Indoor 10th Electric Offroad at Taplow (J7 M4, Slough/Maidenhead) - Friday 2nd April

[Chris-S]

Date: 2nd April
Where: Click Here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=51.524523,+-0.673256&sll=51.479995,-0.605996&sspn=0.106908,0.308647&ie=UTF8&ll=51.524619,-0.673127&spn=0.001669,0.004823&t=h&z=18)
Time: Practice from 1pm, Racing starts at 7pm
Format:3 rounds of qualifying and 2 finals. (This depends on numbers and how quick people are to get out marshalling/racing)
Classes: 4wd, 2wd and SC10's
Cost: £8

Videos from previous weeks racing:
http://www.vimeo.com/10308611 (http://www.vimeo.com/10308611)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znUQsYIXn1c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znUQsYIXn1c)

The track will be longer next time, there is some more fire hose being filled and painted this week. There will also be modifications to the jumps to make them work better.

Look forward to seeing you all.

[Chris-S]

Looking to run a class of 1/18th electric cars as well, we've been told that they will cope fine with the jumps

[Smartalec]

I'll be there this week :thumbsup:

[Beanie]

Any chance of starting earlier and perhaps another round of heats/finals as it's a bank holiday?

[Smartalec]

Would 4 rounds of qualifying and 1 final be better? :)

[Chris-S]

I will speak to Janos later, and see about starting earlier and more heats and finals.

[c0sie]

You get many micros at this club Chris?

[Chris-S]

Practice from 1pm, as the venue is free on friday. Racing starts at 7.



c0sie, not yet, just seeing if people would be interested.

[Chris-S]

New addition to the track:
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/778/img00219201004012132.jpg

Assembled another 20m of track marker over the last week. Track is getting bigger.

[Chris-S]

Finshed building the track this morning.

Videos are here:
http://www.vimeo.com/10628813
http://www.vimeo.com/10628791

[Smartalec]

Looking good, really looking forward to coming across later :thumbsup:

[frogger]

I can't make tonight but I would be well up for coming along on a Friday night with my 1/18 and 1/10 buggies! The 1/18 buggies will be great on those tracks and the little buggers can jump like you won't believe! :thumbsup:

How often do you guys run? When is the next meet?

[Checa]

New addition to the track:
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/778/img00219201004012132.jpg

Assembled another 20m of track marker over the last week. Track is getting bigger.

I'm loving the look of this:woot:

[Chris-S]

We are open this afternoon if you can make it.

Next meeting will be in the next two weeks, I'll post in the week to let everyone know.

[frogger]

Sadly can't make it today but very keen to come along for your next meeting.

[Beanie]

I'll be there with the SC10 and B4, but not till about 8, will that be OK?

[Chris-S]

Beanie, that should be fine

If anyone has any problems with directions, my number is

[Beanie]

Great fun last night, personal highlight was landing an SC10 from 6 feet on top of Tommy Chung's B3!!! LOL!

Any results anywhere?

Ordered a rear arm to give you back Chris, cheers for that.

[Smartalec]

Excellent fun, great track, look forward to the next one :thumbsup:
........... highlight for me had to be the 511 being awesome in practice before I broke it :(
Downside was (apart from breaking the 511) breaking the CR2 four times even though it was fantastic to drive :mad:
Now don't let anyone be fooled into thinking that these breakages were anything to do with the track, it wasn't, i've never had such strange things happen in one night. E clips flying off, pivot pins coming out, body posts breaking ........... the list goes on :confused:
Then after the racing, the sat nav decides to pack up and we can't find our way home :bored:
Eventually we find the right road and begin to head towards Aylesbury. On one of the crappy roads we hit a pot hole and just outside Amersham the car begins to pull to the left ........... puncture :(
After unloading all the racing stuff from the boot (it was raining) I discovered that the spare wheel is minus the tool needed to remove the cover from the alloy, so although we have a spare wheel, jack, wheelbrace, locking wheelnut tool ......... we still can't remove the wheel. So it all goes back into the boot and the RAC is called. 45 minutes the girl says and I explain that all we need is a man with a van and some tools to remove the said part. 45 minutes later and a missed call on my mobile says that they'll be another 40 minutes :(
RAC man arrives with full-on breakdown truck, takes a look at the wheel and declares that he has no tools and that he'll recover me to home :confused:
After dragging the car onto the truck I get a call from the RAC telling me that they will only recover me 10 miles (I live 33 miles away) as the problem was "self enduced" .............. Lew lives in Aylesbury so I ask to be recovered to his house, the girl explains to me that Lew's house is 13.8 miles and that they can still only recover me 10 miles. After explaining that the whole lot will be cancelled the next day I agree with the recovery bloke to pay for the extra 3.8 miles ........... and then part with £10.58 :mad:
At Lew's place I stand there in a t-shirt freezing while Lew lays on the ground in the wet and gets the wheel off, puts the spare on and waves me on my way. I get home at 2.30pm :bored:
Thanks to everyone at the racing, it was ace :thumbsup:
Thanks to Postman Lew, i'd have been bored on my own and I hate changing wheels :thumbsup:
Thanks to the recovery bloke, you were useless because you had no tools :thumbdown:
Thanks to the RAC, i'm £10.58 out of pocket and i'm now joining the AA :woot:
Get yourselves along to Taplow when it's on next, it's excellent for 1/10th offroad and anyone with a micro will love it too. .......... but be warned of the surrounding pot hole infested crappy roads :)

[KRob]

You truly are special Alec...

[Smartalec]

You truly are special Alec...
Thanks mate :blush:

[Welshy40]

Pity I couldn't make it but definitely be up for the next one. When is that happening so I can book the evening off from the Mrs otherwise my life wont be worth living. :thumbsup:

[Chris-S]

I'll put a thread up with a definite date , looks like it will be the 16th April.