2019 6th Annual CARMEL SUB FUN RUN

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TECH SESSIONS:

This year we are going to have two R/C SUB TECH Sessions.
BOTH will be on Saturday August 10, 2019.

The first will be the LUNCH and LEARN under the Tent at 11:30 AM.
( Pre-Ordered BOX Lunches will be delivered then.)

*The Learning part will be presented by Don Spielberger.
He will be laying up a fiberglass hull live and in person and talking
about all the in’s and outs of fiberglass work.


The second R/C Submarine Tech session will be Saturday
August 10th, 2019 at 6:30 PM at the Hilton Garden Inn Conference room.
(13090 Pennsylvania St, Carmel, IN)

The following topics will be discussed:

Jim Butt of SubComEast will give a presentation on the Various
settings and adjustments with computer radios for R/C Sub use.
Sequence and Set ups.

Erich Kloss of SubComEast will give a short discussion on 3D
printing and the R/C Subs.

Don Spielberger of SubRon8 will give a short discussion on Fuses,
wire gauge vs load. BEC vs batteries and the like.

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NEW and OLD NEWS

OLD NEWS:
If you plan on ordering a BOX LUNCH for the Saturday August 10th
Lunch and Learn Tech Session under the Tent, the last day to pre-order a
Lunch is Sunday AUGUST 4th, 2019. (This coming Sunday)

To order a lunch, go up a couple of threads here and click on the
registration link. This will take you to the Box Lunch ordering page.

OR On the main page Click on the “JOIN THE FUN RUN!”
LINK. At the bottom of the CARMEL 2019 FUN RUN page,
CLICK on the “CLICK HERE” link to get to the page to order the box lunch.


CAPTAIN PRE-REGISTRATION:
If you want your BADGE to have a particular name or Business shown,
Please pre-register. Also, Frequency information is very helpful.

NEW NEWS:
This year, EACH registered SUB Captain will receive a Ditty bag with a bunch of
goodies in it. (Torpedo Plaque, Subcommittee tablet, Badge, and other goodies)


NEW FOR THIS YEAR’S R/C SUB FUN RUN:

We are planning to set up an R/C Submarine Navigation\obstacle course.
This is Course is JUST FOR FUN. Run the course AT YOUR OWN RISK!

WE are NOT responsible for errors in Navigation judgement resulting
in various R/C Submarine parts coming off and residing at the bottom
of the pond. EACH CAPTAIN is responsible for their own R/C Submarine.

(The good thing is that the Reflecting Pond is only approximately 3 Feet deep.
So any Submarine part retrieval will be somewhat easy! )

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2019 CAPTAIN CHOICE Awards and CAPTAIN CHOICE
Big Dave ENGINEERING Award:

ALL Carmel 2019 R/C Sub Fun Run registered R/C Sub Mariner Captains will vote for
their favorite R/C Submarine that is present at the FUN RUN. (Captain Choice Award)

There will be a second ballot to select what they believe is the Best Engineered
R/C Submarine at the Fun Run. (CAPTAIN CHOICE Big Dave’s ENGINEERING Award)

As per tradition, Last Year’s 1st Place CAPTAIN CHOICE Winner, Jim Butt’s Holland VI
Submarine is NOT eligible for EITHER of the Captain Choice Awards as the Holland VI
Submarine won both awards in 2018.

This prevents one boat from winning every year.

Each participating R/C Sub Mariner Captain will be assigned a NUMBER.
This NUMBER will be used to identify the R/C Submarine on the voting
ballots.

All participating R/C Submarines are eligible for the CAPTAIN CHOICE Award
AND the CAPTAIN CHOICE Big Dave’s ENGINEERING Award except for last year’s
1st place winner.

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6th Annual 2019 Carmel R/C Submarine Fun Run
Itinerary AUGUST 10 - 11, 2019

[chips]

I guess it's time to start the after action report.

All of my boats ran good with a couple minor problems. I'm happy for that.

