34207]

Hugh, Richard and myself playing at Q Offshore. Days like today it becomes a real offshore race. If you watch closely starting around the 45 second mark you will see my sprintcat turn into a submarine for a couple of seconds. It goes under at the 48 second mark, Hugh’s sprintcat cat comes across where mine went down, then mine comes back to the surface at 51 the second mark. Kind of an invisible lead change since Hugh was halfway around the turn by the time mine surfaced. Try as I might, just couldn’t regain the distance and wound up flipping a lap or so later while trying.

http://youtu.be/qeJlebZshMk

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[bill34207]

Brian, Richard & Scott running the dreaded STD’s. Really not a good day for small boats but they sure did put in the effort. Scott discovers the secret submarine maneuver at the 43 second mark. Rich barrel rolls around 1:06 but his cat lands on it’s feet and keeps going. Brian goes belly up at 1:38

http://youtu.be/Hhhr5C3jExM

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[bill34207]

Don't know why the thumbnail isn't working on the last one. Something is taking up the space it should be occupying. Sometime I think this board just doesn't like me. :crying:

Another round of STD with just Scott & Brian. Definitely not a good day for small boats.

http://youtu.be/nX7fRFLd4cw

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[bill34207]

A round of P mono that eventually wound up with three boats being rescued by the recovery boat and one by fishing pole. I got the “last man standing” win.

http://youtu.be/ReeUskmK1x8

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[bill34207]

P Twins. Brian went upside down early, I did the submarine maneuver at 1:01 but came back up right side up. Scott got too eager to lap me and wound up upside down at 1:34. We sent out the recovery boat for mine shortly after the 2:50 mark. Did I mention this was not a good day for small boats?
http://youtu.be/Z-k2dupa-rY

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[bill34207]

The day just wouldn’t be complete without a little LSO action. Brian’s Motley Crew against Scott’s Miss Geico. Any wagers on how many laps these guys completed? :biggrin:

http://youtu.be/cnZeQzgayfA

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That's it for recorded runs today. Special thanks to Chris & Scott for being auxilary camera operators. Seems like as long as we're not all in the same class we manage to get a pretty good sampling of what we did today.

[Gimp]

Great videos today fellas. Looked pretty challenging and fun at the same time!

[srislash]

Thanks for posting those Bill,I'll be boating vicariously through you guys till spring I imagine.I'm sure I'm not alone.

[bill34207]

Great videos today fellas. Looked pretty challenging and fun at the same time!

We love Ackerman.:wub: It's great for practicing in race chop even when your's is the only boat on the water. :olleyes:

[tiqueman]

All things considered, another great day.... Thanks for your work on posting the vids Bill. :beerchug:

[bill34207]

A handful of us (Hugh, Chris, Ted and I) went out to Encore RV park today as BG’s guest to check the lake for possible use as a running site for New Years day. We do like the big lake at Ackerman but thought it might be nice to turn it into a cookout to celebrate the new year. Bad side of Ackerman is that we’d have to transport in a grill and there are no “facilities” in the event of a call from mother nature.

That said here’s today’s 1st clip. Hugh’s mean machine LSO running with Brian’s tenshock cat. Wait… where is the chop? :confused2: This doesn’t look right. I’m scared. :scared::tt2:
http://youtu.be/o4VYT9CebFY

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[bill34207]

Hugh with his whip and Chris with his stealth for some LSH action. I was really wishing I had brought a boat but my even being there was an afterthought after my flying buddy wimped out on me this morning due to the breeze. Needless to say I didn’t have anything prepped to run and no packs charged. Probably just as well. Water that smooth can promote running too long and melting the solder joints on the motor to esc. Right Chris?

http://youtu.be/T61OwCXv5B4

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[bill34207]

Here ya go Ron. This is what you were wanting to see. Hugh’s PS295 tunnel off on a solo run. I think this might be it’s 1st ever run on a flat surface.

http://youtu.be/4y4Wy2qZn2s

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[bill34207]

Some more LSH action with Hugh and Brian G aka Encore Man.

http://youtu.be/W0z8fI8beIw

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[bill34207]

Last one for today. Teddy and his Insane mono “P” boat. Still some dialing in to do on this one.

http://youtu.be/hFas82veGu4

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[hebner]

Great job again Bill, thanks for posting the vids. My boats didn't know what to think none had to be rescued today.

[bill34207]

A handful of us did New Years Day at Encore RV Park today. A grill to do lunch and bathrooms made it a good choice for spending a day of playing boats and bs’ing with friends. The mirror like lake was a little scary though.
Didn’t get a lot of video (compared to how many runs we did) but we did have a good time, ate some good food and came home really tired.
1st up is Dan’s (eagle) big mono with Castle 2028. This boat still needs a bit of setup work done to it.

http://youtu.be/ZZNkHbTncgc

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[bill34207]

Next up Chris, Hugh, Larry & Brian G in a round of LSH. I was running camera and got too confused to tell who won the heat. One of y’all can declare yourself the winner.

http://youtu.be/OyJIGKgfupM

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[osprey21]

Next up Chris, Hugh, Larry & Brian G in a round of LSH. I was running camera and got too confused to tell who won the heat. One of y’all can declare yourself the winner.

http://youtu.be/OyJIGKgfupM

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"Ooo mercy, I just heard somebody hit sumthin..."

That was me "spear fishin" again.....:doh:

[bill34207]

BG, Hugh, Larry & Scott do LSO although it was just ran as an oval since we were missing a course marker after the LSH run. When a fast moving hydro punches an inflatable ski pylon the marker loses. :w00t:
I think Hugh took this one but could be wrong. I get confused with “who’s on 1st” when looking through the viewfinder. :unsure: :biggrin:
http://youtu.be/j9Ir-WB10DI

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[bill34207]

Thanks Chris. I didn’t realize you were shooting this heat until I got home and started processing movies. Here’s Hugh, me and somebody new (another Bill) in a round of the Q boats. I got a pretty bad start but managed to work my way back up until the lvc cut in. Man we did a lot of laps. No wonder I'm so tired.

http://youtu.be/Jl1lxZaiCXk

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[bill34207]

Here’s a short clip of me trying to get my H&M hydro set up after changing it over from LSH to P sport. This was it’s 1st splash since the transplant so it’s not “all that”. Would have been a P sport heat (or slaughter) if Larry hadn’t spun a prop dog.

http://youtu.be/-E6ZQhAUXMQ

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[tiqueman]

BG, Hugh, Larry & Scott do LSO although it was just ran as an oval since we were missing a course marker after the LSH run. When a fast moving hydro punches an inflatable ski pylon the marker loses. :w00t:
I think Hugh took this one but could be wrong. I get confused with “who’s on 1st” when looking through the viewfinder. :unsure: :biggrin:


Seeing I didn't make it passed lap one turn 3 in either race.. it wasn't me.

[bill34207]

Scott and myself running the “dreaded STD” class (even if mine is “illegal”). This was the 1st outing of my Mean Machine twin with Tacon 3674 1700kv motors. I think it needs a “barn door” for a rudder. 1st full throttle down the straight and crank the wheel to the right. It keeps going straight. Panic and let off the throttle. Hard hook. After a few laps I did figure out it would corner at speed, just not at WOT. It still needs a wider rudder though.

http://youtu.be/RNFy5uuEWlQ

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[bill34207]

Another round of LSH with just Chris & Larry running. This should make you feel better Chris. Larry knows how to go spear fishing too. His “catch” refused to let go though.
That’s it for video taken today. I did snap a few stills though. One or two of them show just how glassy the lake was when no boats were churning it up.

http://youtu.be/ie9xzShetRI

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[srislash]

Man it looks so nice, warm and fun.:drool:

[bill34207]

01/08/12 It was an unusual weather conditions day for Ackerman today. Just a touch of breeze and water that was almost a mirror like Encore was on the 1st.

