Australian National Titles.

[785boats]

Just a note to all boating nuts in the Southeast Queensland/Northern N.S.W area here in the land of Oz, that the Australian National Titles are on from the 21/4/12 to the 28/4/12. That's right, 8 days of testing & Racing
Come along & see the action. Gas, petrol, nitro & Electrics.
Of course the rest of the world is cordially invited too. Drop by if you are in the area.
The Titles are being held at
Boral Lakes.
Lawnton Pocket Road.
Lawnton.
The club hosting the event is Brisbane Model Marine. http://bmmclub.com/

See you there.
Paul.

[galant2door]

see you there mate

[Hydro111]

See you there Paul, it will be a good week of competitive racing and hopefully we will have good water to run on too.
Entered i,n
EB Hydro (6s rigger)
EB Tunnel (6s Cat)
EA Sports Hydro (4s Sport Hydro)

Chris.

[nobbiworld]

52 entries. 275 boats. Well done to everybody. A record number of boats. Will be a race meet to remember. Steve

[785boats]

We set up camp on Sunday. Practice day yesterday & first day of racing today. I snapped a few pics so here they are. If anyone has more to add, please do so.

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And a few more.

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And some more. I can't seem to be able to put more than 5 pics on one post.

[D. Newland]

That nitro twin tunnel is sweet.

Please keep us updated on this race, guys!

[Hydro111]

Yesterday was a hectic day...
i would like to say Congratulation to paul for his 3rd place in EA mono
i had a crap day in the EB Rigger finishing 2nd in the first heat and then not finishing a race in the next 4 heats due to water coming into the boat and safety loops coming out.
But my brother with his EB Rigger took out 1st place
and my dad took out 3rd place with his EB rigger.

[785boats]

Thanks Chris. It was good that 1st 2nd & 3rd in the EA Mono all came from our club.
It was a shame you had such rotten luck with your rigger but congrats to Troy for his win.

D. Newland.
There were two of those twin nitro tunnels owned by two brothers, & they put on some hectic, paint swapping racing yesterday. No love lost between them out on the water.

Unfortunately I forgot the camera yesterday. But I can report that I managed to take out 1st place in the Restricted Mono. And Mark took out the EB Sports Hydro championship.
I'm not competing in any class today so I'll have plenty of time to take some pics.

I must clarify that the Restricted Mono was a demonstration class at these titles.
Cheers.
Paul.

[785boats]

A few pics from today & a couple of videos too. An EB Tunnel heat, & an EA Hydro heat. As you can hear in the EA Hydro , no one on the stand could see the dead boat in the glare of the sun. But Shane's yellow Rigger Took out the heat & the Championship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qEWf8S_8lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34Exe0aPO98

[785boats]

A few more.

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Some more.

[D. Newland]

Can you give me an idea what makes up the EB class? What's the typical hull size, motor and battery configuration?

Nice racing both videos.

[drwayne]

Good looking venue... thx for the pix


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[Xzessperated]

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[Hydro111]

Hey Paul the rigger race you put up is EA not EB rigger,
there some good footage there in EB tunnel of my dad just getting shane on the finish line

Chris.

[Hydro111]

EB is the cell count of the class which is 6s
EA is 4s
in the class there is no motor limits, but u can only run 1p packs and any size hull in the class

Example- EB Hydro= 6s1p, any motor, any esc, hull needs to be rigger

[785boats]

Thanks for the clarification Chris. I realised today that I had the description wrong.:doh:
I'll edit the post & the video title.
It was a real drivers race between those two for the whole race in EB tunnel.
I did take some pics & footage yesterday but haven't up loaded them yet. It will have to wait until tonight.
The highlight of the day for me was picking up 3rd in the EA Sports Hydro class (that's 4s1p) with the 33"Whiplash.:w00t:
It's been raining nearly all night, & still is this morning, so today will be a bit miserable I think. No Racing for me today, but I will be doing a bit of pit work for others.
Cheers.
Paul.

[785boats]

Here's a few more pics.
You've got to love Daves pitman (Locky) for his twin EC Rigger.
The hole in the back of the rescue dingy was put there by a big petrol mono that lost radio. The dingy was up on the bank & the mono came straight across the lake at full noise & did that. Just a few scratches on the carbon fibre mono.

[785boats]

A few more snaps.

[785boats]

Here's couple more videos I took between my heats.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99GnNEo6bU

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnoxUZ9RqU

Cheers.
Paul.

[785boats]

Some more pics by a real photographer. Thanks John.

I'm rather proud to say that the first photo is my 33" whiplash coming home for a heat win.

[785boats]

And some more.

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Even more.

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The last few.

[Hydro111]

Thanks for the clarification Chris. I realised today that I had the description wrong.:doh:
I'll edit the post & the video title.
It was a real drivers race between those two for the whole race in EB tunnel.
I did take some pics & footage yesterday but haven't up loaded them yet. It will have to wait until tonight.
The highlight of the day for me was picking up 3rd in the EA Sports Hydro class (that's 4s1p) with the 33"Whiplash.:w00t:
It's been raining nearly all night, & still is this morning, so today will be a bit miserable I think. No Racing for me today, but I will be doing a bit of pit work for others.
Cheers.
Paul.

well done picking up 3rd in EA Sports hydro,
I believe my dad got 1st in EA Sports Hydro with his 33" aussie hydros but can't clarify it as i don't exactly know the points

[785boats]

Thanks Chris.
Be sure to let us know the result when you find out. I'm not sure either, but I think it was between him & Dave Kingston.

[Hydro111]

the results i can think of the top of my head
EA Sports hydro
1st my dad (aussie hydros 33")
2nd Kris (whiplash)
3rd paul (whiplash)

EB hydro (rigger)
1st my brother (Aussie hydros rigger)
2nd paul osmond (Taipan)
3rd my dad (Aussie Hydros rigger)

[egneg]

Did my friend Fast One (Shane Deacon) make it to the races?

[Hydro111]

yes he was there he placed in quite a few classes
i think he got 2nd in EB Tunnel and 1st in EA hydro (rigger) and some other classes that i can't remember

[egneg]

yes he was there he placed in quite a few classes
i think he got 2nd in EB Tunnel and 1st in EA hydro (rigger) and some other classes that i can't remember

Great! thanks for letting me know.

[Hydro111]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPFai1-zIFk

[Scott T]

Great photos and videos guys. I enjoyed the one day I was able to come out and watch. A real shame it rained on Saturday.

I'm surprise the results haven't been posted on the AMPBA forums, but congrats to those who took home the wins!

[ozzie-crawl]

Great weekend by the look of it.
Well done Paul