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Coastal 12-04-2013 07:28 AM
Coastal Model Car Racing Club
 
To anyone who hasn't raced with us this year here is a taster of what to expect;)

http://vimeo.com/63698824

thanks to Darryl Rampton and his flying quad copter.

jcb 12-04-2013 07:50 AM
Video is pretty impressive, but where has all the grass gone?

On a more serious note what time are the gates going to be opening for the regional and what are the pitting arrangements? If the regional gets similar numbers to Eastrax and as per last year we didn't all manage to get indoors and the track now seems to be on the flat area where a number of us pitted last year.

Wrong way up 12-04-2013 08:04 AM
Can I race a plough there please? :woot::woot::woot:

Bernie_W 12-04-2013 08:16 AM
East Coast
 
Was that a BBQ heating up to the left of the rostrum.:)

bomber 12-04-2013 08:25 AM
Thats going to be fun if it rains :o

lewis 12-04-2013 10:47 AM
Track layout
 
Hi, is the track going to be changed for the regional.:woot:

Coastal 12-04-2013 05:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb (Post 765109)
Video is pretty impressive, but where has all the grass gone?

On a more serious note what time are the gates going to be opening for the regional and what are the pitting arrangements? If the regional gets similar numbers to Eastrax and as per last year we didn't all manage to get indoors and the track now seems to be on the flat area where a number of us pitted last year.
Yes the grass has taken a hammering, however a delivery of AstroTurf is imminent :thumbsup:

Times will be posted nearer to the meeting.

There is plenty of space behind the table top jump and adjacent to the bulidings for pitting. This does mean the main car park as you come through the gate will be the only parking space available.
The majority of indoor pitting is reserved for Coastal members so there will be limited spaces available.

Coastal 12-04-2013 05:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lewis (Post 765165)
Hi, is the track going to be changed for the regional.:woot:
it may be tweaked slightly

longsufferinggirlfriend 12-04-2013 05:51 PM
I seem to have missed the going here again boys, i thought they were off road cars:blush:

GrahamH7060 12-04-2013 06:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrong way up (Post 765112)
Can I race a plough there please? :woot::woot::woot:
Schumacher full spikes all round or some of those sand paddle types will do the job !! if all else fails try the tried and tested "Mick Spindles tyres" ..... drawing pins pushed through the rubber , work a treat on all surfaces !!!

longsufferinggirlfriend 12-04-2013 07:02 PM
Be careful that they don't fly out and pierce the lipo though ;)

spindles69 12-04-2013 08:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GrahamH7060 (Post 765291)
Schumacher full spikes all round or some of those sand paddle types will do the job !! if all else fails try the tried and tested "Mick Spindles tyres" ..... drawing pins pushed through the rubber , work a treat on all surfaces !!!
:thumbsup:

Smartalec 13-04-2013 08:12 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Coastal (Post 765257)
Yes the grass has taken a hammering, however a delivery of AstroTurf is imminent :thumbsup:

Times will be posted nearer to the meeting.

There is plenty of space behind the table top jump and adjacent to the bulidings for pitting. This does mean the main car park as you come through the gate will be the only parking space available.
The majority of indoor pitting is reserved for Coastal members so there will be limited spaces available.
Hi Barry
Does this mean that the whole track wil be covered in astro for the regional or just part of it?

Just trying to decide what tyres to order in advance.

Thanks :)

wrighty 13-04-2013 09:28 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartalec (Post 765398)
Hi Barry
Does this mean that the whole track wil be covered in astro for the regional or just part of it?

Just trying to decide what tyres to order in advance.

Thanks :)


Ballistic greens /whites or yellow minis

Smartalec 13-04-2013 10:06 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wrighty (Post 765418)
Ballistic greens /whites or yellow minis
On the existing track?

jcb 13-04-2013 12:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wrighty (Post 765418)
Ballistic greens /whites or yellow minis
Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartalec (Post 765429)
On the existing track?

I was thinking more along the lines of Proline Step-pins or losi studs with ribs up front.

Depends on how much astro goes down, if it's all astro'd then it's easy if it's 50/50 then god only knows!!

No. 46 13-04-2013 02:17 PM
Ive found yellow schu minispikes to be best. Yorkie found bb greens a bit better. Said they were more chuckable. I dont think there will be a lot to be gained with anything else to be honest. You will gain a lot more by having a clean and tidy run.

The track remains very consistant throughout the day. My times got slightly quicker with every run last time out.

