Hydro Rob

Shoooooooooooooot, Its tepmting to go... whats the dates?

Hydro Rob

1:57am and its done and ready for testing after I get some sleep. WOOT!

advanced builder

burning the lights late,to get a rigger done ,sounds like Ronlooks like another winner. good job HR We got leaves falling over here. They don't like leaves & the water is cooling down. no inner tube for retrieval now. Will be puttin on the long johns soon. I have a .12 &.21 to build. When will it end? I am thinking Thunderboat. My 2 RIGGER hulls have had a great year. kinda dinged up some. Hard driving.I need to learn better driving skills. I did pick up a Traxxas Slash RC truck to help in the winter. The more I have my hands on a transmitter the better.

Ron Olson

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It's the weekend after Labor Day every year.
Next year it may be bigger with a team coming over from Oz plus Al Hobbs and talk of Jerry Dunlap coming in from the left coast.

There isn't an easy class for riggers there as some of the best drivers show up for this event. If anyone has subscribed to the Me Time Live RC site there should be more videos just uploaded of this years heats to give you an idea of the kind of racers in attendance. Yeah, then there's me..........

Hydro Rob

Thanks AB, see year round we can run, but you got to man up when its 38 deg. outside here.  So many more boats to build.

Going to look at the vacation schedule for Labor Day next year.

advanced builder

Can I come too!! Ron me2 me2 We have a race over here that same weekend. I believe. darn it Depends if I come close to high points man. I better learn more driving skills.
every time they hear a whining motor followed buy a thud. they say Neil's here LOL You heard it here first!!!

Ron Olson

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Nah, other have beat you to it! Steve Ball showed up this year with only one boat, a .21 'rigger and totalled it out during practice! He stuck around anyway and helped out other boaters the weekend. The boat did a full-tilt boogie right into a piling on the gazebo.
Two others that I know of last year, one hit the wall doing at least 70 and another lost radio contact and hit the shore near the dam.

Hydro Junkie

Damn, that's not a such a good way to spend a weekend. Having to help others, while it can still be a lot of fun, just doesn't get the heart pumping like racing your own boat does. Rebuilding boats tends to suck when they HIT ANYTHING at that kind of speed as there isn't normally much left. Unfortunately, I know that one from experience, just wasn't going that fast[]

Ron Olson

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Usually Steve brings along other boats but not this time. He probably already had his room paid for so he might as well stick around.
Right now I've got to finish the JAE gas 'rigger then the other JAE .12 as the second one is turning out better than the first. The boats will get matching paint jobs, probably simple lime green tubs and white sponsons. My JAE .21 is already painted up like that and it doesn't look too bad.
I can always drag along #1 for a donor boat for just in case. Joe did show up this year with parts if anyone needed them.

advanced builder

I better smash-em here. Ain't got a Chance to win. I can't win around here yet. LOL

misshydro

Jw is going to make 4 -5 of them. Two-three as backup hulls and parts. Ron you know we might paint your riggers better then that. simple grren white white sponsons??? Jw should be painting the new hull this weekend.

advanced builder

YES,missyhydro ,4 days of racing one hull for each day Kinda like the Nascar guys

Ron Olson

My Feedback: (1)

Nah, I just want to keep them simple. I'll have my sister laser cut me a few decals. I wouldn't know where to put them though as I won't have any drips, runs or other bad spots to cover!

misshydro

oh brother....[&:]

longballlumber

Not that it makes much difference, but the boat he wrecked was a Brand New .45 Jaguar III. The boat belonged to Bob Ferguson (Builder of Jaguar III boats). Evidently Bob wasn’t comfortable racing the boat and asked Steve to drive it. For many years Steve has driven a Crapshooter for the .45 Class. However, Steve has taken a roll as a consultant for Bob on some of the design aspects of the new line of Jag III’s.

Later
Mike

Hydro Rob

From the Bench to the water. FIRST RUN!  Making sure the trottle response is still there, and it can come up on plane and how hard it can turn so I can dial in the radio for racing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qrH2nz0Hc[/youtube]

advanced builder

Now that's what I'm TALKING ABOUT ,HR

amax

Nice ROB!! You need to put some Bread Crumbs up on shore somwhere out of the way to get them ducks off the pond.

toyotatruckin

lol hey amax, you notice that JAE of Robs is ALMOST as tall as he is!

Hydro Junkie

Is this a good or bad thing?

amax

LOL,, I wasn't gonna Say Anything,, I thought Maybe it was Just camera angle,,

toyotatruckin

well, if I don't give some people a hard time they might think I didnt care [&:]

Hydro Rob

its the camera angle. hahaaa

Tombsy

I'm taking the plunge and I finally finished reading the whole thread, thanks for all the tips and info.
Are there still cowls available for the 12g2?
Also I must have lost the piece of foam for the nose, is it the same stuff as the sponson's?

advanced builder

Wood nose on them sponsons. David Preusse on the cowls http://cdrace1.com/contactus.aspx