MANUKAU MODEL POWER BOAT CLUB Inc

 

Web Site:

HTTP://homepages.paradise.net.nz/nickbree/mmpbc/

Venue: Wattle Farm Rd Pond Manurewa

2^nd & 4^th Sunday of each month from about 10.30 am

 

President:        Malcolm Miller                         Editor   Chris Breen

                        93 Sykes Rd                                         12 Sunset Rd

                        Manurewa                                           Glenfield

                        Ph 268 2742                                          Ph 4445 482                  September 2003

HOT NEWS

TARANAKI SPEED RUNS

On the 2^nd & 3^rd August, four Club Members made the trip to New Plymouth for the speed-runs. Unfortunately, on both days the weather was not favourable for all-out speed with a slight breeze coming straight down the speed traps. The Scale Hydros had to judge their runs carefully and quite a few found themselves upside down. Where the Hydros had trouble with the upward wind the Cats found this to their liking and also did not mind the slight chop. The downwind leg was a different story and you could see them slow down quite significantly. All the Club boats that ran set Club Records for their Class except Dean who also established two new NZMPBA records in P1 & P2 tunnel as well as breaking the existing P1 Hydro record. I think Dean is also applying for the NZMPBA International Records as well and this would give Dean 6 NZMPBA Records. Congratulations on these achievements Dean. Malcolm’s run of 82.43kph unofficially broke the NZMPBA record for C2 Deep Vee and was a shame he was unable to achieve a backup run as required by the NZMPBA (mechanical problems). Malcolm was also only just under 2kph from breaking the NZMPBA C2 Mono Record, which is a great achievement for a very heavy DV hull. I am sure Malcolm will blitz these records at the next speed-runs. Merv ran Radical Rat and clocked 99.11kph, which makes his Scale 45 the fastest in NZ. Jason ran Coca-Cola through the speed traps no less than 15 times and ended up with a top speed of 69.73kph, which is not too bad as Dean’s best time in his record setting P1 tunnel was 69.87kph.

Thanks to the Taranaki Gang for their Hospitality, this was very much appreciated and a big thanks to those who made these speed-runs possible. These were the first official speed-runs that some of our Club Members had participated in and the general census is that we should do this more often.

Below are the speeds established and the new records.

NAME	CLASS	SPEED	NZMPBA Records	MMPBC Records	NEW NZMPBA
Malcolm	C2 MONO	58.44	84.51
Malcolm	C2 MONO	82.43	84.51	82.43
Malcolm	C2 DEEP VEE	58.44	80.63
Malcolm	C2 DEEP VEE	82.43	80.63	82.43
Jason	B INBOARD TUNNEL	69.73	77.17	69.73
Dean	PI HYDRO	69.87	51.87	69.87	69.87
Dean	PI INBOARD TUNNEL	69.87	0.00	69.87	69.87
Dean	P2 HYDRO	78.30	89.72	78.30
Dean	P2 INBOARD TUNNEL	78.30	0.00	78.30	78.30
Paul	C2 HYDRO	77.13	133.58
Merv	C2 HYDRO	94.92	133.58	94.92
Jason	SCALE 45 HYDRO	81.22	94.36
Merv	SCALE 45 HYDRO	99.11	94.36	99.11
Paul	1/8th SCALE HYDRO	77.09	107.30
John	1/8th SCALE HYDRO	85.51	107.30
Merv	1/8th SCALE HYDRO	93.32	107.30
Malcolm	1/8th SCALE HYDRO	96.97	107.30	96.97

 

SUBSCRIPTIONS

If you have NOT paid yet. Please send to

The Club Treasurer Maggie Burns

9 Domain Rd

Weymouth

$30 Adult

$45 Family

$15 Junior (under 16)

TECH NOTES

A bit more about Dean’s boat

It's one of Tony's Jesse James hulls moulded off original aero Marine cat. It has speed master running gear 1/4" drive gear and a 25cc 260pum 4 port motor . It's not run in yet so look out .( And this thing goes round a corner like it's on rails baby).

Paint was done by Headcase Designs. It has aero marine radio box and a hanson tune pipe with a rap to centre header pipe and water jackets. Noise was over come with one of Kevin Grays silencers which got it down to 89db and a Hobby Supplies Super muffler to shut it up to 84.9 db if I'm correct.

Hyperactive is my 3rd boat I have done since I joined the club and racing is something kool to do on the weekend.

WATERPROOF RADIO GEAR?

Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a product that could protect our receivers and servos in our watertight radio boxes when we have a dunking (and it leaks) or say if you forget to put the bung or tape over the access hole and a little bit of H2o gets in amongst the electronics! Well, an article came up on the bulletin board the other night about what they use in the States for these great dilemmas. I took a deeper look into this product and you would not believe it, but I found an Agent right here in Auckland!

The product sells itself, so below are a few testimonies from the Bulletin Board.

You can also find the Agents Phone number and address on the webpage below.

Also, check out NZ Feedback on this Webpage

http://www.corrosionx.co.nz

Racing at the Club Day 10^th August

Overcast weather greeted us with a threat of rain that actually stayed away until the racing was over.

Three 1/8^th Scale hydros were ready to battle it out but unfortunately prior to the racing in the tune-up time, two of these boats had to withdraw. Malcolm with Miller High Life, on a high speed run down the front straight threw a prop and half of his stub shaft into the pond. Jason finally getting his Winston Eagle to come up on speed had the misfortune of having his pressure pipe pickup on the underside of his pipe and contaminating his fuel tanks with used burnt oil. Merv really had his Miss Budweiser humming and was the only one left to race. It was decided that one boat on its own would not very interesting so it was decided to move onto the Class I boats.

