Self Righting Hull, why all the hate talk about them lately?

[properchopper]

It has nothing to do with discouraging innovation.

It has to do with racing. You stuff the boat and it ends up upside down your done.

If you just wanna sport boat then have at it.

Elegantly put; says it all.

Besides, if one adjusts their race setup to FINISH on their boat's bottom, (which often involves de-tuning) and has to compete with an over-the-top setup having a speed advantage but trips/flips/ then self rights to compensate, there's cause for debate/challange.

[Doug Smock]

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Enjoy the game Doby. LOL


PS Since you won't accept a portion of the blame, I think we should place it on the shoulders of your CANADIAN contest director.

Have a great day fellas!!
Smock

[chris]

In addition to the IMPBA racing rules the following racing rules will also apply
to fast electric.
1. During a race start, a boat cannot stop. Doing so will result in a one
lap penalty. A boat will be considered as stopped when,
a. the boat falls off plane or step allowing the bow to settle into the
water.
b.turns upside down for any reason even if it is a self-righting boat.
c. a “barrel roll”, “end over end flip” or “spin” is not a stopping
infraction unless the boat fails to continue forward motion but
maybe grounds for a lane infraction.
2. Once the race has started, a boat that stops for any reason will be
called as a stopped boat by the contest director and allowed a five
count to continue racing. At the contest directors discretion, a stopped
boat may immediately be called as a dead boat if warranted. A
stopped boat that fails to continue racing after the five count will now
be called as a dead boat. A boat that stops three or more times during a
heat will be assessed as a dead boat for the heat. When a boat is called
as a ‘stopped boat’ it is also considered to be a ‘dead boat’, which
must be avoided by other boats on the water. When a stopped boat is
capable of resuming the race it must give ‘right of way’ to other boats
on the water as described in the Contest & Racing Rules.
3. At the end of a race as a boat finishes, one of two methods will be
used. Either a cool down lap or park in the middle. The method used
will be decided at the drivers meeting before any racing and used for
all heats. At the International Regatta the cool down lap method will
be used for all US1 classes.
a.For the cool down lap, as a boat finishes the race it will continue
all the way around to course before coming into shore. Note,
that all heat race rules must be observed and right of way must
be given to boats that are still racing.
b.For the park in middle, as a boat finishes the race it will pull into
the course infield if it safe to do so, come to a stop and wait for
permission to return to shore. As a boat finishes the race and
can not turn into the infield for any reason it will perform a cool down lap)


Can anyone point me to ,, playing dead,, is a part of the race .

[Doby]

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Enjoy the game Doby. LOL


PS Since you won't accept a portion of the blame, I think we should place it on the shoulders of your CANADIAN contest director.

Have a great day fellas!!
Smock

Not Looking Good

[Steven Vaccaro]

I agree...the self-righting feature makes up for sloppy driving and shouldn't be allowed for racing.

I'm constantly witnessing flipped(non self righting) boats during races. Maybe we should disallow those racers because the continually flip!

[Doby]

I'm constantly witnessing flipped(non self righting) boats during races. Maybe we should disallow those racers because the continually flip!

Good point, poor driving leads to flipping.....man I must be a crappy driver. I put suntan lotion on the bottom of my hulls on sunny days.