End of Season Round up

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Well a quiet season  – however this is true of all fast electric racing both here and in Europe.  Perhaps the “light at the end of the tunnel” might be the introduction of Energy meters, Watt meters or whatever you want to call them.  Think of it like a fuel tank, once it’s gone you stop!!  Either way it means we can buy better lipos from ANY suppler without the yoke of the 260 gram limit, which frankly has killed our hobby at the competitive level.

However a round up:

Well Adrian at Althorne has a nice new bench, which Roger Graves made from scratch – great work Roger.

Lee won the MPBA Championships with his RASCH hydro 2

The new Q mono 2  remains untested – oh well next season…

Hopefully next year will be better – let’s hope so

Here is a video of my Rasch mono 2 in 25 mph + winds from the ELECTRA meeting

 

 

 

 

 

1st Regatta of the season – Sunday May 22nd

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Well not long till we start the new season at Althorne..

Roger has built a new race control system and we have purchased a new megaphone to help with race control!!

Let me know by email paul@heathsrcmodels.co.uk if you want to race as soon as possible so I can do race numbers/heats etc in advance.

My wife will be selling quality filter coffee as well as delicious bacon sandwiches and burgers at lunchtime.

We will have produced nice certificates for 1st to 3rd places in all classes for the winners

certificates

All of us look forward to a great days racing, all we ask is you turn up and are prepared to chip in and help out on the day and go away with a big smile.  We believe we can offer the highest quality Fast Electric racing here in the UK.    Althorne offers a great venue thanks to Adrian

Look forward to seeing you at Althorne

Ospreys 2016 race series Dates

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Hi All – Well the Ospreys are back racing at Althorne next year.

So here are the dates and classes we plan to run :

Mono 1 & 2

Hydro 1 & 2

Mini mono and mini hydro

other classes  such as Eco Expert if sufficient interest

May 22nd

June 12th

July 24th

August 21st

We want to be racing by 10am, so booking in from 9am on the day, but of course please email me with your chosen race classes in advance and I will issue race numbers before the race day.

Happy to allow NAVIGA legal cells as well as the “Sensible Weight” heavier cells that ELECTRA and SWARM are using, your choice

We will have the “Osprey” grill fired up with sausages and burger rolls at a good price. Please bring your own “power supply” as we cannot always guarantee onsite electric is available.

Race fees will be £5 per person per meeting – so cheap racing….

See you next year……

 

 

MPBA Fast Electric Nationals – round up

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Well this was an odd weekend….   We started with an almighty thunder and lightning storm most of the Friday night, at one point thought I had a guy with an arc welder working in the tent!!!  We also had a neighbour in another tent who’s snoring could be heard above the thunder (wish I had a decibel meter) So we started Saturday a bit bleary eyed to say the least…  the rest of the weekend weather was pretty good

Pitting was a bit of an issue this year as the Bridlington club has been “rewired” so no long external extension leads, kettles or fridges allowed.  This mean everyone had to use the power under the shelter for charging, so it was a bit “cosy”

Well Lee and I had a bit of a mare all weekend, mono 2 was a chariot race with 7 drivers in 1 heat which was a bit lively but everyone had the same chance(s)   boats that had been ultra reliable were failing, with motors and ESC’s going down.

So in summary,  the only Osprey who came back with any silverware was Lee, who finished second in hydro 2, one lap behind the winner and took third place in hydro 1.

What was a common thread among the racers all of whom were moaning was how poor the Hobbyking A spec race cells in 3s were, even worse than last years already flakey cells, many packs being 100 milli volts apart , after only a few runs.  So once again cells are an issue!!!

Oh Well there is always next year…..

 

 

MPBA 2015 Fast Electric Nationals

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Well only a couple of week to go..

.From the Ospreys we will be represented by:

Paul & Lee Heath, defending the mono 1 and mono 2 titles

Steph Hart

Roger Greaves

This year will be a good test for the RASCH hydros,  with all of us running them.

Lee, Steph and Roger in Hydro 1 with the RASCH boat and Lee will also be competing with his in Hydro 2.  Roger will be busy as he is also in mini Hydro as well, so all classes put to the test….

GOOD LUCK OSPREYS !!!