Just wanted to make sure everyone understands what we are doing in the Pacific Northwest ----
Currently there is not a NAMBA or IMPBA class for our boats ( we are working on it ) IMPBA members please contact your district or national director - NAMBA members please contact me if you would like this to become a recognized class .. If you go to
www.pnwta.org you will see what we have adopted as our rules -- you will find that we are basically using NAMBA G-class motor rules and a scale of 1/667 or 20% larger than the 1/8 scale hulls from the scale master hull roster that we all use for our 1/8 scale nitro boats. Please don't confuse this class with Classic Thunderboats as most of the hulls that are being produced for that class do not fit our scale rules. We looked at refitting our 1/8 scale boats with gas motors but we could not properly hide the motor and pipe and still be able to call it scale- This is not another Gas Sport Hydro class, it is a class for those that want to build and race scale hydros with gas motors....
From Jim's Boat Dock----
Follow this link
http://www.pnwta.org....0Gas%20E-LAM_1 to see photos of Bob Hulliger's 1/6 scale "Gas Scale Hydro" ...
Bob spent the summer building three wood 1/6 Gas Scale boats. This one ran at the NW Scale Champ race for the first time and the other two, White E- Lam and Boeing 787 are ready for the paint booth. We have many round nose hulls that fit the new class but with the mold for this cowl being done we are finally moving along. We plan on testing my 76 Olympia Beer boat in a few weeks and then she will go to the paint shop.
Jeff Snell has also been very busy- He now has for sale the cowl and the Plexiglas canopy the E Lam and will soon have the cowl from my 76 Olympia beer boat for sale – We chose these boats and cowls to build first because with minor changes they will make many different boats. Rumor is we might also see a glass 1/6 scale version of Jeff's very popular 8255 1/8 scale hull coming out of his shop along with a glass version of Bobs E-Lam ...
We also have hardware being built for the 1/6 class- Gary Jensen has struts for the ¼" drive system – Mike Cathey has larger scale turn fins and mounting hardware available and Larry Kramer is working on 1/6 scale drivers and dummy motors –If you are interested in knowing more about what we are doing in the Northwest please get in touch with us through the clubs web site at
www.pnwta.org
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