RC India

About the organizers:

Rotor Hobby is one of the best hobby stores in India today. They are distributors for some of the leading names in the RC industry. The list includes ThunderTiger, Vario, Hitec, FG and many more. They now produce high quality and affordable Glow fuel under the ROTOROL brand name.

IRCRA is an association of RC racers who look forward to create an opportunity for all RC car enthusiasts and hobbyists to start up and continue to enjoy the hobby. The main aim of this association is to bring all RC car drivers together is committed to delivering quality information and support to its members.

About the event:

Rotor Hobby and IRCRA joins hands to present you a national level RC car race in Chennai. The race will be held at Rotor Hobby’s Mecca of RC Sports, RCPA Alpha 3 located 110kms off Chennai on NH-45 near Melmaruvathur.

Alpha 3 also houses a massive RC Aircraft and Helicopter runway, a one of its kind facility in India designed as per AMA standards. Alpha 3 has also planned a massive artificial lake for RC boats.

About the Track:

The Track dimensions are 140 feet in length and 80 feet in width. The layout consists of several challenging turns and fast straights. The track lane width is a constant 10 feet with some more wider turns. The 10 feet tall covered drivers stand has enough space for 10+ drivers. It is centrally located on the 140 feet straight.

A dedicated pitlane with pit platform is available. A dedicated pitlane will ensure that no pitting cars will obstruct the free movement of others on the straights. The track can accommodate 1/8 scale and 1/10 scale cars.

The obstacles like table tops, jumps, rumblers etc have been planned and will be implemented ASAP.

Alpha 3 has all facilities to conduct a National event. Several racers from across the nation are expected to participate. Rotor Sport and IRCRA look forward to your presence. Hope you will like the track and enjoy your day racing.

We will be posting more information and the full schedule shortly.

Nice layout.

Is it a clock-wise or anti-clockwise track?

Anti-Clockwise with separate pit lane on the home stretch. Jumps & Rumblers will be up before the race. This is really tough track with tight corners. You will never be able to hit high speeds unless to take proper racing lines..

ooh......


Be sure to post lots of video coverage

We are hiring professional video and photographer. So for sure will get alot of pics..

Track Pics.. Pics of Pit-lane entry & jumps will be uploaded next week.

Some more..

Nice track.Hope the event is a HUGE success.

One newbie question... what is the ruling in a race if the car tumbles and ends up two lanes inside, in the direction it was supposed to go (thereby the driver getting an unfair advantage) ? :)

Usually,a marshal picks it up and puts it where its supposed to be.If it gets back up,the driver continues.I guess its not cared about in club racing but it might have some sort of penalty in sanctioned racing.

usually if a car tumbles,it stays upside down.If it goes right side up,the driver is lucky.

Also,if a driver is found to be cutting corners,he is penalized.

Normally, all drivers are decent enough to continue from where they made a mistake. In case of absence of Lap timers every car is assigned to a volunteer who will count the number of laps the driver does with out cutting corners. In lap timers, we will set minimum time (i.e. 5 sec minus the fastest lap) anyone coming below the minimum time that lap will be not be counted.

Thanks for letting us know.

BTW,are you guys using transponders like the RCINC race?

Anwar, its a big challenge. With no timing equipment, its even more difficult. All the races we see this happen. A car you lapped suddenly appears ahead of you becausing a cunning or ignorant pitman leaves the car on the starting grid. We are thinking of some process to ensure that the car is placed in the exact location where it stalled. 

These things happen in a world race too. Ryan Maifield's car was marshalled and put in the reverse direction 2 times in the Amains.

Trial Laps.. Sorry, I don't have the youtube link..

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=431032143401&oid=266928352579

Are the jumps up yet?
Its gonna be an awesome race!

This will be a very hard race if the track stays like this.Whoever is participating should get his tires right.

Jump are gettting done as we speak.. Will upload more pics this weekend.. I'm so looking forward to this race as i will be defending my championship win..


Well said Gandhar. The track is not this loose anymore.. The track has a very huge roller made of concrete, you need 5-6 people to pull it. The track will be rolled before the race..
Well tires will play a huge part of every driver's strategy.. You have choose inbetween too much grip and too less grip.. I have tried 4 different sets of tires already.. Finalized with one but still not too happy with it..

Is that Ofna hyper 7?

Thats my Hong Nor Jammin X1X RTR..

So thats not your premium racer right?

Good thing that the track will be rolled.If its not,its going to be a massacre out there >:D.If a buggy is having trouble handling that course(which I guess it is because you said that you had the wrong tires),others will have serious problems.Would be fun to see how others tackle this.

