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ORIGINAL: rickyak55

Sorry guys.. I was just so informed that i will NOT be going to the meeting.I want to attend but we have wifes family christmas party sunday... thought i could sneak up and be back for it in time but aparently she knows how ''the gift of gab''works... maby if it was closer.. hope to be informed on how things go.. I can however be counted in on pre race setup and help however needed for events at Stoney Pond also would like to input on some fliers for races and will post them around the cdga.-bloomfield-farmington-maby victor area and can get them to performance hobbys in webster.... should post a thread on IW as well and maby craigslist??? MAN 70 deg. one day...20 deg the next..Gotta love N.Y.!!??!! please keep me posted[img][/img]

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ORIGINAL: advanced builder


Jan 6th

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ORIGINAL: Blackout

Everyone that wants to go to the meeting or wants to be informed on what happened, send a PM to Cindy with your e-mail address. She'll update you on any meeting info through e-mail. Jan 6th sounds good.

Also think about any responsibilities you might want to take on for the races. I took on trophies. I've been looking for good and inexpensive trophies and hope to have a sample to share on January 6th. I have decided to offer trophies depending on class size. This is something that has been done in SCCA Solo racing for a long time with good results. It reduces the trophy cost per entry, allowing nicer trophies. It makes getting a trophy actually something to be proud about. No third place trophies for someone with 25 points in a class of three boats. With large classes, you can actually get a trophy for 4th or 5th place. This is good, because placing 4th out of 10 drivers is something to be pround of. This will be done on a trial basis for the 2013 season. I hope no one has a problem with it because I kinda made the decision on my own. :) But it has worked very well for the SCCA Solo races that I have helped organize. The break down is shown below.

1 trophy for 1 - 3 boats
2 trophies for 4 - 6 boats
3 trophies for 7 - 9 boats
4 trophies for 10 - 13 boats
5 trophies for 14 - 17 boats
6 trophies for 18 - 21 boats
and so on.....

We will clearly state this on our race flyer and on our website.

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ORIGINAL: advanced builder

I can be the fuel guy. If you need one that is ,I will pay up front. Do you thing we can use 100 gal. or 50 gal

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ORIGINAL: engineman351

Rick., Tom dropped off the air scoop last weekend. I set it aside to finish curing...and now it is pretty rigid. Nice job. Is the mold wood, foam...or?? I'll get it mounted on the AM T-Boat cowl shortly. Thanks, Roger

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ORIGINAL: engineman351

Neil...Promise me you will NOT buy that hydro!! The bid at $7.50 is already too high!! The Pro-Boat Miss Bud's are one of me least favorite boats. I have had to work on many as they came in for repair at Dan's a lot when they first came out. On some, the inside of the radio box compartment was not watertight so it didn't matter if you got the lid taped on correctly or not. Many hulls just cracked from the vibration or simply by picking them up by the sponsons. Some of my buddies tried to put .21's in them which just made all of the hull issues even worse. The later versions with the flex shaft were a little better on quality, but performance wise they were limited. My 2 Cents!! RC

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ORIGINAL: advanced builder

Just a little elbow grease and she's a queen Roger
OK what do they use to cut the nitro down to say 50% if I were to buy VPfuel it's 99.9% nitro how do you get it down to the lower amount? The oils added will bring it down some how do you measure % total volume? If I started with 5 gal of 99.9% nitro added 10% oils = 90% yes?

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ORIGINAL: engineman351

Neil...If you were making a 50% nitro blend using 99.9% nitro, you would add equal amounts of menthanol and the nitro. For boat fuel around 18-19% is oil by volume. So if you were making a gallon of 50% nitro fuel... 24oz would be oil, 52oz would be methanol and 52oz would be Nitro...128oz= 1 gallon. A gallon of 40% would have the same 24oz of oil, 62oz of methanol and 42oz of nitro. I will add that the guys who do their own mixing can get good quality methanol (not all menthanol is just methanol) and nitro (VP99.9 is about as good as it gets) as well as an oil with good quality additives...usually with a synthetic blend of castor oil. Then you need a safe place to do it and make sure any moisture is kept out. This is why we usually have Fuel Tecnologies or Red Max do it for us. If you want to try mixing some on your own, I suggest you get a hold of a local drag racer that runs a fuel car and see what they do. They would not typically be adding oil, but they probably have some process for storing and mixing the nitro and methanol. BTW... someone should check my math!! Roger C.

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ORIGINAL: Joe Petro

That must be Mr. Thompson in the green and red boat, making a sharp turn away from the course:)

Joe

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ORIGINAL: tdrock357

Hi, New Guy here and am putting together a easy -vee , got most of what I need ,going to paint in a day or two.I was wondering if anybody can give me some advice for a motor,I ve been doing a little research?

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