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Originally Posted by B4 Sloth
I live in Rayleigh and want to race every now and again. Lawford/ Coastal in Ipswich look cool but are a bit of a drive. Is eastrax closer, what format, what tyres motors etc are you running. So far i have only got one 4500 mah pack- orion rocket.... I need to get another stick pack...will it need to be 4500 or can i save a few pennies?  |
Hi,
your best bet would be to check out
www.rcracechat.com/eoe
it links you to the East of England website where you will find links to all the clubs in the area along with a helpful map where they are all located. I would think that Eastax will be too far if Coastals a bit of a drive. There are however clubs at Colchester (between Lawford and Ipswich) and Mid Essex Remote Car Club which is just north of Chelmsford in Great Braxted.
I don't know exactly where Rayleigh is but it may also be worth looking at Stotfold Model Car Club, who race near Hinxworth which is just off the A1 on the A505, and also Eden Park which is as far as I am aware is somewhere just south of the Dartford Bridge off the M25.
Nearly all clubs with the exception of Lawford race four qualifiers of five minutes and one final also of five minutes. The most popular tyres for nearly all tracks are schumacher mini spikes in yellow and green and ballistic buugy spikes in green. As Graham has said at Eastrax the winter series was ran on Ballistic Buggy Tyres and a 19 turn motor limit which helped to reduce costs and keep the racing nice and close. Your best bet with any meeting to is to check the club website or ask on the forum as to what they are racing motor wise or what is the most popular choice of tyres.
In terms of motors it really depends on your experiance, the 19 turns are good to learn with and can be competitive against modifieds to. Otherwise something like a 12x2 would be a good starting point. Likewise with batteries your local model shop would be a good place to start but anything around 3700 mah upwards should be fine, although it is handy to have the same brand, spec and make of batteries as it keeps the performance when racing consistent.
Hope that helps