HVFE Links

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AUSTRALIAN MARINE WEB
If you know of a page - particularly an Australian page - you think we should add to these links please let us know

Independent Forums

Microhydros.com - http://www.microhydros.com/ Trent Hares excellent page on the small fast boats
Reesor Boat Works http://users.cgiforme.com/rbw/cfmboard.html An independent forum run by Canada's hottest race team
RCWeboard http://www.rcwebboard.com/ Independent forums on cars boats and planes and a for sale section
Ezone http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php?topic=ezone An independent board with marine flight and car sections. Possibly the best single source of technical information on electric propulsion systems on the Web.
Australian Hobbynet Forum http://www.hobbynet.com.au/chat-cgi/forums.cgi?forum=2 - low level of activity
AMPBA Q&A - www.ampba.asn.au/forum/index.php

Vendor Forums

BBY - http://www.bbyracing.com/bbybboard/Default.htm - marine electric and nitro
fastelectrics.com - http://www.fastelectrics.com/feq&a our own board marine, flight and industrial R&D
Rum Runner Racing Q&A - http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi
Marine Frontline http://www.frontlinehobbies.com/phorum/ car focus
Model Engines RC chat http://www.modelengines.com.au/rcchat/index.html car and plane focus
Astec's UK Q&A - http://pub61.ezboard.com/bastecukrcboatqanda for fastelectrics and scale
Offshore electrics - http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/ specializes in
electric offshore style scale hulls

Magazine Forums

Model Boats http://pub61.ezboard.com/bastecukrcboatqanda fastelectrics
Radio Control Zone Forums - home of RCBM - electrics scale and nitro http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=283

Australasian R/C Boating Clubs and pages

Marks Boat Page http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Gorge/5145 - Fast Electrics from SE Queensland, Australia

Hunter Valley Marine Modelers http://users.coscom.net/~spook344 - Nitro in wine country

Adelaide Model Power Boat Club www.welcome.to/ampbc - First fast and friendly

Manakau Model Boat Club http://www.voyager.co.nz/~gasayers/ - Nitro from the shaky isles

Newcastle Marine Modelers http://cust.idl.com.au/brianc/index2.html share our pond at Tarro - they run 1-hour enduros! NAVIGA eat your heart out!

A commutator free site http://www.nexus.edu.au/ozprojects/journey/inventions/balloon_boat4.htm - no brushes no coms, the cheapest motors on earth!

The Victorian Battle Squadron http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tonyac/ - A Big Gun R/C Warship Combat Club, part of the Australian Battle Group

The Australian Battle Group www.ausbg.org/

The Canberra Battle Group http://www.users.bigpond.com/axb/index.htm - Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Coral Sea Fleet Homepage, Australian Battle Group http://www.ozemail.com.au/~betteridge/coralsea/coralsea.html - Queensland, Australia

South East Queensland RC Yachts http://powerup.com.au/~vcowell/index.htm - RC Sailing Yachts from Australia

The Sandfly Fast Electric Club - European style mono 1 and 2 and hydro in the apple isle http://www.southcom.com.au/~petervan/

Nitro model boat club in Melbourne with some members with fastelectrics http://www.wdmbc.homestead.com/homepage.html

Manufacturers

Mandurah Models http://www.modelsinc.luxline.com/ - Nic Amps’ 1/4 scale RC offshore race boats
Silvertone Electronics http://www.silvertone.com.au/ - Australian manufacturer of high end radio, electronic controls and guidance systems
fastelectrics.com http://www.fastelectrics.com - Home to Lightning Marine Australia’s finest electric marine equipment, nitro and gas race boats and equipment, world exclusive carbon fibre pipes, Hacker Mega, Graupner, Kontronic, MGM, Schulze, Master, Jeti, DPI, Fullers, Hughey, Sanyo
J.I.L Boatworks - manufacturers of innovative aluminum hulls for gas motors www.jileng.com.au/index.html/boat.htm
Area 51 R/C Gas Boats - http://area51rcboats.freeservers.com
Australia's leading supplier of marine steam and scale equipment - www.r2modelmarine.com