Thanks to all who donated items for the raffle; and thanks to those who bought all the losing raffle tickets, I had more losing tickets than winners. With the winning tickets, I picked up items donated by Rick Tesky, Don & Patty Osler, Don Spielberger, and Don May,

I enjoyed the Firehouse Subs on Saturday. Firehouse Subs donates a portion of their profits to the local first responders - mainly to fire and EMS, but also to the police. Should we have Firehouse Subs cater next year?

Sunday night dinner at Wolfies Grill was great again. Should we go back next year?

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I definitely think we should do the Firehouse subs again next year.

I had many more losing tickets, just one winning ticket and with that I selected a prize donated by Don May so thanks to Don!!!!

Looking forward to next year

[dono]

2019 Carmel Fun Run Wrap Up:


Thanks again to all who attended this year for the 6th Annual 2019 Carmel Fun Run.
This year we had over 25 registered Sub Captains with a lot of RC Subs. The weather
was warm with a slight breeze that made it very nice. Construction was not as prolific
as in previous years, so it was not as hard to navigate to the pond and restaurants.

At one time we had 14 boats patrolling the Carmel pond at the same time.
The raffle tables were fully stocked on both days again this year. I want to extend a
very special thanks to all who donated this year as your donations once again
generated enough money to pay for the event. THANK YOU!

Our swap table was very busy as well. This year we had a lunch and learn session
in addition to the Saturday night RC sub tech session. Thank you Bob and Helen for
arranging the delicious Fire House Sub lunch. The sub lunches were a huge success
and people have already asked to have them again next year. Don Spielberger
presented a live demo of how to lay up a fiberglass hull outside of the tent.

We also had Warren Wilson and his daughter come up from Georgia to
attend the Fun Run. He is planning on joining us next year with a few of
his boats running.

Erich Kloss will be writing an article for the SCR that will include more
pictures and information on the weekend festivities.


Captain’s Choice award results:
This year we had 40 RC subs entered into the competition for the Captain’s Choice Awards.

First Place: Bruce Martin and his Type XXI
Second Place: Kevin McLeod and his Oscar II SSBN
Third Place: Pete Piekarski and his Ohio




Big Dave’s Engineering Award:

This year’s winner was….. Kevin McLeod and his Oscar II SSBN




Special Thanks:

The following people deserve special recognition this year:

Don Spielberger:
Presenting the lunch and learn on laying up a fiberglass hull at the pond.
Getting the T Shirts made.
Presenting a Saturday night talk on basic RC boat troubleshooting.

Chris Campbell:
Organizing and arranging the use of the Pond.
Ordering the large tent, tables and chairs.
Arranging the Hilton Garden Inn room rates.
Collecting and delivering raffle prizes that folks sent to his workplace.
Pulling the winning raffle tickets on both Saturday and Sunday.

Pete Piekarski:
Designing this year’s T Shirt.

Bob and Helen Gesking:
Organizing the Firehouse Sub lunches.
Organizing the Sunday night Dinner at Wolfies.

Jim Butt:
Presenting a Saturday night talk on programmable RC radios,

Erich Kloss:
Doing the write up of this year’s event for the SCR.
Presenting a Saturday night talk with a show and tell on how he 3D printed his submarine.

Gene Weisner and the Indy Admirals:
Loaning 3 pop up tents for shade at the pond.
Loaning the powered Sub Launcher.
Loaning trash cans and bags.
Helping us set up and tear down.

Greg Wagner:
Providing power cabling for charging batteries under the tent and installed them around the tent.
Provided on site rescue of boats that lost power or signal, using his hip waders.
Provided a cooler with ice and water so everyone could stay hydrated.

Laura Wagner:
Bringing her delicious homemade Chex Mix, cookies, and rice crispy snacks. They are always a group favorite.

Don May:
Handling on site registration again this year.

Kevin McLeod:
Handling the radio frequency control again this year.

SubComOn:
Bringing Butter tarts again.



Thanks to all the folks and vendors who attended, donated to the raffle,
and bought lots of raffle tickets. Without your support, this event
would not be successful.

Hope to see you all next year!!!!!

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Carmel 2019 Trivia

Patti asked me: How many SubRons were represented at the Carmel 2019
Fun Run?

And the answer is………. 5

SubRon6
SubRon8
SubComDeepSouth
SubComEast
SubComON

And a good time had by all !