mk racing indoor gp 16th dec

[ginger fixit]

thanks guys

roger mate you will be fine most of us dont have any trouble as glypo has said when im racing touring which ive now started doing mod the cells only have 400 mah left in them and i get them repeaked in time i do have a cooling fan to cool them but to be honest they may not be cold when i recharge but i have been running 4200 all season with no trouble at all they dont even get above 35 degrees.

happy days if you worried i think ive got some old 2000mah nicads i used to charge straight from a twelve volt years ago you can borrows those they wont go bang LOL

[c0sie]

Jason, what micro you running fella?

[RogerM]

[quote=glypo;74169]
How do you cope with club racing? Surely when you race club level you have shorter then an hour between rounds? Just do whatever you do there. Really sounds like loads of time for me. I'm planning on charging my EP4200's for my 4wd and IB1400's for my micro all day using only one charger.[quote]

Club racing ........ 1/10th off-road club racing ..... sorry, I don't understand?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I vaguely remember somthing like that int he 90s .... might just have been a dream however....

1/10th off-road club racing, nope .... sorry .... does not compute!!!


At club I run micro (since Oct this year, before that it was 2002 since I last raced at a "club" meeting) and lost 2 rounds and the chance to race the final due to charging problems on Friday ..... if you don't mind I won't be trying to repeat that on the 16th!!!!

I am still 5417 scared of IBs blowing up on me ..........

Andy, bet I could last on 2000s with modern brushless systems .. ironic hey.

[glypo]

Originally Posted by RogerM

Club racing ........ 1/10th off-road club racing ..... sorry, I don't understand?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I vaguely remember somthing like that int he 90s .... might just have been a dream however....

1/10th off-road club racing, nope .... sorry .... does not compute!!!

LOL that is true I must say. Doesn't really exist around these parts, looks like it's coming back though I'm sure you'll be fine though.

Cris - Using a RC18T FT. Fingers crossed it will do. UKMC3 I did not like the M18T and got rid of that. I'm much happier with the RC18T, for now anyway

[RogerM]

Glypo ..... although I trust your judgement ..... might buy another charge just in case ..

[Lee Martin]

Club racing ........ 1/10th off-road club racing ..... sorry, I don't understand?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I vaguely remember somthing like that int he 90s .... might just have been a dream however....

1/10th off-road club racing, nope .... sorry .... does not compute!!!
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1/10th off road clubs?

what are you on? seriously? theres more 10th meetings than i can actually attend! its a strong part of the racing world! only really being bettered by 8th scale! which is buzzing right now!

also charging cells at 3.5amps?? why?????

anddddddddd............that jump looks ace andy! what makes RC fun is being able to express the purpose they are made for! if you dont want to jump, buy a Boring car!

wat is the appeal of tracks in the states? dirt and jumps!!!!!! 'jumpssssss'

Andy it looks cool, 1/10th off road is awesome and we know it! im a little frustrated by this thread as the MK GP is going to be tip top.

get more pics of jumps on ASAP!

Lee

[showtime]

Andy you need to put a single jump a way out fom the jump in the picture that the brave people can use as a landing ramp

if you don't go at it hard enough you come up short & stub in or slow right down and take it as 2 jumps! that way if you really go for it you do them both at once! makes the jumps risk & reward!
you are rewarded with a quicker time through that section if you risk jumping it all!
thats the way to do it

[Chris Green]

Could anyone point me in the direction of a setup for a B4 please?

Thanks.

[RogerM]

Pidge, in answer to your statements in your response to my previous post ....

Firstly I think the jump looks cool ... did I not say that???? I meant to!!! I like jumps like that one where you can drive it and set the car down nice and controlled on a proper lander ramp .... as you say like the US tracks. This is one of the reasons I really wanted to make it to CML .. to drive the jumps. Anybody can wedge a bit of plywood at an angle but that is not a good jump ... what Andy has built looks smooth!

As for the club racing comment I've not lived with in an hours drive of a club that runs 1/10th off road cars since I moved out of the London area in 2002 (used to go to the Watford club on a thursday and in all honesty they stopped running buggy's in any number in about 2000). There are no clubs that I know of in the southern part of the west mids or northern half of the south west that run 1/10th off-road. If anybody can find me one, within an hours drive of Cheltenham (an off-road racers desert) then I will defiantely go racing there!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the clubs seem to run is boring car and, if your really lucky, micros with basic jumps. The whole reason I bought a micro was that there are no 1/10th off-road clubs around

Seems similar around Glypo's way by his response.

As for the 3.5A charge rate I run that as it's the lowest that I can normally get away with and I am seriously worried that a cell will let go on me and hurt somebody. Comes from being a health and safety bod I guess!!! If I could have bought any other cells than IB4200s I would have done but they simply were not available when I needed to purchase cells. That being the case I feel I have to treat them with respect and a healthy dose of concern.

