Round 2: 25.04.10 WBMCC Regional 4wd Rd 1
 

Venue and timetable information:

Venue:
Bingham rfc
Town Pavilion,
Brendon Grove,
Bingham,
NG13 8TN
Full bar facilities including Hot and cold snacks and drinks.
Timetable:
Booking in 9 - 10
Heat Practice 9:15 - 10:45
Drivers Briefing: 11:00
Heat 1 at 11:15, 12:25, 13:35, 14:45
Finals 16:00
Notes:
No generators before 9:00am at the earliest.
Emergency contact:
Robert Jaques on 07921726727

looks like it'll be a nice relaxed day then, compared to the nats! :)

See you all there!

Try and keep my shock towers in one piece this week eh!? :woot:

Weather forecast is looking good! :thumbs:

Hoping for a nice sunny day to :thumbsup:

I assume it's an all grass track, and would I be right to assume that heat order is F5's in the early heats to F1's in the later heats. Just want to check as it's a bit of a drive, planning on being there between half eight and nine all being well.

All grass, might be some astro covering the jumps though. Yup F5-F1 run order

Just finished putting all the drivers in to the race program. You are currently in Heat 10!! Assuming that I don't have a massive influx of pre-bookers you should stay there. If not you will be in heat 11 :thumbsup:

Hey Mr J, am I still down as an F5? Haven't changed my booking in details because it should sort itself out after the 1st round of each series but it'd be nice to be in the right heat this time.

And have you stuck me down for 4wd now?

(btw, its rapid!)

WEATHER: A bright day with top tempratures of 19 degrees *SLIGHT* chance of rain in the south east :thumbsup:

Yes you are now an F3 as you are supposed to be.

Yes I booked you in for four wheel drive as there isn't a three wheeled drive class. :thumbsup:

Cracking Day
 

Big thanks and well done to the West Bridgford crew for a cracking days racing. Had a great day and I bet plenty of others did to. :thumbsup:

Good flowing track as well. Really enjoyed it.

Thanks guys.

Alan

:thumbsup: Thanks wbmcc!

Video of the A Final just uploading now.

must have a waterproof cam then Dan !!:woot::woot:
was a good day and A final was funny as going broadside into the corners :thumbsup:

Did get a bit wet!:(

A Final video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyMFQHQ7tzk

Wow, a long day! We got there at 6am and left at 7pm :o

Thanks to everyone that came though, weather held off (Just), shame my car and rob's workmanship skills wouldn't stay together :thumbdown:

Great day. :thumbsup: Thanks to all involved.

Not a bad day in the end despite destroying my lipo in round 2!! Thanks for you assistance Mr wragg whilst everyone else stood and gazed in amazement. :) :thumbsup:

Its amazing what cell tape and servo tape can hold in place!!
The cells had never been so secure after that!

Well done Nathan, your car looked bloody fast!! even in the wet!!

Had a fantastic time :thumbsup:. No dead motors this time :lol: just a blown shock again :lol:
my final was pants :thumbdown: bloody wings

The points after the first 4wd round at West Bridgford are now on www.me-or.com under championship results. Sorry for the strange font. I will change it when I can work out how!

2nd to 5th couldnt be any closer !!! lol or should i say 2nd !! :thumbsup:

Good to hear the +ve feedback for WBMCC again, thanks guys :thumbsup:.

Hopefully we can put on another good event when we host 2WD in June. Apparently it was p-ing it down in Nottingham during the afternoon, so we were very lucky with the weather. Although I guess some rain would've helped put out the LiPo fire...

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/SDC12285.jpg

Pat doing his best to keep it together pity the car wasnt :lol: well done getting to the finish :thumbsup:
more pics at link below:

http://s463.photobucket.com/albums/q...0in%20Bingham/

slideshow:
http://s463.photobucket.com/albums/q...t=b853ee7d.pbw

Yes, we was so lucky with that big black cloud near the end of the day as when I got home only 8 miles away it looked like it had been raining all day!!!

Some pictures of the day.....once again i apologize for the quality of the pictures......still trying to get to grips with taking pictures of moving objects:woot: any tips??

http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/v...0April%202010/

Excellent Pictures Chris :thumbsup:

Really enjoyable, the organistion was top notch and well worth the drive. Congrats to Nathan on the win, just wish I hadn't ballsed up the first lap so I could have tried to have kept up.

Had a Awesome day racing, and happy there was a Open class to accomadate me.

Big thank you to all who organised the day, and the photographers :thumbsup:

had a good day untill the final, a 3 corners gap wasnt enought time for the marshall to step once and turn my car over:confused:,2nd car passed me(still on my roof)3rd car hit me and flipped over,marshall flips them over to carry on in second(still on my roof)the grid now pass me and im now facing the wrong way and last,marshal rolls me over to leave me facing the wrong way,the red mist has now desended,drove like a COCK(shut up grumpy shambles:woot:)and so took the car off the track before my head exsploded,then sat in the car sucking my thumb:thumbsup::woot:

Sweet pics Chris. I saw you taking pics on the main strsight. Damn hard to get decent shots that close up af fast moving cars.
Nice work. :)


Nice pic of my LiPo.:woot:

What camera settings did you use?

Looking at the photos (which are ok) I'd suggest:

1. Increase ISO => allows a faster shutter speed at same exposure
2. Increase aperture => faster shutter speed for same exposure but reduced depth of field
3. Set shutter speed to around 1/250sec => avoid blur but keep motion in background, or > 1/500 sec to freeze motion
4. Use a longer focal length (or zoom lens) => you can be further away to allow a smoother panning motion & further reduce depth of field.
5. Take pictures of Anthony's car because it's either broken & not moving, upside down & not moving, or just moving slowly.

Keep meaning to bring my SLR to a Regional but then I think I'd just forget to race!

Thanks Paul, I think I will bring when we go outside on a Firday night and pratice and pratice and pratice!! I would love a longer lens but they seem very expensive!!
I tried to take pictures of Ant's new Blast on the track but I didn't see it on there....lol.
You always forget your SLR, thats not very OCD is it??

Have you read Jimmy's guide?

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/artic...to1/index.html

No I haven't.......nice find Mr Ant:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Yeah, that's a good guide. Pretty much repeats my points above together with some example pictures. Then it's a case of practice makes perfect.

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/SDC12264.jpg

Mark and Pat getting a little close :lol:

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/SDC12303.jpg

The Doc's Zx5 flying with the aid of a blast... :lol:

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/SDC12304.jpg

Martin's Cat still one piece....:lol: :thumbsup:

http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/q...m/SDC12318.jpg

Rob trying the inside line :thumbsup:

we wouldnt had the marshal not been pretend to be a monkey:mad: