CCC 2013

[Paul H (admin)]

Good old British eccentricity is winning the debate!

How about an additional unrestricted category, like Formula 1?

One 12 Volt battery plus a lot of creativity.

-Paul

[Dennis A]

Hi Pete

 

I enjoyed the event.

 

The only change that I would like to see would be to change the CCC60 to a CCC110(Wh). This would change the units from volts to Watts thus limiting the power.  2 off  18 v drills with 3 Ah batterys would be the maximum allowed.

Costs for enterents would be lower ( less drills) and the CCC600 would be unchanged.

 

Dennis

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Many thanks for the CCC feedback, Simon and for taking part in just the right spirit.

More thoughts, suggestions, whatever, from entrants and prospective 2014 entrants would be very welcome... though please remember we have to satisfy both the sponsors and avoid too much disruption to the other displays etc on the lake.

Pete G
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[simplesimon]

If you're going to have an endurance race then:

a) it needs to be short enough to attract public interest - which means around 10-20 mins max I suspect

b) the power needs to be limited so there is a plausible chance of boats running out of power (which adds to the public interest) (and power needs to be watt-hours i.e. volts x amp-hours)

The competition then becomes who can travel the furthest in a given time (with a predefined payload??)

The trade-off for competitors is speed vs distance - lot of laps done quickly (but with a risk of running out of power) or as many done slowly (but risking running out of time)  i.e. hare vs tortoise

[Jeremy]

I wholeheartedly support the classification being on the energy in the drill battery pack, rather than the voltage.  Voltage seems an odd choice of limit, given that an 18V drill can easily have more energy available than a 36V one.

Given that the audience attention span is unlikely to go beyond around 10 minutes (if that) then I agree that an endurance type event is probably not that viable.  I still think that a race is probably the best entertainment format, but I'd like to see a move towards having practical cordless drill powered boats, ones that could realistically have a function other than just racing on the lake, as well as the out and out speed machines.

[Port-Na-Storm]

Hi All
Some more video of the CCC featuring Whimsy and 4 candles with some added extras.

Whimsy V 4Candles



enjoy.
Graham

[Alan]

Thanks for posting that video Graham, it gives me a chance to see what was going on with my propellers. The long shafts were on a half finished (or half ar5ed) lifting mechanism, which kept lifting them out of the water. It was my secret plan to combat the non-existent weed problem.

[Alan]

A quick CCC update:
three entrants demonstrated their boats at the Thames Trad Boat Rally this weekend. Saturday was a bit hectic with panic preparation, launching over the bank and no organisation but Joe, Dennis and me managed to have a "race". Sunday was more relaxed. I managed to fit a third drill (with string) which made a huge difference to performance, Dennis also used his donated drill and his small prop and went much faster - and won -and Joe's "big block" engine chewed it's drive coupling and ensuing damage caused a leak.
Four Candles' racing life is over and it will be humanely dispatched and taken to the local tip.

[Paul H (admin)]

Alan wrote

Four Candles' racing life is over and it will be humanely dispatched and taken to the local tip.

Alternatively donate her to the Cobnor firewood fund - we have ritual burning of old bits of wood, trading stories around the campfire about the past history of this or that bit of wood.

I've collected MilliBee's "haircut" for said purpose. :)

-Paul

[Alan]

Used an angle grinder to "dismantle" into small pieces then took FC to the tip. I kept a piece with the name on.
That's a nice idea Paul, about the campfire stories. I'll be keeping a few of the wooden bits for other purposes. First they were a tree, then a bench for about fifty years, then bits of boat, then they'll be something else until they finally get burnt.

And that is probably the end of this thread.