IMPBA D12 Winter Meeting

[Chilli]

Hey folks. Here is what's been going on in D12 over the last few weeks. We didn't have our normal winter meeting this year. Instead, the club officers presented proposals and exchanged ideas via email and phone over the last few weeks. There is still a few unresolved issues in the gas classes but that should be wrapped up in a day or two. Most issues involving FE's have been finalized. The theme again this year with the crappy economy had been giving as many people as possible a place to race while at the same time, trimming the number of classes being run. We want everyone racing with full heats This has benefited the FE racers more than any other group. So here is what's going on so far.

Due to the lousy economy, we've decided to suspend the Championship Points Series for a year. This will help out the clubs financially and promote a more relaxed fun atmosphere.

To lessen confusion we are changing the term P-Spec to P-Limited.

We considered loosening up the ESC rules a bit on the Limited classes but decided to hold off a year. We will be working with neighboring districts to come up with a consistent set of rules to appease the many Limited races that already run the spec controllers.

In addition to the combined FE/Nitro classes we currently have, we are now going to run combined classes in 1/8th scale and Sport 40/Q Sport Hydro. The speed parity rule will be in effect for these two classes.

We will be combining Open FE and Open Nitro classes in both Mono and Hydro. There will be no speed parity rule in any of the open classes and we removed the 8S limit on the Open classes. So anyone who thinks they can beat up on the nitro guys without having your hands tied behind your back, go for it.

The Old Dominion Club has still not lost hope on the Chesapeake Pond. They are still working on getting it back while at the same time trying to secure a second pond.


FE eligible classes in D12 this year.
B / P Mono
B / P-Limited Hydro
B / P-Limited Tunnel
Open Tunnel (6S Max)
Open FE / Nitro Mono
Open FE / Nitro Hydro
Sport 40 / Q-Sport Hydro
Nitro/FE 1/8th Scale
Open Offshore

D12 Race Dates-
April 20-22 - Model Boaters of Baltimore, Greenbrier State Park. Hagerstown, MD
May 11-13 - Piedmont Triad Prop Twisters "Carolina Showdown", Greensboro, NC
June 8-10 - Capitol RC Model Boat Club, Centreville, VA
August 24-26 (reserved for the Old Dominion Model Boat Club should they secure a pond and choose to host a race)
September - 21-23- Delmarva Model Boat Club, Queenstown, MD

Other D12 Race dates-
April 25-29 - Record Trials SAW's, Elizabeth City, NC
July 27-29 - Delmarva Gas Clash, Queenstown MD

D12 Fun Run
October 6-7 - Baltimore Fun Run, Greenbrier State Park. Hagerstown, MD


Thats it for now folks. In a little over three years we have gone from zero FE classes in D12 to nine. We couldnt of done without the help of Don Ferrette our District Director, and the suport of Dick Loeb (Presdent of ODMBA), Carl Cisneros (Capitol RC VP) and of course Doug Smock in D13 (who will hopefully get off my ass now that I changed P-Spec to P-Limited) I know the economy sucks but I hope we can get all of you to travel to at least one race outside your area.

I'll be editing the combined FE/Nitro class rules within the next week or so. They rules are located in the IMPBA web site in the District 12 section of the forum.
(Rules have been edited and are posted)