Vintage racing at York

[super__dan]

I’ve had a right stroke of luck and have been lent a truly mint condition (as built almost) Optima Mid. It’s so utterly factory and mint I’m scared to use it!

It’s my mates who said it was his pride and joy and it’s been in the loft for nearly 15 years he thinks. I can’t decide what to do though. It’s got a Parma pro stock motor which with charging the original saft batteries was not much more than walking pace fast. I wonder if just newer cells will sort that? I’ve got a stick pack of cheap cells on order to run in this and to utterly abuse as my pack of cells for vintage this winter. Will it take a 19t motor and half decent cells OK belts wise, they are old remember?

The Optima has the original Kyosho mechanical speed control which has a reaction time of about 2 seconds with the std acoms servo on it, so I was going to try to put an electronic speedo in there as well as not to disturb the original wiring, trouble is the only spare speedo I have is a Tekin G11 which isn’t very small.

I’ll get some pics up tonight!

Dan

[purpletimbo]

Hi I was just trawling for a Transmitter model number and happened on this thread, I don't race but do collect vintage buggies etc and live in York.
Any one else near me?
PS as old school escs go how about one of these

Tim

[Northy]

That looks ace. Why don't you call in when the racing is on, and bring some of your collection

G

[purpletimbo]

Love to if i knew where they were? a lot of the links previous in thread don't work
Cheers tim

[Stu]

Tim, why don't you have a go at racing - while we will each be trying to win it's not (or at least it was not last year) the main objective, having a good laugh is.

Good point about the venue - is it Lowfield or Huntington?

Tim, follow this link - http://www.yorcc.org.uk/index_files/map.htm, both venues are on there - someone (G?) will let you know on here which venue it is.

[purpletimbo]

Ah one of the guys NeilD? was on www.rc-racing.org.uk with me until a while ago, is he still in that club?
I might make it to the committee meeting and see whats going on.
Cheers Tim
PS another addition but not that old

[Northy]

Yeh, YORCC are back at Huntington again now that the building work has finished.

http://www.yorcc.org.uk/index_files/...s/mapsmall.gif

There is also a committee meeting this Friday.

G

[Medders]

Originally Posted by purpletimbo

Hi I was just trawling for a Transmitter model number and happened on this thread, I don't race but do collect vintage buggies etc and live in York.
Any one else near me?
PS as old school escs go how about one of these

Tim

Very nice indeed, I have a Tekin 410 but sadly it no longer works. G and s are right, you should come race at the next vintage meeting, 3rd November I think.

[purpletimbo]

Does a Schumacher 2000 USA count as vintage?

Or I have a Kyosho Optima
a pair of Nikko Dandy Dashes and a Super Sprint
A PB possibly Mustang and a Mardave of some description
A Tomy intruder Adonis but sadly only a TC shell as yet
A Kyosho Super Bomber but needs lots of work
A Kyosho Aerostreak
A lazer ZX and a ZXR
A Marui Ninja
top of my head thats the old ones lol

[Medders]

An Aerostreak !! Blimey !! I have one almost complete but some key bits broken and no bodyshell. Not a great car, handled like a shopping trolley

[purpletimbo]

Super Bomber I also have a mint boxed 1/14 Sky Bomber FA version

Aero streak pretty much came RTR

Super sprint as new but just as is

FA series flyer

How many buggies

PB plus loads spres NIB as well

Lazer ZXR

Mardave plus few spares



that'll do for now lol

[super__dan]

It's 1990 or earlier chassis'd cars so the Blade 2000 is very much out. The optima is very much in though, I'm running the mid version at the vintage rounds (if the cells last 5 mins)

[purpletimbo]

Oh well the Optimas hopped up belt conversion with alloy externally adjustable shocks, so my Optima Guru informed me so will run well, might stick that tekin in and see how she goes
Spare shell

[FERRETTI]

Sorry to jump in on this thread but I've been right through it and unless I've missed something I'm a bit unclear on the requirements for a vehicle to qualify as vintage, has this been clarified yet I have a couple of older cars and I'm interested to know which ones maybe acceptable, thanks

[Northy]

Hi Ferretti,

We class vintage as chassis's of pre 1990 vintage

I hope you can take part. I still haven't built the secret weapon

G

[FERRETTI]

Originally Posted by Northy

Hi Ferretti,

We class vintage as chassis's of pre 1990 vintage

Pre 1990 I know it's meant to be fun and sorry to seek clarification but aren't some of you chaps running stealth transmissions I ask as I don't want to turn up with something that doesn't adhere to the rules.

Originally Posted by Northy

I hope you can take part. I still haven't built the secret weapon

G

You haven't built it yet I thought you would have been winning nationals with it by now you know if you don't want it I will gladly have it back

[Stu]

To make it simple we have allowed variants of cars that were originally released pre-1990, so a late model RC10 may be actually later than 1990, but for our purpose its just an RC10 so is allowed.

It's really down to the individual racer what they want to run, if they think what they have fits the pre-1990 thing, then thats OK. Obviously anyone who decides to run something that is obviously later than 1990, eg a B2 or maybe a 'modern' CAT will look a bit silly.

[FERRETTI]

that works for me

thanks for the info.

[super__dan]

I'm running an RC10 worlds (ish) which as G says is OK.

G - Have you sorted us out a 2wd and seperate 4wd heat yet?

[Northy]

Sorry Dan, there isn't enough of us to justify it

G