Re: Tach Race 2015 Final Wrap-Up

Oldenginerod Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:11 am

Mark Boesen wrote:
I thought the stock bee class was fun, kind of neat to see what a nice old Bee would of turned back in the day! I picked one of my nicer Bees (ball joint was tight, reed looked good, glowhead looked new) and threw it in the mail box...its good to be lucky!

Mark.
I also just opened my box of Babe Bees and grabbed a neat looking one which felt like it had reasonable compression, and the head glowed. Didn't dismantle it to check anything else. Just confirmed it was a single port. Don't know if I'd ever run it before- it was just an ebay perchase a couple of years ago. I did actually test run it before sending it. Sounded ok once it had cleared out the gunk so i figured it would do. Amazing how close they all were in the stock race.

Rod.

TDbandit Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:45 am

Oldenginerod wrote:
Mark Boesen wrote:
I thought the stock bee class was fun, kind of neat to see what a nice old Bee would of turned back in the day! I picked one of my nicer Bees (ball joint was tight, reed looked good, glowhead looked new) and threw it in the mail box...its good to be lucky!

Mark.
I also just opened my box of Babe Bees and grabbed a neat looking one which felt like it had reasonable compression, and the head glowed. Didn't dismantle it to check anything else. Just confirmed it was a single port. Don't know if I'd ever run it before- it was just an ebay perchase a couple of years ago. I did actually test run it before sending it. Sounded ok once it had cleared out the gunk so i figured it would do. Amazing how close they all were in the stock race.

Rod.

Yup they were very consistent, kinda reminds me of a stock car in Bracket Racing. I wanted to enter a bee in the stock class but all my bee's are duel ported. I do have an early thin wall single port cylinder/piston set which I still have to "un-stick" but the way I am, it just wouldn't be right to put it on a later case. Next year though i'll have one! Very Happy

(Bandit)

Congrats too everyone great job!! Clapping

Oldenginerod Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:02 am

As Kim clears his nostrels of nitro fumes prior to running the next class, I want to offer a huge vote of thanks to him for his efforts. It's easy to sit back and wait for results and then spend time back & forth analyzing them, but stop & think how much work all this is for Kim. To date he's run 3 classes, that's 25 engines so far. He's still got another 3 classes to run. Last year he had the help of Flygirl Suzie but this year there has been no mention of anyone else in the Skunkworks to lend a hand.
Hats off to you Kim. You have been extremely generous with your time & efforts and we all thank you. (And patiently wait for further results.)
Thanks

Rod.

Paulgibeault Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:50 pm

Hi Rod, Ah yes, your Australian geography certainly does get in the way of an easy visit! ( As if any visit to Australia from Canada is easy...) The Aussies I do know are ones associated with Speed, Team Race & a bit of combat. Mostly on the East Coast. Don't know any of the West Coast stunt fliers, but suspect I will get to see them in 2016. I sure would like to run the 'test prop' used for this years event. That's the last piece of the puzzle that could account for the higher than expected RPM's...
Cheers, Paul

Oldenginerod wrote:
Paulgibeault wrote:
Regarding social contanct, I'd love to meet you, but the tyranny of distance may be against us. I'm in rural Victoria a fair way from Melbourne, a long way from Sydney & a long long long way from Perth. I tend to stay put and don't travel too far from home.
A "cold one" at a barbie would be appreciated as well, although, unlike most Aussies, that would mean a Ginger beer or Root beer as I don't touch the real stuff.
Cheers.
Rod.
(p.s. Do you know Peter White in Perth? Well known stunt flyer, designer & builder. Great guitar builder as well. He lived 5 minutes down the road from us before shifting to Perth.)

GWILLIEFOX Thu Jan 29, 2015 4:48 pm

What engine did Mark use in Unlimited? I seem to have missed the info on it.

And Kim, super job. It is a pain in the rear end to set up one engine the first time, let alone all the ones you've done and will do. Glad there are still doers like you to help us enjoy out marvelous hobby!

Mark Boesen Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:19 pm

GWILLIEFOX wrote:What engine did Mark use in Unlimited? I seem to have missed the info on it.

And Kim, super job. It is a pain in the rear end to set up one engine the first time, let alone all the ones you've done and will do. Glad there are still doers like you to help us enjoy out marvelous hobby!

I didn't get my engines shipped until late, went to ship them Monday and forgot it was MLK day, so they didn't get there until the day before contest.

I believe Kim is putting together a complete contest report for us as well as the Hobbico fuel people. The poor guy really had his hands full with all the classes. I can't thank him enough.

As far as the engine, it's a rear intake reedie, I've ran for several years. The head is a "still good" 1702; cylinder/piston is stock, just nicely mated with no ball socket slop (from a Tee Dee left over from 1/2a pylon days) I anodized the case for looks/wear; polished and lightened crank and install a new Teflon reed every year, from Matt of EX Engines and/or Bernie.

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getback Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:33 am

Didn't Rusty balance those props. and if so MANY THANKS TO HIM !!! Clapping

Eric

Kim Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:17 am

And so, another slightly extended edition of Tach Race is ended. Using the new APC props and Cox Super Power fuel in this year's race, we definitely had some "Wow Factor", with RPM ranges not seen before.

Thanks to all the participants for sending their precious little powerplants to compete in this extremely grass-roots competition.

