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I have gotta be honest, all this sounds a bit much, after all we are talking about TOY cars here. These cars are toys and we r hardly talking about the F1 championship here. Its a hobby that should be enjoyed not complicated IMO.
Why would the BRCA want to fix something that isnt broken? Just a suggestion to Manufacturer pressure? If you ask me (as a newcomer to RC) the BRCA seem to spoil racing IMO and seem to be grumpy so and so's that just make things hard and cost more! But i dunno, would racing be non-existent without the BRCA? To be honest i shouldnt really comment cos i havent had much racing experience but thats just how it seems from my expeience so far. Andy
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Yes, it is toy car racing. but it does need the rules and the racing is as competitive and close as real racing, so it needs the rules.
The thing we are discussing is what rule to go for in 2008. It is us who choose the rules, and its the BRCA who work it, and they work it well, so please don't diss them, they're only a group of fellow hobbyists who are good enough to put the time in to this aside from there careers etc. |
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go to be honnest, nimh or lipo, why should the car be restricted? the driver should be the restriced item and he/she should be free to choose cells and motor (dont curent rules allow 5 cell anyway? so why enforce it on everyone else?)
please dont make Off road like TC, lots of rules, not as much atmosphere and all about wringing the last tenth out of the car i have found buggies to be fun, cheap, rewarding to drive (more down to driver than set up) oh and did i say fun also the atmoshere and racers seem allot better as in willing to help/chat etc take a look at how buggies are growin and TC is shrinking
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If you don't want 5 cells or you do want lipos then make the proposal prior to the next agm and then go and vote for (or against) what you want.
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i know im a BRCA comittee member
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Awesome, so I assume lipo's would have been proposed? Is there anywhere to see what has been proposed and what hasn't and when is the AGM (assuming it's still due)?
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Carl, the AGM is traditionally around mid October ....... so yes it is still to come in 08 but to set 09 rules.
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Thanks Roger!
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Normally the way this works is that each driver is a member of a club. He/she can suggest a rule change either via the club or directly to the BRCA (at least it's like this in Norway). Std. forms are used. I would guess also BRCA has a AGM before november, where all the clubs in the UK vote over suggestions. Those passed will then be passed on to the EFRA AGM in november. Again std. forms are used. BUT! Suggestions to the EFRA AGM has to be delivered to them early august!!! So often you're one year "behind schedule"... -and all you can vote over is proposals from other countries, that were delivered to EFRA in time. I also assume BRCA adopt all new EFRA rules (?). If you wanna be "pro active" like Chris points out, you must do this NOW! And make sure BRCA hands in the proposal before august! All I know is that LiPos were discussed at last years EFRA AGM, and one thought it would most likely be legal 2009 onwards. It being legal in 1:10 OR in ROAR (USA) now, and working well I think makes this even more likely for EFRA. 5 CELLS We did this most of the 2007 season in both classes. To get weight down and to reduce power slightly. BUT - my experience says: -runtime is much shorter, even with quite new batteries -you need quite new & good batteries to have enough power I don't think UK would suffer much in any case. But in most european countries 1:10 OR is still quite small. We therefore need it to be a low-cost & fun class in order to make it grow. I'm afraid it would leave out the low-budget racers. We even have guys running 3300 batteries still... MY SUGGESTION We don't need any "restrictions" in 1:10 OR as to number of cells, volt etc. You're normally overpowered anyway! It's a "non problem"! IMHO we only need rules now in order to assure that the batteries are safe! So I say give us LiPos or whatever may come, but the governing bodies like EFRA and BRCA must test whether these are safe to use. AND give clear rules as to safe charging and storage etc. In Norway we have already implemented: -max. 1C charge -lowest possible mV setting must be used -re-peaking not allowed I've been using LiPo in RC airplanes for years, and I simply LOVE them! Together with B/L they're outstanding! I was a bit scared to begin using them, hearing stories about "Darwin Awards" candidates in the US burning down cars and houses... but neither me or anyone I know has had any problems at all! I charge them and leave them in the "LiPo Sack" (fire safe), then go flying when I have the time or urge to do so... and it doesen't even matter if they've been lying there charged for weeks... still full power and runtime! Rest assure, this is the future (for now)! Keep in mind that LiPos have 40% longer effective runtime. Can be "re-filled", does not need to be emptied again. Can be used for several seasons and still be good as new. Inexpensive and so on. AND! The charging method is very simple and hence the chargers are mere giveaways compared to NiMH chargers! The low weight also puts your car under the min. weight limit without any other fuzz! It's dog's bollocks!
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To avoid any confusion and misunderstanding for those who do not know you, your are not a committee member of the 1/0th Off Road Section.
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yup true, never claimed to be, even so being a BRCA comittee member has the same role no matter what class and we know how the systems work, as BRCA members we also have the right to vote/stand on any section we want to. the only thing that differs are individual section rules, which is why we all get a little book to read
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for 2008 wh have the rules as per handbook.
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Well in off road you'll not be as hard on the cells as we are in TC so I shouldn't think you'll see any issues with battery life. Even if you used a 4.5 instead of a 5.5 you'll still have plenty of runtime so amp draw won't be too bad. With a 4.5 in TC you can gun it for a whole run and still have some runtime left at the end of a run. |
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I ran a 4.5 at carpet wars all winter and never dumped whilst gunning it all the way. You'll never use as much power in a buggy... I ran my 4.5 in 6-cell at worksop once and had to back the timing down a lot to be able to drive it... Ran it the week after at the Petit RC race and people were asking me what cells I had that's how quick the car was... They never realised I had a 4.5...
If I'm not mistaken the actual rules state that you can run 5 cells but you need to have the 6th in the car, meaning you're not gaining anything weight wise. A cell is roughly 68g and we've found it to make quite a difference in TC and I believe in buggy it would also. So trying it following the actual rules won't mean anything, since you'll not have any of the benefits of running at lower weight. I'm not saying it's the way forward, I'm saying it won't be as hard on cells as in TC where we dump a pack with our 3.5s and other silly winds... |
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cheers for clarifying it, thats makes sense
rule for cells reads 25.1 cars will be driven by a maximun of six rechargable cells, which can not be replaced after a race has started. says nothing about 6 having to be in the car!
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Fair enough, I'm 100% sure at the worlds in italy some drivers (even in the A) used 5-cells but had to put a 6th one in their cars due to the rules, so I thought it would be the same over here.
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At the Worlds the drivers used 5 cells in the car by fitting an extra connector to the 6 cell packs, rather than building 5 cell specific packs. For example Neil Cragg ran 6 cells with 14 turn motors in qualifying, but changed to 5 cells and 12 turn for the finals. By sticking an extra tube on the battery it saved a lot of messing about reconfiguring everything for 3 races.
Keeping 6 cells in the pack gives you the choice of voltage, keeps the weight the same and makes it easy to fit the battery in the holder made for 6 cells.
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2) You're wrong. IFMAR rules state you must have 6 cells onboard, not EFRA and BRCA. You can run 5 cells if you like now. So why make an uneccesary rule out of this? Why not be able to run 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... or what ever cells you like? It really doesen't matter!
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