1st up is Dan’s recently acquired Team Believer cat. Somehow the esc endpoints missed being set and it was a little bit on the slow side.

http://youtu.be/jL2bZzKztsU

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[bill34207]

Here's Dave’s (HRC) Miss Elam glow to electric conversion with a Neu 1515/1.5d running 3s 2p. This was it’s 1st time in the water.

http://youtu.be/ClbCfLPdd8Y

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[tiqueman]

Daves elam ran well. Glad to finally see him bring and run a boat :beerchug:

[bill34207]

Here's a round of LSO with Scott, Brian, Hugh, Brian G, & Rich (did I miss anybody?) I’d say Scott was the winner of this one.

http://youtu.be/tIU2BvL0p9c

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[bill34207]

Here’s the dreaded STD’s. Rich, Brian, Scott and me. I can tell you for sure who the winner wasn’t. I gotta get a better rudder setup on this thing. I think this one was Rich’s win.

http://youtu.be/hXuHVkYcGeE

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[tiqueman]

Nope, Rich isnt legal. Brian and I are the only legal STD boats in this go around..... William! :lol:

[bill34207]

My 47” mono off on a solo run. Seems like the demons of Ackerman were haunting me today. Or maybe I just can’t figure out how to drive on calm water.
Watch closely as the video approaches the one minute mark.

http://youtu.be/RswDfbvmtnU

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[tiqueman]

That mono flip came out better than I thought. Right when I was zooming out to get a nice wide angle of the turn she went over.... :doh:

[bill34207]

Hugh, Chris and Brian in a LSH round. Win goes to Brian.

http://youtu.be/sKNWAHhEQxA

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[bill34207]

That mono flip came out better than I thought. Right when I was zooming out to get a nice wide angle of the turn she went over.... :doh:

Seemed like the demons were really after me today. Between that flip, my little hydro submarining then popping back up at the right time to get cut in half by Chris (an exageration but.... pretty accurate too) then me spinning the MM out right in front of you. I was not having a good day. Oh... and there was the launch of my SC off the back of "new guy" Bill's H&M cat in our 1st round of Q. Luckily for me that OSM wasn't captured by the camera.

[bill34207]

Maybe I can drive on smooth water after all. Must have just been the Ackerman demons messing with me today. Here’s a little Q offshore with “new guy” Bill vs old man Bill. I really like the way my Sprintcat handles.

http://youtu.be/vFvNKFtN06A

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That's the end of today’s recorded runs. There were lots more of them that didn't get shot.

[tiqueman]

:lol: OSM.... that took me a second. Im suprised my twin didnt have a scratch on it from our contact which caused mine to go into orbit.

[johnf]

Looks like a good weekend

[tiqueman]

That's the end of today’s recorded runs. There were lots more of them that didn't get shot.

thanks again for all your video work Bill.



It was a great day John. You need to make a visit!

[ron1950]

bill i am no expert but seems u have run your 47 in rough water so much u will have to retrim.....id put a stright edge to the trim tabs and make sure there flat...and looked as if the turn fins were out of the water any way they go down further?


what happened to the tunnels?

[bill34207]

what happened to the tunnels?

Nobody picked up the camera and shot them. I was actually holding a 1st place lead in them (Hugh Ray & me) until I tried to lap Hugh and hit his wake wrong.

[johnf]

thanks again for all your video work Bill.



It was a great day John. You need to make a visit!

When things start going my way that is gonna happen! Lol

Had another $1k plus day with the suburban last week. My vehicles hate me. Haha

[HRC]

Thanks for the help Bill & Ray !! Had a great time yesterday. What a bummer Ray with the smoked ESC hope you can salvage the boat.
Dave

[tiqueman]

I talked to Ben (fc) last night. He's sending Ray a new esc, no questions asked. :beerchug:

[bill34207]

We had another really calm day at Ackerman today. This makes two run days in a row. Makes it really hard to race since most of us don’t know how to drive in water that flat. :olleyes:

Here’s Hugh and I in a little OPC (tunnel) race. Some “rubbing is racing” action around the 1:15 mark. Happily no noticeable damage for either of us.

http://youtu.be/QlitPlX629Q

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[bill34207]

Here’s a fully loaded LSO heat. Not a very good percentage of finishers though. I’d call it as Scott’s win through the viewfinder with Larry 2nd. Y'all can correct me if I'm wrong.

http://youtu.be/yJDxO5geoZ4

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[Gimp]

Any damage to the MM that hit the buoy?

[bill34207]

Any damage to the MM that hit the buoy?

Yeah, it hurt Hugh's Pride. :laugh: MM was unhurt though.

[Gimp]

Yeah, it hurt Hugh's Pride. :laugh: MM was unhurt though.

lol that's the worst!

[bill34207]

Here's a fully loaded LSH heat. Watch close around the 40 second mark as Brian “wheelies’ out of the turn and down the straight. I thought he was going over but he saved it and I’m pretty sure he took the heat. (it’s pretty easy to lose track through the viewfinder.)

http://youtu.be/TvI8FAtgKYk

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[bill34207]

Brian and Scott with the dreaded STD class. They told me I couldn’t run with them any more unless I changed motors so I shot video. I’m reasonably sure that this was Scott’s win.

http://youtu.be/s2o3ILD0azg

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[tiqueman]

We had a great turn out today and I think the "run schedule" is going to work out very well. Thanks once again for your video work Bill

[bill34207]

As always quite welcome. And a thanks to both you and Chris for this little production.
Here’s the 1st outing on my Promise Hobby Falcon cat. The video has some subtitles so it’s fairly descriptive. I’ll just add that after the final section of the run that the hottest thing was the caps on the esc at 155*. Second were the motor and battery bullets at around 145 motor at 137.
I think I need to add a little more positive to the strut angle or possibly move the cg back a little. I’d prefer to do it with strut adjustment though. I like my cats around the 35% mark. Overall I’m happy with it’s 1st outing.

http://youtu.be/br727JdZkkY

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[Doby]

Here's a fully loaded LSH heat. Watch close around the 40 second mark as Brian “wheelies’ out of the turn and down the straight. I thought he was going over but he saved it and I’m pretty sure he took the heat. (it’s pretty easy to lose track through the viewfinder.)

http://youtu.be/TvI8FAtgKYk

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Nice vids, he wasn't doing a "wheelie" . He was minimizing his wetted surface drag!

God I hate winter......

[bill34207]

The 2nd LSH heat for the day. I take no credit for the camera work on this one. I was playing pit man for Chris and handed the camera to a youngster who happened to be standing there. He didn’t do bad. Chris had a good run going ‘til he found that buoy. Win goes to Larry.

http://youtu.be/J8ltG1gGjDs

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[bill34207]

Nice vids, he wasn't doing a "wheelie" . He was minimizing his wetted surface drag!

God I hate winter......

This has been a pretty mild winter here. You should make the annual migration with Larry (truckpull) and Brian (encore man) :tongue: (just to rub it in)
While you're in here... what do you have the cg on your falcon at?

