Burncity MiniZ – HFAY July Races: season 10 race 1, Sat July 17 Ashburton, Melbourne

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Burncity MiniZ – HFAY July Races: season 10 race 1, Sat July 17 Ashburton, Melbourne

Date: Saturday July 17 2010
Time: 14:00 setup, 14:45-22:30 racing, 22:30-23:00 teardown and cleanup
Venue: Ashburton Library meeting room, 154 High Street, Ashburton 3147

Note the new venue. We hosted the HFAY BTE last month and it is a great venue, so good that we have booked it from the afternoon through to the night so you can satisfy all you trigger finger itches!

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

This is the layout
HFAY Online Point Series Racer Manual can be reviewed here

We have power on site, and we will be using the ilap timing system. New transponders have arrived so this time you will need to buy a transponder if you want your lap times counted.

Post here with questions or email us at melb.miniz@gmail.com
Join the Burncity facebook group for all the latest updates

On a side note.. we have now had some interest in RCP tracks so if your interested in getting some RCP then let us know as we may be organising another shipment later this year.

Hope to see you all there!

[hype]

This sounds great!

I doubt i will be ready enough to run this weekend (Some more prior notice on these events would be very cool and would be a good idea to bump the threads maybe every 2,3 5 days? if they don’t get bumped by me that is 😀 ) I will endeavour to get my gear in shape to run on the 31st of July.
Also what is the price of the transponders? Are there none for loan/hire?

[whtang]

sorry about the late notice.. was planning to post this mid last week but i was at the mercy of the ‘venue g0ds’ while trying to confirm the venue.

anyways.. we use the ilap system..
you can get transponders from here
http://www.rclapcounter.com

Or we sell them (mini-Z type) for $65 with a harness.. the few bucks we make goes towards the ‘venue hire fund’ which is still in the red.

gigspeed used to loan out their transponders but it was too much admin so we decided to keep it simple and just ask people to buy one. people had to share transponders (we didn’t have enough) and we ran the risk of people forgetting to return them or breaking them. Being a small club we don’t have the means to keep replacing broken loaner transponders… so that’s the story 🙂 Gigspeed also use ilap, so you can use the transponder at their track as well.

[whtang]

keep getting errors when trying to post a new thread… so here goes..

Howdy folks,

Seems that we have enough interest to do another RCP shipment from the US.
We should be able to pull this off for $400 per wide L if your in Melbourne.
If your interstate you’ll need to pay extra to ship it out from Melbourne. As a guide, I checked the web and it costs about $70-$100 to ship 2 x wide-L’s from Melbourne to Sydney depending on who you use to transport.

You maybe thinking gee.. $400 is quite a lot for a wide-L..
Well.. here is my little rant to put things into perspective..

We all know it costs US$200 for a wide-L which includes shipping to the states.. it is quite a good buy if you have a mate in the US who will bring it over for you.

I’ve asked for a few places for shipping from the US and shipping itself ALWAYS works out to more than US$200 for a single wide-L. I even asked the guys at RCP tracks to go via USPS using flat rate boxes and they said a single wide-L would fit into 3 boxes and each box would be US$96.. you do the math.. again more than US$200.

Over in Spain at http://www.technicalrp.es they sell fo 265 euro which is about AUD$400 and I think there is shipping on top of that. If you ask super-rc in Japan to ship you a Kyosho Grand Prix 50cm tile track (slightly over two wide-L), it is AU$1075 + $362 shipping which again is quite steep.

So the only way to go is via container… which works out to be the cost of RCP + shipping cost + customs, a crapload of fees(port service, terminal handling, security, sea cargo, delivery order, customs, customs compile, trade gate, and cartage) plus GST on top of all that.. hence we arrive at what i hope you guys don’t feel is a rip off for $400 per wide-L and like Aaron in the tradition of ausmicro we are just making it possible for the community out here to get there hands on RCP. 🙂

You only need two wide-Ls to run How Fast Are You events (http://hfay.tinyrc.com).
There are heaps of layouts you can create with 2 x wide-Ls.. many of which fit inside a double garage. Just remember that each tile is 50cm to estimate how much space you would need for a layout.
With more kits, you get more variety..
See some sample layouts here:
http://www.saltlakemini-z.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;su=user;u=1;cat=107

You can find out more about the different track kits at the RCP website http://www.rcptracks.com/

So.. if your interested.. drop me an email melb.miniz@gmail.com by August 16th!

