Euros Info

[spenner]

Cause the Flux Capacitor Blew!!!!

Broke front shock after landing the tripple, S2 'EC' is awesome, thanks Mr Clark

[jimmy]

11th in round - john is a god.

[notlawnomis]

Well done Jimmy great reporting, hope your enjoying your racing as well!!

Tell Westy to get a shift on!!!

[woOdy]

I would like to know where was the highest placed RB5?

[jim76]

I would like to know where was the highest placed RB5?


probably lower down than if you were there!

[Danny McGee]

probably lower down than if you were there!

An RB what? lol

Yer that would be intesting to know. im sure you would have been top woodster

[jimmy]

I would like to know where was the highest placed RB5?
WE couldn't find a single Kyosho RB5 at the Euro Championships Stu. :( The Tamiya 501X is very popular here though with the finnish guys and Hupo has tested here before so it should do well here.

[telboy]

and kyosho are on about taking the world championship!?:eh?:

Yet they cant be bothered to send a team to the euros to see how the car compares, strange.

we should've gone over with ours woody.

[elvo]

Congrats to John Spencer and Craig Harris, good results. ;)

[b4rs]

jimmy, go over to the webcam and give it a bang, it aint working!

[JCJC]

Its working for me via winamp, but still have to guess whats going on!

[Gayo]

jimmy, go over to the webcam and give it a bang, it aint working!
Hit "Refresh".

[Nick Goodall]

Kyosho are Japanese at the end of the day, and they will be no doubt putting hours and hours of testing/development in at the track so i'm sure they'll do ok at the Worlds if the right drivers turn up for them.

[woOdy]

and kyosho are on about taking the world championship!?:eh?:

Yet they cant be bothered to send a team to the euros to see how the car compares, strange.

we should've gone over with ours woody.

I would of done but this year is on oOple.com so the money is not there. Maybe next year hey Kyosho?

[b4rs]

the racing is taking place right now, if you uysewinamp to watch it it works, i cant get sound though, but i can watch part of the track

[b4rs]

jimmy go stand by the big jump and giv us a wavE!!!! WHEY!!!!

[jimmy]

lol I'll think about it ;)

my car is awesome - I'm just 'exploring its limits' the jumps are MASSIVE and to go fast you have to jump them well. I am getting the fastest laps in my heat 25.1 but not really able to keep it up - hopefully I can throttle back a little tomorrow and keep it going for 5 minutes without crashing. Easier said than done though.

[b4rs]

just watxching it all on the cam, but its just practicing today init? anyway, i will look out for you on the track. good luck at winning tomoz, just saw a man in a red shirt, do the "dad run" on the track, lol rofl

[b4rs]

******UPDATE*****

the camera has been moved, you can now see at least 50% of the track, nice one to whoever did that!

but now its stopped working???

[GRIFF55]

woo hoo!! AUDIO TOMORROW

[jimmy]

7 rounds of practice are now over.. just some working on cars now. I updated the report but I will change it and split 2/4wd over different pages so it's not such a long read..

[b4rs]

yup audio tomoz!!!! canrt wait, even though you ownt be able to hear much apart from some cars.

[copter]

Sorry that I haven't been able (due busy schedule) to post here earlier. About the live feed.. YES it's going to have audio tomorrow and Saturday. I just need to find suitable microphone from the store this evening. It really has been very busy here and I just simply haven't had the time to get it done earlier.

It would help a lot if you could then post feedback about the audio quality tomorrow (levels etc) so we can get the best possible result with the resources we have. I'll try to read this thread regularly tomorrow.


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Best regards,
Matti Korvenmaa, Chief Timekeeper / Euros 2007

[Bathy]

4WD... What about my hero Lee and the Aero? Not one mention all day :(

[jimmy]

Lee isn't on it quite yet.. the car wasn't quite there and lees driving wasn't either but it should be good by tomorrow

[millzy]

coz the kids still hung over from the birds n booze in the hotel room no doubt

[Kash]

I see Tricky has been going faster with his xxx4 ;)

[samboneecanada]

Have to say that this site is one of the best if not the best on the web for 1/10 electric. the final hammer for me was reading the euro coverage. It's totally pro. Can't wait for an international event in Toronto (who knows someday) where we'll get awesome coverage by Jimmy.

thanks man, your site rocks!!!!