We are planning to get the straight astroturfed first(fingers crossed) so this shouldnt affect tyre choices to much. Any extras will be a bonus but i doubt we willget more than the straight done.

Smartalec 13-04-2013 02:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by No. 46 (Post 765497)
Ive found yellow schu minispikes to be best. Yorkie found bb greens a bit better. Said they were more chuckable. I dont think there will be a lot to be gained with anything else to be honest. You will gain a lot more by having a clean and tidy run.

The track remains very consistant throughout the day. My times got slightly quicker with every run last time out.

We are planning to get the straight astroturfed first(fingers crossed) so this shouldnt affect tyre choices to much. Any extras will be a bonus but i doubt we willget more than the straight done.
Thanks, much appreciated :)

Coastal 13-04-2013 04:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by No. 46 (Post 765497)
Ive found yellow schu minispikes to be best. Yorkie found bb greens a bit better. Said they were more chuckable. I dont think there will be a lot to be gained with anything else to be honest. You will gain a lot more by having a clean and tidy run.

The track remains very consistant throughout the day. My times got slightly quicker with every run last time out.

We are planning to get the straight astroturfed first(fingers crossed
) so this shouldnt affect tyre choices to much. Any extras will be a bonus but i doubt we willget more than the straight done.
Yep as George says, we would like to get the main straight done before the regional, but we want to make sure as we lay the astro that it is laid correctly, so we will not rush it.

GrahamH7060 13-04-2013 04:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by No. 46 (Post 765497)
Ive found yellow schu minispikes to be best. Yorkie found bb greens a bit better. Said they were more chuckable. I dont think there will be a lot to be gained with anything else to be honest. You will gain a lot more by having a clean and tidy run.

The track remains very consistant throughout the day. My times got slightly quicker with every run last time out.

We are planning to get the straight astroturfed first(fingers crossed) so this shouldnt affect tyre choices to much. Any extras will be a bonus but i doubt we willget more than the straight done.
Will you be doing any track building days George in the run up to the regional ? If we have a good turnout of people to help we could get more done ! I've got a bit of free time to help out , and now the evenings are getting lighter it's more "doable" !! Is there enough astro to cover everywhere? Or is that also a restricting factor ?

JohnM 13-04-2013 04:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by No. 46 (Post 765497)
Ive found yellow schu minispikes to be best. Yorkie found bb greens a bit better. Said they were more chuckable. I dont think there will be a lot to be gained with anything else to be honest. You will gain a lot more by having a clean and tidy run.
I did two runs on BBs and one 1/2 on Schuey yellows, was much faster on the Schuey's, but like George said, keeping it on 4 wheels for 5 mins is going to gain you more then the tyres.

Juttie 13-04-2013 04:58 PM
good luck laying the astro as i know how hard that is after doing boughton

Coastal 13-04-2013 07:30 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GrahamH7060 (Post 765554)
Will you be doing any track building days George in the run up to the regional ? If we have a good turnout of people to help we could get more done ! I've got a bit of free time to help out , and now the evenings are getting lighter it's more "doable" !! Is there enough astro to cover everywhere? Or is that also a restricting factor ?
Hopefully we should have enough to do the whole area, but as we have already said, we are not going to rush laying it for the regional. We are going to make sure we get it right first time.

We would like to get the straight done before the regional, if we can, that's what we are concentrating on.

jcb 15-04-2013 06:55 PM
Just to confirm I have booked into the Coastal regional, but my PT (MRT) is not compatible with RC4 so will require the use of a handout for the day.

Coastal 15-04-2013 07:59 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jcb (Post 766134)
Just to confirm I have booked into the Coastal regional, but my PT (MRT) is not compatible with RC4 so will require the use of a handout for the day.
Thanks for the info Jonathan

Dufty07 19-04-2013 07:07 PM
astro?
 
hows the astro conversion going?

Coastal 20-04-2013 08:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dufty07 (Post 767340)
hows the astro conversion going?
4 tons of ballast put down, smoothed & the Astro laid on the main straight :thumbsup:

That will probably be it before the Regional

JohnM 20-04-2013 09:11 PM
:thumbsup:

Checa 26-04-2013 04:43 PM
I have just received some big boxes of Schumacher and D Boots tyres so if anybody wants anything PM me :)

Dufty07 26-04-2013 06:13 PM
tyres
 
u bringing any wiv u sunday?

Checa 26-04-2013 06:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dufty07 (Post 769254)
u bringing any wiv u sunday?
Yep got a big van to put them in


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