Chet was at Granger today to check on the milfoil. The city is in the process of cleaning the pond up. They will have it ready for our race.
On Saturday they are having a Farmers Market on the upper level across from us. They have put in new stair leveling on that side so that you can now sit on level grass. The amphitheater now has a back on it and they have filled in behind it, resulting in thinner backstretch for us. There will be a band playing at the amphitheater on Saturday but not on Sunday.
So there will be a race in Granger this year!
7/28/2010 - Columbia Cup Points
Points from the Columbia Cup are posted on the Driver Standings page.
7/26/2010 - Columbia Cup
Results from the Columbia Cup are posted on the Race Schedule page. Driver Standings will be updated once information becomes available.
7/21/2010 - July Newsletter
The July newsletter is now available. Click the Red Newsletter link to the right to see the latest.
7/20/2010 - BBQ at Randy Gosseen's!
This Friday Sherry and Randy are having a barbeque at their house at 6:30pm. They are furnishing the burgers, buns and beverages. If others could bring a side dish that would be great. Randy's address is 4610 Baja Drive in Pasco.
7/17/2010 - Governor's Cup Points
The points from the Governor's Cup have been updated. You can view them on the Drivers Standings page.
7/14/2010 - Governor's Cup results
The results from the Governor's Cup are posted on the Race Schedule page. Driver Standings will be updated once information becomes available.
7/8/2010 - Boat BIO Update
The 1983 Miss Houston (SD) and the 1973 Pay 'n Pak boat bio's have been updated on the Our Boats page.
7/2/2010 - Boat Draw
The following boats are up for draw.
0721 U-21 Albert Lee
9401 U-37 Peters and May
0116 U-96 Spirit of Qatar
Entries are due by July 20. The drawing will be held at the Columbia Cup.
7/1/2010 - Driver Standings Update
The Driver Standings have been updated with the results from the President's Cup.
5/15/2010 - Columbia Cup Passes
Fill out the Columbia Cup Pass form today, and send it in along with your check to ensure your place to enter in the Columbia Cup racing, and to watch the big boats race.
11/21/2009 - RCU Video
Check out this video that gives an overview of R/C Unlimiteds and what you might expect if you were to join or attend a race. If you are interested in racing with us, we would be happy to accept you! You can consider us just an extension of your family. We would love to have you come race with us, and we will give you some good competition as well! We hope to see you at a race soon!
5/24/2009 - Up Close Racing
Here is a video of the '93 Circus Circus making its rounds in an Ellensburg test session. This is your chance to see an 1/8 scale hydroplane running the coarse up close and personal!
Established in 1974, "R/C Unlimiteds" is a group of hydroplane enthusiasts who race 1/8th scale Radio Controlled models of Unlimited hydroplanes, of the past and present. The size of our propeller driven boats are approximately 2 feet wide, by 4 feet long. We use .67 (11cc) sized marine inboard engines that produce around 3HP. Our top boats travel in excess of 60MPH!!! Our over 60 club members race over 85 different radio controlled unlimited hydroplanes ranging from the 1964 Miss Eagle Electric to the latest 2006 Oh Boy! Oberto. We run a fourteen race circuit throughout Washington. While the size of the boats may be small, the competitive juices, excitement and challenge are all as large as they are for our full sized counterparts.
The races that we have are run under the same rules and regulations as the full size unlimited hydroplanes. The race format can vary slightly from race to race, but generally, four flights of preliminary heats are run to accumulate points which qualify boats to run in the "winner take all final". A tally will be made of the points each boat has gained after it has raced against other boats in four different heats. The top 6 boats (#1 - #6), according to most points gained after the preliminary heats, will be placed in the "winner take all final". The next 6 boats in points (#7 - #12) will make it into the First Consolation race. The following 6 boats in points after that (#13 - #18) will make it into the Second Consolation race.
An example of one race format could be as follows:
The Second Consolation race would be raced, and the winner of that race would advance into the First Consolation race.
Then the First Consolation race would be raced (including the winner of the Second Consolation) and the winner of this race would become the "trailer" in the "Winner take all Final".
The "trailer" in the "Winner take all Final" has to start two buoy lengths back at the start of the race, unless another boat in the Final were to "die" before 30 seconds to the start. If a boat in the Final dies before the 30 seconds to the start of the race, then the "trailer" boat can start up with the rest of the group instead of having to start two buoy lengths back.
HEAT RACES:
1st place earns 400 points
2nd place earns 300 points
3rd place earns 225 points
4th place earns 169 points
5th place earns 127 points
6th place earns 95 points
7th place earns 71 points
Full points are awarded in preliminary heats, and in the Final
1/2 points are awarded in the First Consolation heat
1/4 points in the Second Consolation heat.
Our circuit is called the Oh Boy! Oberto Championship Series and runs from April through October each year. An average of forty boats show up at each event and the races run from about 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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Columbia Cup Pass form today, and send it in along with your check to ensure your place to enter in the Columbia Cup racing, and to watch the big boats race.