[Ripa]

Craig seems to like driving on the roof of finnish racing venues? ;)
http://copter.threewee.com/ripak/Kuvat/Euros2007/Craig/

[copter]

I found the needed microphone from local store. I will place it tomorrow outside the timekeeping room window. There's a speaker near by, so you should be able to hear what's happening at the track and announcements etc too.


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Best regards,
Matti Korvenmaa, Chief Timekeeper / Euros 2007

[MATTY]

Is this a typo :eh?:

We received a quick update from the Durango team, who are present at this weeks European Championships in Finland, on todays 4wd practice. Durango team driver Jörn Neumann, who finished 8th in the 2wd class event, set the fastest lap time after 7 rounds of practice just in front of newly crowned 2wd European Champion (http://www.redrc.net/2007/07/neil-cragg-wins-2wd-european-champs/) Neil Cragg, driving the JConcepts BJ4WE, while Tamiya driver Hupo Hönigl ended the day with the 3rd quickest lap time. Friday sees final practice and the beginning of qualifying with the final qualfiying rounds and the finals taking place on Saturday.

RED RC - NEWS

[jimmy]

Just a typo yes - neil is running the Yokomo and is of course very quick indeed.

[jimmy]

I found the needed microphone from local store. I will place it tomorrow outside the timekeeping room window. There's a speaker near by, so you should be able to hear what's happening at the track and announcements etc too.


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Best regards,
Matti Korvenmaa, Chief Timekeeper / Euros 2007

Thats great Matti! Though I don't think i've much of a need for it myself it's cool to watch these things as I know from previous big events I couldn't attend. You and the other organisers have done a great job

[Bus Driver]

The sound is awsome with the vid now.

[Bus Driver]

How have the 4wd been holding up on this track?Looks pretty car friendly.

[copter]

Really the audio is OK? I bought the microphone yesterday but it was no good and we needed to come up with alternative solution. So is it currently OK? We have been testing couple different setups during last hour so just wanted to know that is it still OK or was it OK with some previous setup etc?


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Matti

[supersonic]

Are ther any B44s out on the track? Did anybody announce they would race them in the future (esp. Mr Cragg) ? Enjoy your time in Finland.
nic

Great Job, Jimmy, as always.

[copter]

No B44s at the event as far as I know. I was having dinner with Levänen on Wednesday and I understood that they still have some minor work to do with it.

[andy reeves]

Interesting to see the Tricky is using the xxx4. Whats the extra scoope on the side of the body :confused: It will be interesting to see how many different types of cars make the A final.

[Bus Driver]

Yes audio is very good.It is working fine.

[Cruise]

A little more "Scotty" on the audio would be great.

Cruise

[copter]

It's still practice, but Scotty will be talking most of the time. I'm myself the other guy who's speaking. Scotty will do all the talking during the heats and I'll handle announcements related to timing, starting etc..

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Matti

[Chris Doughty]

Interesting to see the Tricky is using the xxx4. Whats the extra scoope on the side of the body :confused: It will be interesting to see how many different types of cars make the A final.

he is running the origional xxx4 body (not the G+ body)

[Cruise]

I know but you can barely hear Scotty on the audio.

Cruise

[copter]

Ok. Let's see what we can do about it..

[Nick Goodall]

Just looking at the final practise results coming through, does it look like Ben Riley has been disqualified? There's a big DQ next to his name but he had a quick time so thinking something must have happened??

http://www.wasacross.com/results/Practice_R9_H5_B_Two.pdf

[Southwell]

Possibly a shell vent violation?

[copter]

Ben Riley didn't bring his car to the inspection.

[Rob]

Have they re-covered the triple?

Great to have the sound now, will be good to watch the finals.

[copter]

Yes, carpet was replaced last night.

[emzy]

What's the link for the camera again?

[dave g]

http://82.118.208.38:2800/;file.nsv

open winamp etc and add it to the play-url box

[copter]

Also Rheinard, Wilck and Honigl didn't bring their cars to the inspection.

[Bathy]

What's the link for the camera again?

http://www.wasacross.com/live/index.html

Something like that I think Em!

Can we request 'shout outs'? :)

Big shout out to Team Mamba and the oOple crew oh and all the British drivers huh, I'll get back to work yeah? :eh?:

[emzy]

Not Media Player then? :(


*EDIT* Bathy's the man! Cheers dude! :)

[emzy]

Trust me to pick it up when absolutely nothing's happening...!

[Wraggy]

Big shout out to Team Mamba and the oOple crew oh and all the British drivers huh, :eh?:

Team Mamba Rulzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz !!!!!!!!!!!;) :) :)

[copter]

Also Neumann, Pfeifer, Penttinen and Torikka have been disqualified from the second practice. These cars were all too wide.

