January 20th meeting ?

[Harusee]

Weather is looking iffy. Is anyone planning on trying to go out?

[Jay Turner]

I'll be sitting on a beach in Dubai on Saturday! :rockon:


srth

[Harusee]

It gets dicey over there sometimes!

[Stephen Mason]

Ray,

Unless any rain is more than just drizzle or it's colder than a "well-diggers a--", I will be there. If it gets dicey later in the afternoon we can go over to my house and we'll have work session on sharpening props. Now I want to make a disclaimer here: I do not claim to be an expert on props! However I will be happy to share what I have learned and the process that I use :hammer: to prepare props. In our club the real experts are Jim & Jay.

If it's really nasty I will stay home and work on my new LSO Mono.

[jantagg]

I don't think that I'll be able to come.

Tom

[Harusee]

I don't think that I'll be able to come.

Tom

I was looking forward to an LSH rematch! I created some ride pads on the shovel tonight. Mr. Campbell told me they were just flat plastic in the sponson shape so I bought some 2mm thick white styrene and cut them close to size and whittled them down to size. I put some putty filler around the edge and sanded it flat and then put a thin coat of microballooned epoxy over the joint. I will give it one more sanding tomorrow night and it will be ready to rock. Here is a picture.http://www.raynash.com/ridepads.jpg.

They extend about a 1/16" of an inch beyond the back of the sponsons as Jay suggested.

It looks messy but cleanup will be quick. I will do a final fine sanding on the edges and clean up the mess with a file. It should be ready to paint by this weekend. I also have the vertical fin on the hatch cover. I think I will just rough prime the bottom and do the top up in a bright color for visibility with some black trim.

What kind of vinyl sizes can JD produce? I was thinking of numbers and letters small enough for the hull and large enough to read. Since it can be a fictional hydro I was thinking U-903(namba #) on the top of the shovel and HOTMBC on the sides of the engine cowling in Black.

Let me know JD...

Ray

[Harusee]

Ray,

Unless any rain is more than just drizzle or it's colder than a "well-diggers a--", I will be there. If it gets dicey later in the afternoon we can go over to my house and we'll have work session on sharpening props. Now I want to make a disclaimer here: I do not claim to be an expert on props! However I will be happy to share what I have learned and the process that I use :hammer: to prepare props. In our club the real experts are Jim & Jay.

If it's really nasty I will stay home and work on my new LSO Mono.

The reason I ask is you mentioned it in your build thread and I have tons of the stuff. I need a little bit for the JETCAT LSO build for flotation but I have more in the one sheet I bought than I will ever need I am thinking.
Let me know and I will bring some. You can laminate it with 3m77 easily enough for any thickness you need.

Ray

[Ub Hauled]

I'll be sitting on a beach in Dubai on Saturday! :rockon:


srth


Enjoy the sun for me Jay!!!! I heaer great things about that place,
stay away from the jelly fish!
:D

Have a safe trip,

[HoustonDominant]

I am up for a few laps Saturday morning, I might even have the UL-1 ready for LSH testing. The UL-1 is undergoing extensive repairs for the hull and structural. I just started the sanding late last night, so I will have to see how much time I have to get it ready. If worse comes to worse I will still bring my regular LSH (just finished extra mods and a new SS1), P-sport hydro, and my LSO (just finished mods as well).

Ray,
I can produce vinyl graphics 15ft long and 2ft wide, or lettery down to 1/16" :) Just let me know the size(W x H, color = Red, blue, gold, silver, yellow, black, fuscia, neon green, white, orange, and I have access to crabon fiber vinyl and chrome vinyl). If you let me know by Friday I can have them cut and ready for you by Saturday.

Steve-O,
Your Oberto graphics are ready and I will have them with me Saturday morning ($5 for the vinyl)

[HoustonDominant]

Ray,

Your small graphics are done, I will bring them Saturday morning to the meeting.

[Harusee]

Ray,

Your small graphics are done, I will bring them Saturday morning to the meeting.


Stephen and I got out and ran a few times before the weather went south. My last run finished up as the sprinkles began to fall.

I slapped my first duck as my LSH is steering a little less surely. The ride pads have added a little speed and a little instability in the turns. On the other hand. The heat shrink I put between the stuffing tube and strut and the rubber I put on the kwik switch has all but eliminated the water in my hull. After hitting the duck I went upside down. Not a drop of water to be found. I was very happy with the results.

Maybe by the next meeting I will have the paint on and I will be ready for that vinyl!

Stay Dry:yeah:



Ray

[Stephen Mason]

Man O Man!
Ray is fearless with that little classic shovelnose!
He has put some nice ridepads on her and adjusted the strut a little and she is running great!

Some of Lake Victoria's resident feather-brains decided to ignore proper race course etiquette, and Ray delivered one a serious thumping to remind him that we run clockwise and LSH's have the right of way on Race Day. Ray wound up-side-down but no damage done, even to the bird-brain involved!

I am now convinced that I have one bad cell in my LSH pack. It was almost 30 degrees hotter than any other cell in the pack after my second run. It's going to be a problem to replace.

Work continues on the "Tortuga SeaBOLT" and she's starting to look like a race boat instead of a basket!

Hope everybody is OK and we all look forward to seeing you next time!:wave:

[Harusee]

Man O Man!
Ray is fearless with that little classic shovelnose!
He has put some nice ridepads on her and adjusted the strut a little and she is running great!

Hope everybody is OK and we all look forward to seeing you next time!:wave:

Hmm I seem to remember thinking that I was quite timid on the far corner because of all the hull hopping. It is definitely a lot looser than it was! I look forward to some racing!

Ray