Just looked at the rules for electric & mini. Does any body think that the electric class has to be defined a bit more? Also the motor for the mini is under review?

As you may already know..The Mini class has been in place for 1 race meet with essentially no rules in place. We had a great turn out for a first meet (4 drivers), and expect more to join in the upcoming meets. The feedback we received was great, and there seems to be a lot of interest in this class.

The rules posted on the About Us page serve as a guide, and will probably change slightly as the class grows. The rules are modelled on, but not exact to the VORTEC rules.

MPRCCC Mini class was created as a low cost entry point for Junior drivers (although the older ones love it too!), and the intention is to keep the class competitive and the costs down. There is some discussion at the moment to control the motor in the Mini class to 540 standard silver can, with the intent on reviewing it in 6 or 12 months.

So at this point in time, you can run any motor in the Mini class, however this may change in the very near future.

No doubt the Electric classes will be dicussed at the next club meeting, and one of the topics will be the best strategy to move forward with them, so they retain current drivers, and more importantly; attract new members to the club.

Bailz..

Thanks Bailz for creating the Electric Car Form.
I am right behind the mini class. I just think we need clear rules as to what we can or can't do w' the cars. Might I suggest looking @ Boronias rules on there website, which seem to work well for them as they get plenty of support for their mini class (20 or more cars per meeting). The rules are simple & I think if we promote to them & other electric clubs we may get some of their drivers racing w' us. Specially Boronias drivers because they race Wednesdays. The more the merryer I say.

just spoke to prez & showed the votec rules as same for boronia rc club (the mini class) and it looks like that is what we will be running for that class

Boronia Radio Controlled Car Club Code of Conduct
Version 3/2006 Page 22 of 34
Tamiya Mini
Chassis Tamiya M01, M02 or M03 series “Front Wheel
Drive” chassis only.
Motors 540 Silver can Johnson / Mabuchi standard
replacement metal endbell motor or Tamiya
Sport Tuned motor only.
Motors may not be modified or tampered with
in any way.
Tyres Rubber tyres only permitted as Manufactured,
fitted to small size Mini wheels. Tyres may not
be Modified or Tampered with in any way,
Including 1 single, standard insert per rim.
Body shells Mini or any commercially available body
shells that are designed for and fit the M01,
M02, M03 or M04 chassis.
Gearing May run maximum sizes as specified in
Tamiya Instruction Manuals. (Speed Tuned
Gear Sets not allowed for these cars.)
Hop-Ups ESC, bearings, any Tamiya hop-ups are
permitted with the exception of speed-tuned
gears.
Kits and hop-ups must be assembled as per
manufacturers’ instructions.

Well lets table that idea at the next club meeting and discuss it.

RCNUT: This is a general reply for all to read, and is not meant to be directed at you )

One thing I am not keen on doing is marketing a class to new club members, they go out buy a car at the local hobby shop, and then we tell him/her that they need this Hopup and that Hopup to even get near the front runners. They should be able to buy a car, and race it out of the box.

If the kit tyres don't work, then get a rasp/file and scuff them up for them. If they want to get new tyres thats fine.

If they want to spend money on shocks, and go fast bling bits, let them, from what I hear it doesn't make much difference to the lap times in Mini class.

If you allow Sports Tuned motor, then everyone is obligated to buy one, or be happy to be lapped every race meet, I am sure the kids had a great time on the weekend, but will they be happy with Foss beating them every weekend because he can afford a Sports Tuned Motor and they can't?

If we make the class affordable, then we increase our chances of more club members, that is more important to the club, 3 seconds faster lap times makes no difference to the health of the club.

If Boronia drivers want to come down and race, then they can change their motor, it only takes 1 minute.

Lets have an affordable electric class for the kids, we have already proven in Nitro Novice that they become next years pull start sport drivers for our club. Yes, the senior drivers can afford hopup motors, speed controllers etc, but when you are under 16, this pressure is placed onto the parents, who are already weighing their childs hobby costs up with all the other family expenses.

One of the club aims from the very beginning was to attract the kids into Novice class, and hopefully they move through the ranks. They also tell their friends and we have a flow on effect, this has worked well for us for the last 3 years. Lets not abandon this business model.

Theres my rant, hopefully not too long and boring, however I do feel strongly about keeping MPRCCC as an affordable family club, and it is one of the reasons we are now one of the strongest clubs in Victoria.

Please reply...Lets open this up for some healthy discussion.

Craig Bailey

This is just a gen reply about stock/sport tuned tamiya motors,
I ran with the sport tuned motor on the weekend and got my ass kicked by 540 stock and i was trying hard to keep up.
Foss and ben ran with 540 sport tuned and they kicked my ass.

So my first question is does it really matter what motor we run?
The stock Tamiya motor is around $5.00AU
and the Tamiya sport tuned is around $11.00 to $25.00 depending on who you go to for your parts. So even the kids could afford the next step up motor at those prices. (If they can afford a car why not the next step up motor its not like they are the same price as the nitro motors)

My 2nd question is, if we are going to restrict what motor racers are allowed to use are we then going to regulate what battery volts/mah nicad nim they are allowed to race with and all other optional parts as well?

cheers