[Gayo]

What is that Team Mamba thing ? :o

[millzy]

a big black wipping dildo made out of the center of inserts and coverd in black tape that leaves huge marks on your back if your pit moneky whips you one with it

[copter]

In Q1 Mike West and Thomas Ewertz had too wide cars as well.

[millzy]

how are they too wide ?

[Wraggy]

a big black wipping dildo made out of the center of inserts and coverd in black tape that leaves huge marks on your back if your pit moneky whips you one with it
what you on about millzy ???:confused: its a proper Team ;) :D .
we got stickers and everything :D .
looking to sign another team member ...

[millzy]

got t shirts?

[Gayo]

:o :D :D :D

[Wraggy]

got t shirts?
might have ;) .. lol.

[millzy]

sweet

[awa0]

Good morning guys!!

What about our spanish driver, Alberto García?

[SHY]

LOL! I thought it looked like that (the logo). But I was afraid to ask...

Thought it was just my dirty mind... :rolleyes:

[Chris Doughty]

Ben Riley seems to have put down a good run!

[jimmy]

Good morning guys!!

What about our spanish driver, Alberto García?

Alberto is in heat 11, he's been doing 12 laps each practice, best laps about 24.5 seconds. Had 2 practice runs this morning and probably due to race first qualifying round in about 10 minutes.

[millzy]

I think 13s will be hit soon CD

[Kopite]

this live stream is freakin cool!

[Chris Doughty]

for sure 13's will be on by most of the A, but it seemed like a good solid run from ben

[dave g]

could do with the audio just a bit louder as you really have to turn the pc volume up to hear it ok..i got an email and frightened me to death because i had the volume turned up so much :)

dave

[millzy]

Oh In not knocking Bens time but i think 13s are needed as tom just did

[copter]

I know that the audio isn't that loud at the moment, but problem is that we are using interleaved audio from the camera and we cannot adjust the volume without changing the microphone to another one.. And we don't have any other here at the moment. Like said earlier, I'll see what we can do about it..

[Kopite]

could do with the audio just a bit louder as you really have to turn the pc volume up to hear it ok..i got an email and frightened me to death because i had the volume turned up so much :)

dave

lol, me too! soiled myself :wtf:

Tom Cockerill's time seems to be pretty good, although can't really tell yet.

What does everyone think of the track?

[millzy]

i think a sub 3:15 time will be hit soon

[awa0]

Alberto is in heat 11, he's been doing 12 laps each practice, best laps about 24.5 seconds. Had 2 practice runs this morning and probably due to race first qualifying round in about 10 minutes.

Thanks you Jimmy.

I don't have any photo of our spanish team, to put it at www.aecar.org (Spanish Federation). Could you do any for me and for our web? I will thank you a lot!!

[copter]

I was able to get one person to leave into the city to find a better microphone. As soon as she gets back we should have better audio volume. I'll let you know then.

Hopefully you'll manage until then.. ;)

[Chris Doughty]

EuroCree strikes again, I don't think that time will get him a 4th, but its another solid time for him,

[dave g]

get that commentator a nice ice cream,hes doing a great job,we dont want him to get a sore throat!!!

[Nick Goodall]

2nd for Lee behind Hubert at the moment then? Cree 3rd??

[HKP]

I've not read all this thread to check if its been mentioned before, but Mac/Linux users can use VLC to view the live stream :)

[Wraggy]

end of round 1 and if not mistaken thats 6 different cars in the top 6 also ??

[Nick Goodall]

Hupo
Tricky
Ellis
Lee

That's what i make it?

[b4rs]

get that commentator a nice ice cream,hes doing a great job,we dont want him to get a sore throat!!!

Get copter a ice cream, in fact, add a flake too! hes doing a great job of making sure everytihng is good with the webcam, if it werent for ihm we wouldnt be watching (or hearing) at all! great work copter, if only more people were like you! :)

[millzy]

my god a xxx4 is 2nd .... hes still runnig it right

[Nick Goodall]

Ellis has the quickest lap too so the X-Factory boys will be happy with that i'm sure??

Not that 4th is bad, but i'm expecting Lee to go a bit quicker yet, doesn't seem like they've quite got the most out of the car looking at lap times? I would have expected it to be one of the quickest really...... still early days.

[modelimages]

its the start of a xxx-4 revival, and you just bought a yoke:)

[b4rs]

here we go!

