View Full Version : MINI-t, rc18, mardave RC racing in Dewsbury (kirklees)!!
As the title says, a new race meeting at dewsbury has opened.
its at the Earlsheaton High school, and they run all 1/18th scale rc cars.
its on a WEDNESDAY evening from 7 - 10pm in quite a large hall using carpeted track. the entry fee is £4.
They need more members and are hoping to raise funds for a transponder system and timing etc, but atm its human counters.
anyone is welcome, just bring along your cars.
full address.
Old Bank Road
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF12 7DW
hope to see you there wednesday!
any problems pm me or leave a message here.
ALEX
Northy
01-02-2008, 02:16 PM
Are there different classes?
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its only been going 2 weeks as yet, but we are pretty much stock. but we have races involving aound 5-6 people x2. then we split them into A-B finals. because there is no timing equipment, they count laps. its a really friendly atmosphere.
bring wot u got northy, b good to see u there!
Northy
01-02-2008, 02:23 PM
I have a crazy fast brushless mini-t :woot::woot:
G
bring it along but i doubt ull need it, stock is fast enough on that track.
Northy
01-02-2008, 02:25 PM
It's all I have! :lol:
do you not have the original motor? coz im sure youd get away with the esc.
ashleyb4
01-02-2008, 02:48 PM
You should be fine with your mini t G ive driven one with a 8k motor in just go easy with it.
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Northy
01-02-2008, 03:06 PM
Not sure, I have a box of stuff I bought from Chris Long, I'll have a look ;)
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jimmy
01-02-2008, 03:23 PM
Ultra competitive Northy strikes again! lol
It's on my way home from work so you never know, I might check it out some time.
Northy
01-02-2008, 03:26 PM
Ultra competitive Northy strikes again! lol
:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
jimmy
01-02-2008, 03:46 PM
denial ! :drool:
yeh, be ace to cya there jimbob!!!!! we dont have a red carpet though:yawn:
xx4-nutter
03-02-2008, 07:56 PM
me, footey and rcracer had a mimi-t before and it was basically a car that WAS hopups with the top comp mamba system in it..
it was silly fast ! wasnt undrivable but hell it was fast !! :thumbsup:
the only thing that was standard was the... erm.... no dont think there was anthing standard.....
jimmy
03-02-2008, 08:29 PM
might well pop along, I fancy having another go with the Xray thingy
great stuff. anyone else coming?
jimmy
06-02-2008, 11:10 PM
good laugh tonight - it was a BIT mental, very tight track and savage racing! haha. No jumps sadly, to cater for the 18th scale rally cars etc I guess.
Got the Xray M18T Pro working nicely and even won the a final by 2 laps! bargain - well worth 4 quid! :thumbsup:
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/xrayclubmeet.jpg
not bad at all, i came joint second so was worth it for me. but yeh, very hectic and dodgem's style racing, especially with the b final.
Good night, could do with not cooking two motors again tho, gets expensive :wtf:, lower gearing and no more lipos me thinks.
jimmy
07-02-2008, 10:44 PM
haha, 2!!!! maniac. I had to break out the heat sink - and my motor didn't smell too nice after the final. That track was a bit savage in terms of stop-start-stop on all those hair pins! good tho, I'm sure I'll be back
Crispy,
http://a257.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/53/l_64822ab238e21b1e576f93840b221230.jpg
http://a189.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/109/l_4d3b281cdbc2f13e157ae0e665ef3a9c.jpg
That Fusion motor was just over 140 degrees C. It was smoking and unsoldered the wires.
martboy21
07-02-2008, 11:29 PM
somebody please tell me what car this is?is it half 8,18b?also are they standard wheel size?
martboy21
07-02-2008, 11:31 PM
this one
jimmy
07-02-2008, 11:33 PM
its an LRP shark truck with a kamtec shell and touring car wheels with schumacher rally block tyres I think.
The car is similar to the FTX Blaze that CML import - CML have no plans to import the truck version though - the LRP came with a lot of nice hop ups I beleive also.
martboy21
07-02-2008, 11:39 PM
it looks sweet! just 1/10th wheels and tyres aye?or 1/18th?
in your own opinion whats best 1/18th buggy? im drawn towads rc18b as i have ft b4?
martboy21
07-02-2008, 11:41 PM
also are wheels hexs or pins?cheers
jimmy
07-02-2008, 11:43 PM
If you look at the results, these anderson based cars (lrp / duratrax/ ftx / yokomo) are very successful and hugely popular. The top guys all have a SHED load of hop ups on them though to make them strong and perform. The LRP in the photo did come with a lot of the needed bits afaik.