[bill34207]

The second LSO heat for the day. Hugh and Scott had a pretty good race going until Hugh made it a repeat performance of round one.:w00t: Only one boat finished this one. Scott’s win.

http://youtu.be/51s7YfFLzF8

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[bill34207]

With all the buoy eating going on today, I saved the best one for last. Oddly enough that’s the order it was shot in as well.
I’m happy to report that the rudder with more setback and a wider blade cured the full throttle cornering problem with my Mean Machine twin. Unfortunately it did nothing for my driving. :doh:

http://youtu.be/8xgi8f6VgFI

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No cats were harmed in the making of this video. :biggrin:

[ron1950]

man,,,,the mean machine bouy magnets were in full swing today........bill how did u get that vs1 to beat hughs 295?

[srislash]

Geez Bill,that was a good hit.I saw shrapnel flying,is the buoy still there?
BTW Thanks for another Sunday evening of boating while my lake is frozen.

[bill34207]

man,,,,the mean machine bouy magnets were in full swing today........bill how did u get that vs1 to beat hughs 295?

Just got lucky Ron. He was having problems with his steering rate being set too high. 2nd heat he got me.


Geez Bill,that was a good hit.I saw shrapnel flying,is the buoy still there?
BTW Thanks for another Sunday evening of boating while my lake is frozen.

Very welcome srislash. The buoy is still pretty much there. It's "pristine" compared to the ones Hugh & Chris hit. We are going to replace a few of them next time we go out.

[Rumdog]

Great race vids!

[bill34207]

Great race vids!

Thanks Rumdog. Now we have some more for today.

[bill34207]

Not a normally scheduled run day but the weather was too nice to let get away. So, a few of us met at Ackerman for some test n tune time.
First up is Ray’s Phil Thomas Sport 21 “LSH” hydro on it’s maiden run. Looked pretty solid for it’s 1st outing.

http://youtu.be/GaRttquWH6c

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Next up is “new” Bill’s H&M Skater cat after he moved the cg a little forward and a different prop. Looked to be handling a bit better and speed was pretty good too.

http://youtu.be/EvU3TaaBYAs

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The 1st wetting on Ray’s twin Genesis didn’t go quite as well as his hydro. It lost the prop & stub shaft on the port side. Made fir a very short run.

http://youtu.be/ej7jfCNIx7E

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Chris out for a solo spin with his Pursuit 32. It runs pretty well and wasn’t overly hot even after a penalty lap for the buoy cut. :Shame_on_You:

http://youtu.be/KlT_b7hKY48

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Last one today is my Promise Hobby Falcon Cat. Bottom of strut raised to 1/4” above the sponson bottoms. Prop changed to a back cut and detongued X460, still running 9s 2p. I’m guessing around 65 in the straights with this setup but still can’t make a full noise corner with it. I kind of lost track of laps and only ran 5 instead of 6. At least everything inside was still nice n cool. Hottest items were motor bullets at 125. The motor itself was like 113.

http://youtu.be/ylVJ7NmJxbc

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[bill34207]

A few of us went to Ackerman even if it was windy. This is a run on my old 54" Expresscraft Arapaho after re-fitting it with a Leopard 5692 1000kv motor, Turnigy 180 esc and running 6s 2p.
Started out with a X452/3 prop just to play it safe and it barely got it on plane. After running a few laps changed over to a X455/3 and it made a noticeable difference. Still no speed demon but the detune did get rid of the nasty chone walk it had when it had the CC 2028 in it running 9s 2p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TugurQ1_Pw

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[bill34207]

A little P mono action with Chris, Brian (encore man) and myself running.
I'm really not all that impressed with GoPro video for recording race action. It might make a nice HD vid but the field of view is just too wide for being able to tell what is actually running.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfUNTzIqgz4

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[bill34207]

Now that the GoPro vids are out of the way... Here's Ray's twin Genesis cat testing one of the Fightercat twin esc's. It worked good for a little while.

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

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[bill34207]

More testing on my Promise Hobbies Falcon cat after removing about 1/2 of the skeg below the prop line. It did improve the handling in the corners but it still wants to dig a little. Time to remove the rest of the skeg and see what that does for it. On the plus side it did handle the chop from the 10-15 mph wind very well.
Hey Ray... I think that odometer reading on the GPS might have been right after all. Count the laps. (That might explain the 130 degree reading on the motor too.) :w00t:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwXgl9zLsVA

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[bill34207]

Ray and Chris in a battle of the Phil Thomas hydros.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bqZvCTMeA

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[bill34207]

Here's another version of the P mono heat shot by Ray.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5fWBR3ftFc

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[bill34207]

More Limited Spec Hydro with Chris and Ray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDXmO1dIRHs

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[bill34207]

Rob's little Arrow Shark self righting mono. For a small boat it handled the chop there today really well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN2kkhxF9Xc

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That pretty much wraps up what was shot today

[tiqueman]

Hey gents. Chris mentioned to me that the gate now has a pad lock on it. I spoke w/ someone at the county and they are supposed to call me back so we can get it straightened out.

Bill, if your unhappy w/ the go pro I may be interested in it for other activities if you decide to part with it.

[bill34207]

It was not a good start of the morning as it rained pretty good about 15 minutes after getting boats set up on tables to prep for running. I was really surprised how much water mine took on with the hatches on but not taped. :Sinking: After the rain passed it was actually a nice day until about noon when the wind really picked up.

1st run is my just finished Titan 33. Not exactly what I'd call a success. It cornered pretty well but was a terror on the straights with chine walk and literally jumping out of the water on occadion. It's a GoPro vid so bear with it.

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

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[bill34207]

A round of LSO also shot with the GoPro camera since I was driving at the same time.
I wasn't running legal, driving my Mean Machine twin to find out if it could survive a full 4 minute heat. That way it can be used as a P Offshore boat in an upcoming race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwLddFafA2I

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[bill34207]

Here's a partial round of P mono. After my new Titan went upside down in the 1st corner I grabbed the good video camera and started shooting the two remaining boats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSdsgU48HTo

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[bill34207]

Another round of LSO. I sat this one out and ran camera to get some good footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zjj2qYehKU

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[bill34207]

Starting to get the Falcon cat straightened out. Removing the rest of the skeg helped the cornering a lot. I was still taking it easy on the east (right) side of the course as theat's where the winds were hitting the hardest. It would handle the west end at pretty much full noise though. The cut down Prather S270 added a few mph to it as well.

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

cHcSyMpVkxo

[bill34207]

Winds today were varied, 10-20 moh from the ESE. Not a small boat kind of day but most of us junkies were in bad need of a fix so we ran our test n tune anyways. Yes there were "Small craft advisories" on the local news for the gulf waters. Other than the wind it was a beautiful day in the park.

First run up is Scott's HPR twin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQAbFFsfjfM

LQAbFFsfjfM

[bill34207]

Here's RCKong (Brian's) 2028 powered Sniper 45 on a run in the "big water" at Ackerman Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu6zV_b2iX4

eu6zV_b2iX4

[bill34207]

A round of Limited Spec Offshore. Many started, few finished with the wind and chop today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5M9zqsm7As

l5M9zqsm7As

[tiqueman]

Very nice Bill. As always, thank you sir for the vids.

How did the Titan turn out? By the middle/ end of the day I was working on so many boats of others I didnt get to see it run again.

[bill34207]

Another run on Scott's HPR. This one features some glimpses of Bill's H&M Skater cat as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Z9mQHqnZI

X4Z9mQHqnZI

[bill34207]

How did the Titan turn out? By the middle/ end of the day I was working on so many boats of others I didnt get to see it run again.

I don't want to talk about it. I'm about ready to put the internals back into my DF33 hull even if it gettin pretty ragged after a couple years abuse. :frusty:

Was kinda a full house there today wasn't it? Seems we're starting to draw more and more spectators. Guess it's time to start thinking about investing in some safety fence and "NAMBA required beyond this point" signs.

