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Just got back from my first race of the season. Overall, I am very happy with how things turned out. It wasnt pretty but I finished on top of the B-Hydro(P-spec) class with Kent "buoy killer" Seal coming in a close second. Many DNF's this weekend in B-Hydro with the nitro guys getting killed by the hot humid weather. Kent tagged a few buoys but did great considering it was the first time he has ever run the course and the first time his JAE hit the water. I did a few flips coming out of turn two, but we both walked away with smiles on our faces. The IC boaters were great doing everything they could to help us out. The JAE's were very similar in speed to the nitro guys and there were no complaints.
In B/P-Mono, my usually reliable Titan was giving me fits all weekend. She kept dying on me after a few laps. All temps were fine and no smoke. After a minute or two she would come back to life. I assumed it was the Turnigy 180 controller so after heat three, I swapped to my trusty Etti 150 which I ran all last year. She still had the same problem. So I think I may have reciever issues. I did have a noticable (but not tremendous) speed advantage over the crowded B-field. This did not go unnoticed by the D12 Director. Don told me he thought it was a little too much so I dropped down in prop size from a 642 to a 640 and that seemed to do the trick.
Now the big surprise for me was Stock Gas which was a full field of mostly monos (with a sport hydro and cat mixed in), using stock motors and tuned pipes. The Sniper ran great and proved she can handle race water. I ran conservative picking a few boats off and letting the others fall via attrition. I ended up with three seconds and one DNF for the weekend putting me in second place behind last years district champion.
All in all a great weekend.
In B/P-Mono, my usually reliable Titan was giving me fits all weekend. She kept dying on me after a few laps. All temps were fine and no smoke. After a minute or two she would come back to life. I assumed it was the Turnigy 180 controller so after heat three, I swapped to my trusty Etti 150 which I ran all last year. She still had the same problem. So I think I may have reciever issues. I did have a noticable (but not tremendous) speed advantage over the crowded B-field. This did not go unnoticed by the D12 Director. Don told me he thought it was a little too much so I dropped down in prop size from a 642 to a 640 and that seemed to do the trick.
Now the big surprise for me was Stock Gas which was a full field of mostly monos (with a sport hydro and cat mixed in), using stock motors and tuned pipes. The Sniper ran great and proved she can handle race water. I ran conservative picking a few boats off and letting the others fall via attrition. I ended up with three seconds and one DNF for the weekend putting me in second place behind last years district champion.
All in all a great weekend.
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