I'm reviewing and racing the new Xray M18T Pro at the moment, which comes with lots of nice features so shouldn't need much in the way of extras - and I got it going nicely last night after some setup advice from a team driver in the USA.
martboy21
07-02-2008, 11:49 PM
just want it to play with :)
will stick mamab and lipo in,
telsshells is doing my current design on my ft b4,might ask him to do on rc18 b
want a min version of mine
what wheels would fit,are they hex or pins ?
cheers jimmy
jimmy
07-02-2008, 11:57 PM
on what? The xray uses mad wheel fitment, but you can get touring size hex adaptors. The Blaze uses some sorta hex I think, and I think the rc18 uses a small hex.
You can fit a buggy body to the Xray, but it's a truck as standard - and many people (at least over here) aren't big on trucks I don't think.
martboy21
08-02-2008, 12:00 AM
me too more a buggy man,do you know what size onroad wheels the use as in what scale,1/10th seem to big!?
i personally believe thorugh experience of racing, the rc18 car are only good for drifitng and very wide tracks, the buggys can overheat due to tight fitting shells and the rc18mt, is the bees knees. its got good cooling and can be setup for any track including offroad.
btw, nice to see u on the forum mark, eventually
losidan
08-02-2008, 04:02 PM
awe.....it's not fair. This is just a few mins for me...I want a mini now
no jimmy, rc18's use little pins not hex's.
jimmy
08-02-2008, 11:48 PM
oops
Shows what I know - never even taken the wheels off vickys lil truck! :) someone gave me some lil hex wheels so I assumed they were off the rc18
Super Cooper
23-02-2008, 10:54 PM
Hey, i went to the race last wednesday (first time) and it was absolutly bril. Great atmosphere!
Is tyre additive ok to be used? It was very slippy for the 18R's, and struggled to get the power down without spinning out.
Good to see some new faces :thumbsup:. The carpet is slippy so pins are the best option but dont fit the R. When we were using the carpet at Pudsy addatives weren't aloud but nothing's been said since. I'll bring it up on Wednesday.
Having an R myself I converted it to a truck untill my factory team truck comes so I can run pins, unfortunately electrical probs denied me a win this week but next week I'm ready for a win :D.
My R
http://a45.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/121/l_67c6cdeae2755d15af1177eefdb46c6c.jpg
http://a134.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/15/l_b30e8fd8f538e64a53262096837c986d.jpg
not as good as my Bodge Truck.
and you know it.
but yeah, looks like its slowly populating, hopefuly we might have regionals and supersups coming soon?
anyway, the site is almost finished so i may aswell post (if its okay jimbob)
www.earlsheatonrc.tk (http://www.earlsheatonrc.tk)
jimmy
24-02-2008, 12:17 AM
haha course its ok
a win huh? you were going really well last time, pity your car hated you! I'll be gunning for you this time tho :)
all goes well jimmy, you be breathing my shock oil from behind!
pole position for me....
muhuhahahah
Jimmy, If you're comming to beat me again this week any chance you could bring 2 DS-OOP sticker sheets with you please? If not then thats cool. Cheers :).
P.S. Do you do them in mini?
jimmy
24-02-2008, 11:52 PM
Hi mate, I'll bring some no probs... mini - hmmm, lemme look into that :)
Mini_Me
25-02-2008, 04:51 AM
I feel your pain. My LRP smoked in under 2 laps in my M18 Pro. I called AE since they were the American distributor only to find out they no longer were importing them (below picture is probably why). The only brushed mod motor I have had good luck with is the Trinity Cobalt 14turn. Again, for TC though. Probably would want the 16 turn for Trucks & Buggies.
Sorry, OT from the club race focus of this thread.
Crispy,
http://a257.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/53/l_64822ab238e21b1e576f93840b221230.jpg
http://a189.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/109/l_4d3b281cdbc2f13e157ae0e665ef3a9c.jpg
That Fusion motor was just over 140 degrees C. It was smoking and unsoldered the wires.
The track IS still running and we do need more members. Were planning to get new carpet soon.
if you need any information then you can
pm me or MRD or check www.earlsheatonrc.tk (http://www.earlsheatonrc.tk)
its a great wednesday night, run every week.
EVERY 1/18th vehicle accepted.
SO COME ALONG!!!:thumbsup:
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