Brisbane FE Thunder Downunder

[Scott T]

The Pine Rivers Model Powerboat Club (Queensland, Australia) are holding an FE event over the weekend of July 5-6.

We have been lucky enough to have RC Lipos sponsor the event for us. Thanks Pat!

The event will cater for the following classes:

• 12C 700 Mono
• 12C 700 Sport Hydro
• 12C Restricted Mono
• 12C Restricted Sport Hydro
• 4S Restricted Mono
• 4S Restricted Sport Hydro
• 4S Mono
• 4S Sport Hydro
• 4S Hydro
• 4S OPC
• 6S Mono
• 6S Hydro

Restricted classes allow only Ammo, Aquacraft, Feigao or Hacker motors.

The course will be a 200m (1/8 mile) oval.

The venue is Mick Hanfling Park, Lake Kurwongbah (Torrens Rd). Any boaters in Aus, or potential boaters, are more than welcome to come along and join in the fun!

For more information, please contact me at tapsall_s@yahoo.com.au

[Heath M]

I'll be there too

Running
12c Restricted Sport Hydro
12c Restricted Mono
4s Sport Hydro
4s Mono
Can't wait

Heath

[Xzessperated]

Good luck guys. A bit of a write up and some pics would be good if either of you get the time but I guess that is not easy when you are racing.

[Heath M]

Scott can do the write up and i'll take the pics lol..
Hopefully we'll get lots of video to post as well

Heath

[Apples1]

What class does the BJ26 fit into on 4s?

Also what is th best method for fitting a cutoff loop?
i am currently running low - mid 80's KPH with the blackJack stock motor and ESC and 4s 5000mah 25c.

i am keen to get into real competition racing.

[Xzessperated]

Scott can do the write up and i'll take the pics lol..
Hopefully we'll get lots of video to post as well

Heath

I see you give Scott the easy job.
He does the writing while you take the pics of girls in bikinis holding the boats.

[Scott T]

What class does the BJ26 fit into on 4s?

Also what is th best method for fitting a cutoff loop?
i am currently running low - mid 80's KPH with the blackJack stock motor and ESC and 4s 5000mah 25c.

i am keen to get into real competition racing.

Hi Apples,

A BJ on 4S would have to run in the 4S Sport Hydro class. When we structured the motor rules, the Proboat motor wasn't nominated for the Restricted class, so you'd have to run with the open motors.

There are a lot of ways to put a safety loop together. On some of my boats I have a male plug on each end of my loop, with the female plugs flush with the deck. The female plugs are held under the deck with a screw perpendicular to the plug, which gives enough grip to stop the plug moving, but allows the plugs to be removed.

Cheers,
Scott

[Jimmy Sterling]

Hey Scott,

Do we have any idea yet on how many racers are turning up.

[Scott T]

Not sure Jimmy, Trev or Dave would know the numbers. I'm not sure how many from our club have entered yet, I know I'm guilty of not having my entry in.

I know of two from Sydney, potentially 4.

[Jimmy Sterling]

Only 39 days, 7 hours, 4 minutes, 5 seconds too go....... Only 39 days, 7 hours, 3 min 55 seconds too go
Still counting down

[Jimmy Sterling]

Still counting down the days

[Heath M]

How many days hours minutes now Jim??

[Jimmy Sterling]

Really wanna know

[Steven Vaccaro]

The Pine Rivers Model Powerboat Club (Queensland, Australia) are holding an FE event over the weekend of July 5-6.

We have been lucky enough to have RC Lipos sponsor the event for us. Thanks Pat!

The event will cater for the following classes:

• 12C 700 Mono
• 12C 700 Sport Hydro
• 12C Restricted Mono
• 12C Restricted Sport Hydro
• 4S Restricted Mono
• 4S Restricted Sport Hydro
• 4S Mono
• 4S Sport Hydro
• 4S Hydro
• 4S OPC
• 6S Mono
• 6S Hydro

Restricted classes allow only Ammo, Aquacraft, Feigao or Hacker motors.

