Schumacher Meeting next week? - Page 3

Danny McGee · #41 28-09-2007

Bugger just gave them a call and no ones thats going to the meeting is working today. Lazy gits lol

Hmmmmm, oh well i suppose ill have to try and find some, another way....

MattW · #42 28-09-2007

Buy them you tight get...............

antnee · #43 28-09-2007

is anyone thats going got a spare losi xxx/cr diff or diff gear i could by, my self destructing one self destructed again

Richard Lowe · #44 01-10-2007

Well done to the club, the track was a bit tight in places but overall a nice layout

The surface was quite strange, it was eating the tires but having much spike left didn't seem to make much difference, my left front was slick by the end of the day but it was still giving good grip

super__dan · #45 01-10-2007

I agree, a thoroughly enjoyable club day on a really great surface. My only complaint was the jumps which were a bit questionable. The far right one you couldn't see the up slope or the apex and the one in front of the rostrum needed a more useable downslope for cars gettign 6 - 8 feet of air.

McGoo said he might have a hand in the next one, which would be good!

antnee · #46 01-10-2007

i liked the last jump

i too think the middle was too tight, so put the fronts toeing out so i could drift round them

so i also now have no understeer on my XXX. on tyres-mine arent too bad, rear right is worst

telboy · #47 01-10-2007

Speaking to them yesterday, I think they realised that it was a bit too tight, and will look at making the next track more 'flowing'.

My only critisism was again, the landing off the big jump. The matts were good for protecting the cars but if you landed heavily you bounced and rolled the car, and if you went in with the front down it just dug in and stopped you dead. you had to get it spot on. Ok it was a good test of skill, but would have been better with a nice landing.

But in all, a good day and an early finish. would be nice to see some of you there again next month.

Richard Lowe · #48 01-10-2007

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Originally Posted by telboy

The matts were good for protecting the cars but if you landed heavily you bounced and rolled the car, and if you went in with the front down it just dug in and stopped you dead. you had to get it spot on. Ok it was a good test of skill, but would have been better with a nice landing.

Couldn't agree more Tel, over jumping by about 6 inches would make the front dig in and the car stop, that jump pulled 2 bumpers off the front of my BJ4

MattW · #49 01-10-2007

I thought on the whole it was good as well. Agree with comments so far - big jump just was a little out, and agree with Dan on the first jump - i drove off the inside a couple of times as i couldn't see it too well.

P.A could maybe do with a little work as well - i didn't find it all that clear. ALthough considering that it was the current organisers first "buggy only" meeting, i think it went well.

antnee · #50 01-10-2007

PA defo needs work but i think they said spektrums were messing it up for some reason, I liked the second corner but it should of been somewhere else so you could see the apex

mark christopher · #51 01-10-2007

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Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Couldn't agree more Tel, over jumping by about 6 inches would make the front dig in and the car stop, that jump pulled 2 bumpers off the front of my BJ4

bigred5765 · #52 01-10-2007

lay carpet over the top of them that should do it

Robfo · #53 01-10-2007

Mark why are you picking on me with that picture

, apart from that downramp i thought the track was great.
I'd like to see a combination of jumps like they had infront of the rostum at the regional finals in York last year to sort the men from the boys (i'll be in the B

if they do that)

Northy · #54 01-10-2007

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Originally Posted by Robfo

I'd like to see a combination of jumps like the regional finals at York last year to sort the men from the boys (i'll be in the B

if they do that)

You need Lowe, Cockerill, and me over to help then..... and the other who helped too.

G

bigred5765 · #55 01-10-2007

my vote is for the GTEAM

Chrislong · #56 01-10-2007

I enjoyed the event, was good. The surface is ace & unique.

I agree, the blind upramp and apex was a struggle, although after having a walk a to have a look before Q1 I never got it wrong again after practice. The jump infront of rostrum needed a less agressive downramp, the steep one was a bit tough to aim for and the ripped matt just threw some cars back at it.

My biggest issue was the bit of the track which went like this "bump bump jump bump matts 180degree". Not only was it complex, but none of the marshall points could get to it. When I made a mistake here it was basically *game over, insert 10p to continue*

On their own the "bump bump jump bump" would be great, and the matts were great too, but together created a unmarshallabable zoe.

Chris

Richard Lowe · #57 02-10-2007

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Originally Posted by Chrislong

unmarshallabable

haha

telboy · #58 02-10-2007

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unmarshallabable zoe.

haha, yeah...and who's zoe? and what was she doing in the middle of the track?

maybe she is the reason you having probs there chris?

It would be nice to have someone with a bit more experience in the off road track building (no offence to Loen, jonny and muzzy. but they're mainly T.C. racers, which explains the tightness), I've offered to go and help next month with the track build on the saturday.

Danny McGee · #59 02-10-2007

I'm pretty sure that im gonna go over next time and help them with the track layout, jumps etc. I agree with the comment so far. It was quite tight but i didnt find that a problem, its nice having to be precise for a change. I think the meeting was great, i dont think ive been to a meeting with 4 qualy round and finals with a decent break and finished before 4 (i think it was). Good effort.

What would people like to see next time. I was thinking with regards to the big jump in front of the rostrum, maybe making it a bit longer and having a 2 teard downramp, i'll run my car over it an make sure it will be "do able" consistantly. What about a bit of a rhythm jump section? How would people feel if the straight was a little narrower? I always find it bigger than it needs to be an that way we could open the infield out a bit more.

Any ideas people?

p.s it would be nice to see more people there next time

, i dont wanna hav to marshal my own car again in the finals lol

telboy · #60 02-10-2007

I think the straight being narrower won't be a problem. My main prob with the straight was the fact that you couldn't see a section because of the layered matt corner. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but for some reason I was place in the bottom heat and had a lot of 'slower' cars on the straight, appearing from behind the matts in front of me.

So it would be better if the matted corner was elsewhere in the lap.

Some carpet over the matts would help too. I'll have to have a word with Leon and see if they can get some.

The big jump being longer would be good. I think lots proved that their cars could jump further than it

.....and a better down ramp too. Not sure about it being near the rostrum either. A few cars landed in the drivers feet in my heat, because they couldn't get their cars straight as they hit it. Maybe have the straght in front of the rostrum next time?

rythm section would be good.