2018 IMPBA FE Nationals - Michigan Cup

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Day 3

10th Scale Modern		Q Offshore
Tyler Davis	1500	Tom Baffer	1175
Chris Fleming	1250	Tyler Garrard	1150
Todd Fleury	950	Steve Vaccaro	944
John Gross	919	Luis Oquendo	802
Tom Castellani	450	Mike Paganelli	750

Spec Cat		P Mono
Chris Fleming	1194	Mike Paganelli	1225
Mike Ball	1100	Ken Haines	1144
Ken Haines	1000	Steve Vaccaro	1094
Steve Vaccaro jr	950	Chris Fleming	977
Mike Stancombe	850	Doug Smock	950

Q Sport Hydro
Chris Fleming	1225
Ken Joye	650
Mike Paganelli	300
Bob Zola	200
Mike Snaer	100

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Special Awards

High Points National Champion		President's Cup
Ken Haines	104	Tyler Davis	3100
Chris Fleming	93	Mike Paganelli	2950
Mike Paganelli	80	Tom Baffer	2725

Offshore Champion		Muncey Trophy
Tom Baffer	2350	Chris Fleming	3544
Mike Paganelli	2300	Tyler Davis	3500
Don Huff	2296	Kevin Kosciolek	3150

Crazy Cat Lady Award		Michigan Cup
Steve Vaccaro jr	2250	Two Introverts	8296
Tom Baffer	2000	Team Orca	7432
Chris Fleming	1544	B-Mojo-B	4800

[Ty Davis]

Wow! Those are some close scores for muncey and offshore champions.

[6S HYDRO]

So no tunnel classes ey?

[rayzerdesigns]

So no tunnel classes ey?

Tunnel hardly makes anywhere... nitro is does decent.. but gas and fe in states is pretty dead

[6S HYDRO]

how about for scottsdale model boaters and winter warm-ups? maybe I wont break out my cobra then

[T.S.Davis]

We offered tunnel because someone complained on here that it wasn't there. Went exactly as I thought it would.............which is why it wasn't offered in the first place. It ain't our first rodeo.

[rayzerdesigns]

how about for scottsdale model boaters and winter warm-ups? maybe I wont break out my cobra then

We usually get 3-5 for winter warmups

[JG24]

Wanted to know the rules for spec offshore, spec hydro, spec sport hydro and n spec mono?

Do you have a date set for next year?

[T.S.Davis]

Those spec classes will be defined by the host club. Typically they follow the recommendations of the national FE director. We've been fiddling with that "spec" over the season. I'm sure Mike will put together some sort of a official guideline line before another FE nationals. A point of reference for those curious where it may end up you can check out MMEU's club version of spec. The only potential adjustment I'm aware of is that the motor length may drop to 60mm. Click here.

The Michigan Cup is usually around that same time. The weekend before the 4th of July.....ish.

The FE Nationals location as far as I know has yet to be determined. No dates yet either.

[JG24]

Thanks for the info. After losing Ed I have been getting the itch to do some boat racing. Three months was not enough time to do something, a year might be. I like the idea of racing and camping.

It might be worth having a listing of popular Spec equipment. Just to give guy like me an idea of what is out there. We used to promote Spec classes years ago, I have not been following the current trends. :)

[T.S.Davis]

Thanks for the info. After losing Ed I have been getting the itch to do some boat racing. Three months was not enough time to do something, a year might be. I like the idea of racing and camping.

Ed was one of the good guys. I'll bet that guy forgot more about FE than most of us will know in a lifetime. Mike had brought a couple of Ed's boat up to display. Had to explain to a couple guys what the heck was going on in there. 20+ year old boats and they still looked like science fiction in there. Ed was the man.

One of the local radio stations was talking about camping just yesterday. Described tenting as practicing to be homeless. haha We already had 4 tents. I sold my travel trailer so I may be a tent guy too. We may have a regular tent city. We could call it "Occupy the Cup" or something. We would be glad to have ya. Racing is fun and all but this particular race is more of a really good excuse to get together with a bunch of rc boaters, play boats, and laugh at each other.

[JG24]

Ed was one of the good guys. I'll bet that guy forgot more about FE than most of us will know in a lifetime. Mike had brought a couple of Ed's boat up to display. Had to explain to a couple guys what the heck was going on in there. 20+ year old boats and they still looked like science fiction in there. Ed was the man.

One of the local radio stations was talking about camping just yesterday. Described tenting as practicing to be homeless. haha We already had 4 tents. I sold my travel trailer so I may be a tent guy too. We may have a regular tent city. We could call it "Occupy the Cup" or something. We would be glad to have ya. Racing is fun and all but this particular race is more of a really good excuse to get together with a bunch of rc boaters, play boats, and laugh at each other.

Ed was and is still in a league of his own. I keep wondering if he had the new technology in his boats how crazy fast he would have been. He played the game on his own terms, which is respectable. His boats were indistructable.

3 years ago I did the tent camping thing with my family. It was not fun and too much work. We bought a popup and it was much easier. We like camping in western Michigan near the big lake. I would probably buy a generator and do the popup amongst tent city.

[T.S.Davis]

The lodge has water and power hookups for campers. Real circuits that can run an air conditioner. No sewage hookup though. But there is an actual bathroom available during the day. We give $20 per day for the hookup. Works great. They have food available for purchase most nights too.

I saw Ed hound a bunch of brushless guys in P mono with one of his brushed gear drives. Wish I had filmed it but it was 2005. There was a heat with Ed, Fuller, Twaits, Crowe, and Nayman. Sight to behold. I never forgot it.