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Looks like I was the only one not to like the corss-over jump then :( Don't think there is a single plastic part on the BJ4 that doesn't have at least a crack in it!!!!!
I just think all features should be "roll-able" if you get into trouble so you have a route out. I thought the rest of the track rocked ... the big hump was cool ... even if I was nearly killed marshaling it!!! Liked the pair of doubles too ... great to jump, easy to roll if you entered all out of shape. I can't wait to get to tracks like CML Raceway to practice jumping ...... it's something we just don't do much of in this country. In the west mids region we have the doubles at Coventry and that is about it I think (Kiddy doesn't really have "jumps" .... just features IMHO .... still my fav' off-road track to date though). Was interesting running a 2wd against the 4wds ..... Great venue though, parking and pitting were easy space wise, really nice size of track and very friendly people running the meeting. Such a shame the timing caused problems, hope you work out what the problem is and that it doesn't haunt you again. All told I think the meeting was very good on the whole, unfortunately it could also be described as "smashing"..... |
the only problem i had with the jumps was jumping to far off them :rolleyes:
they were all easily clearable with less than 2 feet runup!! great meeting, great track, very challenging but very enjoyable when you timed all the jumps right :D thanks to everyone involved in organising & running the meeting nice to see some friends again & certainly more fun than freezing your jacobs off outdoors somewhere! pre booking open for the next one? i heard Feb? but i'm sure we'd all go to another in January :D |
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A "TAP" You must be joking, haha, it was a major boot, but you did put me in the net!!!! I will get you next time:D |
I have just got in. Took me a while to clear my pit table what with doing 3 classes. Had a great day and loved the track. Shame I had a problem with my brushless motor in the 4wd but got out a good old fashioned brushed and all was well. Well done all for the effort put in to make a great meeting. Hopefully my faster motor and esc might arrive for the micro soon ;) :D
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Absolutely fantastic day! Brilliant track layout, great jumps! Can't wait for the next one!
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The track was well..., challenging but when I got it right I enjoyed it, just annoyed me that I broke 3 ball-cups for some strange reason! hope we can sort the timing problems out, but great job of sorting today out, I know its not easy sorting the problems out from running the computer in the past! I don't know if anyone heard today but Dave Church is a super star he was in RC Car Action from the worlds, I know he tried to keep it quiet today and did not tell many people, your secret is out dude! |
Oh, by the way, sorry to the guy who made an effort to come over and say hello. I hope I didn't seem too unfriendly, I certainly didn't mean to be. I was just really fed-up with everything at that point and was despirately trying to get either the pile of scrap that had started the day as a 4wd running again and trying to get the 2wd ready in case I needed to run that ...... which I did.
Just the wrong time, a few minutes later and you wouldn't have shut me up ...... can usually talk for england!!! Hope to chat to you next time. |
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I'm in there a bit too. :) |
Couple of snaps, even ramped to 1600iso, f4, 60th of a second, to slow:confused:
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I drove like a complete plank all day but had a laugh. Well done to Trish for 5th, you drove well all day! The track was good and rewarding to drove cleanly, once the tyres were worn a bit you could do massive drifts into corners :D
Well done to everyone on your first big meeting. O and thanks to the guy who couldnt judge a jump and bruised my hands in several places!! :rolleyes: |
Thanks for having me yesterday, was good to get racing again, really enjoyed it, was a whole lotta fun!!!
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Great day, thanks to all for organising.
Had a few issues due to lask of preparation, so did very badly. Still had a great time, and will be at the next one too. |
WOW What a track...(what a shock to the system). Don't really have that many jumps in any of the tracks at our region, but was very satisfying, once you started getting it right. Here are my thoughts from the meeting:
The Good! 1) Venue, brilliant, if a little cold (but out of the clubs control - fair enough). 2) Track, excellent - good mix of slippy and carpet to make it a challenge. The difference in grip between carpet and floor was not massive. The track markers were non-damaging, which was superb, and I really liked the section at the end of the straight, it flowed well if you got it right. Tyres were not an issue as was tyre wear. 3) You had AMBrc, which makes my life SOOO much easier... 4) The big dome jump in the middle was an excellent feature, as you could roll it or jump it. The Bad! My only complaint with the track was the cross-over jump, it was mainly to do with the fact that you had no opt out option, should someone make a mistake in front of you, or if you jumped it a little too short, then you could potentially ruin someone else's race, who had successfully cleared the jump, and was going through the 'under' part of the track. With it being such a critical part of the track, I also thought the landing areas was a little too short, since you could easily clear it with full throttle. It was also directly opposite the landing area of the jump in front of the rostrum, so cars overjumping the other jump could easily take you out if you were going over the 'cross over' jump. (This also happened to me on more than one occasion.) This also made marshalling a bit hasty to say the least (I shlould know, I marshalled there). With the range of abilities on the day, I think this (the cross over) was pitched a little too 'high'. I did mention this to Andy, and he was in two minds about the cross-over when it was being put in. However, it was memorable and here we are talking about it... (so...). Well run meeting, (but feel knackered this morning). Thanks guys for all the hard work. Mark. |
cross over....fair enough some liked it. some didnt.........
most people in RC i speak to love american tracks....including myself....anyone who saw the Losi race at lake park with 3 cross overs was like WOW! so as we dont allow it here i thought, why not have something different! something thats going to make a change and something thats going to put the enjoyment factor right up there.... most people with a 1 foot run up could clear the jump....and on a dead straight bit of track........for the people that enjoyed it thats cool, as it will prob be the last time you drive a real cross over in the UK by the sounds of it! lol! the 8th ones arnt really cross overs..theres no risk...and u cant really see either side of them as they massive and have big grids over the top....no risk there = no real excitment! everyone knows risks make things interesting..... the short areas before and after jumps was to 'try' to stop people ramping them as the slower you could do it. the faster it was! which wrked to some extent. i believe it went pretty well....glad the micro boys liked it! that heli motored micro was awesome! i hope other tracks start putting in jumps as when you can successfully jump RC cars thats what makes off road racing AMAZING! get practising people! Lee |
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i would like to say thanks to all that came to race with us the track was a nice combination of surfaces and some killer jumps we hoped by having it twisty would keep the cars slow on the jumps and limit too many painfull crashes. i spent about a week making all the jumps for the event but it was well worth it i have to change 1 or 2 things like longer down ramp on the table top and poss a few pillows here and there, and we will have to get some body armour and helmets for the marshalls but all was good i think we did have a nightmare with the loop not sure what to do with that yet it was borrowed so we wernt that familier with all the ins and outs of setting up the peramiters, we have learnt a lot though and next time it will be sorted . we think we didnt have the gap between the wires wide enough and we also had coiled up the slack which we were told was not good, but a very big thankyou to those who had issues and were very paticent and let us sort it out as best we could. we are hoping to do three more this winter jan feb and march we just have to make sure we can use the kit again and maybe rope somebody in to helping us out with the system setup.:wtf: thanks again any coments good or bad please post them here we can then sort out what wasnt good for the next one thanks Andy Bell :) i |
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Jumpy tracks rule! we need MOOOOORE!!!! The micros loved it, cleared all the jumps quite easily and werent that far off the times of you bigger boys ;) :D Thanks for the shock cap too, kept Wez quiet :D |
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