July 14 2018

SCALEAUTO SERIES
Verbal feedback was good, everyone is enjoying it. 3-wide racing did not result in as much contact as anticipated, even without sponge tires and SA TireCleaner.
The urethane tire dust accumulates rapidly, some people worry it may be dropping on the track. However it seems to stick to the body so chad on the track may not be much of a real risk. But – these tires do have rapid wear that may result in your tires (esp. rear) falling under the (26mm-R) minimum diameter spec. (check your tire diameter before and after each race weekend; if you need new tires contact Marty.)

VIDEO QUALITY
Some of the recent videos are not sharp. Steve thinks the root cause is the encoder software, not the camera. He is trying a new encoder (OBS), popular freeware used in the gaming community.

F1 PRE-PARTY- Thurs Oct 18
The Houston slot car club (aka Houston Scaleauto Racing Club) may be visiting us the Thurs before the 2018 F1 race at COTA (10/18-21). We are considering an el-piloto race with a set of existing AllSlot Formula cars.

CALENDAR LOG JAM
We have double headers on Oct 27 (rally and blacklight), Nov 17 (Carerra 4, 5).  Plus a new quarterly series (Carerra) starting (Sept 15, 22) not Oct. August and Sept are also tightly scheduled. Our tight fall schedule is due to our annual planning meeting Oct 13 plus a more busy schedule than normal at COTA (WRC Rally Sept 29-30, F1 Oct 18-21, SVRA Nov 3-4) plus Thanksgiving weekend (Nov 24).
** Please review the Google calendar and provide recommended changes at the Aug 11 club meeting.