If I were to choose a tire for this track,I would go with one without a deep tread and medium compound.I guess wear will not be much of a problem seeing the surface.(but I ain't coming anyways  :( )

Lets hope you get the tires which you are happy with.An unhappy driver will not trust his car.You do have a month and 4 days to decide.lets hope you get it right and keep your winning streak up. ;D :thumbsup:

Lokked quite similar

Its not just your tires Gandhar.. The no. of teeth on pinion gear and spur  gear also matters, oil used in differentials, suspension oil, toe plate adjustment, EPA etc etc.. Winning is also based on proper pitting and perfect tunning for performance and mileage.. With current setup my fuel is lasting only for 4mins, hence im changing my engine to .21 from .28.. Planing to make a short loop for monster trucks.. Its very hard for them to drive on the this track.. Chennai team has lots of Buggies and truggies and hence the track was made this tight..

Well yeah.On the handling,the tires make one of the biggest changes.Diff oils surely do play a part.For the first time,I have seen a nitro guy talk about gearing.I am used to seeing electric guys go over gearing.A .28 size is 4.6 cc right?

I guess the races are for 7 minutes each.Electric guys don't have to worry much about this since I believe the races are usually 5 minutes each.A lipo can give consistent performance for upto 30 minutes(a 5000 mah one).So you still have some issues to sort out.Hope all of you guys get your best setups.

But there is one thing,its going to be hard for the buggies and truggies,it will be harder for the monster trucks.

Try changing your pinion gears up and see what happens. Same tech for nitro or electric. Lower the teeth, better the torque, lower the top speed and vice versa.

People think changing the engine or the motor, shifting to higher nitro % fuel or powerful batteries ONLY will make your car go faster....

Just like real cars, mods have to be done in stages, stage 1-3.

The race for each category is 30mins minimum. The monster truck will be getting a short loop done with couple of jumps..

I cannot afford an expensive engine hence i play with gearing in order to try & get the maximum out my engine so that i matches the top performers.

Well,knew about gearing,but never heard of gearing being changed by nitro guys.

But Murli,what would a guy who runs electric with one small battery(something like 4000 mah) do?Or how would an electric guy get on with a high draw setup that lasts for say,25 minutes?

@Ajo:I liked your comparison to stage 1,2 and 3 mods.Now I'm guessing lipo is at stage one and motors and ESCs are at stage 3.

Gandhar: Im not into electric as of now but by next week i will be ;) For long lasting battery with a good power, advice i got for the same question is switch to lipo with minimum of 5000mah.. Ajo will give you a better answer for this..

Yeah but what will a guy with something less than 5000 mah do?

And which car are you getting?(You spoke of a Jammin SCRT.Is that the one?)

Murali, I think electrics should be max 10-15 mins. People with lower capacity battery doesnt stand a chance. We need to be fair. Nitros can run 30mins.

Gandhar, I would say gearing, tyres etc at stage 1, higher lipos at stage 2 and motor, ESC at stage 3. Just my idea of modding.

Ajo,thanks for echoing my idea.I too would suggest 10-15 mins or even 10 mins to make it fair for all the electric users out there.

A question here,on a 30 min race,would 1 pit stop be enough to make it through the race?(with the tuning set slightly towards higher performance)

There is a glimpse of the track in this video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K2I3stHXtQ

I agree with you Ajo, Electric race cannot be held for more than 10mins at max power..

Gandhar, In a nitro 30mins race..Tuning really matters, u have to run the engine longer and cooler which is hard. Number of pit stop varies from engine to engine.. Normally in a 30min race we would pit every 5mins..

What!!!!6 pit stops?Then the pit man must be really experienced quick.I thought nitros run upto 20 mins on one full tank.

No way Gandhar, Max tax capacity is 150ML. The well tuned engine will last maximum 7mins..

So pitting plays a huge part in strategy then.Do you just time every run in between pitstops or is there a visible change in the engine tone or performance?

Our RTR engines will last only about 7 to 8 mins. A high end performance engine will last about 10 mins depending on the track and state of tune.

Hi Team,

Iam an RC enthusiast and new to this hobby. I am from Hyderabad, any one from here travelling to this Chennai please? I would like to catch-up with experienced RC enthusiasts/racers from here.

A query for you “above the limt” first thank you for posting this and making this even like happen. I spoke to you as well I think. Anyway, can you or have someone give insights on
- travel
- staying in Chennai some good/budget hotels
- Also you said race track is around 100kms from Chennai. How about travelling to that place internally? Look forward to hear from you and other members.

Regards,
Sreekanth

I know it is a private field/track, but some Google Maps type of directions seem to be in order. No one can go in without permissions anyways.

Welcome to the Hobby bro..OK. Im sorry for the late reply as i was busy setting up my hobby shop. Abt the race, ajo will help you with the traveling to chennai part. As far as hotel is concerned, me, ajo & all the other racers are booking into a good budjet hotel.. U can share the room if you want or have one of your own.. We will help you get to the track as there is more 50 racers coming in their own cars, so going to the track is taken care.. What car are you racing with ??

