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Originally Posted by MattV6
What about if we all agree on a year for the Vintage? Say anything released up to 31st December 1995 or something like that? 1st Jan 1998? Something along them lines?
I guess it all depends on how much fun we all want to have and with what budget? If we said anything before 31st December 1999 that would fall into cars made pre 2000 and would open it up a lot more?
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Originally Posted by Rtsbasic
One thing to keep in mind perhaps is not everyone will choose to run an RC10, so staying in the spirit of the guidelines used for RC10 classic's is a good idea IMO but it can't be too limited to one type of car. There's some really interesting reading here, a lot of it comes down to "staying in the spirit" of running a 20yr old RC 
I have a 17.5T "stock" brushless motor, but no chassis to fit it to for testing really. Barry your welcome to test it in your RC10 gold pan and see how it goes? could give all of us a bit of a base line for retro performance. Probably a tiny bit slower than the 23T you've got fitted at the moment I'm guessing?
That sounds really sensible, without really limiting anyone from picking their favourite "back in the day" chassis 
From reading what other clubs do, it sounds like limiting the motor is the biggest performance equaliser?
So many things to consider. Matt's gonna have fun with this |
This could very easily turn very complicated!
I think the fundamental rule, as Richard said, is "staying in the spirit" of running a 20yr old RC
We want to keep it as open as possible to begin with, the more Buggies the better! We could always 'massage' the guidelines based on experience at a later date.
My tuppence-worth:
Why not start with...
2wd buggies designed before 2000 (manufactured before 2000, or re-re based on pre-2000 design), motors 'in the vintage spirit!... and leave the rest open
If we find folk are turning up with super-fast brushless 1999 models and win every week, maybe that's the time to go with something like:
2wd pre-2000 buggies:
27 turn ROAR legal stock and 17.5 brushless motors only (under current rules).
Radio gear “electronics” are open.
Tires/wheels are open
Li-Po batteries are allowed.
So just limiting the motor. Just my thoughts based on what we've found online, and comments from Josh, Matt and Richard above
I've put the 3300kV back in the RC10 and had another play with the diff. From what I've read, the 3300kV falls somewhere in between 13.5t - 17.5t sensored brushless, so probably a bit quick... (though I'm sure my driving will limit me more than the equipment!
lol). I'll bring the 23t brushed along on Thursday too, and maybe try your 17.5t brushless too Richard. Kinda depends if I get my wheels and tyres in time!
Barry