2014/2015 Scottsdale Model Boaters Season

[jhl1963]

Thank you

[D. Newland]

12/21/14

We're getting close to Christmas, so we had some attendance drop off, but we still had 11 racers participate! Great day, mostly sunny, no wind, high of 68. Just like we like it.
Welcome Sean Sanchez! He's a friend of Ray's and has a UL-1 that was getting trimmed well throughout the day.


P-Ltd Mono

6 boats, and some serious concentration going on in these heats! Throttles pinned the whole time. Good stuff.

David N: 1100 pts
Ray P: 650 pts
Kerry W: 494 pts


P-Ltd Cat

5 out there today. Perfect conditions for all boats, but the cats really looked good out there today.

Ray P: 1200 Pts don't let it go to your head
Chuck M: 900 pts
Kevin S: 75 pts


Vintage/Modern

More of a fun run today as we were missing a few scale guys. I will say that Ray's Modern is every bit he says it is, and Chuck's Vintage hums right along!

LSH

Started out with a 7 boat heat, but it widdled down to 6, then 5 in short order. Fortunately, all damage was self inflicted! A boat or 2 may have found the shoreline... Kerry has been working on his Insane, or shall I say leaving it alone? It was running very well today.

David N: 1200 pts
Kerry W: 825 pts
Matt D: 525 pts


OPC

Team Osborne (Jim/Ray) and I went head to head a few heats, but it was more testing than anything else. Yes, Pete, I'm mad at you for not showing up. Choosing partying Saturday night over our club event. How dare you.


Next race is January 25th! We'll need to pay attention to the water level as January is the month they drain the pond for dam maintenance. I'll be in touch.

If you haven't already, please sign up for WW XI! We'll get rolling with info/signups/sponsorships once we get through the holidays.

Speaking of which, have a great Holiday Season!

[rayzerdesigns]

so if they drain it..are we gonna move the date?? if anyone know where I can get my hands on a ml 295 or 300, please let me know..or a lynx

[rayzerdesigns]

anyone going to tucson for club race on the 18th of january..

[Chegelheimer]

Hey guys I have a Spartan that I have built wanted to find out more about racing with some other people. Cheers :)

[rayzerdesigns]

not sure what size Spartan is, but I think its bigger than 34" but maybe q class?? anyone else help here??

[rayzerdesigns]

also what classes are people going to run this weekend, the Hiltons are coming from cali, so we should have 5 to 7 moderns if everyone shows and races..vintage..lsh..p lim cat..p lim mono..p momo..opc?? offshore??

[Chegelheimer]

Yes I believe it is actually a 36" Hull. Although its not Stock at all Im running a 180A Esc with a TP 4060 1720Kv motor on 6s. Thanks for the help! :) Even if theres not a class I fall in I would love to just check out what other guys are running and partake... Cheers.

[rayzerdesigns]

come on out this sunday, you do have to have a namba membership to run, but plenty of racing to watch and plenty of people to help answer your questions

[Chegelheimer]

Just filled out the app online and paid the 50 bucks and it showing on my NAMBA account. Not sure if I need the actual card to compete but looks like I am a registered member now! :)

[rayzerdesigns]

ok..if you don't have card by sunday, just bring copy of email

[rayzerdesigns]

One day..see ya all tomorrow bright and early..79 for high temp..woowoo

[D. Newland]

01/25/15

Nice mid 70 degree day, partly cloudy. Couldn't have asked for a better day to be at the pond. We had a nice turnout again, with 15 racers including the Ca Hilton's. They had a truck load of boats, but unfortunately left their radio gear at home! They scrambled and with some help from other racers, managed to get some boats on the water.

P-Ltd Mono

8 boats entered. We split the class, until the last round when we combined the remaining 7 boats.

David N: 1025 pts
Lenny B: 1000 pts
Jim O: 650 pts


P-Ltd Cat

11 boats entered. Congratulations to Bruce Lewis for getting 2 heat second places today! He didn't make the podium, but is driving much better.

David N: 1100 pts
Jim O: 969 pts
Dave H: 925 pts


1/10th Vintage

Let's just say some of the gremlins were left on the pond so that 1/10th Vintage can have a good showing @ WW XI. Due to the radio issues, the Hilton's swapped the boat back and forth (1 heat Dave ran it, the other Peyton), and still were able to top everyone else.

Dave H: 425 pts
Peyton h: 425 pts
Ted M: 400 pts


LSH

Chuck Murray really has a nice boat and he's driving it better, too. I guess the r/c car practice out in the street is paying off! But, a stock UL-1 takes the top spot.

Dave H: 969 pts
Chuck M: 850 pts
Kerry W: 769 pts


1/10th Modern

Ray's 1/10th is definitely a step above the others as he's been working on it religiously for a while now. And, no buoy hits! If he would have just not flipped it that one heat...


Ray P: 825 pts
Dave H: 700 pts
Ted M: 400 pts


That concludes our scheduled club racing for this season. We can discuss scheduling a race in March, after the WW XI race, but the weeds become a problem right around that time. One option is to invade Tucson's March club race date...

WW XI is fast approaching. We have a few coming from Michigan, Pags from the East Coast, and I continue to field calls/texts from Colorado guys looking to get their fix on before their Nats! We've got Lenny Blake CD'ing all 3 days this time, which is a first. Our club is stronger than ever and we're eager to throw the best WW race yet.

[rayzerdesigns]

tucsons club race is on the 22nd of march..and they always welcome us..and don't forget district 19 race on april 18th and 19th in Tucson..would be nice to get a good showing of fe guys there and other district races..i am going to try and make all of the district races minus san diego, if anyone is interested in going