Chris Harris All Star "Electric" Hydro Shoot-Out

[TeamFubarRacing]

the orange hull is spoken for... one more IROC boat is still available

Ron

[TeamFubarRacing]

our six all star hydro shootout drivers will receive world class rc specific sunglasses compliments of:

www.modelglasses.com/products.htm

and that is a good thing... the morning sun is in turn 1-2 big time

Capt'n Ron

[Ub Hauled]

that is cool, I didn't even know they made RC glasses...
do they come RTR ?

[Doug Smock]

Things have been pretty rough here.
I lost my youngest brother just before the Valdosta SAWs. Shawn was just thirtyseven and left behind a wife and two children, a three year old daughter, and thirteen year old son. He was my best bud next to Casey.
By buddy David Watson passed away the Monday after the SAWs. David loved his fleet of Chris Crafts, Lobster boat, and sail boats. David left behind a wife and two grown children.
Davids funeral was last Saturday. On Sunday we recieved the call that my mother inlaw Ms. Sally had passed away. Sally left behind seven children and fifteen grand children. She was a great lady who treated me like one of her own.
Man, somebody throw us a rope!!!!!!........

On the brighter side, "good news", I finally had some time to get back to work on the hydros. The insides are painted, servos, hardware, ect are installed and they're almost ready.
Hopefully, I'll be able to post pics of the finished boats by next weekend!!

Thanks Steve Rogers (flightPower USA) and John Snider (Torkit) for the RX. packs and voltage regulators!
Thanks also to my buds John Snider and Jimmy Banks for your help soldering up the ESCs. That saved me a ton of time!!
Ned Schmidt, thanks for hooking us up with custom couplers on such a short notice. They are awesome, as usual!!!

Here are a few pics,

Doug

[Ub Hauled]

Doug,
it's rough when such close people are taken away too early... hang in there man,
things will get better, remember, everything cyclical and there are ups and downs in life.
Obviously you are in a down side right now... goods things WILL come!
The boats look great!!!! I wish I lived closer to see all the action and some of you "pros" doing the deed
Thanks also to the people that collaborated to the assembly.

[Doug Smock]

Doug,
it's rough when such close people are taken away too early... hang in there man,
things will get better, remember, everything cyclical and there are ups and downs in life.
Obviously you are in a down side right now... goods things WILL come!
The boats look great!!!! I wish I lived closer to see all the action and some of you "pros" doing the deed
Thanks also to the people that collaborated to the assembly.

Thank you sir!!

I'll post more pics at the end of the week!

Doug

[Doug Smock]

Progress pics.

BTW, Big thanks to Paul Rollins of the Atlanta Model Boaters for the PVC boat stands. These stands will remain with the boats.

Doug

[Doug Smock]

The boats are ready to go.

Thanks again to Phil Pace, here is a picture of Phil laying some vinyl down.

And..............The first of seven IROC EDITION Vac-U-Pickles

[Doug Smock]

And the rest of the fleet.

Tough taking pictures in the shop but.....

[Doug Smock]

Had enough? Oh well. LOL

[Doug Smock]

Ok!!! I'm almost done.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE SPONSORS WHO STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
VAC-U-BOAT, FLIGHTPOWER, NEU MOTORS, CASTLE CREATIONS, FULLERS FAST ELECTRICS, OFFSHORE ELECTRICS, TORKIT, MODEL GLASSES.
Doug

[teach]

That is just awsome.

I think that green one needs to be tested PICK ME PICK ME

[Doug Smock]

That is just awsome.

I think that green one needs to be tested PICK ME PICK ME

Thanks Teach!

Doug

PS We had a family portrait made today before I said goodby.LOL

[line6]

Man those are sweat

[RayR]

That is one ugly dude holdin that boat. HA!

Ray

[teach]

That is some serious quality control.....even the antennas are bent the same!

[RayR]

Doug has spent some serious time makin sure these boats are EXACTLY identical. When you have the best boat drivers in north america doin an IROC race, you better have your *!***!***!***!** together.

