IMBPA D12 Points Race #3, Queenstown, MD

[Chilli]

The Delmarva Model Boaters present District Points race #3 in Queenstown, Maryland on the weekend of June 11th. Queenstown is located on the Eastern Shore of MD just east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Delmarva Club did a great job getting all the district classes on their flyer. I'll be out there as well as Don Ferrette and Kent (Hotwater).

I know we have few new board members on the DELMARVA Peninsula and hope to see some of you guys come out and see how much fun we have racing. Of course our brothers in NAMBA D1 are always welcome to come down as well!!!

[properchopper]

Good luck Guys ; shred that water !!!

[moonlighter112]

Thanks for getting this posted ,Carol and I will be there get motel soon

[HOTWATER]

Dick, will you be bringing your P-mono (Cyberstorm)? Also P-spec tunnel?

[moonlighter112]

I just might just do that

[Chilli]

We'll it doesnt look like I'm going to have a P-mono this year. Jerry, after holding my boat for two weeks said that it was obvious that the deck that tore off my Seaducer (the first day the boat touched the water, running by itself) was no ones fault and that the boat was built properly. I told him I know sometimes it's an act of God and I understand they cannot reinforce the sides all the way to the tip of the bow, but there was no adhesive on the CF in the hull and that no amount of FG tape on the sides is going to hold the boat together if the nose isnt bonded properly. I also told them everyone that witnessed the stuff and saw the boat afterwords said it should not have happened. These are guys that attended SAWs with Jerry the previous weekend in NC. They did offer me a new boat very cheap but I told them if thats the best boat they can build, that I wasnt going to risk $750 worth of electrics. It was probably very stupid of me, but I told them to keep the boat and that I'd eat the loss and take my busniess elseware. I don't care at this point. I'm just disgusted.

[Maryland FE]

Chilli,

Sorry to hear about your Seducer. Don't worry I would have had the same reaction and said the same things, if not worse. I'll definitely see you and Kent on Saturday and Sunday. Friday I'll be at the US Open.

Pete

[egneg]

If memory serves me Andym's seaducer did pretty much the same thing and he repaired it himself. It looked kinda like a christmas tree - red with a green nose. That's a bummer Mike as I just got my P-mono dialed in and it drives much better than the El Lobo. Now all I need is some buoy time.

[Chilli]

Looking foward to meet you at Delmarva Pete!

Chuck, I do remember the Duck F%$er doing the same thing. I built the freaking boat twice and and I got a lap and a half out of it. Dick called me and offered a Aeromarine hull he has sitting in the trailer. I may do that or maybe build a new one. We'll see what happens. I'm glad you got the new hull running well. Hope you can make it to Centreville!!!

[egneg]

Looking foward to meet you at Delmarva Pete!

Chuck, I do remember the Duck F%$er doing the same thing. I built the freaking boat twice and and I got a lap and a half out of it. Dick called me and offered a Aeromarine hull he has sitting in the trailer. I may do that or maybe build a new one. We'll see what happens. I'm glad you got the new hull running well. Hope you can make it to Centreville!!!

Dick offered me the hull as well but I had already gotten the PI Fountain 33. As a matter of fact AndyM asked my why I bought such a POS.

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[HOTWATER]

Thanks Dick, It will be great see you and Carol. Glad you will be there!

Mike, I am sorry to hear that there will be no fix to the Seaducer situation. I can't believe all of the time you put into TWO seaducer builds that you only got a very small amount of runtime out of it...that is just rediculous bro!!! I feel your frustration!! I hope Jerry feels ok about letting a good customer go like that.......and alot of people read these threads...........

Pete, it will be good to meet you... you will love being at the Delmarva race! Alot of good people there...

And Chuck, your mono looks good to me!! Let it rip!

[Doug Smock]

Mike man I'm sorry about your Ducer. All of my monos (no matter who makes them) get the two part foam treatment. I put my 42 into the bank at over 80 mph (BAD, BAD hook) and was able to repair it for the RT.
Again sorry bud.
Doug

[Chilli]

Don't sweat it guys. Sometimes you do the pin'n and sometimes your the pinata. I'm sure Jerry is happy to have one less PITA to deal with.

Irony: Putting two part foam in all your boats except for the Seaducer.

[moonlighter112]

IMOP it still should have not come apart it was only running at a slower speed what ahshame. I cannot belive JERRY did not replace the boat no questions asked.