[bill34207]

Here's Chris' Pursuit 32 on a GPS run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX-9vzz4C9g

qX-9vzz4C9g

[bill34207]

More prop testing on my 2028 powered Falcon Cat. This time a Prather S255 with a slight back cut.

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

qQXsXkuukdc

That's all today

[osprey21]

Was kinda a full house there today wasn't it? Seems we're starting to draw more and more spectators. Guess it's time to start thinking about investing in some safety fence and "NAMBA required beyond this point" signs.
Yes, it was a bit crowded today. Scott and I just talked about this at length an hour or so ago and we need to get a grip on the situation before it gets too out of control. I would like to see safety and crowd control concerns/issues handled before the next heat race day on April 29th.

And thanks for hosting/posting the vids. :tiphat:

[ron1950]

nice vids bill

[tiqueman]

I would like to see safety and crowd control concerns/issues handled before the next heat race day on April 29th.

I agree. Looks like HD has 4'x100' lengths of the fence for about $25.00. Not bad at all. Posts are just under $5. each... Id imagine one every 10' would work, 50' down each side, thats 6 posts per side, so if my math is correct, for under $100. we can get the materials.

[bill34207]

Ackerman was a bit "challenging" today. By the time we started running at 10:.00 the the winds were around 15 and gusting higher from the NE (worst possible direction.)
When the first handful of us arrived at 8 to put up the newly aquired safety netting there was not much breeze at. There was even one of the guys from SRQ flying a PBY from east side of of the lake. I grabbed the video camera and shot some of his flight. (lost him a couple of times due to the trees where we were standing and when he went right over my head).

http://youtu.be/iMNFjKehSks

iMNFjKehSks

[bill34207]

1st boat video is a round of LSH. Four starters with a "last man standing" finish.

http://youtu.be/7F-E8yZp82s


7F-E8yZp82s

[bill34207]

I got tired of fighting with the "Titanic" and put the motor and esc back into my DF33. With the Spring Shootout coming up at Waveblasters next month wanted to be sure I had something running right for it.
Even with the wind, chop and last place start still made a 1st finish. Yay me. :biggrin: (2nd round I was a dnf trying to take the lead away from Brian) :blush: :sad:

http://youtu.be/TcRZ0NjAbwQ

TcRZ0NjAbwQ

[bill34207]

A round of the Spec Twin Drives. Brian took a "last man standing" win

http://youtu.be/pxFmzcKWRgs

pxFmzcKWRgs

[bill34207]

Don't know if it was from the wind and chop or what but I was a little disappointed by my 10s run on this one today. Almost that fast on 9s with the cut down S270. Ray keeps saying he want to put his GPS in it 'cause it sure looks faster in person.
It did handle the weather conditions nicely though.

http://youtu.be/B0Idho5tfnM

B0Idho5tfnM

[bill34207]

Driving the little mean machine "PTD" (club specialty class) was loads of fun today. :olleyes: Brian took a quick lead with his well powered (also good for 60+ on smooth water) Explorer cat but that didn't last for long in today's chop.
I took another one. :biggrin:

http://youtu.be/iNkSyyzAzqk

iNkSyyzAzqk

[bill34207]

Brian's Sniper 45 with Castle 2028. Running just a little too loose for today's conditions. His trimming the rudder bottom did improve it's cornering though.

http://youtu.be/cUM95qkjD_M

cUM95qkjD_M

[bill34207]

I really thought I had this round of Limited Spec Hydro sewn up until the heavy winds pushed me inside one of the buoys and cost me a lap. Chris' old stealth runs really good.

http://youtu.be/5Zk1FYxyPto

5Zk1FYxyPto

[bill34207]

A really short round of LSO. Only two starters and didn't take long to narrow the field to one for another last man standing win.

http://youtu.be/X1UBPZxmhmg

X1UBPZxmhmg

[bill34207]

This was actually the 2nd round of Q. Round 1 didn't get taped. This heat had 3 starts and Somehow the 2nd start got missed but it was comical too. Kind of llike a 3 stooges adventure. nyuk nyuk nyuk.

http://youtu.be/2CirDjTUH84

2CirDjTUH84


That's the last of them today. Now all I have to do is get the website updated.

[bill34207]

Since this was a test n tune day there's no real race footage but did get some test runs of boats. 1st up is Hugh's new Aquacraft Revolt mono.

http://youtu.be/1WpP3maLjyE

1WpP3maLjyE

[bill34207]

Next is Chris running his pursuit mono

http://youtu.be/NHNHgSVicOs

NHNHgSVicOs

[bill34207]

Here's the 1st attempt on my Cheetah twin. Looks like it should be on a farm with the way it was plowing.

http://youtu.be/Vm1ytIVzC8E

Vm1ytIVzC8E

[bill34207]

2nd attempt on the Cheetah after raising the stinger to the top of their adjustment and putting 1.5 oz. of ballast in the tail.
Still no love.

http://youtu.be/kzcdLPKnJOg

kzcdLPKnJOg

[bill34207]

Took a break from the Cheetah to run the Falcon cat. After today I'm about ready to pull the Hydra Ice 200 and replace it with a Swordfish. Don't know exactly what's going on but got really aggravated with it just shutting itself down for no apparent reason.

http://youtu.be/byQ6pCehibg

byQ6pCehibg

[bill34207]

In an act of desperation switched the rotation of the props on the Cheetah from spinning in to spinning out in hopes of it pulling the tail down and nose up. It worked but it really looked faster than what the GPS said it was.

http://youtu.be/MFF9wDaKLro

MFF9wDaKLro

[bill34207]

Some vid of Chris driving my old Mean Machine twin while I ran camera.

http://youtu.be/KEA5RN58zwI

KEA5RN58zwI

[bill34207]

On last short run on the Cheetah. VERY short due to a broken stub.

http://youtu.be/RRnRiackbGE

RRnRiackbGE

[tiqueman]

Glad your getting it sorted Bill. Lookin good! On the plus side, a twin REALLY has to fail to not come back in under its own power. :tongue_smilie:

sorry I missed you Hugh. Its been a while since we got to play. Is the revolt a new LSO boat, a P boat, or just something for fun?

Looks like we may be missing a bouy or two?????

[hebner]

Scott,
Revolt should work good in LSO, not sure about P yet.

[osprey21]

Looks like we may be missing a bouy or two?????
.....or five.

:cursing:

[RCKong]

Looks like we may be missing a bouy or two?????
Yea I saw that too...That really sucks. I'm making some new ones... again. I'm gluing them together so they cant come apart at all.

[bill34207]

The water was exceptionally flat at Ackerman early this morning. (It changed quickly though). At least Dave got to run hid SAW rigger before the chop set in.
Battery issues with this one, it killed two 3s packs at half throttle.
http://youtu.be/vTF2sLub1mY

vTF2sLub1mY

[detox]

What brand lipos were those that got killed?

[bill34207]

By the time I got around to running the Cheetah the chop had already started. Chop slows a boat down regardless of what anybody says. This one GPS'd at 60 last Sunday when my video camera was broke. Today it was about 3 mph slower.
http://youtu.be/J723F8IESJ0

J723F8IESJ0

[bill34207]

What brand lipos were those that got killed?

Regular Turnigy's. That one has a pretty hot motor in it and think it over amped the packs.

