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All, major changes have been made to the series rules, please review a.s.a.p. and discuss them here.
Changes summary:
- Shawn will manage this series henceforth.
- Clarification of the WRC category and cars allowed in the series.
Suggest removing this:
- Wings must always be in place during green flag conditions. If wing becomes detached from a car, the wing must be refitted to the car under green flag conditions. The race will not stop for a wing incident. If the driver fails to replace the wing before the end of the heat, a 10 lap penalty will be imposed and laps will not count onwards until the wing is re-placed. If the wing becomes detached in the last 5 seconds of the race (Equivalent to the last lap) no penalty will be imposed.
No “wings” on 917’s.
I recommend a revision of the rules in this series that allow for the individual racers to adjust the voltage for their own stint. This series spotlights how fast a racer can drive his car around the track, why not let the racer tune the track to the car’s utmost ability? Not to mention that different brands are designed to run at various voltages. While NSR runs fast at 12 volts; brands like SCX and Ninco are designed to run at a higher voltages (14-18 volts). What are your thoughts?
Voted to be implemented on Club’s January meeting.
Last minute rule change:
Group B racers: we have changed the maximum track to 66mm (originally 68mm). This was done to help minimize the numbers of crashes due to wheel contact.
All,
One more note for this build: a spacer needs to be added between chassis and rear body post. Reason: using the Slot.it pod, the rear axle shifted backwards slightly and the crown gear hits the body.
Also,
New chassis shipment has arrived:
I will be at the club tonight (Thursday 2-11-16) and during the club meeting (Saturday 2-13-16), you can get yours then – cost is $25.
Marty,
That’s what I was expecting before running the car last Saturday but I was turning 3.7’s without even re-gluing the back tires (one of tires came unglued at the penultimate race and I didn’t fix it).
Ary.
All,
We will be racing the 2016 Formula GP series at 12 volts. At 11 volts the weight increase would favor stronger motors, at 12 volts that goes away. The car behaved extremely well with the new chassis and modifications.
I will be updating the final series rules today .
Ary.
In the minutes it was incorrectly stated that the new Formula GP chassis needed the offset motor pod – that is not true – see Ary’s post on the new chassis for all the details.
Mark, I deleted the bad info from the file and re-uploaded.
Mark,
Yes, the car is legal but not a good choice. The chassis on that car doesn’t flex, it rocks from side to side — very poor design, I would stay away. Check after post#13, here: https://www.slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=79915
Fly racing for this series will be the best choice; the Alfa or the BMW.
Alright, The WRC thing was me … I had no clue it implied modern cars.
Disregard the WRC part for now, I will change it to Rally or something.
Shawn,
Rich and Jordan are reviewing the list for the touring season. From what I could find, the only new models that can be added to the list are the Leon from Ninco and few Scalextric rally cars (that could be converted).
Ary.