THANKS DOUG!

[Doug Smock]

Doug has spent some serious time makin sure these boats are EXACTLY identical. When you have the best boat drivers in north america doin an IROC race, you better have your *!***!***!***!** together.

THANKS DOUG!

Ray, enjoy the race and let me know when I can un-cross everything.
Thanks for taking care of the boats pitside.
And yeah, I'm pretty ugly but I've seen worse.

Thanks for the cudos line 6.

Doug

[Doug Smock]

Phil posted some race pics here http://vac-u-boat.com/IROC_Shootout_2008.htm


Doug

[Steven Vaccaro]

Great job on the boats. How did the race go? Any video?

[hebner]

Here are a few videos I took during race weekend. I have a few more I will post tonight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur3qLGcCjo4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suJL8_ti7xE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-4R28Fman8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOApxxk80l0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BHQmXJAJs4

[Doug Smock]

Great job on the boats. How did the race go? Any video?

Thanks Steven, and thanks again for your help with this project.
Everyone I have talked to had a blast and Chris did his usual good job as the CD.


Phil added some video bits to the bottom of the page.
http://vac-u-boat.com/IROC_Shootout_2008.htm

Doug

[AndyKunz]

Where are the heat and race results published? I haven't found that link yet.

Thanks.

Andy

[Doug Smock]

Where are the heat and race results published? I haven't found that link yet.

Thanks.

Andy

Hi Andy,
Chris H. Posted this on RRR.

" I thoroughly enjoyed hanging with all the guys. It was good to meet Mark and Eric and to see the other guys again, many of which I haven't seen in years.

A big thanks to everyone who helped Ron and I put this race together and all the sponsors for their generous support. I know it has already been said but Steve Rogers of Flight Power worked his tail off and went above a beyond. Also special thanks to Phil Pace of Vac-u-Boat for the great hulls and all the help and AWESOME pics he took. You can see a preview here http://www.vac-u-boat.com/IROC_Shootout_2008.htm

The result were as follows:
1st Mark Anderson
2nd Jerry Crowther
3rd Doug Twaits Jr.
4th Dick Crowe
5th Steve Reesor
6th Eric Bourlet

All drove hard and the racing had to be seen to be appreciated. It was nuts!!!

The main sponsors are all receiving one of the boats from the race. The one each gets was decided by a drawing.

Flight Power/ blue
Vac-u-Boat/ red
Fuller's Fast Electrics/ mocha
Neu Motors/ white
Castle/ Green "

Chris

[AndyKunz]

Thanks. I don't go there any more, but I appreciate the info. Ron asked me who I thought would win and I said Mark or Dick. I least I got it half right

Andy

[Brushless55]

Two, IROC Series, Signature Edition,Vac-U-Pickles.

What you get:
IROC Series, Signature Edition,Vac-U-Pickle RTR less radio, that includes......
1 Set of Fullers hardware including Hughey 150 cable
1- Neu 1509 1Y 3600kv motor
2- FlightPower EVO25 5000 2S packs
1- Castle Creations Hydra 120 ESC
1- Ned Schmidt custom coupler
1-Hitec HS225 servo
1-FlightPower EVO-RX 1345ma 2s rec pack (not shown)
1-FlightPower FT5-AVR voltage regulator (not shown)
1-Chris Harris sharpened , balanced and modified as he sees fit, Octura X442.

The componet cost alone is just over $1000.00 not including misc.,we are asking $800.00 shipped to the lower 48.
The boats will be sold to the first two people to contact Capt. Ron via PM or email, teamfubarracing@aol.com for payment and shipping instructions.
The boats can be picked up at the race, or will be shipped after the race.
The boats will bear the signatures of all six participating racers unless otherwise requested.

Thanks again to all of our sponsors for making this possible.

Doug

Is the 3600kv motor ran on 4s?
That's alot of rpms, wow!

[HappyOne]

No, 2S in parallel. Believe it or not

[Brushless55]

Awesome, that's what I was thinking it should be..