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Gettin’ back on the horse
So some of you may know I am obsessed with Rally cars and racing, since I can't afford the real thing right now I am engrossed in the R/C's.
With that said anyone interested in some Tarmac and Dirt rally racing?
For tarmac I know a few good places to do it, just outline the courses in chalk and use some cones.
For Dirt there might be a R/C rally course being constructed right now in the Lakewood area.:mrgreen: The course has nearly countless lines being built to really change it up and have multiple stages for the day.
As for classes I was thinking:
16/18th scale class, this would be for Traxxas (Rally, etc.), Associated (RC18R, etc.), Duratrax(vendetta, etc.) style vehicles
10th scale class, for Tamiya (DF03Ra, TA03RS, TA03R, TB02, TB01, FF02, TA05, TT01, MAo3, M05Ra), HPI (RS4 rally), Associated (TC3), Traxxas electric 4tec, Kyosho (DRX, Fazer EP rally), etc.
7th/8th scale class for short Course style vehicles and Thunder Tiger EB-4, Kyosho GP, etc.
The idea for courses is European style rally, a little bit of car chasing unless you can see it, but more importantly stagger starts and courses not much wider then 20 inches.
It should be fun and I found its actually a lot easier to drive this way then trying to spot the car from a distance. The courses will have a lot of technical corners so speed will not be an issue, it will be about car control.
So looking to see what kind of interest is in this.
Rules and class brake downs as of December 2011.
Rally Track (HOON 470) Rules:
Mini Trophy Truck Class Rules:
The purpose of the class is to appear scale and stock to a HPI Mini Trophy Truck
-Must be a HPI Mini Trophy Truck with stock wheel base, including track width.
-Vehicle must appear to be in stock form, I.E. ride height, body and full cage.
-Wheels must be 1.9 inches in size.
-Tires must be within .1” of stock tire size (3.7”), no cut and shut tires.
- Tires are not to exceed the width of the body.
-All suspension and drivetrain modifications are allowed. Including adding dual shocks, locking diffs, etc.
-All power, motor, ESC and steering systems are allowed.
Open Rally Class Rules:
This class was created to mimic vehicles that would be seen in the WRC and Rally America events, This class is not for Dakar style SUVs or off road trucks.
-Must be 10th scale and use a 190mm or 200mm Sedan or hatch back car body.
-Tire must be inside of body wheel openings
- Tires must be existing 1.9 car rally tires (such as Associated, HPI, Duratrax, Academy or Tamiya).
-All power, motor, ESC and steering systems are allowed.
-2 wheel or 4 wheel drive is allowed.
-No more then 3/4" of belly clearance is allowed.
Dakar/truck class:
This class is for 10th -12th scale off road trucks and SUVs, such as (but not limited too) Cayenne(df01), Racing Lancer(df01), Tourag(cc01), F-150(ta02), Hummer.
-Motors are limited to 20 turns and up too 7.4 volts.
-Tires and wheels are limited to 1.9” wheels and a max tire size of 4.0”.
-Tires and wheels must be inside of the bodies existing wheel wells.
-Independent suspension is recommended, but not required.
With that said anyone interested in some Tarmac and Dirt rally racing?
For tarmac I know a few good places to do it, just outline the courses in chalk and use some cones.
For Dirt there might be a R/C rally course being constructed right now in the Lakewood area.:mrgreen: The course has nearly countless lines being built to really change it up and have multiple stages for the day.
As for classes I was thinking:
16/18th scale class, this would be for Traxxas (Rally, etc.), Associated (RC18R, etc.), Duratrax(vendetta, etc.) style vehicles
10th scale class, for Tamiya (DF03Ra, TA03RS, TA03R, TB02, TB01, FF02, TA05, TT01, MAo3, M05Ra), HPI (RS4 rally), Associated (TC3), Traxxas electric 4tec, Kyosho (DRX, Fazer EP rally), etc.
7th/8th scale class for short Course style vehicles and Thunder Tiger EB-4, Kyosho GP, etc.
The idea for courses is European style rally, a little bit of car chasing unless you can see it, but more importantly stagger starts and courses not much wider then 20 inches.
It should be fun and I found its actually a lot easier to drive this way then trying to spot the car from a distance. The courses will have a lot of technical corners so speed will not be an issue, it will be about car control.
So looking to see what kind of interest is in this.
Rules and class brake downs as of December 2011.
Rally Track (HOON 470) Rules:
Mini Trophy Truck Class Rules:
The purpose of the class is to appear scale and stock to a HPI Mini Trophy Truck
-Must be a HPI Mini Trophy Truck with stock wheel base, including track width.
-Vehicle must appear to be in stock form, I.E. ride height, body and full cage.
-Wheels must be 1.9 inches in size.
-Tires must be within .1” of stock tire size (3.7”), no cut and shut tires.
- Tires are not to exceed the width of the body.
-All suspension and drivetrain modifications are allowed. Including adding dual shocks, locking diffs, etc.
-All power, motor, ESC and steering systems are allowed.
Open Rally Class Rules:
This class was created to mimic vehicles that would be seen in the WRC and Rally America events, This class is not for Dakar style SUVs or off road trucks.
-Must be 10th scale and use a 190mm or 200mm Sedan or hatch back car body.
-Tire must be inside of body wheel openings
- Tires must be existing 1.9 car rally tires (such as Associated, HPI, Duratrax, Academy or Tamiya).
-All power, motor, ESC and steering systems are allowed.
-2 wheel or 4 wheel drive is allowed.
-No more then 3/4" of belly clearance is allowed.
Dakar/truck class:
This class is for 10th -12th scale off road trucks and SUVs, such as (but not limited too) Cayenne(df01), Racing Lancer(df01), Tourag(cc01), F-150(ta02), Hummer.
-Motors are limited to 20 turns and up too 7.4 volts.
-Tires and wheels are limited to 1.9” wheels and a max tire size of 4.0”.
-Tires and wheels must be inside of the bodies existing wheel wells.
-Independent suspension is recommended, but not required.
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