News and Info Regarding HRCCC 2011 Season Changes Hi Everyone, The 2011 season is shaping up to be a good one. The loss of Northway St is a real blow for the EP Onroad side of HRCCC. Fortunately we ve managed to secure a new temporary venue outdoors and with summer here and lots of blue skies overhead we should be OK for a few months. The new outdoor on road venue is at 84 Avalon Drive (old Royale Car Company car yard). We re always on the lookout for a new building that could be suitable for racing so if you hear or see anything, please let us know. Club Membership In previous years there has been a limitation on the number of meetings a racer could do before being required to become a member of the club. This system was introduced because HRCCC required the use of New Zealand Radio Control Association s (NZRCA) liability insurance in case of an accident. Part way through this year HRCCC has signed up for its own liability insurance and now the requirement to join the club after a certain amount of meetings has been abolished. This new system has been introduced for people who wish to use HRCCC s facilities on a casual basis, cannot afford to join or realise that joining part way through the year would be non beneficial. HRCCC would like to emphasise that joining the club holds many benefits including discounted race fees, accumulated points towards the club championships and the potential of receiving a trophy at the end of the year. Also of importance is that fact that non members who decide to join the club part way through the season will not get their points back dated. NZRCA Forums and your email address The NZRCA are in the process of creating a new website with a message board/forums attached to it. If you purchase an NZRCA licence with your HRCCC membership, the NZRCA will automatically create an account to these forums under your name. For this to happen however, they need your email address. It is illegal for HRCCC to supply your email address to any third party groups, including the NZRCA, so you will now find a question on the HRCCC membership form as follows: I agree to allowing my email address to be passed onto the NZRCA. If you wish to have access to the new NZRCA forums, launching on the 1 st Jan, you will need to tick this box. The NZRCA will then make contact with you to advise you of your account details.
Please remember that this is a choice you can make, it is not a requirement. If you don t want your email address passed on or have no interest in the forums, leave the box blank. Race Fees Race fees for 2011 season have been set to the following: EP Onroad & Offroad Financial Club Member $8 first car, $6 for each additional car Non Financial Club Member $12 first car, $8 for each additional car GP Offroad & Onroad 18 th Scale Financial Club Member $10 first car, $5 for each additional car Non Financial Club Member $12 first car, $8 for each additional car Financial and Non Financial Members $10 first car, $5 for each additional car EP On road Racing at 84 Avalon Drive Racing will now take place on the 1 st Sunday of every month with the 3 rd Sunday scheduled as a rain day. Registrations will start at 9.00am with racing starting at 10.30am and running through till approx 5pm. Please note as mentioned, Avalon Drive is only a temporary location until a new indoor facility can be secured. The structure of EP On road races is also set to change with the introduction of qualifiers and finals. There will be 3 x 5min qualifiers and 1 x 5min final. Your best time in one of the three qualifiers will be used to seed you into a final. Your result from within that final will then be used to issue you with club championship points. Non Members will not receive points as explained above. Mylaps Personal Transponders for sale HRCCC has 10 new Mylaps personal transponders for club members to purchase. They are available on a first in first served basis. They are $132 each and come with new and improved features only available with the clubs new RC3 Mylaps decoder. Old transponders; club and PT, will still continue to work. Please let me know via secretary@hrccc.co.nz if you are interested in purchasing one. 2010 Memberships Expire Soon Just a friendly reminder, current memberships expire on the 31 st December so don t forget to get your membership form filled out and your subs paid for next year. This way your sorted well before the 2011 racing season begins and no chance of lost points. I ve attached the membership form to this email. It can also be obtained from HRCCC s website www.hrccc.co.nz under the downloads section. Membership fees can now be paid online too!