[Bathy]

its the start of a xxx-4 revival, and you just bought a yoke:)

No chance :rolleyes: Car is a one track wonder! (X owner, BX rocks ;) )

[copter]

Scotty got his ice cream.. ;)

[copter]

Oliver's transponder failed in heat 4 (Q2) and that explains the low amount of laps. No other difficulties.

[dave g]

keep up the good work..coverage is A1.

[copter]

Like you probably saw from the camera, big table is under repairs. Probably one of the cars had screw loose and it took some amount of the carpet.. There will be re-run after Q2's last heat 15:58 if we can keep up with the schedule.

UPDATE: Frequency problems too with heat 7 .. I'll get back to you.

[copter]

Ok everything solved. Going again. We are about 7 minutes behind the schedule now but looks like we can catch it easily on the break between rounds if any other issues won't come up.

[millzy]

its the start of a xxx-4 revival, and you just bought a yoke:)


but i have a magic tower on it :):)

[copter]

Ok so about the frequency stuff there was a problem with the car .. And no other radios were turned on etc.

Just got the new microphone. We are going to test it during the break between rounds.

[millzy]

nice run by lee , might be tq this round with that? what u guys think

[copter]

Ok we gonna try the new microphone NOW. So turn down the volume!

[Wraggy]

TQ all the way !!!!! :) nice one lee .. only 3 more to go ;)
barton 2nd and cragg 3rd to finish the UK top 3 of round 2 ...

[Nick Goodall]

Looks like he's done it then?? Good lad ;-)

[millzy]

Tom C put in a good run, good on you Tom well impressed.

[Bus Driver]

13 by craig.wow

[dave g]

thats worse audio..theres a buzzing and its quieter :(

[Bus Driver]

sound went to pretty bad.

[Bus Driver]

put the mic back where it was.

[Bathy]

Ok we gonna try the new microphone NOW. So turn down the volume!

Put the old Mic back in! :D

Coverage is super mind, had it on all day while working away, I almost feel like I'm there!

[millzy]

i cant see jack in work:(((

[copter]

Weird. We installed the new microphone but it didn't work. We went back to the old one. Need to check it closer during the break. I'll let you know more later..

Sorry.

[dave g]

thats better..seems the old mic wasnt too bad haha

if your plugging the new mic into the soundcard,make sure you have the 'mic' slider turned up in the sound panel when you open the volume control in windows,and you should have a little tick box to boost the mic gain.

[LEGEND]

It just went better then back to quiet and now it has no sound at all.

[LEGEND]

It has gone back to the way it was now though.:)

[Wraggy]

i cant see jack in work:(((

same here dude !!!! i cant see nothing :(

[Bathy]

same here dude !!!! i cant see nothing :(

You've got your eyes open yeah? Millzy you working down the mines?

Go Lee go Lee *gets pom poms out*

[copter]

We'll keep it like this at least for now until we get the new microphone to work.

There was a problem with frequencies again and reason was that crystal wasn't properly in it's place in the car.

[Wraggy]

You've got your eyes open yeah? Millzy you working down the mines?

Go Lee go Lee *gets pom poms out*

bloody firewalls at work dont allow it !!!! :wtf:

[Richard Lowe]

Has anyone managed to get the stream working in anything other than winamp? VLC gives me loads of picture corruption and WMP11 just cries when you try and open the stream :D

Cockerill's on fire today :cool:

Barton's very quick too :)

:::edit::: nevermind I've got VLC working now :cool:

[Bathy]

Has anyone managed to get the stream working in anything other than winamp?

http://www.wasacross.com/live/index.html

That link works for me and worked for Em first thing today.

[josh_smaxx]

http://www.wasacross.com/live/index.html

That link works for me and worked for Em first thing today.

That links spot on :)

[Richard Lowe]

Tom just went 5 in round!

Nice one :cool:

[ashleyb4]

OH sound!!!

[YoungChazz]

Go Big E!!!

[Bathy]

i cant see jack in work:(((

Maybe Jack's phoned in sick?

I missed the results from that last round... anyone got an update?

[Nick Goodall]

Lee
Rich Barton
Neil Cragg
Hubert
Tom Cockerill
Craig D
Richard Taylor

[millzy]

well done Tom.

Bathy yes, its very hard to to see where im digging ,p.s jacks the Cannery he cant use a phone

[copter]

Results are updated live too in case you haven't noticed: http://www.wasacross.com/results/

Third round just starting.