I don't think anybody has said anything negative about the MK GP ..... I certainly haven't ...... just trying to clarify a few things so I understand what to expect and have a good days racing.

I for one am really looking forward to it!!!!!! I certainly didn't mean to uspest anybody.

[Chris Green]

Originally Posted by RogerM

As for the club racing comment I've not lived with in an hours drive of a club that runs 1/10th off road cars since I moved out of the London area in 2002 (used to go to the Watford club on a thursday and in all honesty they stopped running buggy's in any number in about 2000). There are no clubs that I know of in the southern part of the west mids or northern half of the south west that run 1/10th off-road. If anybody can find me one, within an hours drive of Cheltenham (an off-road racers desert) then I will defiantely go racing there!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the clubs seem to run is boring car and, if your really lucky, micros with basic jumps. The whole reason I bought a micro was that there are no 1/10th off-road clubs around

Hi Roger,

Both the Hereford club, and the Caldicot (Newport) clubs are an hour away from Cheltenham?

Both of which run off-road style tracks (Caldicot only race off-road), with loads of jumps and features.

At Hereford at the moment, the track caters for on road too, so the track can be a bit tamer, but in the near future we are looking to run off-road only nights, every other week.

Cheers,

Chris.

[RogerM]

Chris ..... you have just made my day!!!!!!! I didn't know Hereford did 1/10th ... been told it was a Micro club....

I was always up at Ledbury putting in stick time for RallyX so if there is a 1/10th off-road club just a little further than that I'd be well up for that!!!!!!!

Just rechecked the 1st-hrcc site and found it's just a bit over an hour (TomTom says 1hr10 and 57.5 miles quickest, 1hr20 44 miles shortest using the info from the website .... no mention of 1/10th offroad though If it's a 6:15 start there is no hope ... I struggle to make it to Gloucester by 8pm most times)

Anyway please PM me the up to date details or start an new thread please....

Caldicot is a bit more than an hour from me due to the flow (or lack of it) of evening traffic (assuming they run on a week night).


Can we go back on topic for the MK GP again please before you get me hund, drawn and quartered by Mr Martin .....

[ginger fixit]

guys i can promise you the mk gp will be the best indoor meet you have all been to in some time now we have lost tiverton we need to replace it this i recon is the best we can come up with with out dirt.

i will have some more pics up on saturday we have a clubby this friday and im endevouring to get the table top and the rest of the jumps to the hall this week.

thanks guys and remember lee is designing the track it will be the nutts


laters Andy Bell

[ginger fixit]

hi guys

quick up date for you 62 entries in total 13 days to go


27 entrys in 2wd

20 entrys in 4wd

7 entrys prostock micro

8 entrys modified micro

still got a few days to go entries will close on the 10th of december so if you want to come best be getting on with it.

newbury rc will be running this friday night if you want to come over and have a go at the surface and the jumps pm me if you do so we can sort out numbers.

thanks guys Andy Bell

[mobile chicane]

I am the old carpet wrangler


we now have some propper off road carpet ( hoho ) as well


all to go into the mix

[ginger fixit]

just been and ordered the silverware for the gp they look ace should all look very nice in my trophie cabnet LOL


just to let you know we will have driver net live at this meeting all info will be availble on the day.


thanks guys 65 entrys now Andy Bell

[Nick Goodall]

Originally Posted by ginger fixit

just been and ordered the silverware for the gp they look ace should all look very nice in my trophie cabnet LOL


just to let you know we will have driver net live at this meeting all info will be availble on the day.


thanks guys 65 entrys now Andy Bell

Awesome Andy, i've got loads of Track designs for you to look at too - should be a good one in there somewhere!

[c0sie]

Originally Posted by pidge

anddddddddd............that jump looks ace andy! what makes RC fun is being able to express the purpose they are made for! if you dont want to jump, buy a Boring car!

wat is the appeal of tracks in the states? dirt and jumps!!!!!! 'jumpssssss'

Andy it looks cool, 1/10th off road is awesome and we know it! im a little frustrated by this thread as the MK GP is going to be tip top.

get more pics of jumps on ASAP!

Lee

Lee,

Hell yeah! Jumps are where its at man..we need mooooore..lots more...everywhere.
Every club needs jumps..its like a drug..that isnt bad for you

[rich_cree]

I want to do this race with my B44, I asked Lee to enter me but no idea if he has or not. Can someone check if I'm in or not????

Cheers

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by rich_cree

I want to do this race with my B44, I asked Lee to enter me but no idea if he has or not. Can someone check if I'm in or not????

Cheers

Your in, check here: http://www.gingerfixit.proboards84.c...ead=1193748052

[ginger fixit]

thanks ian saves me a job