2012 Az Winter Warmups VIII Feb 24th-26th

[properchopper]

And the Oscar For Most Racing Giggles Goes to :

With seven classes entered and being genetically driving impaired compared to the enormous talent present, I really looked forward to the JS race. Pat and I had the 1/6 scale 32" boats, similarly rigged with AQ 1800KV motors. First heat we waited on the driver's stand for Dick, and at the last second him and Gary trundled a Queen Mary sized gas JS to the water. Since there's no official "JS Class", Dick dropped a 2215 Nue in his gas skiff (complete with an exhaust pipe for the politically correct Hybrid look) and we were off. Dick's boat was running at about the same speed as ours, maybe a litle more. Jersey Skiffs have a mind of their own, and I had two cut buoys in the first heat and took third. Second heat I got a first, and lost a servo in the third. Dick's monster caught the speedy on fire, and sat on the shoreline with smoke pouring out of the vents. (No, Pat and I didn't smile and wink at each other, I'm pretty sure ). I took two more firsts, and a second to win the class. Pat and I had a great deal of fun; his boat had more prop than mine but had some typical Jersey Skiff handling-itus.

In this heat I spun out in turn two on the mill, Pat got the start and like a good little boy I followed him inside the buoy on turn one for our penalties. He spun on turn two and I held the lead for the win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0kDxAFCJM

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Sean Cordova of Colorado had the other PS295...



Day 2 - P-Spec Tunnel Round 2 Heat A:

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Day 2 - P Spec Tunnel - Round 2 Heat B:

[cybercrxt]

My lord, What prop is Dan Proulx running! That thing was balistic! Must be nice to get that kind of calm water out there. Its gotten to the point you have to expect 5-10" waves, and 10-20mph winds!

[D. Newland]

You can see in Round 2 Heat B of tunnels Pete Wijatyk pulling my Cobra in the backstretch with his 295. He just bobbled the turn. Also, I was driving around 2 OPC's that were mated together, doing donuts in turn 1.

Dan and I had the same lap times, but he did it in Cadillac comfort. It's a very confident running boat.

Here's a shot of Pat and Dick's Jersey Skiffs, and Pat's bathroom buggy. It's an electric converted ATV, and worthy of another thread. It's awesome. He had to dial down the electronic ESC so he didn't have to keep changing is underwear.

WW VIII Jersey Skiff.jpg
WW VIII Pats Bathroom buggy.jpg

[properchopper]

You can see in Round 2 Heat B of tunnels Pete Wijatyk pulling my Cobra in the backstretch with his 295. He just bobbled the turn. Also, I was driving around 2 OPC's that were mated together, doing donuts in turn 1.

Dan and I had the same lap times, but he did it in Cadillac comfort. It's a very confident running boat.

Here's a shot of Pat and Dick's Jersey Skiffs, and Pat's bathroom buggy. It's an electric converted ATV, and worthy of another thread. It's awesome. He had to dial down the electronic ESC so he didn't have to keep changing is underwear.

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Great picture D; sorry all you can see of my JS is my wake in the left of the picture, I was too far out front - I'll slow down next time

[photohoward1]

My lord, What prop is Dan Proulx running! That thing was balistic! Must be nice to get that kind of calm water out there. Its gotten to the point you have to expect 5-10" waves, and 10-20mph winds!

Octura x437/3

[Flyguy55]

Im My defense , I built the " Queen Mary " as a joke and to have 3 entries to make a class so Pat and Tony could race there skiffs .
I had a used AM skiff I planned to race in Dist races. I had the lipos and a Good Schulze comtroller, and a 2215 1.5Y. It was about a week before the event I entered and started the build . On tues before the race the Schulze was dead . The only HV esc I had was very cheap with small wires .
I tried to run it on 7 cells and a X447 but the caps were at 167 deg after 3 small laps . I tried an X445 and was still 147 deg.
Thats the way I raced it . We kept it hidden till the race was called up.I'm supprised it ran as good as it did on a X445 on such a big hull .
It was great fun.
This my 5th WW race. I always have a great time . Thanks Dave , Lenny , Howard , Jay . Fun Event . And the guys who come out from the frozen north .

Dick Roberts

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Day 2 - Howard Tucker and Sean Cordova pry their boats apart:

[DPeterson]

Thanks to all the Arizona guy's for a great time and race as usual. This race remains my number one favorite. The talent level at this race is second to none.

Terry - I tried to put on more of a show with some stupid driving but I must be getting just a little better. If my rigger would have survived the shipping I may have been able to provided a good show - although it probably would have been in the carnage catagory.

Doby - The sun is much brighter in Arizona than at London, hence the sun visor direction.

Learned some good things this trip. Got to pack better - damaged rigger and tunnel. Hyperion chargers really do not like sun light. I knew that but this time I actually had one smoke. Learned that my P-limited mono can handle much more prop in sprint and offshore. YaHoo! Also learned that my P-Offshore boat can handle much more prop, but next time check all hardware for proper postioning after shipping. Thats whats so cool about this sport - you keep learning - even if it is the hard way.

Good times - Doug

[Darin Jordan]

Hyperion chargers really do not like sun light. I knew that but this time I actually had one smoke.

Doug... I've found that out the hard way a couple of times too... though haven't had one actually smoke... I now cover the chargers with a light hand-towel to protect the displays from the sun.

Sounds like you guys had a great time. Hopefully you can all make the trip out to LA in June as well.

[DPeterson]

Hey Darrin.
I have had the displays go out before too. They always would come back. I had this one covered while charging. I plugged it in after cooling it off. I heard the beeps etc but no display. After doing this a couple times it blew smoke. When I get it back home I will open it to see what really happened. I had trouble with chargers all weekend. Unclean electrical current or maybe my bulldog.

The L.A. Nats are weighing on me real heavy. I have no travel partner but do have a possible room mate. Problem is we have so many venues now in the Midwest I may be pushing my luck with family, time and finances.

Later - Doug

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Day 2 - Winter Warm Ups - P Spec Hydro:

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Day 3 - Winter Warm Ups - P Spec Hydro Round 5 Heat A:

[brooks93]

my goal will be to have some p spec stuff ready for the next AZ Winter Warmups in 2013. Keep your fingers crossed. LOL