We will be meeting at our more permanent venue from this month, at the following address:

Orwell Village Hall,
High Street,
Orwell,
Cambs,
SG8 5QN

Time: 9am - 6pm

All are welcome, any age and skill level from complete novice to professional racer. We will be using 1/28th scale Kyosho Mini Z cars and any similar scale cars such as the Iwaver, Firelap, X-Mod etc are all fine to try out. We race on RCP professional racetrack with the Core Speedway timing system. There will be computerised tags available for each persons car to record your laptimes and results!

Come along and find out just why this scale is so much fun - we can provide all the information and help you need.

Cost will be £5 for the entire session :thumbs_up:

Sounds wicked, but is just a bit too far for me! :unsure: :(

We've planned an interim test session for this Sunday. It'll be a quiet one this week.

We'll be running on RCP Track with the Core Speedway timing system. Mini Z's will be the main cars but Iwaver's/Firelaps, XMods and other 1/28th scale cars are welcome. We will have loaner cars for hire for £2.50 for the session.

Feel free to come along - you're welcome from 1pm - 6pm, cost will be £5.

Orwell Village Hall
High Street
Orwell
Cambs
SG8 5QN

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thats awesome mate, great venue :thumbs_up:

love to come down sometime

you are welcome to come down matt :D
got 2 spaces left in the cars going from northampton this month if anyone needs a lift:thumbs_up:

ooh just 17 miles from me... temptation....

<hops onto ebay to hunt for a micro car>

edit: noticed you have loaner cars... what do I need to bring along for the day then?

yourself,2.50 for the hire of the car(newcommers free for the day)
everything will be supplied for the days racing :D

thats great i shall work out the route see how far it is :thumbs_up:

edit: satnav says 2hr 57min -165 miles each way!

hmmm have to think about it

Is this every weekend then?

Can't see any dates in the posts above, and the last one stating 'this weekend' was on the 6th of March...?

Hi guys, Mk2kompressor missed the crucial date out at the beginning of this thread I believe!

This month we're meeting on 30th March.

We meet once a month, the dates are schuduled as follows:

30th March
20th April
18th May
22nd June
27th July

We are likely to hold 2 a month sometimes as we did this month, these will be announced as and when we book a 2nd session.

@ Matt, I hear you on the distance, we travelled every month from Essex to Staffordshire to race, 178 miles each way! And I can tell you it was worth the trip ;)

Any more info, let me know.

Jonny

is there anywhere good to stay nearby?

Matt, I know for sure there are B&B's nearby but I couldn't tell you the names or contact details! It's worth a quick search on the net for any accomodation in the area, if you're interested in doing that I'll try to help you out.

Jonny

ooops,dates are good :oops:

cheers i'll have a look after tea

Count me in this looks briliant ill come along on the 30th could you put me down for a loan car please :)

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Put my name down for a rental car then please, I'll be coming up on Sunday the 30th. Please not the slowest one! :P

Looking forward to it, been dithering about getting back into 'leccies, this may just be it. Got all the kit besides the car, so may just swing that way again.

Roll on the 30th!

Great stuff guys, we'll have two cars prepared for you! You'll be able to check out all the chassis and hop up options in the Mini Z scene and we'll be able to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to contact myself or mk2kompressor in the meantime for more info or just a chat. I'm sure you'll love racing this scale.

We'll be setting up the HFAY (www.howfastareyou.com) competition track first off to record some laps and then we'll setup a large track with the new S Curve Sweeper section that I've just purchased :D

Looking forward to meeting you guys,

Jonny

Aah rentals... the best 4x4's!

(1:1 scale that is... ideal for a holiday in South Africa).

I'll catch up with you Jonny before the 30th.

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Haha, OK no problem. Any info or links you'd like on the Mini Z before the event, just drop me a line.

Jonny

not long to go now guys :D
you still up for it i hope :thumbs_up:
the spare cars are all ready,we even have a couple of extra f1's to try.

Yup count me in!

:D

Good to hear Obsidian, glad you're still in - see you there, bring cash there may be something of interest knocking around ;) Matt or Ross'i are you guys still planning on attending?

Hah! My financial director wouldn't approve!