[bill34207]

I had some issues with the Falcon cat too. Again, about 3 mph slower in the chop than last week when the video camera was not working. I managed to spin it out a time or two as well.
What we thought was LVC or a thermal cutoff in the warm water wound up being a prop drive dog that cracked.

http://youtu.be/kpcRz1UdMio

kpcRz1UdMio

[bill34207]

Next up is Dave's Miss Elam hydro. It still needs some tweaking

http://youtu.be/pl1VmP0hoRM

pl1VmP0hoRM

[bill34207]

This is Brian's (rckong) Sprintcat with one of the new 1680 kv Castle 1717's
Somehow it managed to slide the stuffing tube forward so it started rubbing against the motor to flex coupler.

http://youtu.be/vVxM_gbUGnw

vVxM_gbUGnw

[bill34207]

Some footage of my old Mean Machine twin running on 5s. Chris on the wheel and me running camera. Almost as fast as the Cheetah on 6s.

http://youtu.be/zg_iIo8BfyI

zg_iIo8BfyI

[bill34207]

A 5s run on my Fightercat Cheetah running the offset offshore course. Could have used a little more zoom with the camera. Thought it hit a thermal or LVC on one of the motors but turned out to be the steering servo broke loose from the hull.

http://youtu.be/tMSia833qV4

tMSia833qV4

[bill34207]

Last vid of the day. This used to be Hugh's (hebner's) Team Believer cat. Now owned by one of our new members Jeremy.
Not bad for his 1st outing with it. (He bought it from Dan at the lake today and put his radio in it while there)

http://youtu.be/H8AHU-bpidI

H8AHU-bpidI

[ron1950]

hey bill did u run the tunnel at all?

[bill34207]

hey bill did u run the tunnel at all?

I got a quick run on it early this morning before the breeze and chop started but didn't bother with uplaoding it to youtube. I shot it with the gopro cam and with it even a big boat looks small.

[HRC]

Thanks for the videos Bill. Great as usual.
I thought the Turnigy 40/50 C batteries would hold for a quick full pass to get an idea on setup for the rigger with the small prop.. Bummer, oh well lesson learned.

The Elm/Vegas has some major turn fin issues that needs corrected.
I think the Gremlins were with us today.

[bill34207]

Always a pleasure Dave. We have a great bunch to hang out with. :thumbup1:

[bill34207]

Looks as if there's going to be a learning curve with the new camera. It puts out high resolution video but seems like it's a little out of focus to me. I shot the 1st few today in manual focus mode and appears that what I was seeing though the viewfinder did not match what the camera was recording to tape.

1st actual heat of the day. A round of LSO that had a "last man standing" finish.
http://youtu.be/RSEQp8asTmU

RSEQp8asTmU

[bill34207]

2nd Heat is more LSO racing with the boats that didn't run in heat 1. It had to be split into two groups to have enough people for spotters for all the drivers.
http://youtu.be/hztpPE-5FXs

hztpPE-5FXs

[bill34207]

Here's a round of 1/8 scale hydro. Ray Hugh & myself with my Miller American picking up up a solid 3rd place finish. No wait, it was a 2nd place after Ray's Proboat Formula did a little upside down trick on the back stretch.
http://youtu.be/UGcYqcuUyaU

UGcYqcuUyaU

[bill34207]

This was actually the 1st video from today but wound up having to upload it a 2nd time before it would show up.
An early morning test run of Hugh's Aquacraft Revolt. I had to clip the 1st portion of it out as there was radio music in the background and didn't want to deal with the youtube "3rd party" issues.
http://youtu.be/AVhHSxkcPdk

AVhHSxkcPdk

[bill34207]

Next up a round of P mono with Chris Hugh & Rich.
Chris took the win.
http://youtu.be/ToCCGRH3P68

ToCCGRH3P68

[bill34207]

Another round of P mono with Brian, Ray and myself. If not for the buoy cut I would have had this one sewn up. I had to settle for 2nd behind Brian and only got that since Ray cut a buoy too.
http://youtu.be/dV0TXC0APFk

dV0TXC0APFk

[bill34207]

A round of Q with Brian, Jeremy & Rich. Rich had technical difficulties at the start so it wound up being a 2 man race. Brian's win. He's got his Sprintcat cooking now.
http://youtu.be/-azLvs2LICA

-azLvs2LICA

This is where I'm calling it quits for the night. YouTube has been uploading really slow and it's past my bedtime. More to come tomrrow evening after work.

[bill34207]

Since I woke up early going to try to get a few more vids up before heading out to work.
Here's a round of P twins with "Team Red Bull" dominating the lead until Chris had a little mishap on the back straight. Lucky for me mine went safely under his when it flipped.
http://youtu.be/cqFxPI-hkmE

cqFxPI-hkmE

[bill34207]

The "big dogs" come out to play with Brian's Sniper 45 and my 47" Promise Hobby mono. Brian's Sniper might be just a little too fast for it's own good.
http://youtu.be/KRyEauuUBRM

KRyEauuUBRM

[bill34207]

Another round of LSO with more boats and more carnage in the wind & chop.
http://youtu.be/hc9LN_lWMVM

hc9LN_lWMVM

[bill34207]

More LSO action. I need to figure out what I did different here as this is probably the best looking video of the day.
http://youtu.be/s-rQ_cgnapE

s-rQ_cgnapE

[bill34207]

Ran the Cheetah on 5s in Q today. If they decide to have a "synchronized crashing" event at the Olympics this year, Brian and I are ready for it.
http://youtu.be/PcsG68AFXsY

PcsG68AFXsY

[bill34207]

Last one shot yesterday. Jeremy driving the Arapaho I sold him on a 6s 2p run. Watch closely around the 25 second mark. He get's style points for this one.
http://youtu.be/JID9TLkMpRI

JID9TLkMpRI

[ENCORE MAN]

Great job on the vids Bill. You have nailed the instant replay feature. Good to hear all your voices again. Three months down, three to go. TTYL BG

[tiqueman]

Since I woke up early going to try to get a few more vids up before heading out to work.
Here's a round of P twins with "Team Red Bull" dominating the lead until Chris had a little mishap on the back straight. Lucky for me mine went safely under his when it flipped.

Im pretty happy my Stock twin (popeyes/ geico cat) can hang w/ the P twins! :bannana:
I wish some folks would build a stock twin tho (hint hint)


Another round of LSO with more boats and more carnage in the wind & chop.


After getting home last night, my MG did not survive that tbone as I thought it did. Its undergoing side/ bottom rail surgery. Nothing major, just about a 3/16 blow out of gelcoat in almost a perfect circle and small crack, but it is all the way thru and leaks. Of course it hit about 1" in fornt of where the CF stops. Guess now Im forced to do that re-paint ive been wanting to do. :laugh:

[RCKong]

Thanks for the videos Bill.

[tiqueman]

B, were you on 9 or 10S in the Sniper

[RCKong]

9s with a X462. I need to run it more to get it dialed a little better,those 2028's are a beast.

[bill34207]

Think I found the issue with the video quality.
Here's a insert from page 47 of the manual


On bright days or when recording very bright scenes, despite the iris being at its smallest aperture,blurring of the image may occur. If this happens, using the ND filter should remove this problem.
Turn the ND filter on by pressing the ND FILTER ON/OFF button.
•
ND is shown continuously in the display while the ND filter is turned on.– ND ON flashes in the display to advise you to switch the ND filter on. (However it does notappear in the Manual mode or during exposure lock.)– ND ON with the “ON” flashing advises you to fit an external ND filter* or that the lightconditions are still too bright, despite having switched the ND filter on.– ND OFF with the “OFF” flashing warns you that the ND filter is no longer suitable for the currentconditions. If this warning appears, turn the ND filter off by pressing the ND FILTER ON/OFFbutton again.* When you don’t have an external ND filter, make the shutter speed faster in Tv mode or open theaperture in Av mode.
Notes:
•
You cannot turn the ND filter on/off during exposure lock or while the PHOTO button is pressedhalfway down.
•
The camcorder retains your selection if you turn the standby lever to LOCK. However, it resets tothe OFF setting if you slide the POWER switch to OFF.

