BRANDON FL March 2011

[Buckshot]

Nice part is they are. Now if I can find my RCAT.........

Don't blow it up during open water today Flyboy. :lol:

B

 

[Tom Foley]

Tough day at open water (better than working ) with lots of tuning issues for a lot of people . Lots of Magnetic Bouys !!!!!!!!! Gonna be a great race tomorrow .

Mark ..props are killer...... can't wait to get the needles tweaked and shorten pipes a bit . Perfect weather and good people ..all good .

 

[julianconde]

Yeah all the twin guys had issues with tunning but at the end of the day eric's,Tom ,Larry, julian and alex's twins where looking very good. Tomorrow is the day lets have some good racing and avoid the killer bouys.

Julian

 

[TUNLBOTR]

EASY..........EASY.........BE GOOD TO ME.

CD

 

[Andy Greene]

EASY..........EASY.........BE GOOD TO ME.

CD

No worries brother Premo. Between the two of us we will keep the wild childs in line

See you boys in the am .

Andy

 

[John Knight]

Tough day at open water (better than working ) with lots of tuning issues for a lot of people . Lots of Magnetic Bouys !!!!!!!!! Gonna be a great race tomorrow .

Mark ..props are killer...... can't wait to get the needles tweaked and shorten pipes a bit . Perfect weather and good people ..all good .

The boat tuning today has been a big challenge for many. Water is very heavy, full of sediment, so much so that you cannot see more than 8" deep in the water. Prop changes galore for many racers. I have gotten very spoiled with very fast and clear water back home. But the weather is outstanding.

 

[dwilfong]

EASY..........EASY.........BE GOOD TO ME.

CD

Not a chance old 666 is sporting a new BIGGER eng.

C mono here I come.

David

 

[Andy Greene]

Tough day at open water (better than working ) with lots of tuning issues for a lot of people . Lots of Magnetic Bouys !!!!!!!!! Gonna be a great race tomorrow .

Mark ..props are killer...... can't wait to get the needles tweaked and shorten pipes a bit . Perfect weather and good people ..all good .

The boat tuning today has been a big challenge for many. Water is very heavy, full of sediment, so much so that you cannot see more than 8" deep in the water. Prop changes galore for many racers. I have gotten very spoiled with very fast and clear water back home. But the weather is outstanding.

I would have to agree, I reset buoy 2 today and compared to last Sat-when I reset the same buoy- water clarity has changed a ton. I had a hard time finding the sub-buoy in less than three feet.

That said , I never got a chance to wet a boat today. Are the prop changes going down in size John ??

Andy

Andy

 

[moparbarn]

i'm 1,000 miles away drew, & i can tell you - YES!! that water description means smaller or less pitch.......

 

[Norm Doerr]

Tough day at open water (better than working ) with lots of tuning issues for a lot of people . Lots of Magnetic Bouys !!!!!!!!! Gonna be a great race tomorrow .

Mark ..props are killer...... can't wait to get the needles tweaked and shorten pipes a bit . Perfect weather and good people ..all good .

The boat tuning today has been a big challenge for many. Water is very heavy, full of sediment, so much so that you cannot see more than 8" deep in the water. Prop changes galore for many racers. I have gotten very spoiled with very fast and clear water back home. But the weather is outstanding.

That's not sediment! LOL

 

[Joe Warren]

Tough day at open water (better than working ) with lots of tuning issues for a lot of people . Lots of Magnetic Bouys !!!!!!!!! Gonna be a great race tomorrow .

Mark ..props are killer...... can't wait to get the needles tweaked and shorten pipes a bit . Perfect weather and good people ..all good .

The boat tuning today has been a big challenge for many. Water is very heavy, full of sediment, so much so that you cannot see more than 8" deep in the water. Prop changes galore for many racers. I have gotten very spoiled with very fast and clear water back home. But the weather is outstanding.

That's not sediment! LOL

HA HA.... Typical Florida racing, Black water in shallow lakes. You will Prop Down & Pull the pipe back & redrill the head for 10/32 water fittings....... Dead of Summer you might run 3-4 water outlets to keep it all cool....... for sure Not the water you find in Charleston or Evansville...

 

[Tom Foley]

It's not the water with the pea soup particulate Algae !!...it's the **** Full Moon !! Man there are gremlins spawning in Brandon this weekend !!! . BTW a 3 PK will withstand a full sledgehammer body slam to a table and keep on working ...ask me how I know !!!! !

 

[Andy Greene]

It's not the water with the pea soup particulate Algae !!...it's the **** Full Moon !! Man there are gremlins spawning in Brandon this weekend !!! . BTW a 3 PK will withstand a full sledgehammer body slam to a table and keep on working ...ask me how I know !!!! !

You hit the nail on the head, or the table I should say

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full moon fever , Im have some really really weird needle flow meter reading stuff going on

Im pretty sure I figured out HOW to make it run right by the end of the day, but the WHY has me scratching my head.