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if your curious what one of those large saltlakemini-z layouts looks like here is a pic of our event on Oct 17th last year 🙂

[Felix2010]

Great layout there.

[whtang]

still can’t start new threads so I’ll just post it here..

Burncity MiniZ – HFAY August Races: season 10 race 2, Sat August 28th Ashburton, Melbourne

Date: Saturday August 28 2010
Time: 14:00 setup, 14:45-22:30 racing, 22:30-23:00 teardown and cleanup
Venue: Ashburton Library meeting room, 154 High Street, Ashburton 3147

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

This is the layout
HFAY Online Point Series Racer Manual can be reviewed here

We have power on site, and we will be using the ilap timing system. You will need to buy a transponder if you want your lap times counted.

Post here with questions or email us at melb.miniz@gmail.com
Join the Burncity facebook group for all the latest updates

Hope to see you all there!

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Results for event 1 in July have been posted..
http://hfay.tinyrc.com/PointSeries/Season10/RacerPointSeries/S10RacerEvent1/tabid/205/Default.aspx

[whtang]

bump..
HFAY at Ashburton this Saturday folks 🙂

[hype]

Is there an event this month?

[whtang]

no official events this month.. just too much happening for me to organising anything. (There will be HFAY probably this Friday night for the regulars)

Next month will be Burncity’s first ‘birthday’… we held our first event last October where we built one of the large salt-lake layouts.. there are pics in previous threads. So next month.. we’ll have a race and there should be a few small prizes.. more details to come once i can finalise the venue.

[whtang]

two events this month.. couldn’t get the venue for a double booking so we can only race for ~4hrs each this time

Burncity MiniZ – Large track 1yr anniversary race, Sat Oct 9 Ashburton, Melbourne

Date: Saturday Oct 9 2010
Time: 13:00 setup, 13:45-16:30 racing, 16:30-17:00 teardown and cleanup
Venue: Ashburton Library meeting room, 154 High Street, Ashburton 3147

Classes: 1:28 scale stock and modified as per HFAY large track rules (PN70T or stock motor)

It has been a year since our RCP track landed and we held our very first large track event on Oct 17th last year. I still recall us trying to figure out how to put together the 45 degree kit and the day feeling like a little kid during christmas whilst cracking open 15 boxes of RCP… and who could forget the aching legs the next day! Since then.. the RCP dust has settled and we’ve managed to start HFAY events and also keep to running a large track event once every 2nd month. We’ve found a more economical venue albeit smaller but it seems to have everyone’s vote.
A club can only continue to be a club with help from its racers and volunteers so in celebration of Burncity’s first birthday we’ll have some good old racing and a few small prizes coutesy of Gigspeed.

Burncity MiniZ – HFAY October Races: season 10 event 4, Sat Oct 16 Ashburton, Melbourne

Date: Saturday Oct 16 2010
Time: 13:00 setup, 13:30-16:30 racing, 16:30-17:00 teardown and cleanup
Venue: Ashburton Library meeting room, 154 High Street, Ashburton 3147

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

This is the layout
HFAY Online Point Series Racer Manual can be reviewed here

As usual we have power on site, and we will be using the ilap timing system. You will need to buy a transponder if you want your lap times counted.

Post here with questions or email us at melb.miniz@gmail.com
Join the Burncity facebook group for all the latest updates

Hope to see you all there!

[whtang]

bump!
HFAY this weekend folks!

[hype]

Any upcoming events guys?

[whtang]

didn’t notice anyone was watching! haha..
i’m trying to secure the November HFAY venue.. other than that we will be having a large track day on Jan 2nd

[whtang]

still can’t create new threads..