Thanks very much to our great sponsors for their contributions and support of Tach Race:
EX MODELENGINES
Cox International Ca
Hobbico-Cox Super Fuel
Tailwinds R/C Hobby, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Tach Race 2015

Unlimited
Mark...........................23,970
Bill .............................23,340
Doug.............................23,100
Paul............................22,700
Eric.............................22,600
David...........................22,350
Bernie w/Cox International..21,270
Daryll..........................21,120
Matt w/ Ex Model Engines..20,160
Augustin.......................15,800
Wayne..........................DNS

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Mouse Class
Rod Boreham...................................24,100
Paul.............................................23,500
Matt @ EXMODEL ENIGINES...............23,350
Doug............................................22,350
Darryll.........................................21,700
Rusty...........................................21,170
Wayne.........................................20,400
Augustin .......................................19,500
__________________________________________________

Babe Bee Stock Class
Mark......................................16,230
Eric.......................................15,810
Rod.......................................15,650
Daryll....................................15,450
Bob......................................15,420
Doug.....................................15,030
____________________________________________________

Tee Dee Class
Matthew................................25,590
Eric.......................................24,420
__________________________________________________

.020 Unlimited
Augustin...............................18,100
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Pee Wee .020
Mathew........................18,360
Daryll...........................15,100
Eric.............................12,800
______________________________________________________

I've still got some prize sorting and group photo to do and will post a final report on a new thread so we'll have an easily accessible page that Jacob can post as a sticky. The engines will be starting home shortly, and I'll post notifications here as each one is shipped so we can wrap up this final phase of the Race.

Kim Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:19 am

getback wrote:Didn't Rusty balance those props. and if so MANY THANKS TO HIM !!! Eric

Yes, Rusty was totally on-deck for balancing of the props, but because of a bit of forgetfulness on my part, we ran up too close to the race, and I didn't get them mailed to him. His offer was VERY appreciated though!

Kim Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:31 am

Eric's Tach Race Entries:

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Kim Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:57 am

GWILLIEFOX wrote:What engine did Mark use in Unlimited? I seem to have missed the info on it.

And Kim, super job. It is a pain in the rear end to set up one engine the first time, let alone all the ones you've done and will do. Glad there are still doers like you to help us enjoy out marvelous hobby!

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TDbandit Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:45 am

Superb job everyone, to be honest, I didn't expect to see those numbers including from mine, this was defenatly a learning experience for me!

Cudos to Kim for hosting this and putting up with all the aggravation with the setup and crankiness as well as all the figuring, sorting, pics, video's (if any) and shipping. Something like this would probably drive me up the wall if I had to do it! Kim, "You're Tha Man!!" Clapping

(Bandit)

getback Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:40 am

Well over all I think I didn't do too bad being my first time in the TACH RACE A 5th , 3rd ,2nd ,and another 3rd. Although a couple of those classes had small attendance . But with MARK whipping up on us , going to have to put some work in to try and up the anny for next time round Cool

That was a lot of fun and I bet KIM smells like NITRO !! ( and that ant bad ) lol!

Good Job Everyone Thumbs Up

stuntflyr Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:28 am

Spectacular results, never seen a Tee Dee go 25.5 with a two blader.
Chris...

Kim Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:57 am

stuntflyr wrote:Spectacular results, never seen a Tee Dee go 25.5 with a two blader.
Chris...

Yeah, I realized early-on with the Mouse engines that the numbers, while expected to be higher, WERE pretty far up there. But changing the tach battery and checking it against the shop lights ('bout my only options) showed the same numbers, and the runs DID seem fairly grouped.

I know the odds are against my getting some world record numbers in my little shop, but Eric and Matt's Tee Dee's boh hovered around their top rpms with very little surging, so I was left to record what I saw.

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Ken Cook Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:22 am

I've seen those numbers on the non safety tip Cox 5x3 on good runners. I've seen a solid 26 but backed off. I've had some break the crank right at the cutout. When I had failures it was always flying and not on the bench. I'm sure the rpm's go even higher. I just had a few out myself this past weekend. I really do enjoy watching the TD run. Ken

Mark Boesen Sun Feb 01, 2015 10:21 pm

Kim,
Thanks again for all your hard work.
So now i gotta wonder if we've reach, or come pretty close to the ceiling for RPM for these engines, the top Mouses/unlimiteds pulled pretty close to the Tee Dees!

Kim Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:00 am

Hey,

You guys are welcome, and thanks to all the participants.

Some of the engines are are starting home today. I'll be sending them as I get the prizes sorted, and will type up a final report.

Today, Wayne's and Augustin's engines are heading out...please let me know as soon as you get them so I can know they got home OK.

GWILLIEFOX Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:51 am

Hey Daryll,

I was just talking to David Z and he was telling me about you having engines in the Tach Race. I saw your name, but didn't realize who you were. This forum is great! Lots of fun things to do. See you next fall or sooner. If you are up at Lebanon, stop by; I'm in the west hall, table C35-36.

Bill Mohrbacher AKA GWILLIEFOX AKA Dr. Bacher

P-40 Warhawk Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:52 pm

Hi Bill,now I make the connection,nice to see you here.I will definitely be seeming you up at Lebanon in March,Daryll

Kim Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:11 am

OK...the next batch is headed out:

Rod, David, Daryll, Rusty, and Bob's engines are on their way home. Please let me know as soon as they arrive.

**RknRusty** Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:01 pm

Kim wrote:OK...the next batch is headed out:

Rod, David, Daryll, Rusty, and Bob's engines are on their way home. Please let me know as soon as they arrive.

Will do. Thanks, Kim.
Rusty

TDbandit Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:37 pm

Kim wrote:OK...the next batch is headed out:

Rod, David, Daryll, Rusty, and Bob's engines are on their way home. Please let me know as soon as they arrive.

Roger that! I'll let ya know when it gets to my door Smile

(Bandit)

Oldenginerod Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:38 pm

Two go out, three come back. Thanks Kim. PM me with the return postage cost & I'll sort it out. Will probably take about 10 days for them to get here. I'll let you know as soon as they arrive Down Under.

Rod.

**RknRusty** Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:35 am

Mine is home, Thanks.
I trust you received my postage payment in the mail. let me know if not.
Rusty

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