Is Legg Lake in the Bermuda Triangle ?

[properchopper]

Here's the latest : Popped the 2 4S Neu lipos in [ charged them last Tuesday; still peaked !!]. Drifter ripped & then went dead. Brought 'er in ; full of water. Cooling line popped off [and I'm a moron for not cable-tying the joints]. O.K. CC125 dried out but stalled after full throttle. Put the lipos in the Titan in which I had forgot to tighten the collet after new drive cable was installed. See phrase in parenthesis above. Tightened collet; put 'er in & hit the go button; she lept straight up with the prop clearing the water by at least 8 inches !! Got to the oval & hot-lapped like a jet !! Gas guys said low to mid fifties & they're good at guesstimation, but no truth-o-meter onboard to verify. Mid third lap : at full chat she suddenly lept four feet in the air and I have never seen an object gyrate in so many axis !! Twisting, flipping end-over-end, rotating gyro-like then the inevitable splat. Got 'er in & pulled the tape & every darn thing had broken loose ! Motor, shaft, batt mounts, servo, rx batt, CC 240. All fixed already, btw ; can't let her lie around hurt ! Pulled the CC240 & put in the Drifter for some vid's [ UB-Hauled said he'd post on RRR & here, 'ya gotta see it rip !!Upper-mid fifties or I'll eat my Foretrex 201.
Where's this Bermuda place anyway ? :p

[Jeepers]

Legg Lake is in California go to map quest and enter the name it will come up! I have been debating if I can make the SAWs event this year, but I dont think it will be possible this year

[properchopper]

Legg Lake is in California go to map quest and enter the name it will come up! I have been debating if I can make the SAWs event this year, but I dont think it will be possible this year

Jeepers ! I was runnin in Legg Lake ! Had so many weird probs I thought I was in the Triangle ! Hey; Grab the Dooz & come to the SAW's ; It's like a graduate seminar in FE ; all the big names showed up last year & I learned mucho; plus made some great friends. :)

[Jeepers]

Hehe! yeah i just read a post that you fried a hyda 120 at Legg Lake. whoops my bad! sorry.... blond moment! Man I would love to come out there just dont know if i can swing the cash part. My new baby is due in less than a month, and my wife is gobbling up every cute baby outfit she can find!

[properchopper]

Re :

Congrats on the up & coming new family member ! By Nov you'll need a break ! Dooz can drive & you can catch up on your sleep :p

[Jeepers]

Congrats on the up & coming new family member ! By Nov you'll need a break ! Dooz can drive & you can catch up on your sleep :p

Thanks!

HMMM... thats not a bad idea Dooz driving!

you wouldnt happen to have a video of your boat going SPLAT! would ya?

[Ub Hauled]

Hey Jeepers, I am expecting a new addition to the family in about a month...
STILL, I will go to the SAWs!
:D
granted that I live 20 minutes away and the family could technically tag along with me, hehehehe.
Hey Tony, I have the video compressing as we speak and will post it here soon... I think only a lite version at R3... space limitations...
PS: Marks mono monster video is posted here already.

[hkusp45]

Tony!

More trouobles!! Sorry that I didnt make it! I hope to try for this weekend out there.....

[properchopper]

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Fred, next two Sundays the gassers are racing ; no fun-running. I got my key yesterday & probably will go Tues. or Wed. If you want to set up a day, pm me or call.

[hkusp45]

Sounds good! Are you going all day, just the morning or????

[properchopper]

Re :

I'm pretty flexible to times ; Tues or Wed ; I like Tues better but what would work best for you ? How about Andrew ? [ I'd like to get some batt's from him ]

[ReddyWatts]

Proper I am glad you mentioned cable-tying the water cooling tubes. The faster you go the more pressure you will have one in the cooling system. I have not ever had one pop off, but with the speeds boats are running now, it can happen.

[properchopper]

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Exactly . I came to the same conclusion ; a little late I must add !

[Jeepers]

Hey Jeepers, I am expecting a new addition to the family in about a month...
STILL, I will go to the SAWs!
:D
granted that I live 20 minutes away and the family could technically tag along with me, hehehehe.

I want to I only live about 12 hrs away, we shall see.