Cyrille Helias has skipped one marshalling turn so he will lose best qualifying points when calculated after all qualifying rounds.

[copter]

There was a horrible sound coming from Jiri's cars gears during couple last laps (heat 7, Q3).. Spur broken maybe.

[copter]

And Finns Henry Salmén and Marcus Hendricksson did the same, missed their marshalling turn and will lose best points from qualifying tomorrow.

[Nick Goodall]

How do people forget to marshall? Or is it because the heats are running in a strange order?? Seems like a poor excuse for losing your best time though really...

[dave g]

yes its because of the staggered heats..its easy to forget,im guesing that because its the finnish lads that are forgetting they may just be wildcard drivers who are unfamiliar with how it works?

[copter]

Dunno, but Dave G might have a point there. We have never had staggered heats in nationals in Finland as far as I know. In 2WD there was also 3 guys who missed their marshaling turn and suffered penalty, but from those only one was Finnish tho.

[copter]

Anton Savel'ev and Sami Salmela missed the start in heat 3 (Q3). Anton just wasn't in the box in time and Sami needed to take the car into repairs. Anton started as last and Sami hasn't appeared at the track at all.

Brian Preddy broke his wing at the second jump and didn't continue.

[Bathy]

Not one Mexican wave from the crowd all day!!!

[millzy]

that rd 3 over all is wrong isnt it , its say they all did 12 laps i thought the Durango kid got the fastes 13?

[copter]

Yeah it was the wrong one first from 2WD class (printed wrong list), but correct should be there now.

Hopefully you liked the coverage today. We'll continue tomorrow with live video and audio.. And also with this oOple exclusive commentary on this thread.

[SHY]

Best I've ever seen! Straight from the horse's mouth! Go get yourself an ice cream, you deserve it! ;)

[JCJC]

Hopefully you liked the coverage today.

Like it, we love it........:) :) :)

[Chrislong]

Fingers crossed I can get the live stream working at home tomorrow, I think I have it working already and it shows the race times now. I just can't play so much in work :( , but tomorrow I will be cheering on Ellis and (hopefully) Tom in the A final.

[OldTimer]

Copter the coverage is great, had the results page open all day and just refreshed it every 5 minutes ;)

[Northy]

Yeh, would be great to see Tom (Nor-Tech team driver ;) ) in the A! :)

G

[SHY]

Total digression: @Elvo, Steven is TQ at the EC A 1:8 TR after the 1st round of qualification in Lostallo. Go Belgium!

http://vs189141.vserver.de/reports/ch/mrtm/IR_27072007/EFRAV8T/index.html
(very nice timekeeping system the RCM btw!)

Rumour has it "Helga" is defeated by a girl with an even larger "shelf" down there! :D We should have gone there...

[jimmy]

I updated the little report I've been doing.

[b4rs]

great stuff jimmy, will av a read through, did you have a bash on the track today?

[David Church]

Jimmy had a bash today, he was in my heat and bashed me off while I was leading!!!!!! hahahahahaaha
But he did brake it a few times today, well actually the rear end fell off, mwhaaaaaaaa jimmy!!!!!!!!

[andy05]

Dose anyone know how the b44 slipper is adjusted(what tool etc) can it be done in warm up laps? Cheers

[Chris Doughty]

Dose anyone know how the b44 slipper is adjusted(what tool etc) can it be done in warm up laps? Cheers

there is a 'hole' in the red collar (as pictured in Jimmys report)
from what I understand you stick an allen driver in there and 'turn' the spur (or rear wheels) and it adjusts like a nut

so yes, it can be adjusted on the track, I also belive it has a rubber o-ring in the colloar (like the Trinity shock adjuster collars) so it does not come undone but can be adjusted when you want

[strobe]

Chris. Will you be trying a B44 slipper on your S4?

[Chris Doughty]

I would certainly like to, but we need to work out the centre driveshaft sizes and see what 'fits' we use them 'backwards' in the S4.

[strobe]

I'm sure Jonathan is looking into it.

[jimmy]

Yeah I had a go today - even though the car was better I didnt drive as fast today... yesterday I was the fastest in my heat, today wasnt so good. the rear camber screws fell out which bent the shock tower mount... also I changed to a different size diff to make the car easier to drive after advise from Hupo, and the diff wouldnt stop slipping so right now I'm running Mike wests rear diff in my car.