Thanks... "above the limt" cheers no need to be sorry bro :) common its ok. Well i though you are from RotorHobby! but seems like you are settingup your own store that is interesting and my good wishes and good luck :)

Well, i do not have any vehicle to race, infact the reason i am travelling to Chennai to purchase the THUNDER TIGER 1/8th EB-4 S3 4WD Off-Road Nitro Powered Buggy from RotorHobby. I have been interacting with them for sometime now. I pushed my travel so that i can even see the race as well.

Bro i will need advice from experts like you and Ajo right from engine breaking, maintaince, any spares which are good to buy and keep it.

Look forward to hear from and meet you all in person.

Cheers,
Gary

We will help you in all ways possible..Looking forward to seeing you at the track..

Joy Rising Hobby will be a part sponsor for this race.. 

Amazing i just cant wait its a week away from now cheers :)

Hey Ajo and Murali, how was today's practice session? i got that message that you left the city around 5:30am to the track. i guess you would have been back by now. how was it?

Hello all, i was wondering about the Race Schedule. Can we have something like it was posted for the Oct 2010 race.

Is there anything like this published some where on Facebook or Rotor Sports? i could not locate! can anyone help please? as you know i am travelling from Hyderabad i will need to make journy arrangements plz :)

Updating the Schedule for this race:

Saturday, 19th March 2011

10:00am to 4.30pm:

Registrations – All participants have to mandatorily register before entering practice. Entry fee for regular participants is Rs 2,000 for 3 classes, additional class is Rs 500 extra.

Special Entry Fee for students is Rs 1,000 for a single class. For each additional class fee is Rs 250.

Controlled Practice - Race Director will open slots for similar classes to practice together. We all know what happens when a Monster truck is practicing with a buggy!!!

The track will be closed at 4.30pm for maintenance so that we can ensure a neat track for the race day.

Sunday, 20th March 2011

9:30am  - Meet & Greet and Driver debriefing (All participants to be present)

9:45am – Electric open
All electric classes. Race duration is 10 mins. No battery change allowed. Reverse not allowed.

10:00am – Nitro Buggy First Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

10:15am  - Nitro Buggy Second Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

10:45am – Nitro Truggy First Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

11:00am – Nitro Truggy Second Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

11:30am  - Nitro Monster Truck First Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

11:45am  - Nitro Monster Truck Second Heats
Race duration is 10 mins

12:00pm to 2:00pm – Lunch

2:00pm – 2:20pm - Nitro Buggy Finals
Race duration is 20 mins

2:30pm – 2:50pm - Nitro Truggy Finals
Race duration is 20 mins

3:00pm – 3:30pm - Break

3:30pm – 3:50pm – Monster Truck Finals
Race duration is 20 mins

4:00pm – Friendly Drag Race on Tarmac
Open Class

5:00pm – Prize Distribution and Close

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Nice schedule.Lets hope everything goes according to it.

Joy Rising Hobby will be giving Rs.1000 as Gift voucher for all the categories in this race.. 

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All the best. :thumbsup:

Electric Open
I - Jo
II - Biju
II - Ajo

Nitro Buggy
I - Jo
II - Ashok
II - Satish

Nitro Truggy
I - Satish
II - Murali
II - Biju

Monster truck
I - Jo
II - Biju
II - Pravesh

Thanks to Joy Rising Hobby for the Gift vouchers worth Rs.1000 for each category and Autozone car accessories shop for sponsoring Trophies & rotor sport for helping us conduct the race..

Any idea what where the r/c vehicles by the winners.

Electric Open
I - Jo - Thunder Tiger ST1e
II - Biju - Erevo
II - Ajo - Thunder Tiger ST1e

Nitro Buggy
I - Jo - Thunder Tiger Eb4 S2 RTR
II - Ashok - Hong nor Jammin X1X rtr
II - Satish - Mugen MBX6

Nitro Truggy
I - Satish Mugen MBX 6T
II - Murali Hongnor Jammin X2crt rtr
II - Biju Hongnor Jammin X2crt

Monster truck
I - Jo Thunder Tiger - MTA4
II - Biju - HPI savage
II - Pravesh - Thunder Tiger - Sledge Hammer S50

Best Sportsman - Jo
Best Upcoming talent and New comer - Pravesh
Fastest Lap - Satish

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Sorry to hear about your buggy.But how did you break a wheel?If its a rear impact,I would expect the arm,driveshaft or rear hub carrier to break.

Small correction, Jo's car was a TT MT4 G3 which is the latest electric MT. Based on the ST1 chassis.

So its already a success story then? ;D

Front page write up about our race on The Hindu Metro Plus
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/motorsport/article1558524.ece

Is the MT4-G3 the picture in the Hindu that appears to have a ST-1 body.

For some reason,I liked the other one more.I'll find it on FB and post it here.

This one.

http://rcspecial.com/news/?p=70778

This report is by "yours truly"

I liked it.Nice one Ajo.

I love the Write up Ajo.. Y dont you write a book on RC for the Indian market.. I will sell it for u..

Good idea.I'd like to contribute how I felt as a beginner in the RC scene.