Electric Radio Controlled Unlimiteds

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Electric Radio Controlled Unlimiteds (ERCU) came into existence on January 24, 2003 as a fast electric 1/10-scale unlimited club, and was born with direct affiliation to Radio Controlled Unlimiteds (RCU), which is the granddaddy of all scale racing clubs in the nation.

This club is largely based in the Puget Sound region of Washington state. However, in 2005, we created the Columbia River Division in an effort to provide for potential club growth in the Portland, Oregon area. The Columbia River Division has already been very active in terms of bringing a race to Centralia, Washington, a national championship event to Woodland, Washington, and an official Rose Festival event to the City of Roses, Portland, Ore.

While RCU is a club that has existed for nearly four decades racing 1/8-scale, nitro-powered, perfect replicas of real hydroplanes, ERCU operates under a very similar philosophy with smaller boats and different power plants. Our affiliation to RCU adds an important element of credibility to scale electric racing, and has always been an important source for fresh and experienced club membership.

Like many 1/8-scale clubs around the world, we pay particular attention to detail, and take pride in making sure our boats look as much like the real thing as possible. Paint and lettering is as authentic as we can make it, the cowlings must be the same as the real boat – heck, we even have to have a little model driver (also required to be 1/10-scale) with a scale helmet and life vest aboard these boats.

One of the very unique factors of ERCU is that we run our boats counter-clockwise around our oval courses, exactly the same way the real hydroplanes do. In cases other than ours, RC boats are forced to turn right (or opposite the way the real boats turn) due to the way their propellers are built. Fortunately, we're able to run right-handed props just like the real boats do.

Several members of our club are even involved with actual hydroplanes on the American Boat Racing Association (ABRA) tour, or on restoration crews at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum.

If you're not a member of our club, but find hydroplane racing interesting, we cordially invite you to stop by one of our races. We also invite you to take a look at our roster of boats.

Whether or not you have any interest in becoming involved with our club as a member, we're glad you're visiting our site. If you are interested in becoming invloved with our club you can download a membership registration form here.

You can also download a copy of our 2008 ERCU Rulebook here.

If you're looking to build a boat you can download an ERCU Intent To Build Form here.

Click here for the ERCU By-Laws.

Click here for the NAMBA Master Hull Roster.

Click here for the 2008 list of boats registered in ERCU.

Click here for the ERCU Boat Bio Input form.

Click here for ERCU Contact Information.

Click here for 2008 ERCU Brochure.