End paste
Best I recall it was flashing ND ON the whole time I was shooting with it. I thought it was telling me it was on but what it was really saying was to turn it on. :olleyes:

[tiqueman]

9s with a X462. I need to run it more to get it dialed a little better,those 2028's are a beast.

Wow! I cannot wait to finish my big twin...

Bill, glad to hear you sorted it out.

[osprey21]

:thumbup1:
Think I found the issue with the video quality.
<snip>
it was flashing ND ON the whole time I was shooting with it. I thought it was telling me it was on but what it was really saying was to turn it on. :olleyes:
I noticed it was flashing ND ON when I was filming as well.... :huh: I though you had turned something on.

And yeah, that last LSO vid was MUCH clearer than the others. :thumbup1:

[bill34207]

:thumbup1:
I noticed it was flashing ND ON when I was filming as well.... :huh: I though you had turned something on.

And yeah, that last LSO vid was MUCH clearer than the others. :thumbup1:


Bad thing is I don't know what I did different on that one. Only thing I can think of is maybe the cloud cover blocked more of the sunlight at the time.

[hebner]

Bill, did you get a vid of the round of Q that I was in with Ray, its the round that Rays Cheeta quit.

[bill34207]

Bill, did you get a vid of the round of Q that I was in with Ray, its the round that Rays Cheeta quit.

I was driving in that round too Hugh. Chris told me at the lake that he thought he was shooting, but when he hit the button to stop recording is when the little red light in the viewfinder turned on. There's a real short clip of my SC about the time it was coming to a stop at the steps and that was it.

[tiqueman]

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/showthread.php?36095-Shirts&p=438885#post438885

[bill34207]

Shot some more video today to do some camera testing. I followed Jeremy down to the track where they run the offroad cars and shot 6 rounds. Found Rob (from our club) was there to race too. :spy:
Since it was cars instead of boats not going put them here. I just linked them up our website. They will be at the bottom of this page. http://www.wfmbc.com/Vids/06-12.html (Came out much better with the ND filter turned on.)

[bill34207]

Dang it's :flammes-09:when there's no breeze. Time (actually past time) to start propping down here too. Everything I threw in today came back in a LOT warmer than usual.

1st run today is Hugh's PS 295 testing an added ride pad on the starboard sponson.

http://youtu.be/L9XPh3HMYGM

L9XPh3HMYGM

[bill34207]

Next up a 6s GPS run with C/R X447's on my Cheetah twin. The fastest this one has been so far. With this setup it will not turn at full throttle like it did with the X442's. for water this hot they need to go back on it anyways.

http://youtu.be/edX-hSkLwiA

edX-hSkLwiA

[bill34207]

Dave's 1527 powered SAW rigger. Still having esc or possibly radio issues on this one.

http://youtu.be/fhlmErEnAsY

fhlmErEnAsY

[bill34207]

Next up my Falcon Cat.
A little disappointing for top speed on water this smooth (only 66 and change)but this thing is still a blast to drive. Got a couple of slow motion replays of the "O-Sh:censored: moments" in the video.
Going to prop it down to a 457/3 before running again in this heat. I don't like seeing 140* on the motor even if it a car motor designed to run at extreme temps.

http://youtu.be/OQ3j-C6LiBw

OQ3j-C6LiBw

[bill34207]

More testing of Hugh's Revolt 30. The steering servo came loose from the hull in this one today.

http://youtu.be/faopd2KSs9s

faopd2KSs9s

[bill34207]

Dave's little Vegas Hydro. Unfortunately I missed filming the aerobatics demo at the end.

http://youtu.be/iaFd_2mM14c

iaFd_2mM14c

[bill34207]

Chris and Scott running P twins. Chris forgot to charge one of his batteries and Scott turned his into an air boat. Slow motion replay of the aerobatics.

http://youtu.be/OoDYK72kZrs

OoDYK72kZrs

[bill34207]

Last one today.
Actually got a little race type action in this one as Chris and Scott traded the lead a few times. A little slo-mo replay of the synchronized crash portion except only caught Chris' boat on tape..

http://youtu.be/d5XDsyszOhg

d5XDsyszOhg

[bill34207]

It's going to be a bit before I get the actual boat video's from today up. I still have to capture from the camera to the computer then process them. In the meanwhile, here's a little aerial tour of Ackerman Park that I shot before the wind picked up.

http://youtu.be/PhPO9bFRxfk

PhPO9bFRxfk

[ron1950]

that thing is becomeing quit the cool toy bill

[bill34207]

that thing is becomeing quit the cool toy bill

What's the old saying? "you ain't seen nuthin' yet" I tried it again on the 2nd round of LSO and got better footage then I was expecting with just guessing on where to point it. :closedeyes:

[tiqueman]

That sounds promising



What's the old saying? "you ain't seen nuthin' yet" I tried it again on the 2nd round of LSO and got better footage then I was expecting with just guessing on where to point it. :closedeyes:

[bill34207]

That sounds promising

Yeah, but you have to wait a while though. I'm uploading in the order shot.
1st boat vid of today. Brian's Cheetah twin with 2200 kv motors on 4s
http://youtu.be/Wo68Ypji8m0

Wo68Ypji8m0

[bill34207]

A quick test of Chris' Pursuit after putting a TP Power 2200 kv motor in it. Running a little too wet from the extra weight.

http://youtu.be/3oVPdERBvAk

3oVPdERBvAk

[bill34207]

Round 1 of Limited Spec Offshore today. The breeze is just starting. A "Last man standing" win for Scott.

http://youtu.be/GCEFPqk01xQ

GCEFPqk01xQ

[bill34207]

The wind was blowing pretty good when we started the Q Offshhore heat. I was the 2nd boat upside down (Brian was 1st, Hugh 3rd) and Jeremy takes the last man standing win. (kinda... his boat quit on the last lap.)

http://youtu.be/KzVGftbVsRU

KzVGftbVsRU

[bill34207]

Testing some CNC aluminum props on the Red Bull twin. Really needed a little calmer day for it. Topped out about 56 mph on the 1st run down the straight (before it went aerobatic).

http://youtu.be/JvXuTW06aWU

JvXuTW06aWU

[bill34207]

Last one today.
I had to try it. Even in the heavy wind. (just ask the guys that were running the boats how it was blowing)

This is round 2 of LSO Scott again takes the "last man standing" win.

Shot from my HT-FPV Quad using the "dice cam" (a better SD card made a lot of difference in jello effect and dropped frames it had before). Close up's of the boats aren't there like you can get with a handheld with zoom. I'm still kind of pleased with the video since I was just guessing on where to point it. No FPV on this quad (yet}.

http://youtu.be/PxkLvEcnvbo

PxkLvEcnvbo

[osprey21]

All in all that turned out pretty darn good. :thumbup1:

[tiqueman]

Bill, that could be the coolest thing we've done yet at ackerman. For not having an onboard view, you did a damn good job. :beerchug:

[RCKong]

Ditto that...I wanna see you do that good with the FPV...LOL

Not to mention probably an R/C first, R/C boat racing video recorded from a quad-copter and uploaded to youtube - thats sick !!!