[Chilli]

Rose answered all my emails. I wonder why Jerry can't take the time to do it himself. I told them I wasnt going any faster than normal heat racing speeds and that there were plenty of witnesses, many of whom were at SAWs with Jerry the previous week. Didn't seem to matter to them. Thats okay. I have no confidence in them or thier product. Time to move on.

[cybercrxt]

Wow, I cannot believe that is the answer you were given. I might stress this is the second hull you got from them. The first having many problems of its own to the point you sent it back to Jerry on your own dime ($40 shipping costs). I know, as I purchased that defective first hull from Jerry at the SAW's for cheap. It too, was missing the glass cloth at the front, so I had to 2 part foam the bow area to help with that, secondly, the engine rails, upon a lot of review, are indeed not straight with the hull. This forced me to mount the motor a little bit sideways to minimize binding in the drive train.

Another thing I might note from your picture Chilli. It looks like even if they had glassed all the way to the bow, you would have had issues anyway. The reason I say that is they did not even sand the inside of the deck/ hull to help promote additional glass/resin adhesion at the bonding area. It was honestly a matter of time before the deck split from the hull, collision or not.

I am really suprised as Jerry seemed like a very nice, passionate guy. That is a shame nothing is being done to make this right. That hull Dick has runs good, so take him up on it!

Mike

[cybercrxt]

And why let them keep your hull, have him ship it back with another deck nose piece so you can repair and paint the hull. Heck, I will do it for you. Mike

[Chilli]

I appreciate you verifying the problems with both boat boats Mike. I pointed out to them that the CF on the nose of the hull was clean as a whistle with no resin. And that no amount of reinforcement on the sides is going to make up for the nose not being properly bonded. I asked them if they could replace the deck but they said it was too much work to replace or patch it.

They offered another boat dirt cheap plus shipping. But I have already paid $200 for the hull $80 for hardware and $75 to box and ship two hulls back to them. I told them to keep the boat. If that's the best they can build a boat, I'm not going to risk putting $700 worth of gear in another one. They are not going to get one more penny out of me.

Hope you have better luck with hull #1 Mike. Steve Sutton told me to run bead of Aerospace Epoxy along the seam at the bow. I think he told me John Finch sells it.

[moonlighter112]

Kent are you running your P-MONO.Dick

[Chilli]

I told Kent you ordered both of us to run our P-mono's. I'm getting ready to do a little work on the Scorpion.

Looks like James is not running B-mono at the next two races.

[moonlighter112]

Looks like its gonna be a electric show,if kent isnt going to run I will put a boat together for carol

[Chilli]

Kent said he'll hit the pond this weekend and get the Rico ready to run.

[moonlighter112]

Good deal

[Doug Smock]

Kent are you running your P-MONO Dick

Kent why do you let him talk to you like that???

Oh..... nevermind.

[HOTWATER]

Kent are you running your P-MONO.Dick

Yes, I am running my P-mono. Also running my P-Spec Tunnel.....

-Kent

[Chilli]

Here's the Luszcz/Chilli prepped P-mono I slapped together for next weekend (thanks to Dick).

The boat was pretty much put together when I got it. I just added a few Chilli mono touches. Working on this boat was a pleasure after wrestling with the tight confines of the Seaducer. Dick and Mike knew what the boat looked like before so the following discription is for them. The Trim tabs were loose so I flipped the brackets over and reinstalled them. I trimmed the top of the rails toward the front so they look "purdier". I pulled off the tray at the back of the transom and trimmed it down so it would fit inside the rails. I added another tray fore of the motor for the speed controller and a brace for the stuffing tube near the coupler. I also layed down some fresh velco and added an antenna mount. I have a drive dog and Scorpion decal orderd to finish her off. Power is a Hydra Ice and a 1521/1.5D on 4S2P. I didnt use my 1515 1Y because it's sitting in my FE30. I had the 1521 and Ice controller left over from oval trials. Prop will be a 447/3. Hopefully the mount will hold that big motor and the hull can take power. She'll hit the water for the first time at testn'tune on Friday (story of my life). This might be a good boat for Carol once I get a new hull.

It may be an all electric B/P Mono. Dick Tyndall retired his "B" and Carl isn't comming. Danny Weimer posted on Jim's that entries have been on the light side.

I don't know if there will be enough B/Spec hydros? We may have to move John to open FE hydro.

[egneg]

Looks great Mike ... good luck at the races.

[moonlighter112]

Chilli I thought you and kent were going to run B-Mono ?

[Chilli]

We are Dick. We're making some adjustments to the entries.

[carlcisneros]

wish Dick would un-retire his B mono for our race at the end of the month.

want to run with him one more time before i do the same to my b-mono.