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its just too far for me mate, i'd have to stay over and just dont have the cash right now, hope you guys have a great days racing, hopefully i can make it to a future one

Yeah. i'd love to come, but its just too far this time :jump:

no probs guys,you can enjoy the pics when i get them posted up on monday B)

As it's just a few miles from home, I'll be bringing the mrs and little Alex along as well.

If they get bored I can always take them home and return.

They have been warned though, I'm not taking them home half an hour later!

What's the youngest age for participating? Will Alex be able to have a go? He's about 4 months now...

:joker:

(he'll just drool all over it and stick the car in his mouth....)

my boy does the same thing,14months but he's getting there :joker:

Been having a look around the Kyosho website, and from the looks of things they're all 27mhz? Does that not limit the number of racers to 6 for each heat?

Also, does any 27mhz tranny work? Reason for asking is that I'm a stick user, and if this gets serious, I'd like to use a stick radio for racing.

Do they run on 40Mhz at all?

See you tomorrow! :thumbs_up:

I was thinking somthing simorlor id like to use my dx3r if it gets serious but not sure weather the reciver will fit

Sorry guys, been working all afternoon and just got in - in reply to your questions:

@Obsidian - yes the standard cars are 27mhz AM but they have just released a 2.4ghz version (I have one for you to see tomorrow). You can use any 27mhz AM TX including sticks, so you are good to go there. Officially that does mean 6 frequencies but if you reverse the crystals, that gives us 12 and also we have some extra frequencies so we'll be OK even if we all race at the same time :D

@ Ross'i - I don't think you'd easily be able to put other electronics in the Z but we're stocking a very nice chassis which you'll be able to see tomorrow and you can use any elecs you like, aswell as servo.

I'm sure you guys will love these things :D

See you tomorrow,

Jonny

EDIT - I'm just PM'ing you guys my mobile number just in case.

Ben Hard at work ;)


Practice Track


Ross, Jamie, Andy, Jelle, Nathan & Matthew







Ben & Jerry (oops, I mean Jonny :D)


Jelle & Andy




Damn, wrong angle!






A Main Drivers


Open Track




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how did you get on then guys?

rossi/obs

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That does look Good...

So, how did the Newbies get on ???


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they loved as far as i know(well hope :lol: )
we let them drive a couple of different cars,pretty sure ross was going home to buy one off the bay B)
obs i think wouldve preferred a stick tranny(ill bring one next time)

Ello,

It was fun thanks mate was interesting to race a new scale for the first time.

I found that you have to be alot more precise with these than with other scales ive played with wich is somthing i will defo have to work on alot :joker:

Thanks for having me there on sunday guys i havent had much luck looking for cars ive been relly busy and all i could find were i series when i have looked. Plus all my money is going in to my new 1:10 M racer im bulding but fingures crossed it wont be long :thumbs_up:

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Took a moment to get back into racing on a circuit similar to 1/10th, but I think I did ok. Didn't break anything, as far as I'm aware...?

About the sticks, I'm wondering if I'll have the accuracy required as with the wheel. Certainly from a throttle perspective it's easier to be subtle with a trigger than a stick, so I'm keen to try sticks and to compare.

I know that in rallyx I can be quite ruthless with the controls and the buggy will still make it round the corner, so hamfisted wrenching can still get me there. Onroad requires more accuracy and finesse, so kudos to you chaps for making it look easy.

After I've repaired the hyper from last week's bash up in MK, I may just be tempted to get a miniz, or even a 1/10th scale racer.

The carpet/foam that you race on, surely you'd be able to get that for larger circuits as well? Saves having to mess around with rolls of carpet in school halls. If you'd be able to get larger squares, you may even be able to lower the number of tiles needed, and the foam edge all the way around would certainly help to limit the damage incurred!

When's the next meet?

dont worry we've got plenty of cars to lend out :joker:
i always do a worldwide search for z's plenty in the usa B)


you didnt break anything :D
i havent seen any foam with the same texture,anti fatigue mats work well but it gets expensive,the smaller tracks we started with cost around £350 each.

next meet is on the 20th,probably be more pizza and brownies too :drool: