Well a very busy night last night with 19 racing, the most yet at TyneMet. As Paul mentioned there were a few problems with the Laptop but hopefully it didn’t spoil anyone else’s night as you all still got your 5 races. Although the results may have been a bit of a mess it didn’t affect anyone on the track. A few more ideas for the loop next week to try and fix the problem. Anyone with any ideas why it misses the buggies occasionally and not the TC’s?
One theory is the extra ride height of the buggies so if you could all make sure your PT’s are as low as possible, another was not to have the loop in acceleration zone’s where the signal may be weak due to the motor drawing all the power but having tried this last night it made no difference.
Anyway we ARE racing next week even tho the college its self is closed so no excuses.
Nice to see a few new faces again with Mark Prior and Mick Buckle on the track for the first time and Emily making an appearance.
Hopefully see you all next week.
I was considering stopping the emails but the few I’ve spoke to seem to think it’s a good idea to keep them going as they’re there in your face asking you to come along and will work better than just a post on oople. They managed to drag Mel back along anyway J

PS - I’ve been raving on about how long TC tyres would last - well it appears at 6 weeks they STOP working - no fade away - they just STOP! So new rubber for next week for me.

Cheers

Does anyone have the new points standings? I've Just finished re-building my car after my "brush" with the wall, ripped the front tyre, broke rear wishbone, and ripped the top of the front diff case out. Moral of the story is, get close but not that close :thumbsup:

shouldn't you have taken up that moral BEFORE you started into 1:1 Touring cars ............ :woot: :thumbsup:

I'll print the standings out on Monday night, from what I remember Chris is leading Mike West by 2pts and Mark and Harry are tied at the top (tho as Mark has a first place this puts him ahead!!)

Sweet as! Yeah I think in 1:1 scale the idea is to hit people as much as possible, although perhaps thats where I've got the wrong end of the stick? :confused:

yeah ask jason plato eh harry:woot:

are 1/14th micros welcome or not? if so we will definetly see yous, if not we come to spectate till me and the missus can buy a car.
are you running lipo and brushless or is it just brushed motors?

No Bank Hol Racing
 

Well another cracking nights racing last night with no hiccups with the laptop which made for a very smooth running meeting.
Good turn out again with 17 racing, 12 TC’s & 5 buggies so thanks to all who came along.
One new face on the track was Gordon and a couple of lads, Peter & Kevin, ex racers came along to watch with the aim of getting back into it.
Hope to see you all again soon with cars!
We seem to have solved the loop counting problem - something as simple as moving the loop further from the decoder!!!!
Well it worked last night so fingers crossed that’s all it’s been - thanks to whoever came up with that suggestion.
Next meeting we must remember to put some track along the back wall - seems that a few skirting board fixing screws are responsible for breaking wishbones at the slightest contact.
Anyway, no racing for the next two weeks due to the bank holidays so no excuses for mot turning up at the next meet which is Monday 9th May.

We don't run micros unfortunately - not enough demand.
You're more than welcome to come along for a look tho. I'd llike to say tou could get five minutes on the track with your micro's but couldn't promis ite as it would depend on how we were doing for time - running five races for 3 heats is pretty hectic. Pop along tho, may be able to sort you a few laps at some point in the night or at least give you a few laps with a 1/10th ion the 2 minute gap between races. We run 1/10th buggies and TC's Li-Po/Ni-Mh/Ni-Cd brushed/brushless are all welcome TC's restricted to 19/27 turn brushed tho for TC's anything on buggies.

after watching some videos of the club just wanting to know what tyres the tc guys use? thanks again dude and looking at a tc to get me going lol

Tyres
 

Hi Furball
TC's all run Schumacher yellow narrow minipins with inserts
Hope this helps

hi everyone, im new to all this rc racing, to be precise ive only had one racing meeting. I have joined the club at seaham but would like to do more racing than once a fortnight or less if cancelled, I was told about your club by a seaham club member and I have found my way to here, your club link.
I notice you are asking for new people to come to your club, does this include very inexperienced people, and could you race as a none member???????
thanks in advance,

get youself along in a couple of weeks mate- 9th may is the next meeting, the more people racing the merrier-
dont worry about being inexperienced... you should see my driving:woot::woot:.
i think you can race as a non member as long as you have your brca- lazysurfer would be able to tell you better

Mal

SNAP, ive got the bug and wanna do more racing on a more regular basis as I also had my first time racing at seaham 2 weeks ago (names steven by the way) and gutted that its been cancelled this weekend !!! My BRCA membership form is currently in the post on its way to them........I just wanna get out and race or at least try and make it round the track without crashing too much :lol:

you gain experience by driving, and i always look at it as if the guy behind is better he will always get around you lol, its an awesome hobby to get into, been doing it since i was a kid lol, mind you it seems the older i get the smaller the car i seem to race lol:thumbsup:

yea thanks very much do you still trim the inside pins to stop the grip roll etc?? and whats the best insert to use, sorry for all these questions but been long time since i ran an electric tourer:woot:

we use 20mm schumacher blue inserts(firm), we dont bother trimming the pins either

