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RCVoice answers your questions - Why are we still running 5 minute heats?

Posted 16-05-2008 at 09:44 PM by RCVoice

This weeks blog entry is an answer to a question submitted by one of our fans.

1. Why are we still running 5 minutes heats? I mean... 15 years ago cells only had 1700mAh, nowadays cells have more than twice that, but we're still running 5 minutes heats.
Why don't we run 10 or even 15 minutes heats? Looking even further, lipo batteries allow even more run time, so we could run 15 minutes heats with 30 minutes finals with one battery change.

a/ A few years ago, I recall reading an interview with an American pro racer in a magazine, he was asked the question whether he preferred racing back home in the USA where at the time, electric qualifiers and finals were 4 minutes in length, or whether indeed he preferred racing in Europe or at world championships where races were 5 minutes long- his response was this, “I don’t care how long I have... it never feels as...

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Young guns that need reloading...

Posted 30-04-2008 at 01:26 AM by RCVoice
Updated 01-05-2008 at 10:57 PM by Mrs oOple

Young guns that need reloading...

“It’s a young man’s game...” a familiar sounding phrase isn’t it? You hear it said a lot about sport, and motorsports are not exempt. RC Racing of course is different, there are not the physical demands of full scale motor racing and the age limitation isn’t so obvious there but some may argue that some of the mental aspects are still similar, at the top end of each discipline, pressure still exists.

Can RC racing be described as a young man’s game? It’s an interesting debate, if we base this solely on success then this is perhaps not the case. Let’s consider for a moment some of the most successful competitors operating in RC today: the first group I would like to consider are the names such as Ellis Stafford, Craig Drescher, and Andy Moore. All of which are over or close to the age of 30 and are still performing at an exceptionally...

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The view from aloft my soap box...

Posted 30-04-2008 at 12:11 AM by RCVoice
Updated 01-05-2008 at 10:58 PM by Mrs oOple

The view from aloft my soap box...
Good day RC racing fans, and welcome to, what I hope you will find, is a positive new addition to your oOple.com visit.
Allow me to introduce myself, I am the RCVoice, your all new oOple RC Blogger. Every fortnight I will be posting a new blog, it will often vary in length but hopefully will never wane in entertainment or interest.
The idea behind this combined venture between myself and the fantastically innovative and original oOple team, is to give you an insight into my own personal RC driver experience (of which there are many, many years worth at all levels), useful advice, my views on where the sport is heading over the next few years, my take on any controversy or industry details and hopefully, and perhaps most importantly, this will be a useful base for you to visit and enjoy on occasion, the sometimes lighter, and the not...

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