Australian Retailers

Frontline Hobbies http://www.frontlinehobbies.com/ - our local and Australia's biggest

Jordal Hobbies http://www.jordal.com.au/ - friendly Sydney store promoting Australian product and value

Phantom Model Motor Sport http://www.phantommodelmotorsport.com.au/ Friendliest in Victoria

Radio Model Supplies http://www.radiomodels.com.au/ boats in the West

Hobby Express www.hobbyx.com Australian headquarters for CEN hulls, Orion Fantom and Eagle race equipment and batteries. Home of offroad and indoor champion Ari Bakla

Hobbybox http://www.hobbybox.com.au/

International Model Power Boat Organizations

AMPBA - Australian Model Power Boat Association http://www.ampba.asn.au/
IMPBA http://www.impba.com - International Model Power Boat Association (USA)
NAMBA http://www.namba.com - North American Model Boat Association (USA)
MPBA http://freespace.virgin.net/a.coburn/electra.htm - British lions
SAMPBA http://home.intekom.com/modelboats/ - Springboks do boats
ELECTRA http://www.astec.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ - UK National fast electrics body
NAVIGA - http://www.naviga.org International boating organization

On-Line Fast Electric Boat Clubs (check their links for more)

Electric Unlimiteds Northwest http://www.drcwebservices.com/eun - Home of the Northwest's Hottest
Rum Runner Racing http://www.rumrunnerracing.com - A family race team from USA with all the latest NAMBA news

Reesors Home Page http://www.execulink.com/~rbw - the latest IMPBA news and goss

Cleveland Area Fast Electrics http://www.morttucker.com/boats/cafe.htm

Edina Model Yacht Club http://www.emyc.org a pretty race track and pretty site

Puerto Rico Electric Powerboat Club http://www.electricpowerboats.com Nice site
Mid Michigan Electric's Unlimited http://www.semol.com/fastelectrics/
The Devil Mountain Water boilers web site http://members.aol.com/danimation/FastElectricGroup.html
Fast Electrics in Norway - (the name means pineapple soda!) http://www.ananasbrus.com
Puget Sound Fast Electric Model Boat Club - http://members.tripod.com/psfastelectrics5/
Classic Thunder a club based in the Puget Sound area of Washington State made up of 1/10th scale radio controlled fast electric hydroplane enthusiasts who race: Division I; replicas from the 1950's and 1960's powered by Astro 25's and 12 cells ; and Division II; boats from the 1970's and beyond powered by any motor and 14 cells.
http://www.classicthunder.org/

Fast Electric Boat Pages

Antonio Pires http://www.pirespreto.com - Mr Excellence , setups great pics reviews

The Wavemaster Circle
http://www.rumrunnerracing.com/articles/wavemaster.htm - My Wavemaster
http://members.tripod.com/briangreg/ - Brian Owenby's makes a Wavemaster a work of art

http://www.angelfire.com/ca/ghimmelman1/index.html

International Waters http://www.intlwaters.com - vids setups The UN of r/c power boating.

Kelowna FastElectrics Racing Team http://www.kelownafastelectrics.com - Vids setups and surprises - great page

Miha Holc http://www2.ijs.si/~jholc/index.html - Naviga World Champ in ‘99

Mike Hatt http://24.3.66.221/fastelectrics - Rigger plans, fun page interesting FE ideas with a sense of humour

U40 Miss Bardahl - Jim Clark's tribute to one of the great unlimited race teams
http://home.att.net/~bardahl_u40/

Steven Vaccaro's electric offshore site great models, good advice and videos too. http://www.gis.net/~stevenv/bigfe/index.htm

Modelismonaval.com - Model Ship Directory - http://www.modelismonaval.com/

Periodicals

Radio Control Boat Modeler http://www.rcboatmodeler.com - preview of current and next month’s issue, back articles plans videos the list goes on.

