Well I am back. The IRCWCC NATS in Rhode Island was a lot of fun. It was well worth the 14 hr drive. There are many highlights for me from this event. And I learned that there are a few things that I have to do do with the PE. The only real downside to the week was the moss on the pond. The pond had to be raked for moss every day. Also there was some areas that it would force a boat to be pushed in should your props get mossed up. testing day was great. The PE passed everything except for speed test. The small props kept getting mossed up and the boat could not move. Thankfully someone had a larger pair of 3 bladed props that seemed to make the PE work better. So I will have to order a larger set of props. The only other issue was radio requency. I had to remove my Futaba receiver and go with the the 2.4 as there was a radio conflict. This would have cause a problem later in the week
Day 1 The first fleet battle and the first sortie. There were 22 boats on the water. The PE was part of the Axis swarm. There was another VU and 3 ships at 4.5 and a 5 unit Konig. The only small Allied unit was trhe South Carolina and that did not hit the water until tuesday. The rest were was a West Virginia and a Maryland as well as an Iron Duke, There were 3 Nc class ships as well as 4 Sodaks. And to top that there was the NJ. So after the first sortie 3 sodaks were sunk while the Axis lost only my PE. The reason for the sink was that the pump hose blew off. It had about 16 or 17 hits below and was working well untul the hose came off. That was clamped on for the second battle
The second battle saw the PE survive. It is tough manovering as there is a boat everywhere you turn. Most hits were above with a few below. Super structure is taking more damage. More repairs for the winter.. The PE made both sorties and most ammunition was expended. Day 1 saw the Axis in the lead.
Day 2. rain. It was raining all day on tuesday so instead of the convoy battle it was decided to do one on one battles. The most interesting battle was the NJ vs the Konig. A class 7 with 8 units vs a class 5. The Konig won a 2 sortie battle. That was impressive. I had a battle with the south Carolina and lost. Lost badly. i did not score a hit. The battle ended with me next to the shore unable to move as the rudder healed over and the props stopped working. The other 1 on 1 were great.
Day 3: Fleet battle. Disaster. No response from any servos. So i had to open up the balloon.. Condensation was felt within the baloon. The receive had dielectric grease onn the boards. everything out to dry. I was loaned another reeived and given a waterproof box. A hole was drilled into the box. Wires inserted and gooped over. However goop takes a while to dry. So pretty much I was on the table for the rest of the day until the night battle. Now the night battle (as night as it can get with artificial lights pointing to the pond was cool. Ships with lights of all kinds are out shooting at anything else that has a light. You can not tell friend from foe. Very cool is all i can say
Day 4: The CamPAIN. The 1 hr convoy battle. You can come in and re-arm but can not patch. Convoy ships can patch. A sucessful run was ship on the water for 5 minutes. The touch rule was in effect. Meaning if you were touched by convoy ship you had to go to shore and wait 30 seconds. The PE was out twice. Went out shot the rounds, called 5 and back in. The seconds Battle was another fleet battle. the PE survived both sorties. One scary moment the received dies while motor was engaged. Thankfull the moss stopped it. I quickly switched received batteries and got control to guide it home. Thankfully I was on 5 when I lost control.
Day 5. First battle first sortie. Having a short term transmitter battery it was guns for glory. pretty much i went into the furball and was getting shot out. a piece of leaf debris covered part of the pump opening and I could not pump out a lot of the water. I sank like a stone in a hurry. It was recovered.
After that the boat would work on the bench but glitch out when putting it in the water. Which means I missed the ring of death. A 7ft across ring. No rules. meaning rams, converting guns to spurts are all permitted. Carl's Mushasi took the title of last man standing. The awards banquet was on the USS Massachusetts.
It was well worth attending and hopefully I can get back down there next year. I even took the IRXWCC Rookie of the year award. Canukistan Rules!!!!