I got a decent lap time in that last qualifier but it was hard to be consistent over the jumps - certainly Dave Church will never repeat his last result from today... and to set the record straight, dave actually took me out and then crashed - I crashed next to him after and got marshalled first which made me laugh like a hyena! haha :D:D:D:D:D

[niggs98]

certainly Dave Church will never repeat his last result from today... and to set the record straight, dave actually took me out and then crashed - I crashed next to him after and got marshalled first which made me laugh like a hyena! haha :D:D:D:D:D

ROFLMAO twice ;)

[ashleyb4]

Loving the review so far jimmy its good to see tom doing so well and to see tricky performing well. Nice to show that losi are still very very competative.

A

[Southwell]

But but havn't got a xxx4!!

[Spencer Mulcahy]

I have one.:) :)

[_JP_]

i got about 90% of my old xxx4 :) i have thought about using it again for flat(ish) tracks like kiddy.

[KyoshoK]

hi, it would be good to know what chassis, motor, esc and tires each of the finalist was running.

[copter]

Morning everybody. It was raining last night. It's not anymore but the track is wet and we changed morning practice from 2 to 3 minutes.

[copter]

Putting laptimes from the practice online as well .. Track isn't that slow as you might see from the results.

[Bus Driver]

morning.Race covarge has been awsome.

[Bus Driver]

So what car manufacture looks really good out the besides the bj4?We all know that car is wicked fast.lol

[copter]

We are going to fix the track a bit after heat 10 (Q4)..

[Bus Driver]

see the bad pot hole in the jump.I like when you pan around with the camera

[Bus Driver]

thats where the bad luck comes in.the rounds before this had to run on that,now these guys get to run on a fixed track.bad luck for those guys.

[Bus Driver]

Are you able to follow some of the fast guys around the track for a few laps?

[SHY]

Copter, could you tell us a little bit about what equipment you use for the web cam solution? We are considering setting up a similar solution. And since yours work very well we'd like to know how you did it. Do you pan & zoom from the PC?

Sound is great now! Also more than loud enough.

[copter]

Ok track is fixed now. Carpet from the big table replaced again to make it last the day.

[copter]

About the zooming and stuff. There will be dedicated camera man on the finals who will "film" the finals. Follow leading cars etc. I can try to follow some cars on the following heats if I have time while Scotty is speaking.

I'll tell you about the solution a bit later how it has been done etc. I'll be happy to guide how to build similar system and might even be able to offer some bandwidth for stream distribution for events.

[Bus Driver]

will the final vids be available?for us to watch?

[Supergreg]

I enjoyed watching some of the 4wd practice today in my freshly installed winamp and I'm looking forward to see some good footage from the finals later the day. Thanks for all effort made on the webcam thing!! it works pretty well.

[Bus Driver]

got a nic e iew of the driverstand post.lol

[copter]

Sure you can watch videos live and then there also will be another camera filming the finals for DVD distribution.

[Bus Driver]

cool thankyou.

[SHY]

Copter, did you ever consider the RCM software?

[copter]

Neil Round didn't start (heat 4, Q4).

[Chrislong]

This is better than Saturday Morning TV! Good work guys on the webcam.

[Northy]

What heat are we on, what heat is Tom in? Sound is a little poor for me.

Brb, got to negotiate the release of a chocolate hostage! ;)

G

[copter]

Some pics that I just took:

http://copter.threewee.com/euros2007/

These pics are from inside the timing booth. You can see some of the equipment from those that we use here.

As you might see that we don't actually have any webcam, we have normal high quality DV camera and picture going from it by using firewire to iMac (running Windows tho, any powerful PC will do). It encodes the picture to VP3.1 format and audio to MP3. That generates about 20 sec delay but should not be a problem. Then the feed is uploaded live to our streaming server (Shoutcast) and it distributes the signal to clients (you). Streaming server is located at remote server room where's fat pipe (155mbit) and so it's possible to deliver high quality feed to multiple clients.

I can explain in more detail later and help with setups etc.

[Supergreg]

I swear I could see my IP logging in to your computer somewhere ;)

[SHY]

155 mbit!!! ;)

Looking good! First time ever I've seen Macs used, cool!

For those who experience bad sound, you probably have a slow connection &/or bad sound card. The sound is very clear now, and also loud enough.

[copter]

Oh yeah I have your IP's .. ;)

[Bathy]

That place looks soooooooOOooo good, looks like a real top 'pro' setup all round.

