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A few questions for the committee regarding the new engine kill fail safe rules.

What testing has been done with engine kill switch?.

What brand and make of switch are you using for marine use?

Has someone but a guide line and or wiring diagram together for between RC Box and engine (handy for new bees that have no idea.?

I understand how they work as I supply and sell Bee killers for the last three years to the RC Car Large scale guys and is a compulsory safety item both here and in AUS. I have also seen first hand when engine kill switches don't work on a number of times

Cheers

Perhaps could those that have working systems, publish on the forum and propshaft what does work, where to get the items/parts, wiring diagrams etc so that members are not having to reinvent the wheel for themselves. This is something the committee should assist with as they have set the rule, so as to not make it difficult and hard to achieve for individual members. I.e. please just share the information.

Offshore boats for a start, because they are generally all the larger Gas powered, craft, no one is racing Nitro in offshore anymore(we didn't make that a rule, the nitro boats just disappeared). The risk of an out of control Gas powered boat is exacerbated by the consequences of it hitting something or someone in more open waters. There have been far too many instances of out of control boats this year for this issue to continued to be ignored.

Gas powered oval boats will be next, but generally run in more protected waters. The Masterton Club have imposed this rule for ALL boats running on their lake, given that the public are walking around the waters edge.

The throttle spring was considered an option when used in conjunction with a coreless servo, that has low enough mechanical resistance, for the spring to do it's job. We found that not all coreless servos had low enough mechanical Resistance to allow the spring to return the throttle to zero. It's also not effective when the butterfly falls off or the carb jams.

All clubs now have identified options for Ignition kill systems. Pete your one of your own club members has an option for sale and was being used by himself and Bruce at yesterday's Rotorua offshore. The committee is not going to enter into prescribing what to use, given that everybody will have their own preference from the options available. These things have been mandatory for sometime in the RC car racing scene, there's no shortage of information and opinions on this subject.

You're talking about 1 out of the 33 boats that have competed in the offshore series to date, Matt hasn't competed in the offshore series yet. I'll be pleasantly surprised ( I really like Nitro and am sad to see it die away) if I see a new Nitro boat enter the series anytime soon.

There is nothing in the new rules that say you can't run nitro. The new rules target petrol boats because they pose a bigger risk. There are zero voltage cu-off mechanisms available for Nitro, one of your club members sells them. A responsible boaty should seriously consider installing one irrespective of whether they are required or not.

I you think that fail safing nitros should be included in the rules then please send your submission to the committee.