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Montgomery Model Boat Club News MMBC is hosting the 1st NATIONAL NIRVANA REGATTA (Go to above link.) NEXT CLUB SAIL
Saturday 2/11/2012 at 12:00 noon till... Forecast is: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a north wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
We've had approximately 33 Nirvana's join our fleet. There are usually some at every club sail. IMPORTANT!!! (Read Below) The following Nirvana Class sail/hull numbers are registered within this Class and can not be duplicated:
#03 Ragtop
Be sure to order a "bow bumper"
for your boat! It will keep you from damaging your boat or putting a hole in someone else's. You can purchase one of these at "Sail RC Nirvana" in the links below.
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Commodore:
Robert (Crash)
Captains:
Belinda (Sunshine)
Bill
Bill (Sailorman)
Burke
Burle
David
Dick
George (Murphy)
Grant (Trooper)
Jim (Doodah)
Jim (Goose)
Joan
Joe
John (D-day)
Lu
Mike
MIA (Earl)
Michael
Morris (Fastenuff)
Ray
Robert (Absent)
Robert (Crash)
Roger
Ron
Rudy
Steve (Crunch)
Terry (Scooter)
Tom (Die Hard)
Tom (Scotty)
Whit
Will
William (Sea Dog)
Junior Captains:
Brian
James
Jon
Rachel
Founding Members:
George Arauz
Belinda Franklin
Robert Franklin
Terry Hawkins Links Section
Vintage Hydroplane Boats
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For 2010...this is a brand new class of hydros in the building/planning stages. These are scale boats, built in vintage shovel nose style. The boats were called Thunder Boats and ran from the 1940s well into the 1970s before being replaced by todays gas tubine hydros. Most ran WWII fighter plane, Allison and Rolls Royce Merlin, motors.
At 1/10th scale most boats will end up about 36" X 15" in size. At least four members are building up one of these exciting boats. They are a very popular class of race boat throughout the country we hope to get something started in our club.
The Dumas Miss Unlimited Kit...one of many options and a couple of these boats are in the build process.
UPDATE...UPDATE...UPDATE
Here is a photo of the 1st vintage hydro to be completed. Capt. Crash scratch built her from wood, epoxy resin and glass from a set of Roger Newton Plans. It took about 3 1/2 months to complete. She hit the water this past weekend, 4/3/2010 and ran 40.2 mph in her debut. She is lipo powered by a set of UL-1 electrics and hardware.
The 1968 "Checkerboard Comet" Miss Bardahl
Capt. D Day's Miss St. Regis
Capt. Murphy's "Miss Unlimited" (top), Capt. Scooter's "Miss Quality Chaos" (still under construction), Capt. Crash's "Miss Bardahl" (bottom)
Capt. D-Day adds the "Miss Madison" (front) to the club fleet.
(There are now videos going up of the club and our boats. You can go to this link for a look at the "Checkerboard Comet" in action and view the other videos while you're there.)