Or yellow inserts (schumacher soft), personal preference I guess! Easier to drive but not as much grip! Unfortunately its still not grippy enough to roll.
Seaham chaps, come along we have a seperate buggy heat with usually between 5 and 8 pple, help us fill this up, the track is big enough to take it! And yes non club members can race with brca membership, still just £5

New Racers
 

Hey guys, in answer to various questions, yes we want more racers, no matter what your experience - heats are sorted on driving ability so you'll always have someone of a similar pace to race against. You can race as a non-member when ever you like so long as you have BRCA membership - tho we'd prefer you to join!!!!
Racing is £5 (FIRST MEETING FREE) every monday except bank holiday mondays - so we're not back on till 9th May unfortunately. Hope to see you guys there.

BRCA Membership
 

Just a quick point to new/potential new racers - you can race for your first 2 weeks free and without BRCA membership. After your first 2 weeks, while you don't need to be a club member, for insurance reasons you do need to be a BRCA member - or at least have applied.
By happy coincidence - our club membership fee includes BRCA membership! :)

regarding lipos, can they be soft cased or do they have to be hard cased??
what motors do you run??

The BRCA rule on LiPo cases only applies to BRCA sanctioned events, and is:-
Lithium based (LiPo/LiFe) battery packs
must have a hard, protective case that completely
envelopes the cell(s). The case should
be made from ABS or a similar material. The
two halves of the case must be factory sealed in
a way that any attempt to open the case will
destroy the case. The only opening in the case
that is allowed, is for the exit of wires.

In my opinion, all clubs should apply the same rule for all club meetings. It is well accepted that cells are THE most dangerous item of equipment.

19/27t brushed, 13.5t brushless for tc's,
not sure what guys are running in the buggies

thanks very much :D, does shell make much of a difference indoors or not, never raced indoors with a tc, as was looking at either the hot bodies impreza or the blitz ISF

http://demonpowerproducts.co.uk/prod...oducts_id=5992

http://www.apexmodels.com/gbu0-prodshow/61738.html

the lads are using all types of shells- mazda 6, dodge stratus, alfa 159 to name a few, just make sure you get a shell with a wing that'll give plenty downforce, it does make a difference
ive just bought a moorespeed dodge stratus which comes with 3 wings.
what tc you going to be running?

HPI sprint, bit old but hey still works lol

tbh honest theres not many running new chassis anyway mate so you'll fit right in:thumbsup:

Hi Furball - shell makes a massive difference on a slipy wooden floor, needs to run as low as poss and have a good large spoiler. Any with "scale" spoilers or running too high will handle like a bus!
While there are lots of shels to chose from, most saloon type are basically the same. Worst I've used were MG ZS (too high) and a merc CKK GTR (too long)

excellent, lol got it for £60 delivered with a 19T motor, the guy was selling it as he cant turn it into a slider due to it being belt drive lol, yea i can imagine with the clk lol they were abit low in there time, i like mazda speed 6 as it looks a good alround shell and the fact that mardave do one for the mardave must mean there worth summit lol

anybody using any Tamiya TL-01s and/or will they be competitive enough as ive got one with loads of hop ups.......also a standard Tamiya TB-01 or a HPI RS4 Rally that needs building up LOL ???

i know gary is running a tamiya but not sure what spec, get yourself over on the 9th may and have look.

just finished spraying my new shell and it looks crap!!!!:thumbdown:
i think its a bad idea to have 6 bottles of becks then try and paint!:woot:

LMAO not a bad attempt i can imagine

Don't worry about running old model TC's. There's not a massive ammount of difference in performance from old to new. Just turn up and race, thumbs make the most difference to the lap times!
I'm running a Losi XXXS which i've had for about 4-5 year maybe, and it wasn't new when I got it!

hey guys what kinda brushless setup you guys running? also where is the best place to get spikes for tc rims from? cheers for help also got wife driving lol she very new so going to try get her some practice sessions before we come club racing.

Hi furball85 can't say 'bout brushless set ups I'm an old brushed driver but get your tyres at PHILLS MODELS Nile Street in North Shields

Ray Mac

im using a cheap n chearful yeah racing sensorless motor/speedo combo from fleabay- think it cost about 55 quid new.
as Ray said Phills is the best locally or you can buy direct from schumacher.

cool, will go to phils and have a look/spend lol, bought 2 tcs one comes with everything to go drifting but spares seem to be like a bad drift lol (kyosho TF5) and a hpi sprint 1 which spares seem to be easier to get hold of on fleabay

You're finally on then Old Man Ray!
Look forward to seeing you both racing then Furball - we're back on the 9th May - 7pm.

Gary who works in Phills is the club secretary and will be able to answer any questions you have mate- really helpful:thumbsup:

awesome thanks alot guya should be down at the end of may i think :D