[bill34207]

Thanks Chris, Scott & Brian. Chances are it's not a 1st but it's for sure something different and new for our group. If I could figure out how to add some lightweight flotation it's would look really cool to actually chase the boats over the water (after adding the FPV). As it is I'm a little scared to put it over the water as it would sink like a rock if it hit it. :sinking-guy:

[tiqueman]

I was thinking the same thing yesterday about floats and putting it over water.

[srislash]

That was great shooting Bill.Glad you guys could get out and that I got to watch again.

One of the guys at our club(I use that term loosely) has a Drone and he is concerned about how it will fly over water.It has enough foam and such
but relies on sonar for stabilization.

[RayR]

That is so cool.............................................. ............

[hebner]

Great video Bill, thought I was watching a real offshore race.

[osprey21]

If I could figure out how to add some lightweight flotation
Air Pillow packing material?

http://i.imgur.com/7bZBK.jpg

[bill34207]

Air Pillow packing material?



Would definately be light but, with the sharp edges of the frame doubt it it would survive any inpact and still stay inflated. The best bet would be not to tempt fate as even if it didn't sink the water would most likely kill the electronics. (I'd rather not have to replace the Naza) Pool noodles might even work but really don't want to try a float test to see. Waterproofing all the electronics would probably add a lot of weight too.

[bill34207]

Today at Ackerman was just as bad wind wise (or maybe worse) than the Watt Fest fly-in I went to yesterday.

Here's our 1st boat video from today. Chris running the Mean Machine twin. As you can see The lake was really choppy.

http://youtu.be/TDgUj0wgOWs

TDgUj0wgOWs

[bill34207]

I think this Thunder Tiger (?) cat belongs to another Bill that's one of the new members in our group. (Help me out here Scott)

http://youtu.be/9LoL4yjBFzc

9LoL4yjBFzc

[osprey21]

I got the "Genesis on the rocks" feeling at the 2:22 mark. :ohmy:

[tiqueman]

I think this Thunder Tiger (?) cat belongs to another Bill that's one of the new members in our group. (Help me out here Scott)

http://youtu.be/9LoL4yjBFzc

9LoL4yjBFzc



Yes its a pro boat thunder cat. Leopard motor, I forget what kv. And spinning a tfl 445 aluminum 2 blade.

[bill34207]

This is Scott's new Cheetah twin along with a Cheetah single he built for Josh? The way our group is growing it's getting hard hard for me to keep track any more.

http://youtu.be/um9si0my9Sw

um9si0my9Sw

Somewhere either before or after this one we did have a 4 boat P mono heat but it didn't get taped. I had a last place start and first place finsh, so just had to mention it :banana:

[bill34207]

I got the "Genesis on the rocks" feeling at the 2:22 mark. :ohmy:

I didn't even notice that. I'll have to go back and watch it again.

[bill34207]

The Futaba receiver finally quit in my Falcon Cat today. It would still operate the rudder servo but the esc would not arm. I had a spare Tactic rx in my box so bound it to one of my Tactic radios and let the Falcon show it's still "King of the pond" in rough choppy water.

http://youtu.be/um6ZZBPPoVs

um6ZZBPPoVs


I kind of wonder if the rx had been messing with the esc for a while now. I had propped down to a X457/3 and it looked faster than the 460/3 did. I didn't have the GPS in the boat though so we'll never know.

[bill34207]

Wind was definitely worse today at Ackerman than it was at Watt Fest yesterday. It was all I could do to hold position with the quad today and a couple of times thought I had lost it.

If you listen around the 1:15 mark you can hear the motors spinning up as I was pitching forward and applying more throttle into it to keep it from blowing down to the roofing company's parking lot.
In the meanwhile I did at least get a little boat footage. Got a nice close up of the park bench I almost put it into trying to get back on the ground too. :scared:

http://youtu.be/VzozlmG3agk


VzozlmG3agk


This is the last vid from today.

[tiqueman]

Awesome

[srislash]

Awesome DITTO,thanks for posting these Bill.Our fall rain has begun so I needed this.

Oh yeah,great to see Scott's Cheetah in the chop.Definitely on the list.

[bill34207]

DITTO,thanks for posting these Bill.Our fall rain has begun so I needed this.

Oh yeah,great to see Scott's Cheetah in the chop.Definitely on the list.

Glad to have helped supply a temprorary "fix" for the withdrawal symptoms. Sounds like you might need to migrate south in the winter like Truckpull and Encore Man do. :welcome:

[srislash]

Glad to have helped supply a temprorary "fix" for the withdrawal symptoms. Sounds like you might need to migrate south in the winter like Truckpull and Encore Man do. :welcome:Hehe,think I'd make it back home?

[tiqueman]

Hehe,think I'd make it back home?

Nope

[tiqueman]

to slightly stray off topic, Shawn, you find your boat yet?????

[tiqueman]

I got the "Genesis on the rocks" feeling at the 2:22 mark. :ohmy:

:rofl:

Craziest part..... its about at 2:22

FSYe5v1tqAs

[srislash]

to slightly stray off topic, Shawn, you find your boat yet?????Nope the wind/rains kicked in big time this past weekend.Hoping to get out there this coming weekend.

[bill34207]

Using my 41" Promise Hobby Falcon cat to test one of the Toro Beast motors. It's a 910 KV Y wind so ran it on 8s 2p with a X460 2 blade prop that has been de-tongued and back cut.
Seems to have worked out pretty well.
http://youtu.be/Hbl35J0TyWk

Hbl35J0TyWk

[bill34207]

The maiden voyage of Ray's 40" AC Blast Cat. Powered by a Proteus motor set as a D wind for 1400 (and change) kv to run on 6s 2p for Q offshore.

http://youtu.be/EDEI8ftpmZU

EDEI8ftpmZU

[bill34207]

Test run of Hugh's recently acquired Pro Boat 1/8 Miss Llumar hydro. powered by a Neu 1527/1.5Y 850 kv motor running 10s. Roughly 19 pounds of boat.

http://youtu.be/8GMMZ2dHF58

8GMMZ2dHF58

[bill34207]

Second run of Ray's Blast Cat after checking temps and propping up a touch.

http://youtu.be/2Gw7ZYadbBg

2Gw7ZYadbBg

[bill34207]

Jeremy's Promise Hobby 47"mono powered by a Castle 2028 and Swordfish 240 HV esc. Running 9s 2p

http://youtu.be/24IPeyARoAM

24IPeyARoAM

[bill34207]

Brian's Traxxas X0 motor (Castle 1717) powered Aeromarine Sprintcat .40 with another short appearance of Hugh's hydro.

http://youtu.be/K6-z5trfe_U

K6-z5trfe_U

[bill34207]

Scott's new P mono Pursuit. Motor & prop info: Classified (I don't know what it's got but it runs pretty darn good) ;)

http://youtu.be/IvFn9UYqJfQ

IvFn9UYqJfQ

[bill34207]

Last one today.
Third run of Ray's new Blast Cat. Still more prop, X457
These breezy days at Ackerman seem to have a way of converting people to larger boats since they are about that you can run when the weather is like this.

http://youtu.be/8fhVMuBIIM0

8fhVMuBIIM0

[tiqueman]

Scott's new P mono Pursuit. Motor & prop info: Classified (I don't know what it's got but it runs pretty darn good) ;)

http://youtu.be/IvFn9UYqJfQ

IvFn9UYqJfQ

Actually its an old boat reborn. Used to run it in p but never was happy with it. Now has a fightercat offshore 240 esc and a tp 4082 2200. Has a couple gremlins but pretty pleased with it

[tiqueman]

Oh prop was a prather 225... or was it the 230.... one of those

[ron1950]

scott where do u get the tp 2200"? ive looked for one but nothing but sensored motors....

