about: Weekly Meetings
Our weekly club meetings are held on Fridays at Nunnery Wood High School (Worcester). The doors open at 7.00pm.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Classes
We currently run 1/10th scale Electric Touring Cars, 1/10th Tamiya Mini’s & 1/12th.
Stock Class
Car : Any make of 1/10th touring car.
Motor : Any 27Turn or 13.5T Brushless Motor.
Tyres : Take-Off CS22’s, RP30’s or VTEC 27R’s (Non-smelling additive allowed)
Batteries: NiCad, Ni-MH or Li-Po Allowed (For rules regarding Lipo See Here)
Weight Limit: 1500 Grams
Pro-Stock Class (For F1 Ability Drivers Only)
Car : Any make of 1/10th touring car.
Motor : Any 19Turn or 10.5T Brushless Motor.
Tyres : Take-Off CS22’s, RP30’s or VTEC 27R’s (Non-smelling additive allowed)
Batteries: NiCad, Ni-MH or Li-Po Allowed (For rules regarding Lipo See Here)
Weight Limit: 1500 Grams
Mini Class
Car : Any Tamiya M-Chassis.
Bdyshell : Any Commercially available M Chassis Specific Bodyshell.
Motor : Standard Silver Can, Sport Tuned, 17.5 Brushless or Ezrun 3000kv.
Tyres : Any Commercially available M Chassis Specific tyre.(Non-smelling additive allowed)
Batteries: NiCad, Ni-MH or Li-Po Allowed (For rules regarding Lipo See Here)
Weight Limit: 1250 Grams
1/12th Class
Motor: Any 19Turn or 10.5T Brushless Motor.
Tyres: Any commercially available foam tyre (Non-smelling additive allowed)
Batteries: 4 cell NiCad or Ni-MH.
Weight Limit: 800 Grams.
Setting-Out
Everyone should help to set-up the track, the quicker it gets done the sooner you start racing.
Booking in
Booking in is located at race control between 7:30 – 7:45 and only when the track layout is complete.
Beginners in RC get their first two weeks free, every week after that cost £6.00, non members pay £7.00, With £2 being refunded to anyone who stays behind to help put the track away.
If you are a guest visiting from another club, you must have your BRCA license with you.
New members will also have to become members of the BRCA. For more info check the BRCA website at www.brca.org
Please ensure you have advised Race Control of your Transmitter Crystals….ideally you should have at least 3 sets.
Practice
Due to lack of time on club night’s, we do not have a practice session before the first round of heats. Race control may allow a short practice session in between heats and finals.
Timing
A transponder has to be be installed in each car (either the clubs or a personal one) before your race commences. The Transponder allows the the car to be to be detected as it passes over the loop and adds a lap to the corresponding driver.
If you are using a club handout transponder, these must be returned to the rack after your race has finished.
Racing
Before racing, check that you have the right crystal, and the right transponder as shown on the heat list.
Depending on driver numbers, we normaly have 3 rounds of heats and 1 final round. Heats will be of 5 minutes, and the final will run for 5 minutes. There will be a 1 1/2 minute gap between each race to get the next heat on the line and the timing computer is usually set to Automatic. If you have a problem with interference, please advise Race Control immediately, and the start will be delayed whilst it is sorted.
ALL RACERS must marshal after their heat has finished even if they didn’t race. If you are unable to marshall for medical reasons please advise Race Control and you will be substituted.
Click the image below for a video of the racing action.
Marshalling
Marshals should wear the fluorescent jackets provided so that they can be seen.
Please do not eat or drink whilst marshalling.
Do not sit down.
Do not use mobile phones or MP3 players.
Racers that fail to marshal will loose their FTD.
Scrutineering
Cars will be Scruitineered after every race to insure you are running to the rules. This includes checking of Motors, Tyres, Weight and Batteries.
Packing away
At the end of the night we ask everyone to stay behind and pack away. The more people that stop and help the sooner we can all go home. Racing will finish between 10:00 and 10:30pm, and the Hall must be cleared by 10.45pm