Hello

[LLOYD]

new to the forum and to rc racing , just looking to get the right gear and set ups etc before i enter any serious competion next year , gonna look bad but dont wanna look a total fool on the track .

Anyway about me , old enough to know better but who cares , from livingston and a father of several kids and happily paired up with the love of my life. upto now my passion has been my xbox and 1:1 cars and more particularl vw's i was a part of the scottish scene but now im just a bystander and no longer own a vw , although that may change with a 1:10 vr6 shell i spied on ebay tonight ,lol

notice surfaces are wood and carpet , whats better , pros and cons , and i take it all cars are therefore electric , what about nitro touring car racing , is there any

so many questions but thats enough to start .

[John Lindsay]

Hi Lloyd,

Welcome to the wonderful world of Radio Controlled Car Racing.

Getting the right gear is a great idea, get yourself down to the club and meet us all, we're quite a friendly bunch. This will give you an idea of the type of equipment everyone is using.

Wood and Carpet are our supposed surfaces, however in recent years the wood racing has seen quite a downturn in attendee's so it's kind of hanging in the balance at the moment. I raced on the slippy floor from a very young age, and think it was great for learning car control, and what to do if things go wrong.

The carpet is generally a lot gripper, and as a result faster. We're running rubber tyres on the carpet now, which take a bit of getting used to, and a bit of work on the cars setup aswell to get it to handle properly. All this will come in it's own time though!

You are correct, we, as a mainly indoor club only race electric touring cars and buggies. In Scotland there isn't a massive scene for any sort of nitro racing at the moment however I believe Stonehaven have recently hosted a nitro national meeting of some sort. If you want my opinion though, they're noisy, smelly mucky things, which aren't as quick as the electric cars anyway!



Cheers,


John Lindsay

[LLOYD]

cheers , got my eye on a tamiya 1/10 vw golf gti cup . will be good for a start i think and tie into my Veedub roots ,lol. dont plan on getting to serious just yet . what about batteries , my experience so far has been of 3 hours charging for 2 mins fun

[John Lindsay]

Like I say, get down to the club and see what everyone else is running. It's not uncommon to pick up a good deal second hand. eBay is good also.

The batteries nowadays are a lot better. The big thing at the moment are LiPo batteries, which, depending on charger, charger settings and type of battery can take only 10 minutes to charge between races, and then run for 8 mins easily, again, depending on how quick you're going, and battery type.


John