The course will be a 200m (1/8 mile) oval.

The venue is Mick Hanfling Park, Lake Kurwongbah (Torrens Rd). Any boaters in Aus, or potential boaters, are more than welcome to come along and join in the fun!

For more information, please contact me at tapsall_s@yahoo.com.au

Any interest in some raffle prizes?

[Scott T]

Always Steven!!

Seriously, if you'd like to donate something for the raffle, send me an email, and I'll forward it to the race secretary. We always like stuff from OSE!

We've received 81 entries from 17 competitors, so it should be a great meeting. Can't wait!

How long to go Jim?

[Jimmy Sterling]

Wait up, still working it out

[Jimmy Sterling]

8 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes and 20.2345667 seconds
I think, been at school all day doing end of term exams.
The brains toasted

[Scott T]

Any interest in some raffle prizes?

Steven, our Race Secretary (Trevor) has tried sendign you a couple of emails. If you could reply to him with some info on the raffle prizes it would be great!

Cheers,
Scott

[Jimmy Sterling]

Sweet

[Jimmy Sterling]

Not much longer

[Steven Vaccaro]

I just emailed Trevor the gift certificates. Good luck guys.

[Heath M]

Thanks Steven

[Jimmy Sterling]

Weather is predicted to be light showers Saturday and Sunday with light to moderate winds around 10 - 15 knots.
Weather is looking to be holding up.

[Scott T]

Well, the water was EXCELLENT for practice today. Let's hope the conditions remain the same for the rest of the weekend.

Thankfully I finished my 4S Delta Force 33 this morning. Gave it 3 runs, and it runs really well. I'm definitely a DF33 fan! It's frog-green with no decals though, so no photos....

But here's some pics of some of the other boats in action today. Including Dave's 4S Villain S1 tunnel, Heath's Whiplash, BBY SJ and DF33, Kris's Whiplash and Kris's Viper & Seaducer 33.

[Scott T]

Few more - Shane's 4S Syncron, 6S DF33 and 6S/10S Ice rigger. Steve's 6S Ice rigger.

The finish on Shane's boats is amazing, my little digital camera does not do them any justice.

Racing tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get some time to shoot more photos.

[Scott T]

Well, the racing is all done! 2 days of fast electric action we'll all remember. Top effort from all of our sponsors, and John and Trevor for running the show.

I'll let Trevor put up the results, as I don't have the information. But Shane Deacon put on a stellar performance to claim 9 trophies from 10 classes - Huge effort Shane!

Here's a couple of pictures of my boats - my DF33 that came 2nd in 4S Mono, and my poor Whiplash that came to grief in it's second heat. Thankfully it's repairable, so it will be back in action for our next club meeting.

Cheers,
Scott

[andym]

Nice effort Scott, 2nd in 4s mono with DF 33 great, pity about the Blazer whiplash though. It was obviously a great weekend . How many competitors in total? What motor are you running in the DF. Before you smacked the whip how was it going?

[Scott T]

Thanks Andy.

Both boats normally run a 1515/1Y. The Whip had an 8XL in it to run in the Restricted class. I won the first heat, and the boat was running great. But I made contact into a turn with another boat (maybe I was a bit ambitous when I saw that gap ), and I think I glanced off the other boat and collected a buoy. The buoys were a little unforgiving.

The DF was great, I'm really happy with the hull. Very nice to drive, whether it's smooth of choppy.

I think there were 17 or 18 competitors, and heaps of boats.

[andym]

Scott I am thinking of building a whiplash, are you running 2s 2p or 4s 1pack?

[Heath M]

Man i am knackered after all the racing.. Big thanks also to sponsors and to sterlo92's dad John and Trever for running such a smooth event...
I managed 3rd place in 4s Mono with my DF33 thanks to Andrew G for having a laptop on hand to change the motor timing on my B125.
I think i was to hung over to drive the whip today though as i only managed 2 finishes from 4 heats, 1st and 2nd..
I did make 2 other finals but had no luck in either..

Heath