dortegon

5th Club 40 Race will be held at Caine Ridge Park in Nashville Tennessee.
Date: July 23, 2011
Field Open: 7:00am
Registration: 8:00am
Pilots Meeting: 9:00am
Racing begins by 10:00am

Field direction can be found on the Middle Tennessee Radio Control Society web site. ( mtrcs.com )

We hope many of you can attend for another exciting day of thrills and fast paced flying. I will make
a final post a week before the event and I can be reached at ( 615) 308-6355 for any further information.

David Ortegon
President
MTRCS

Tbatt

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David,

I'll do what I can to rally the troups and send them your way. I am planning on being there and will do scoring and matrix stuff.

I've found a neat stop watch that can be used to time each plane AND count laps. I'm going to order one today and check it out. If it does what I want I'll get three more. Stay turned........

Tim

JohnMcGowan

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Good morning David,
just checking, does your field have AC power available?
If I can make it, Im thinking about bringing my blower fan that I had brought at RCRC to help keep us cool .... not that is going to be hot or anything like that in the middle of July, LOL
Im not sure I can make it to your race but I will certainly try to come.
Any freq conflicts? Im still FM on ch# 46 .
Thanks,
John

JohnMcGowan

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bump...

JohnMcGowan

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Hey David,
about how many pilots are you expecting to race next week at Nashville?

Thanks,
John

dortegon

I know of 5 here in the Nashville area

dortegon

John, we have a generator that should work

JohnMcGowan

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Thanks David.
Lets see.... 1st place pays what, a Hundred bucks and 2nd pays Fifty ?[X(] hahahah

Tbatt

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Thanks for asking about the power John. I wasn't planniing on bringing a battery and inverter until you asked the question. Now I'll be prepared.

See you guys next weekend.

Tim

JohnMcGowan

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Sounds like there is going to be a good crowd up in Tennessee this Saturday!! Should be a great day of racing and fellowship with the Club40 group .
Who all from this area is planning on going ????

Tbatt

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John, I'll be there! I'm bringing my PC and printer to do scoring and also my new lap counting stop watches. I also got the job of bringing the fuel so I'll be loaded down.

I sure hope the weather cooperates! The weekend forecast isn't great but this time of year there is always a chance of rain.

I had to replace the engine on Batman. The piston and sleeve got messed up when the wrist pin retainer decided to break at the RCRC race. How I managed to take 5th place with a wounded engine shows how lucky I am. Anyway, The new engine is running very well!

See you guys next Saturday!

Tim

JohnMcGowan

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Tim I guess that secret 60% nitro fuel finally did it in huh?
Do you think the little piston circlip broke or was not seated good or just what?

Where is a good place to buy new piston/sleeve sets at a good price? I think Ive seen some going for around $41.00 or so online (?)
I havent had to replace one of mine yet ( knock on wood) but one never knows when they may decide to let go. Its almost reminds me of my racecar days some years ago, the engines seems to run best right before they blow! []

Tbatt

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Tower Hobbies keeps them in stock, $41.00.

I ordered a bunch of TT Pro 40 spare parts a couple of weeks ago. I figured that if I had them on hand, I would probably never need them.......

I'm very sure the clip broke because parts of it were still in the wrist pin groove. I just can't figure out how the pieces got past the piston.

Tim

dortegon

That is commonly know as F.M.

Tbatt

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David,

I picked the fuel up yesterday. We should be ready to race on Saturday!

Do you have fuel pumps? I can bring one of mine, if needed.

Tim

JohnMcGowan

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David,... here is a head count for me as well as David Phillips 2.....it will be Dave and Peggy Phillips, myself and ,.....if my wife can get off work for Friday night, her,....so 2 pilots right there, plus either one or two wives.

And I like my steaks medium well

Thanks,
John

dortegon

John, Thanks so much for your reply.
As of this moment all I know of coming from Alabam is You, David Phillips, and Tim Batt.
Either way we will still have fun !!!!!!!!

dortegon

We will have pumps, one less thing to pack.
I have heard from John McGowen who will be coming with David Phillips then yourself which seems to be all
who plan to attend.
We will still have fun flying.

JohnMcGowan

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You're welcome.
You must have a slew full of Tennessee Volunteers Club40 pilots that are gonna try and put the smack down on the "Alabama Gang" if thats all the pilots that signed up from Bama?
I better go home tonight and clean up my squirrel gun musket , ITS ON now!! LOL

David,..whats the weather forecast up there for Saturday?

dortegon

12% chance of precipitation and heat index 97-104

eduffey

Hi David,

Count me in for Saturday. Tim and I will be coming up together.

Ernie

JohnMcGowan

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All I can tell yall is you'd better watch out!!!
D2 is said to have ordered some overseas special " As Seen On TV" prop wax that is reported to increase the airplane's speed by appx 12 mph !!! I did hear him to say somelthing like..... "it aint gonna take very long for him to get to the front and stay there!"
Yall have been warned!! [>:]

See everyone up there in the am.....I guess we'll be leaving town around 4:30am to drive up ....looks like Im gonna need a BIG coffee cup!

JMc

dphill2

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Thank's John !! you are riding with me >>>>>>>>>>>>

BreakingPoint

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Who won?

Tbatt

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John "Mooo-over" McGowen, again!

David Ortegon will be posting the results later.

We had a small turn out but lots of fun and some really close racing.

Tim