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When I was in my early 20's I built a Guillows P-51 stick model with maybe a 28" wingspan, reinforced the fuselage by adding bulkheads and doublers then sheeted it and the wing, put an Ace RC radio that I assembled in it with ailerons and rudder and hung a Cox Conquest 15 on it. I had to hand...

Absolutely right. I was taught when I first started racing to rebuild my tanks before every season with fresh brass and stoppers.

Mark, like any racing the key element is preparation. Everything that needs to fixed on a model boat is way easier to do at home in the shop than it is on race day. Once we get set up and I get my boats on a westside tune I will give you all the help I can and I'm sure we can get your boat...

I know the logistics are tough if you are driving from Florida to Seattle to bring your boats, so I tell you what Rick, you fly out here and I will have a nitro boat for you to run.

Hi Rick, We have a fair amount pre-registered and I think the turnout will be pretty good. None of the scale clubs in the NW do any pre-registration so no one is very used to it. It seems like almost everyone at the RCU race last weekend is coming so that's 50 plus boats right there. It's...

People wishing to attend may still register Saturday morning.

The elephant in the room about electric cars is what's the prime mover? Here in Washington, we have hydroelectric power so electric cars make a lot of sense if you aren't traveling too far. In most of the rest of the country electricity is mostly generated from burning oil, coal or natural gas...

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Well of course not, because woke ideology and emotion are more important than good, well thought out policy or the rule of law within the bounds of the Constitution. Biden said it himself during the campaign, "facts don't matter". Notice how this administration and Congress has made almost no...

Yep, model boaters are definitely the red-headed stepchildren of the RC world when it comes to radios.

What is not in doubt is that many states Secretary of States (whom were registered Democrats) chose to ignore their state's own constitution's laws about the eligibility of what votes qualified and what did not, all under the cover of Covid. All elections have some fraud, but this one set the...

Yeah that would be a big Tupperware container.:)

I recently went with a Sanwa/Aitronics transmitter and also waterproof receiver and servos. I like the way the features work on the transmitter and it makes the radio install much easier and way faster. I did place the receiver in a small Tupperware container and cut a thin slot in the side to...

seperate. I have been using Don Ferette's bases with the OS needle for years. Wouldn't consider throwing a boat out without that set up. One tip is to locate the needle as close to the carb inlet as possible so adjustments come around faster. I don't beleive there's that many using the 9B's...

The 3 minute audio clock starts with an announcement that “you are on the clock” and begins a countdown from 3 minutes in 10 second intervals to the 2 1/2 minute mark and then a second by second countdown to the zero mark, which is the start of the race. It’s been the standard starting procedure...

The format for the race will be, All 1/10th and 1/7th scale classes will be run on Saturday with as many heats as we can fit in of the other classes. Our goal is to run 2 heats of 1/8th scale nitro, 1/8th scale FE, Gas scale and Thunderboats on Saturday. Depending on the number of Thunderboats...

Can you post the actual dimensions?

If you look at slow motion video you quickly notice how far the model boats travel completely out of the water. Every time there's an interruption in the roostertail means the boats flying. Too much negative angle on the wing drives the stern down and sets up a blow over situation. Too much...

Mike, No matter what prop you end up with, you might consider going to something pretty tame like a Octura 460/2-3 or a Prather 250/255 and get the boat ride pretty well dialed in before making the jump to warp speed. The easiest way to set up a winged boat is to zero the angle on the wing and...

I don't know who made it but there were ads for it in RCM Modeler magazine back in the 70's and 80's.