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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/22/2008 11:41:18 PM   
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That sounds awesome! But what is the plan to get something going with PM? If you really want to get something going you need to go public and promote the hobby in your area. The best plan IMO is to use this thread here or a dedicated community like this one here: http://groups.google.com/group/missouriRCboats ;-)



Sorry man, I wan't trying to keep anything private, I just didn't want to give out the other guys information without his permission.

For some reason the link you gave me just goes to a blank google page.

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/23/2008 12:54:59 AM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/26/2008 6:18:30 AM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/26/2008 2:37:30 PM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/27/2008 8:20:42 PM   
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Out of curiosity can you describe the Flemming Park lake where you can run (Nitro?) RC Boats? Specifically is this a heavily used or seldom or lightly used park. What facilities are at the park ie well developed with various things like baseball diamonds, tennis courts, swings, picnic tables BBQ pits, concession stands or conversely more of an untouched wilderness kind of park?



Flemming park consists of two lakes and multiple ponds. Blue springs lake is a commonly used lake, many people drive 1:1 boats there, I myself run my jetski there. Lake Jacomo is the other lake, I have never been on it, I don't know what the rules on it are. I haven't run it on any ponds or anything. There is also an airplane field, swim beach, marina, multiple launch ramps, picnic shelters, playgrounds, etc. Its a great place, not too "untouched", but not too under-developed either.

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/28/2008 2:50:15 PM   
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Thanks for the information.

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/29/2008 10:29:39 PM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/31/2008 2:09:14 PM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 7/31/2008 3:11:04 PM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 8/13/2008 6:35:52 PM   
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I talked to Kent Theiling again today about Unger Lake. He remembered our previous conversations about improvements to Unger Lake that would be needed to make it usable for RC boating. He asked what would be needed and if there were any other places RC boats can be run. I advised that there are none in the StLouis County area that are legal other than Unger Lake. Rivers are legal but have the problem of the current carryiing away a disabled boat. I noted that the StLouis Thunder Boaters RC boaters club uses a park in Illinois. I described what was needed is a cleared shoreline on one side the length of the lake to allow retreval of disabled boats by fishing line and reel and an access path to this cleared shoreline, optimally from the existing parking lot. Kent indicated that would likely be best accomplished with a Bobcat bulldozer.

Unger Lake has been under water on and off much of the spring. Kent advised that is normal for this lake do to its close proximity to the Meramec river. Unger Lake began life as a pit created by sand harvesting. They have completed repair to the access road which was washed out this spring and removal of a large amount of silt deposited during the flooding. Now they are waiting for it to dry out so that they can get equipment in to mow.

Kent indicated he is willing to consider doing the improvements within his available resources. There has also been a request to adapt the park area for frizbe golf. Kent noted that the frizbe golf people were asked and would not mind the presence of RC boat activity on Unger Lake. So Unger Lake may still become a usable RC boat lake at soem point in time. TBC.


I called Kent Theiling again last week to learn that he has retired. I talked to his boss. She was not aware of the Unger Lake issue and said that it would be discussed with the Director of Parks and someone would get back to me. I received a call this week advising that they would have the site administrator for Unger Park inspect the lake and make a specific recommendation for action. They said that do to Unger lake having been summerged by the flooding this spring that additional drying out of the area would be necessary before heavy equipment (brush hog, etc.) could be brought in to clear any of the shoreline. They said that they would only be clearing a portion of the shoreline. I again described why cleared shore line is necessary, retreval of disabled RC boats by fishing rod, and that clearing 1/2 of the shoreline would be optimal but any would be appreciated. They requested that we be patient.

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 9/3/2008 4:10:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		OK, everyone in the Saint Louis Metro area wake up. I need input form those of you that are knowledgable about the needs for lake access to run a RC Nitro boat. I will be meeting with the Saint Louis Parks department at Unger Park lake Monday next week to discuss what needs to be done to make this lake suitable for running RC Nitro boats. Tenatively (Eastern two thirds of) the southern shoreline of the lake is believed to be the most suitable since it is a gently sloping grassy field now that you can see on the following ariel maps:

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=63088&ie=UTF8&ll=38.554387,-90.442216&spn=0.00362,0.00788&t=h&z=18

http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=38.554381&lon=-90.441369&z=18.6&r=0&src=msl

The current brush that is in/at the water line would be removed and the grass would be kept mowed shorter than now along this section of the lake as the lake water level raises or falls. Most of the rest of the lake's shoreline is steeper and close to sgnificant numbers of trees and bigger brush which at higher lake water levels would make RC Boat operation problematic unless removed ( a significant project for the Stl County Parks Department ). Since the existing parking lots are a considerable distance from this particular shoreline they are considering allowing RC boaters to either park along the side of the road near this shoreline and/or drive down to this shoreline (condition of the soil permitting) to off load equipment. This is based on the current assumption that there would not be a huge number of people running boats at any given time.

Now let it be known that I am a newbe and have yet to run my first RC Nitro Boat. So I am soliciting comment/suggestions from knowledgeable Nitro RC boats as to what else needs to be done/considered to make Unger Park Lake a usable RC Nitro boating location so I may communicate this information to the parks department next week.

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 9/4/2008 4:24:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		I live in Misery...Lake of the Ozarks. Mid Mo Hobby Shop in Jeff is where I get my nick-knacks. there is a group that runs Gas here on the lake and I have heard that there will be some Nitro folk joining us as well. Most of us are in the Boat Industry in some way so we have been waiting for the season to wind down and our free time to wind up... When we run, we drop in just under the Glaize Bridge on Hwy 54 in Osage Beach on the first part of the week...

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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 9/4/2008 5:55:07 PM   
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RE: nitro boats in missouri - 9/4/2008 9:45:57 PM   
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