Overseas Manufacturers and retailers

Fullers Fast Electrics http://www.drcwebservices.com/ffe - Ray has a GREAT scratch and dent and his equipment is the business

RC-Hydros http://www.rc-hydros.com/ - One of Andy Kunz's interests - great looking 1/16 and 1/12 scale boats and videos! scratch and dent, ESC’s - a guy who understands fast electricity and water

Radio Control Boating http://rcboat.com/ - nitro rigger specialist - good setup and technical articles

DPI http://www.dpileisuresports.com - R/C Boats and hardware.

Blew By You http://www.bbyracing.com - Fast Electric Boats and Hardware. One of the best online catalogues

Hitec http://www.hitecrcd.com - Servos and radios

ElectroMarine http://www.electro2000.freeserve.co.uk - Fast Electric Boats handcrafted by Ian Williams

ASTEC www.astecmodels.co.uk - The UK ESC and site of Allan Shillito

Climate Boatworks http://www.climateboatworks.com - Manufacturers of the "Blizzard" 6/8 cell rigger kit.

Motors

Aveox http://www.aveox.com - Brushless Motors

Trinity http://www.teamtrinity.com - Makers of .05 motors and many more great products

Graupner http://www.graupner.com/ - GM motors

Plettenberg http://www.Plettenberg-Motoren.com/index_uk.htm

Schulze http://www.schulze-elektronik.com/index_uk.htm

Magnet Sales http://www.magnetsales.com/ - demystifies magnets and motors

Hacker Brushless Motoren http://www.hacker-motor.com/

Mega Motors - value and performance - http://web.telecom.cz/megamotor/

Power Boat Sites (Big Boats)

Australian Power Boat Association http://ausapba.com/ - circuit, offshore and drag racing

Ken Warby http://www.kenwarby.com/ The fastest waterman alive

David Warby http://www.kenwarby.com/aussie_spirit.htm Australian GP excellence

Hydroplane History Gallery http://www.lesliefield.com/ - Videos!

American Offshore Racing http://www.apba-offshore.com/ big bad and bountiful

The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum http://www.thunderboats.org/ hydro heaven

Puerto Rico Offshore Racing http://www.puertoricooffshore.com/ Hot pics - great action

Australian Wooden Powerboats http://www.users.bigpond.com/NH35_Stormy/ Greg Carr’s site on classic of Australian Power Boating - biographies on Ernie Nunn projects and race reports, classic boats for sale and a great links page

Drag Racing Links

Australia Drag Racing Organizations

Queensland Model Drag Racing Association - http://www.qmdra.org.au/
Victorian Radio Control Drag Racing Association (Australia)
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~john59/index.html
Q&A National Hotrod Association http://forums.delphi.com/nrchra/start
Q&A Hampton Roads R/C Drag club
http://forums.delphi.com/GSRacing/messages/?msg=26.1
Q&A International Electric Drag Racing Association
http://forums.delphi.com/n/mb/list.asp?webtag=ieda&ctx=&cacheTag=37-24&msg=69.1

Canada Drag Racing Organizations

Sudbury Drag Club http://www.cyberbeach.net/~jay/sdc.html

Sweden Drag Racing Organizations

MTFA Radio Controlled Drag Racing in Sweden http://www.welcome.to/mtfa

United States of America Drag Racing Organizations

Axis Drag Club http://www.shore.net/~cjl/
Bay Area Drag Racing Club http://www.badrc.org./
Houston R/C Drag racers http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8268/
Northstar Drag Racers http://members.aol.com/nrthstrrc/index.html

Maritime

Simon Buxton’s immaculate models http://www.zip.com.au/~sb/w_hobby.htm

Robert Williams http://www.nectar.com.au/~robert/ - maritime modeler extraordinaire

Restoration of the James Craig http://www.seaheritage.asn.au/jamescraig/index.cfm - community based maritime restoration of the clipper Clan Mcleod/James Craig

Geoff Reichelt's Photos http://home.austarnet.com.au/reichelt/ - He flies a 4 engined model of a Sunderland flying boat his friend has a three meter long submarine - the submarine fires rockets at the Sunderland (and hits it!!!) the Sunderland depth charges the sub (and hits it!) - there a video of the Sunderland crashing -

Float a Boat model ships - http://users.webtime.com.au/fab/