This picture made me laugh mind:
http://copter.threewee.com/euros2007/PICT0213.JPG

I looked at that and thought ... oh right, looks well easy to set up hahaha :D

[notlawnomis]

Toms in this one heat 8

[Northy]

Go Tom Cock-er-ill! :D :D :D

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[SHY]

Copter, have you looked at www.liverc.com (http://www.liverc.com)? Can that be used in Europe with EFRA rules?

[Northy]

Why the team meeting?

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[Northy]

Right, i'm gonna have to go and fix Batley's rostrum :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

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[Chrislong]

Can we request shout outs?

[notlawnomis]

Anyone found end of round results for round 4 yet??

[b4rs]

if we can, i request "jimmy, your mum reminded me to tell you to top up with sun tan so you dont get your self all burnt"

[budgio]

Jump contest after the finals :p cool.

[b4rs]

i wont see that coz i am leaving the pc at 9:55 for a whole week!!!!!

[b4rs]

before the end, would it be possible to get a close up of each of the a finals cars? i really want to see there setups visually etc. thanks copter.

[b4rs]

scotty: "bitta drifting out theyre! oh yeah!" lol:D

[copter]

It just started to rain heavily.

[b4rs]

the marshall at no.1 just picked up a seized car, looket at it for like 2 seconds then layed upside down at his marshall point??? wtf?

[copter]

Ok, we stopped for 30 minutes to wait for better weather. Currently it's too dangerous to marshal since track is so slippery. So there's going to be a pause.

[dave g]

because as a marshall your not supposed to fix or mess with cars at euro events,that can include turning off the car,so if its broke you lay the car down upside down incase the driver turns his tx off or the car has water damage and becomes a runaway...unless you mean the marshall layed upside down at his marshall point :)

dave

[LEGEND]

I have a video of a marshall falling over and doing the splits because it was so wet on the grass. I just laughed my head off, it was that funny.:D :D :D

[b4rs]

because as a marshall your not supposed to fix or mess with cars at euro events,that can include turning off the car,so if its broke you lay the car down upside down incase the driver turns his tx off or the car has water damage and becomes a runaway...unless you mean the marshall layed upside down at his marshall point :)

dave

ahhh rite, tht explains it, thanks. :rolleyes:

[Bathy]

Poor lovely blue carpet is all muddy now, in-between rounds they could do with some dude and a jetwasher making the place look tidy again! :)

Looking very wet, you think they are going to get going again today?

[copter]

Ok. Sorry that I haven't been able to reply to your questions. It has been a bit busy during last hour. About the team managers meeting.. It was just a normal meeting that had been scheduled already earlier so there was no special reason etc why it were gathered.

About the finals. Like said earlier they will be filmed and you will see close ups from the cars. Look specially for the practice A-final where we have some time to take good looks from the cars.

Because of the team managers meeting I wasn't able to approve round 4 results and overall results until the meeting was finished. This was because I was in the meeting and also all EFRA referees who will check points together with me. So that was the reason for the delay.

About other softwares for time keeping etc, we use Sparc 2 here. Originally we planned to use Jlap and bought it over year ago, but it suffers from bad stability issues and simply there was no point to use it here, so we decided to go with Sparc 2 since it is very reliable and we have been running all warm-up event and last years EFRA GP with it without any problems.

[copter]

Oh yeah and about the setup.. we also have five 42" TFT displays here showing results. 2 at the pit tent, 2 at the track and 1 at the cafeteria.

[GRIFF55]

What time roughly will the A finals be on?
Cheers

[copter]

We continue round 5 at 12.30 (local time). That is in 8 minutes. Heat 8 next.

[copter]

You can see the full schedule from http://www.wasacross.com..

Final practice 13.30 and actual finals start at 14.40. Depends from the weather etc naturally. Might be a bit later for the practice at least.

[copter]

Seems that our stream is full.. I'll add some slots more so it might cut the feed for second or two.

[Supergreg]

I put the webcam link to a popular german forum. There are some people who will join in soon!

[Bathy]

One dude just pulled off a perfect backflip, nice skills.

[GRIFF55]

yeh, i saw that, QUALITY!!!

[Yardeeee]

I couldn't wait til the end of the round to get the top 10 so I've attempted to work it out from the results... bear in mind rd 5 hasn't finished at this time but with all due respect I dont think the guys in the lower heats will affect the big round scores:

MY COMPLETE UNOFFICIAL 4WD QUALIFYING TOP 10 IS:

1/ Honigl 2
2/ Taylor 2
3/ Cragg 2
4/ Martin 4
5/ Pinisch 5
6/ Barton 6
7/ Neumann 8
8/ Stafford 8
9/ Cockerill 9
10/ Cree 13

BQ/ Drescher 14

This is just what I've worked out by looking at round results... I think it is pretty close though... congrats to Tom C, great last round drive! Good luck for the mains GB!