Good times today, see you girls in the AM

Andy

 

[Mark Poole ModVP]

Interesting you should mention the moon. Last night the moon was closer to the earth than it has been in 18 years...hmmmmm.

 

[Norm Doerr]

It's not the water with the pea soup particulate Algae !!...it's the **** Full Moon !! Man there are gremlins spawning in Brandon this weekend !!! . BTW a 3 PK will withstand a full sledgehammer body slam to a table and keep on working ...ask me how I know !!!! !

You hit the nail on the head, or the table I should say

-

full moon fever , Im have some really really weird needle flow meter reading stuff going on

Im pretty sure I figured out HOW to make it run right by the end of the day, but the WHY has me scratching my head.

Good times today, see you girls in the AM

Andy

Bearings...that is my bet.. Bearings.. OR you got stuff in your needle...

 

[Andy Greene]

What an AWESOME race, Sat was weird ( I still say it was that darn moon) but everyone seemed to get the handle on it Sunday and the racing and weather was well-

KILLER !!!

Great to see all my good friends again/meet some new one's- hang out ,thrash on boats and race.

John Knight and the Blacks, Im glad you guys made the ride down and raced with us- its always a pleasure to have you.

I hope to make the ride up for the fall Nats . and race in your camp.

I didnt close the door as well as I should have with my new Seaducer X-Mono- but Im pretty sure Im gonna be a thorn in a few guys side this season.

This boat has some real potential for its first race, thanks Jerry, driver will get his act together sooner or later

3rd in X-Mono

3rd in Nitro Offshore

Thanks Guys and Gals- That was fun

Andy

 

[Bill Gibson]

Welp, despite the fact that i.... 1)CRASHED my 20 hydro into a bouy 2) BLEW UP my beloved Picco in my Scale boat 3) BARRELL ROLLED MY Sport 40 and cracked the cowl...as crazy as this sounds....I HAD A GREAT TIME! There's nothing like working on broken boats till 1am Sunday morning, getting up at 5am to get back to the pond to RACE those broken boats!! To Prez Steve Hearle, and ALL THE BRANDON CLUB MEMBERS.........A GREAT JOB and a GREAT RACE! Tom, Andy and Gene, once again thanks so much for the AWESOME pit work....you guys always try your best to keep me from doing something STUPID! :lol: Saturday was one WIERD day though!

 

[Tom Foley]

Bill , killer racing ....welcome to the THRASH ZONE !! Thanks and much respect to the Brandon Model Boaters and all my buddies racing this weekend , lots of problems but more good times !

Guys lets all be happy we have some young racers carrying the torch through the efforts of their awesome parents ! Brandon English , Josh Black , Alex Black ,Josh Kindred and Andy , Angels son . These young men are focused ,skilled and the FUTURE of model boat racing ! They are so laid back racing while us Vets are all kinda worked up !! Great times .

On to the next one after the wounds heal !

Big thanks to all the competitors and the Brandon club

 

[thomaselkins]

Prez Steve Hearle, Great race you are very much in your element. Good mood , lots of smiles and looked after all racers to be sure they where informed and which heat they where in again great Job!

 

[julianconde]

great racing everything went very smooth. i would like to thank the Brandon model boaters for a great race..

all classes where very close A Mod Tunnel and Twins where amazing.

The Twin class was probably the highlight for me going thru a wreck  Anthony Black,Tom Foley,Larry Beals,Thomas Elkins,Nub Kopisca my uncle George thrashing to fix the damage done when i struck dic Jones X hydro destroying his boat and doing some damage to my twin and as ussual all the twin members came out to thrash.

Thomas with the materials for the boom tubes,Tom foley with his machine shop LOL, Larry beals with the rock solid glue and set up of the boat,my uncle and i taking everything apart and making sure everything was to the proper lenth, Nub Kopisca with the torch to take out the tubes in the sponsons, Anthony Black with the set up table and ralph almirola on the phone giving instructions on set up and proper measurements.. These guys are amazing went out of there way to help out and i thank everyone for their help and support on the race.

thats why this hobbie is amazing everyone is willing to go out of their way to help anyone in trouble and ensure there in the race for the next heat no matter what has to be done.

Twin racing was as ussual insane,storng and crazy.

Larrry beals had it dialed in and all the other racers gunning for 2nd and 3rd.

Then the Twin Shootout 6 Twins WOW is the only way to describe it 2 boats survived Nub and I when i was comming around for the last lap i lost radio and could not do anything but watch it go in the bushes no damage.

Thank You also to Mark Sholund your props where on the money nothing but speed

Great victory  Nub Kopisca you are the Brandon Twin Hydro Champion you ran Perfect and did everything right..

thank you all for a great race from the winternats to Brandon and everyone that helped me in any way from Pitmans to Fixing boats and advice THANK YOU i will never forget this experience racing here in FL.

I tell everyone you wanna race hard with a really strong running racers come to FL you will never forget what you will experience here..

Julian Conde