Guinness world record track …the World Record is for the biggest Mini-Z RCP track with a length of 134,8 meters.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2567/1263img201010232043032.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuzEtSQ9TY

they say it was twice as big as Kyosho Masters in Fellbach this yr

[whtang]

Kyosho Mini-Z Masters Fellbach 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmdKYoQ9174

[hype]

That track looks awesome!
So when is that track being laid out here in Melbourne?
January 2nd, could possibly make it along to this one…

[whtang]

Burncity MiniZ – New Year Racing – Sunday Jan 2nd 2010, Kew, Melbourne

Date: Sunday Jan 2 2011
Time: 13:00 setup, 14:00-22:30 racing, 22:30-23:00 teardown and cleanup
Venue: Kew Library meeting, Cnr Cotham Road & Civic Drive, Kew 3101

Classes: 1:28 scale stock and modified as per HFAY large track rules (PN70T or stock motor)

We’ve finally managed to secure the Kew venue which is a even BIGGER venue than Ashburton!
Haven’t decided on the layout yet but it will either be one of the Salt Lake MiniZ layouts as usual.

This will be the first of four large track events in 2011.. mark your calendars for the following dates:
Sun Jan 2 2011 – Kew Library
Sat Apr 9 2011 – Kew Library
Sat Jul 16 2011 – Kew Library
Sat Oct 24 2011 – Kew Library

HFAY season 11 will commence in Jan 2011. venue and date of first race to be confirmed.

Layout on Jan 2nd..

[hype]

Sounds great, i’ll try to make it.
One thing, i could be wrong (often am!) but you might have larger numbers attend should the date be not so close to the new year (public holidays).
It might be too late to switch, won’t be a problem for me but a lot like to vacat at these times.

[whtang]

bump…. large track event this Sunday 🙂

[hype]

Thanks for the awesome days fun guys.

Sorry for my being yet another obsticle on the course (was very, very rusty!)
I’ll get lots of good practice in before the next event!

For anyone wanting to come on down it’s a great venue, great track, heaps of offstreet parking 30 metres from the actual track. Onsite power, tables, benches, chairs… Really a great foundation for an excellent race meet!

The track itself is absolutely AWESOME! The RCP surface and barriers is very kind to the cars, i think there was only 2 minor damages for the whole 8 hours racing and they were from car vs car collisions (a section of rear wing and i think a front guard?) i doubt the RCP track itself could be capable of damaging the cars since it is made from a nice high density but very impact absorbing foam.

You can even purchase (or possibly loan) a transponder to check your times!

Personally i am really hanging out to get another run in April, though there is a possibility of an earlier meet. Join up the facebook group and get all the updates of upcoming events, this is really great fun!

[whtang]

Pics from the large track layout on Jan 2..

[whtang]

Burncity MiniZ – HFAY Jan Races: season 11 race 1, Sat Jan 29th Gigspeed, Melbourne

Date: Saturday Jan 29 2011
Time: 11:00 setup, 11:30-16:30 racing
Venue: Gigspeed, Heidelberg West

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

This is the layout
HFAY Online Point Series Racer Manual can be reviewed here

[kaden andreas]

interested in getting a wide L track- where do i sign up??

[whtang]

no plans for more orders at the moment..
if any of the existing orders fall through we may contact you so drop an email to melb.miniz AT gmail.com

[whtang]

Burncity MiniZ – HFAY Feb Races: season 11 race 2, Sat Feb 19th Gigspeed, Melbourne

Date: Saturday Feb 19 2011
Time: 12:00-16:30 racing
Venue: Gigspeed, Heidelberg West

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

[hype]

When and where is the March meet guys?

[whtang]

didn’t think anyone here would be following HFAY.. :p
HFAY will generally be 3rd Saturday of the month at Gigspeed

Burncity MiniZ – HFAY Feb Races: season 11 race 3, Sat Mar 19th Gigspeed, Melbourne

Date: Saturday Mar 19 2011
Time: 13:00-16:30 racing
Venue: Gigspeed, Heidelberg West

Classes: 1:28 scale stock as per HFAY rules (PN70T or stock motor)

[whtang]

if anyone is watching..
This Saturday’s (April 9th) large track race is cancelled due to other commitments.. if your after some racing action we’ll be running HFAY races 3rd Saturday each month at Gigspeed… the track layout is setup 2-3 weeks before race day for practice.

The next large track event is scheduled for:
Sat Jul 16 2011 – Kew Library

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