Yardy

[Rob]

Some pics that I just took:

http://copter.threewee.com/euros2007/

These pics are from inside the timing booth. You can see some of the equipment from those that we use here.




Some serious equipment in there!

[Rob]

Oh yeah I have your IP's .. ;)

Whats the most amount of people been watching at one time?

[copter]

There's ~ 100 at the moment connected.

[copter]

All finals and final practice + 20 mins.

[woOdy]

heat 4 results are wrong. it says heat 5.

[craigosh]

On a mac, cant connect to the webcam.. :(
Tried every little trick i can think of but no worky.

[Bathy]

On a mac, cant connect to the webcam.. :(
Tried every little trick i can think of but no worky.

Mac's huh, who'd have um :p

How comes there are two commentators today, in the background I can hear some other guy, that's gotta be a tad confusing is it not?

[Chrislong]

Wooohoooo for Tom C!!!

[Southwell]

Cockerill in A, pidge knocked down to 4th!

[craigosh]

Mac's huh, who'd have um :p



I would, get some work done then!! :p

booted up the PC anyway, not been on for 2 year :D

Nice view of track that.

[Barry Williams]

Well done Tom C awesome result, good luck in the finals
good luck to all other brits also

Barry

[_JP_]

awesome cam :) first time I clicked on to watch it, take it thats A1 on now as I see Craggy :)

[Southwell]

No, practice, great race!

[_JP_]

was that practise A just? it was very scrappy at the front!!

just as I post southwell posts :)

Craggy pulled a great move on tricky on the jump!

[Bathy]

Awesome!

Overtaking in the air in the finals is going to be ace, if not a little messy.

[_JP_]

any one got audio?

[supersonic]

So who took A1?

[OldTimer]

It is working just no speaking at the mo :D

[Bathy]

any one got audio?

Yup, you may need to turn your speakers up loads.

[ashleyb4]

Ive just woke up is this the gap between qually and finals???

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[_JP_]

Yup, you may need to turn your speakers up loads.
cheers sorted :)

looks like I will watch all day while I install my new laptop, beats the boredom!

[notlawnomis]

Well done to all the Brits another dominant show!!

[k£v!n]

Yeah great work guys!

[GRIFF55]

Well done all, especially the Brits!!
Jimmy, did you get some close up shots of all the 'A' main 4wd cars??
Cracking review and photo's once more!!

[jimmy]

Cheers mate,
I got photos of a few of the cars but to be honest it was hard work to do it all. I have setups from Cragg b4 & BX, Hupo 501X, Truman D4, maybe some others

[Powerflo]

HUPO!!!!! SAFE!!!

Thx for the great coverage, Jimmy!

Hope to see some photos soon :)

have a nice driver's party!

[jimmy]

Full oOple coverage later - we're off out to get pissed instead of sitting in writing stuff.

Well done to Hupo for giving the Tamiya its first big win. Awesome racing with Tricky and Cragg.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/euros2007/6/hupowins.jpg

[Stu]

Cree looks like he's deciding what he wants for his tea.

[Chrislong]

And Neil is thinking "Must practice opening those damn champagne bottles!"

[PaulRotheram]

I think cree has farted, neil is trying to put up with the smell, and hupo is about to barf.

[MK999]

I think cree has farted, neil is trying to put up with the smell, and hupo is about to barf.

hahaha, spot on that is :D

[Northy]

Well done Tom, a Nor-Tech team driver in the A! ;)

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[elvo]

EuroCree Strikes!


hupo is getting really good at fighting off 8 or so brits. Took him years and years of practice...

[trf14]

Jimmy, AWESOME report, photos -> supa job !!
Elvo, it took Tamiya 20 yr to build a competative car -> great driving by Hupo by the way, final Tamiya got a big win in off road, now the worlds....:D
TRF14

[HKP]

On a mac, cant connect to the webcam.. :(
Tried every little trick i can think of but no worky.

Use VLC player mate. Free download, just Google for it :) (for next time!!)

Well done Hupo and Tamiya..

<--- Good old 501X

[Ripa]

http://copter.threewee.com/ripak/Kuvat/Euros2007/euros2007_32.JPG

Proper gallery with more pictures later..

[Danny McGee]

I think Cree is more interested in when he can get a beer.....