NJ Boaters??? Central Jersey?

[Finest Racing]

All my batteries are ready to go. I am waiting for a break in the weather and I am there. Tomorrow will be a high of 56 and Saturday will have a high temp of 61. Saturday there is a 30% chance of rain. I think I would try my luck on Saturday. I don't think we will be racing at the track, so I will load the truck Friday night. The atomic is itching to run. I will install the Eagle Tree data logger to know where I am at with the prop. As mentioned, the weather is changing, the lake is there, the rules allow us as long as we are electric, no excuse to come out and play.

[Finest Racing]

Loading up early in the morning and heading over to the lake with my son. I will have the video camera and the professional camera. The only thing Ken and I are worried about is the wind. We are scheduled to have 15 to 18mph wind. We will find out tomorrow.

[luhrs]

At the lake by 11 am, winds medium, water slight chop.
First up......Rob with the atomik, Run lasted all of 5 seconds and Rob showed his son and I what a great AIRPLANE the atomik makes.
It was a spectacular into the wind flip at max throttle. WHEW.....WHAT A RUSH!
I made 1 run with the Genesis, no mishaps thank goodness.
My new winter project was madly overpowered. Back to the drawing board.
35 minutes later, back to Rob, He was able to rescue his boat by making the walk of shame to the far side of the lake.
Well better luck to all of us next time.

[Finest Racing]

Could have been worse. LOL I was rolling into the throttle against the current and also against the wind. I caught the wind just right. I did make one full pass which felt good, but I do have a little torque roll if I lay into it a little hard.

My son did the best (8 years old). He had the Revolt out there for about 10 minutes with Ken's batteries. He was afraid to go full throttle. I coached him (as if I should talk) I told him to go out slow against the current and the full throttle!!!! Full Throttle!!! He did it. He had a smile from ear to ear.

The Spartan was DOA. When I did a bench test the motor was frozen. I turned it with a wrench to free it up. Everything was working great on the stand. Under a load it would skip, fart and break up. Out it came.

Arrived home, removed the motors & ESC from both boats and placed a nice order OSE. Lets step it up a little. :-) I also ordered the next size prop for the Atomik. I will be two sizes over stock with the Leopard 1090KV. Let the fun begin.

I took some pictures and video. No video of the Atomik doing a back flip and then a belly flop. It was about 80 to 90 feet out and we all heard it hit. Lucky for me, no damage. While I am working on all the boats, I will install 10"x2"x1/2" piece of wood across the back of the boat. It appears that I am adding power and stepping up the prop size and this could be a weak area. The area is across the rear top portion (stern) of the boat.

[captgeo5]

Hi , we were out at the lake last sat a bit windy . going to lake Shenandoah in Lakewood to run today . let us know when you guys run at the lake , sat afternoon is best for us or a Thursday evening after 4 . I hope every body had a great winter , it reminded me of a MI winter =) COLD

[Finest Racing]

Ken and I have been running at the lake on different days. I ran my boats for three consecutive days preparing for a NAMBA event. The water was very choppy one day this week. The rescue tug boat was used a few times. I hope to be back at the lake this coming week. I will post the date and time.

[duty]

how far are you guys from 08002 ???

[DK535]

35-40mins. A minute off exit 8a on the TP

[duty]

ok cool thanx let me know when you guys run again !!!

[DK535]

We all meeting up to run soon??

[captgeo5]

Let us know when you guy are going to run . i work most sundays like 1 on sat is good for us to run 1276034_675959462414544_1105650123_o.jpg

[luhrs]

Well guys,
Another boating season comes to a close by the looks of the weather. (damn it)
Rob and son (finest racing) and I had a great time running at the lake this year.
DK535 showed up on many occasions, for moral support if nothing else.
I did not get to run as much as I wanted to due to health reasons, but I'll be back this spring stronger than ever.
My winter project will be to research and build something to run in P offshore (NAMBA).
I know Rob has a secret project brewing for the upcoming season also (P offshore).
Hopefully DK535 will jump on the band wagon and build a P offshore boat to run with us.
My wish is that this winter finds everyone healthy and I can't wait to hook up this spring for some serious fun.
See ya all at the pond.

[Finest Racing]

I am hoping that we can get another run or two before it is frozen. I have some new combinations to test. Here is a picture of me in the garage working on the Top Secret Surprise Mad Scientist.jpg

I know you will be running more next season. I am sure once you run P Offshore, you will be hooked.
I am sure or hope DK535 will be around more. Seems he made a purchase on Black Friday to be able to run one class (Motley Crew). I think he will be building something for P mono.

My goal is to run P Mono, Motley Crew, P Offshore and P Spec/Limited

[427srule]

Looking forward to 2015 guys! Only 3 1/2 months to get ready.
It will be here before you know it.

I hope the ice doesn't last till the end of March again


Mike

[DK535]

Rob your gonna run open offshore too right?? We should try and run maybe this week if we can meet. Everyone's invited of course!