The Proof is in The Pudding

Hi All,

Well, I just got back from the IMPBA Time Trials in Valdosta, GA. Time trials are events that test your metal, you try and set records for fast straight line and oval racing speeds. Simply put it’s you against the clock and you either put up or shut up. Did I say that, “put up or shut up”? Yes, I did, and you know what, some guys just don’t understand that — and after an event the “excuses” fly. More on that later.

My personal accomplishments at this International Model Power Boater Association event were;

T-Mono Straight Line, record set at 72.092 MPH.
T-Mono 1/3rd mile 2 lap, record set at 23.929 seconds.

T-Tunnel Straight Line, record set at 75.55 MPH.
T-Tunnel 1/3rd mile 2 lap, record set at 25.722 seconds.

N2 Mono Straight Line, record set at 52.398 MPH.

The T classes are the big boys, you can run 32 cells or 10S Lipo systems. The N2 class is 6 cells or 2S Lipo systems.

My main goal for this event was to prove what I’ve been saying for the last couple years. My heat racing boats are every bit as fast as any purpose built straight line record holding boat. The T mono and T cat I used to set records with had no changes or mods done to them; I used my heat racing props and batteries. The mono weighs 20 pounds and the cat weighs 22 pounds. The N2 mono I put together was 4 pounds 7 ounces when it hit the water, almost twice the weight of the competition.

The weather was pretty nice although there was some wind and chop on the water. Funny thing is while other competitors sat around waiting for “good” water I ran my boats and set records. Even in N2 with a 25 inch boat I was able to set records when the competition couldn’t put one run together without flipping his boat. Not that it much mattered because the other competing N2 boat had nothing for me, he wasn’t in the same league. While I’ve heard the competition’s excuses “I have something for that” and my favorite “the water wouldn’t let me” already being tossed around, they forget I had the same water to run in that “they” did.

So, in conclusion, I’ve backed up my statements with records set, the proof was in the pudding and once again the naysayers only have excuses. If it was the other way around I would keep my pie hole shut and take my lumps — but that’s just me.

Keepin’ the wet side down,
Paul

Cultural Differences and the Wimps

Hi Folks,

First off, to the thousands of loyal readers of my blog (lol) I apologize. I have been lax in posting and your calls for updates will be answered. I hope all of you had a fantastic Holiday season be it late in coming.

There’s been something that’s bothered me for a very long time. It’s a “us vs them” type of thing. Across the globe racing and running fast electric boats has been a niche in model boating. The Nitro powered boats really taking the lions share of participants, followed in recent years by gas powered models. Things are changing though and FE powered rigs are now some of the fastest powered boats there are. As a matter of fact a FE powered Hydro holds the world record for speed at over 140 miles per hour.

The gentleman that built and developed the boat was from Germany, he and his team came to the U.S. last year and set the record in LA. The Germans have brought some huge technical advances to FE racing, mainly speed controls and motors. They are among the best in the world when it comes to speed and that is what this post is about. Being on the top of the heap in any sport puts a bullseye on your back and by human nature someone’s going to be gunnin’ for ya.

Don’t think for a minute that we here in the States have been sitting on our ass, oh no, we have some big guns coming that in some ways are better than anything that has come from overseas. The Germans have seen it first hand and I believe they’re very concerned because their reign at the top is quickly closing. We do things differently and quite frankly they don’t care for our direction. I say too friggin’ bad! I’m really sick and tired of hearing about how we should put limits on what we do. You hear stuff like “someone will get hurt”, “it will raise the cost” and my favorite “you won’t get my respect”.

To put it in an analogy it’s like Republicans vs Democrats, or Top Fuel vs F1, Nascar vs Rally so on so forth. In America we like horsepower and heads up racing; overseas they like finesse racing on equal footing. It’s the same in FE boat racing and we do it here way way different than they do overseas and they just don’t get it.

Stay tuned, much more to come.

See ya,

Paul.

It Must Be True!

Hi All,

It never ceases to amaze me that people will believe whatever they read. Of course I’m talking about the “unlimited” power lipo cells will bring. I love all the keyboard physics professors out there that tell us all they “know” about what “could” happen in FE boat racing. Ya right, and pigs will fly out of my ass too. If these types of people had a tenth of the brains they think they have they would be dangerous!

Theory and practice don’t always (usually never) walk hand in hand. Maybe I’ll get lucky and aliens will visit me in the middle of the night. They will bestow upon me all their knowledge and give me the tools needed to run the mythical boats the professors are talking about. Nope, I don’t live in a trailer park so I guess I’m screwed, aliens don’t visit normal folks homes. But they must visit the professor’s homes, how else would they know all they do? Wait a minute, I just figured it out! They have read and learned all they know from the Internet, it must be true.

Paul.

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