WW IV Results

[Steven Vaccaro]

Great job Tony. Anyone care to share some of their winning setup?

[Bill-SOCAL]

I placed with these set ups:

P-Mono (2nd place): Delta Force Cyber Storm (32") - 10XL - Hydra120 - 4S2P 5,000 25C PolyRC - M447

Open Mono (2nd): Delta Force Sniper (44") - Lehner 3060/10 - Schulze 40.160 - 10S2P 5,000 25C PolyRC - X460/3 (ran a X452/3 also)

SV27 (3rd): stock with GrimRacer 42x55 prop and 4S1P 3700 25C PolyRC packs.

[D. Newland]

Steve-I'll throw a few out there. There was so much variation in setups (in a good way) and a true testament as to why the current NAMBA rule proposal is a no brainer (my only comment about that).

N-2 Mono- Proulx ran away with the field with a Delta Force 25 and (I think) 1515 .5Y. I was 2nd with a Nemesis 6L and OM 26.

P Mono: Howard had a 1521 powered Titan 33, My Titan 33 had a 2250/8, Pete had a Titan 29 with a 2250/7, Arndt had an 8XL in a 31" Lizard, Proulx had a Delta Force 33 with a 1521. 8 boats total in this class-awesome competition. It took 3 solid rounds to make the podium in this class. P Offshore had the mostly the same boats and motors running, just a lower prop. Dave Arndt was cruising for a 1st place with his rusty Hacker 8XL powered Lizard, but 2 buoy cuts cost him in the end. He had tons of speed.

N-2 Sport had a number of setups. Hot Neu motors, mild Neu motors, Hacker 8S, Nemesis motors, etc, etc. I won this class with a Viper, 1509 Neu (3500 Kv) and an X438. Very mild setup using a Castle 80. Pete wasn't too far behind with a Campbell Shovel and an 8S Hacker.

N-2 Offshore Pete and I run a 7L. He had a N/S 2 and I had a Delta Force. I think he ran an X442, I ran an X640. Proulx ran a Delta Force with a 1515 1Y (not a typo) and an X646 3 blade (not a typo). His original motor crapped out on him so he put his P motor in the boat! Worked good, too, but he grazed a dead boat and got DQ'd in the 1st heat.

The SV 27 power systems, IMO, could easily overpower the SV 27 hulls if you went too big w/the prop. This was evidenced in the LSO class. Proulx ran an OM 26 with an X642 and the SV motor/ESC and ran away from the field. Also, the SV 27 motors overpowered (IMO) the LSH boats as well. DNF's were a problem. But, then again, I DNF'd 1 heat with a 700 motor as well! I'm of the opinion that you can run either a 700 or an SV motor in LSH and be competitive as long as you pay attention to your setup because on LiPo's, both motors can over-power a 24" Sport Hydro. I took (2) 1st places and a DNF in LSH for 2nd place overall. My lipo drain was only 1100-1300 MAH's per heat! SC 700 motor, M445 prop. PIP Shovel.

Too much info? If not, let me know what else you'd like to know. I'd rather talk about this past weekend than work!

[PatrickM]

N-2 Sport had a number of setups. Hot Neu motors, mild Neu motors, Hacker 8S, Nemesis motors, etc, etc. I won this class with a Viper, 1509 Neu (3500 Kv) and an X438. Very mild setup using a Castle 80. Pete wasn't too far behind with a Campbell Shovel and an 8S Hacker.

Had to withdraw my N2 DH shovel which refused to stay on the water.... the 1515 0.5Y was way too much power, even with 1/2 pound of lead in the sponsons and a 1/2 inch airdam between them.

Another testimonial to the effectiveness of length limits.... Sure was fast, though....

[Darin Jordan]

Hey Guys... THANK YOU for the reports... I'd be interested to know more about the OPC tunnel race... and specifically what types of Lower units and hulls people were using, as well as battery types, props, and Mah usage... Just would be interested in comparing to what we did late last season...

[PatrickM]

All OPC entries were using REK lower units, Kevin and Tony used TS2's, Dick ran a Villain and I used a WOF 28-30. My boat was pulling 2300 mah out of TP5000's on a detongued X642 in the 5 lap heats. Cell temp was about 125F.

[p1um1oco]

Photo's

OK,

The photos are posted , you can find them at

http://www.thearndts.com/pictures/WWIV/

Last years photos can be found at

http://www.thearndts.com/pictures/WWIII

Enjoy ,

Dave

[SJFE]

Thanks Dave they where great!

[yz120]

[QUOTE=properchopper;31238]I'm just totally overwhelmed with what great friends I have in this thing we call FE ! [ I'm so thrashed right now, after driving 200 miles last night to Kingman AZ.

no ponds to run in in kingman,az. he must not be a fe boater,unless he makes a 1hr+ drive.
i`m in lake havasu and have plenty of spots to run.

[properchopper]

pix

Dave, great photos ! Thanks for taking them & taking the time to post them. BTW, thanks for the ride to the rib joint ; next year we'll have Lee drive-he was a great pit man fo' sure !

[properchopper]

Hey Guys... THANK YOU for the reports... I'd be interested to know more about the OPC tunnel race... and specifically what types of Lower units and hulls people were using, as well as battery types, props, and Mah usage... Just would be interested in comparing to what we did late last season...

I just dialed her in at 9.5 " from the back CG; prop shaft standard 1/8 " above the board & trimmed @ around 8-10 degrees up angle[at Pat's recommendation.] Used RC Lipos 4900 Poly/Rc 25C pack, used @ 2600 mah at @ 130 deg after 5 laps with Andy Brown X642. Special pre-race preparation involved losing radio signal somehow & ramming concrete bank at full tilt, splintering left front sponson like a croissant blown up with a M80 firecracker, splitting hull on both sides & one side of transom.

[Bill-SOCAL]

Great pics Dave. Thanks!!