[tiqueman]

Fightercat, but they are outta stock at the moment

[srislash]

Fightercat, but they are outta stock at the momentThat runs nice Scott ( helps get me excited about my box on the floor) as with all you guys.Thanks for post ing Bill. That Blastcat runs great Ray.

[tiqueman]

Yeah Shawn Im liking it so far. unfortunately I dont think my twin cheetah got any camera time. Its dialing in nicely.

[bill34207]

Yeah Shawn Im liking it so far. unfortunately I dont think my twin cheetah got any camera time. Its dialing in nicely.

Yeah, I missed getting that one. Don't remember exactly what I was doing at the time it was running. Is that a true Pursuit hull or is it one of the FC "Bling Rocket's"? I'm getting ready to build myself another P mono after the little incident that happened later in the day. I had a lead over Larry when my DF33 took a bad hop off a wave and hooked right in front of Larry's boat. His didn't take much damage but it caved in the side of the DF and knocked the hatch off it. Luckily the hull was still right side up and I made a bee line for the shore with it so nothing inside got water damaged. I'm not going to try to repair the hull though. Hey, I have a perfectly good DF 33 hatch to sell at our swap meet next Sunday if anybody needs one.

Thanks Shawn. Glad you are enjoying our vids.

[tiqueman]

No worreis Bill. There wll be plenty of other times.

Its the Pursuit I bought about 2 years ago. Same boat I used to race against you in P mono... And same boat I ran when you and Chris were here at the house when we ran in the rain. But the Bling is the EXACT same hull made by the same manufacturer. I have A white Bling here as well that will be going at the swap but its ARTR so not worth it if you have all the hardware from your current damaged boat that has Speedmaster stuff.
IMO the DF is a better handling hull in the corners, from what Ive seen. The Pursuit/ Bling hooks a lot. You really have to be gentle with it in the corners. Id go DF again, but its your call.

[bill34207]

I'm not going to post the photos I shot today here. I got enough photos in my bucket here already that I hate to keep burning up bandwidth. They're in our thead on RCG though if anyone wants to see them. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1634006&page=14

I took a little aerial tour around the place around 10:00 or 10:30 (I think)
Typical Ackerman day with the winter "breeze".I'd guess about 10 mph at the time.
http://youtu.be/tz267AUdIek

tz267AUdIek

At least it wasn't 30 degrees like the 1st one we tried :smile:

[bill34207]

Ben (Fightercat) was there today and donated a few things to the raffle. Somebody walked away with a nice CF Shocker as one of them.
Thank you sir. May I have another. :biggrin: (No it wasn't me that got it but wish I had)

He ran a little Apparition after the meet, probably around 1:00 and in this video you can see the lake chop really well.
http://youtu.be/Rftn_MdIY8g

Rftn_MdIY8g

[srislash]

That little Apparition handled that well.So who's Scarab in the flight vid?

[bill34207]

I think that was Larry's WHH Enforcer you're talking about. If it was in front of the yellow truck it definately was.

[tiqueman]

Larrys Dumas 55 Scarab :biggrin:

[obrien]

looks like a pretty good day. I wish could have made it, but I will soon enough. I am slowly building a couple of boats, so that I will actually have something to run.

[ron1950]

boy larry's yellow truck sure stands out in your vid.....

[tiqueman]

Awesome running today guys. What a beautiful day. Started out iffy w/ the wind pretty stiff out of the north but man it settled nicely.
Thank you to all who helped a lending hand to the newer guys w/ set up tips and hands on adjusting/ setting up. I appreciate it :beerchug:
I know Bill shot a lot of vid today and it was a looong day on top of it, so Bill, we understand if you dont gettem all up before you pass out. :biggrin:

[bill34207]

I'm a workin at it. Actually have them all in upload que to youtube :thumbup1:

Conditions at Ackerman today were strange. Very cold (to us Floridians) early this morning at around 45 degrees. The really odd thing was the way it was breezy/choppy early then flattened out later on, then went back to wind and chop as the day went on.

1st up today; Brian, Larry and one of the new guys in a round of Limited Spec Hydro. Brian would have had it if he hadn't tried so hard to re-pass Larry. Larry was a lap down due to a buoy cut.

http://youtu.be/45h569OW-qc

45h569OW-qc

[bill34207]

Second one has finished uploading.
A round of Limited Spec Offshore. I'm really not sure of who was running in this one. Too many green Geico's. Just look at how smooth that water was.

http://youtu.be/PYh5IWqghuY

PYh5IWqghuY

[bill34207]

There were enough LSO boats that it got split into 2 groups to have enough spotters. Here's the 2nd wave.

http://youtu.be/k7uaDseEFc0

k7uaDseEFc0

[bill34207]

Brian, Chris & Scott running a round of P twins.

http://youtu.be/CDvIdGK_GqM

CDvIdGK_GqM

[bill34207]

Ray doing a maiden on the P rigger he picked up at the swap meet last Sunday.

http://youtu.be/Zv3snPLfALA

Zv3snPLfALA

[bill34207]

Jeff testing his spec tunnel. This was another moment or two of semi calm water.

http://youtu.be/odQKV-XC7tM

odQKV-XC7tM

[tiqueman]

Second one has finished uploading.
A round of Limited Spec Offshore. I'm really not sure of who was running in this one. Too many green Geico's. Just look at how smooth that water was.

Geicos in LSO heat one were Rich, Lawson and me. Im the orange tipped who escaped the carnage at both the start of the race and at 1:20 :biggrin:

[bill34207]

Dave test running the Titan 33 that I pawned off on him after getting aggravated with it. Maybe I should have tried some trim tabs before giving up. :doh:

http://youtu.be/XuAgRj-O3lo

XuAgRj-O3lo

[bill34207]

A 6s run with my Cheetah. Caught some serious air on the 4th lap that wound up putting a few stress cracks in the hatch from the landing. Guess I'll have to add a layer of CF to it.

http://youtu.be/n6-z4O6n72o

n6-z4O6n72o

[tiqueman]

Dave test running the Titan 33 that I pawned off on him after getting aggravated with it. Maybe I should have tried some trim tabs before giving up. :doh:

Yeah I was thinking that was running very well today. I only caught a small bit of the run but it looked good....

[tiqueman]

A 6s run with my Cheetah. Caught some serious air on the 4th lap that wound up putting a few stress cracks in the hatch from the landing. Guess I'll have to add a layer of CF to it.


I love the slow mo how it sounds like Larrys "Whoa!" is extremely delayed :lol:

[bill34207]

I love the slow mo how it sounds like Larrys "Whoa!" is extremely delayed :lol:

You'll find some slow mo in several of them that I shot today. Had to have some instant replay to see what happened.

[bill34207]

The final round of LSO today.

http://youtu.be/d5OQlIAxqW8

d5OQlIAxqW8

[bill34207]

Last one today. I had to play with the quad just a little today so used it to shoot Ray and Larry in a P Hydro (rigger) vs P Sport Hydro run. At full screen it looks pretty good on my local computer.

http://youtu.be/qfNA5dLFHi4

qfNA5dLFHi4

[osprey21]

Neat! :cool2:

[HRC]

Great vids Bill. Thanks for all you do. :smile:

[RayR]

Great vids Bill. Thanks for all you do. :smile:

Just gotta echo those sentiments. Thanks Bill!

[bill34207]

Thanks guys.