We had five Class I and one Class II boats and these were divided up to three boat heats. Malcolm in Skulduggery won the first heat followed by Dean with Hyperactive and Merv failed to get Express to fire. The second race had Bruce with Victory against Wayne with Scarab and Jason with his Class II boat Coca Cola with none of these boats finishing the race. Scarab withdrew with a damaged servo and it was decide to run the rest of the heats altogether. In the next heat five boats started but Skulduggery went down after 2 laps. Victory managed only one more lap before succumbing to mechanical misadventure leaving Express with an impressive win followed by Coca Cola and Hyperactive. Heat 4 had Victory and Skulduggery not making the start leaving Express with another walk away win with Hyperactive just beating Coca Cola for 2^nd place. Heat 5 saw Express just breaking the start with the other boats right on the button. Victory went dead on the end buoys making the racing a little bit more interesting. Skulduggery expired on the last lap, Express passed Coca Cola to take second place but could not catch up to Hyperactive whom took out this race.

The last heat was a thriller in sorts with Victory dying half way down the back straight in the pre race jockeying for the start. Hyperactive, Coca Cola and Express were together but a bit early for the start and had to slow down as not to break the start. This let a fast charging Skulduggery through to start right on the button with Hyperactive, Express and Coca Cola in hot pursuit. Around the top buoys and into the back straight Hyperactive had caught Skulduggery followed very closely by a fast charging Express, when all of a sudden a turmoil of spray and flying boats erupted as Hyperactive and Skulduggery collided and out of the spray came Express lucky to be unscathed. Express carried on to claim the win followed by Coca Cola. Express took out the days racing with 39pts followed by Hyperactive 37pts and Skulduggery with 10pts. Coca Cola Being Class II ended up with 40 pts for the day.

Next up was the endurance racing and there were two 10-minute heats around the M course. With boats having hull or mechanical damage, this left only three boats ready to compete. Hyperactive clocked up 50 laps for both heats followed by Coca Cola on 47 laps and Equalizer with 19 laps.

The days racing had been very exciting with a good crowd watching and hope we see more competitors next month.

Thanks to the Guys who turned up early, to help set up and to Mrs Burns for supplying the BBQ and Wayne for running the races.

Club Hi- Points Standings

Class I Sprint Racing			Hi-Points
40.85	Malcolm Miller	10	SKULDUGGERY
40.71	Brett Harrison		BALLISTICS
29.925	Chris Breen		L & P
40.985	Adrian Milanesi		LAMBORGHINI
27.145	Graham Doggett		OHIO STEEL
40.83	Glen Sayers		BLUE DEALER
29.985	Wayne Lester	53	SCARAB
27.175	Phillip Leach 1		PSL CONSTRUCTION
40.79	Tony Belle		EXCITER
27.225	Bruce Burns	9	VICTORY
40.97	Jason Lester		COCA COLA
27.255	Brian Nesbit		PUSSY CAT
27.095	Peter Wright		OBSESSION
26.975	Dean Harris Hyper	74	DRAGO II
40.915	Tony Cockett		SPYDER
40.81	Merv Sowden	69	EXPRESS
27.195	Dean Harris Rompa		ROMPER STOMPER
27.175	Phillip Leach 2		TWIN

Class II Sprint Racing			Hi-Points
27.095	Peter Wright		OBSESSION
29.865	Glen Sayers		STEVES MODEL SHOP
29.825	Bruce Burns Red		RED DEVIL
29.825	Bruce Burns Ally		ALLY
29.985	Jason Lester Coca	40	COCA COLA
29.985	Jason Lester Bud		BUD DRY
29.745	Bruce Burns Reactor		REACTOR
40.915	Tony Cockett		SPYDER

Class I Endurance			Hi-Points
40.85	Malcolm Miller		SKULDUGGERY
40.71	Brett Harrison		BALLISTICS
29.925	Chris Breen		L & P
40.985	Adrian Milanesi		LAMBORGHINI
27.145	Graham Doggett		OHIO STEEL
40.83	Glen Sayers		BLUE DEALER
29.985	Wayne Lester	10	SCARAB
27.175	Phillip Leach 1		PSL CONSTRUCTION
40.79	Tony Belle		EXCITER
27.225	Bruce Burns	8	VICTORY
40.97	Jason Lester		COCA COLA
27.255	Brian Nesbit		PUSSY CAT
26.975	Dean Harris Hyper	19	HYPERACTIVE
40.915	Tont Kockett		SPYDER
27.195	Dean Harris 2		ROMPER STOMPER
27.175	Phillip Leach 2		TWIN
40.81	Merv Sowden	16	EQUALIZER

Class II Enduro Racing			Hi-Points
27.095	Peter Wright		OBSESSION
29.865	Glen Sayers		STEVES MODEL SHOP
29.825	Bruce Burns		RED DEVIL
29.985	Jason Lester Coca	20	COCA COLA
29.985	Jason Lester Bud		BUD LIGHT

NOTICES

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Brent has step down as Club Captain and Merv has stepped in temporary until a new Club Captain is appointed. Anyone interested in this position please notify the Club Secretary.

Dean, on one of his speed run attempts, did try to see how fast his boat would go without a prop on….though he did seem to take his boat out of the water in a scurry!!

FOR SALE/WANTED COLUMN          

Chris Breen – Editor

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