Just remember you MUST include a copy of the transaction receipt so your payment details can be matched to your membership form. 2011 Seasons Calendars Electric On road 30th January 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 1* 20th February 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 2 20th March 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 3 1st May 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 4 29th May 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 5 3rd July 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 6 7th August 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 7 4th September 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 8 2nd October 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 9 6th November 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 10 4th December 2011, 84 Avalon Drive, Te Rapa Points Round 11 *Note: No fun day for EP Onroad this year. Gas and Electric Off road 23rd January 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Non Points 27th February 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 1 27th March 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 2 8th May 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 3 12th June 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 4 10th July 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 5 14th August 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 6 11th September 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 7 9th October 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 8 13th November 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 9 11th December 2011, Bristol Park, Te Rapa Points 10 18 th Scale Indoor 15th February 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 1 15th March 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 2 19th April 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 3 17th May 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 4 4th 5th June 2011 Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club New Zealand 18 th Scale Nationals 21st June 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 5 19th July 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 6 16th August 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 7 20th September 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 8 18th October 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 9 15th November 2011, Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club Non Points 10
18 th Scale New Zealand Nationals HRCCC has made the decision to hold the first ever 18 th Scale Nationals. The event is scheduled to run over Queens Birthday Weekend (4th 5th June 2011). Meeting structures will be: Saturday 11am to 2pm Controlled Practice Saturday 2pm 7pm Qualifying (5 x 6min qualifiers) Sunday 9am to 10am Controlled Practice Sunday 10am to 7pm Bump up 10minute Finals (Top 2 moving to next final). Event will be open to Onroad and Offroad cars with classes yet to be finalised. Tamiya TT01 Class Deleted The Tamiya TT01 class will no longer be available at HRCCC. Anyone with a TT01 car is more than welcome to run in either Stock Touring or All Comers. With the new qualifying system, there is a good chance TT01 drivers will end up racing other TT01 cars in the final. Tamiya M03 (Minis and Swifts) renamed to Tamiya M Chassis With the introduction of the Tamiya M05 M Chassis car, the M03 class is now renamed to M Chassis. The new M05 will be legal for the 2011 season and beyond. Here are the new rules for the M Chassis class: 1. Any Tamiya M03, M05 chassis cars apart from those listed in rule 12. 2. Cars must be assembled as per Instruction Manual, and no chassis/power train modifications allowed. 3. A minimum weight limit of 1230gms (with transponder) will apply. 4. No Hop Ups Allowed, (apart from standard ball bearing kit (no ceramics) and Tamiya MO3 / MO5 sway bay kit). 5. No chassis lightening allowed. 6. Current TAMIYA Mini bodies available for the M03 and M05 are legal. 7. Tamiya 60D tires and wheels only (50683, 50684, 53254 and 53340). 8. Stuffing tires with inserts to create a "ballooned" tire, and producing overdrive is not legal. Tire diameter limit will be limited to 60mm. 9. Only Tamiya plastic damper may be used (No Oil Filled shocks) 10. Drilling extra vent holes to the wheels is illegal.
11. Any modification not called out specifically in these rules is not legal. 12. Kits deemed to be illegal a) RC Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR M05 Berlina Corse b) RC Suzuki Swift Super 1600 M05Ra c) Any MO3 5 PRO Kit d) Any MO3 5 R kit 13. 20t, 18t OR 16t pinions only 14. Ride height will be minimum 10mm 15. The Tamiya 540 J motor (53689) is the only motor legal for the 2011 season 16. Either the 3 step mechanical speed controller, as supplied in the kit or 17. ESC types are restricted to TEU 101BK P/N 45029 and TEU 104BK P/N 45041, only these two ESC can be used. The battery plug may be changed however no other component/s relating to the speed controller may be altered. 18. Any approved 6 cell Nicad and/or NiMH stick pack. The use of LIPO batteries is permitted in this class, but due to the battery compartment having a rounded profile, the only legal LIPOs for this class must have a rounded hard case. Modifying the M chassis to fit other hard case LIPO batteries is not permitted. There is no Mah or C rating limit. All Lipo s must be 7.4 Volt 2S 1P configurations. New weight limits for 2011 There are some new weight limits for some on road classes next year: M Chassis drops from 1300grams to 1230grams Formula1 drops from 1175grams to 1100grams 6 Cell/Lipo Modified Touring drops from 1500grams to 1425grams. 5 Cell Modified drops from 1420grams to 1345grams Super Stock drops from 1500grams to 1425grams Stock Touring drops from 1500grams to 1425grams Touring Car Shells to be IFMAR Approved. For 2011 season and onwards, all touring car shells used in Stock Touring, Super Stock and Modified must be IFMAR approved. A list of IFMAR approved bodies can be found on the IFMAR website. Here is a direct link to the list: http://www.ifmar.org/pdf/bodies/104310 E BodiesIfmar.pdf Formula 1 restricted to Silver Can Stock Motors Formula 1 cars will now be restricted to Silver Can Stock Motors. The option to run 24 degree, 27 turn single ROAR approved, rebuildable brushed motors is no longer considered legal.
Lipo s Across the board The days of restricting racers to NiCad batteries in Stock Touring and M Chassis have finally come to an end. LIPO s are now legal in all EP classes. With no capacity rating limit well see longer run time and quicker laps but more importantly less battery maintenance. Don t forget All Lipos must be charged in a lipo sack. EP Offroad Classes at Bristol Park Electric Offroad will be running points next year. All club members competing in the following classes will receive points toward a club championships. Classes are: Juniors 10 years and Under Short Course Trucks 2WD Stock 2WD Modified 4WD Stock 4WD Modified Trucks Stock Trucks Modified 1/8 th EP Buggy 1/8 th EP Truggy All cars must comply with NZRCA rules based on the 2011 rulebook available via HRCCC or NZRCA websites when available. GP Offroad Truggy Wheels and Tyres The tyre width for 1/8 th IC Truggy has dropped from 65mm to 60mm. This change now opens the class up to a larger selection of tyres available. That s about all of the news for now. Thanks for taking the time to read. If you wish to contact me or the club, please send an email to secretary@hrccc.co.nz Thanks Andrew