On Road Series

Hi All,
Round one of our on road summer series starts this Sunday 18th May Gates open around 9am. All on road classes catered for.

4wd Off Road Regional

The Mid East off road series kicks of with a bang this year at Broxtowe. Round 1 of the 4wd championship is 6th April 2014.

If you wish to enter click here

Hall Entry & Setting Up

As of 22.3.14 unless you are helping to set up the track there is no entry to the sports hall until 5.30pm

Thanks
BMCC Committee

Lipo Charging

Broxtowe Model Car Club takes the safety of all racers and spectators very seriously.
As of immediate effect all drivers charging any batteries at the trackside either indoor or outdoor must use a Suitable Lipo charging sack.
Anyone without one may borrow / buy one from race control.
Anyone found charging at more than 4.2 volts per cell will be removed from the current meeting and asked to leave the premises.
Lipo batteries can be extremely dangerous and we must take all precaution s to protect ourselves and property. Please see statement below from Paul Worsley regarding the use of LIPO batteries. This is the stance Broxtowe Model Car Club now adopts.


Following changes to the way people are using their LiPos, the BRCA Electric Board have issued the following guidance, and a change to General Rule 4. This means that the new rule applies immediately to all Electric Sections.

SAFETY PROCEDURES WHEN CHARGING/DISCHARGING LiPo/LiFe BATTERIES.

To ALL BRCA Electric Sections, 27.02.14.

Recent communications received have indicated that some competitors are discharging LiPo batteries using a high discharge current between races.
Whilst most of the current batteries are stated to have a 'C' rating that will accommodate this practice, we have to consider that a chemical change is taking place within the battery and of course we cannot rely on the often 'inflated' figures seen on Lipo labels.

If a LiPo flames whilst it is being discharged during a race, then it is unlikely to hurt anything other than the track surface.
If it happens whilst discharging on a pit-table, then the safety concerns take on an entirely different perspective.

Therefore in the interest of safety, BRCA General Rule 4 will be updated to require that :-

"All LiPo/LiFe drive batteries must be in a 'closed' LiPo sack when being charged or discharged. This applies to any discharging procedures, except during a race or when using organiser supplied resistors to correct voltage".

This procedure applies with immediate effect.

As General Rules apply to all Sections, this amendment must be enforced in all Electric Sections.

Best regards,
Paul Worsley. (Secretary, BRCA Electric Board).

overview of committee meeting 28.11.13

committee meeting 28/11/13

 

apologies Curtis and Richard stain

 

present Daniel Austin, stuart butler, ben gayson, jimmy noke, Richard Johnson, alan willows,andy hicklin, martin Thorpe, nigel town, Daniel town.

 

 

 

membership and race fees are to be held at the same level for 2014,

 

reduced membership is available from 1st sept at half fee.

 

membership forms will be available from race control from 31st nov.

 

all members will receive a membership card on renewal.

 

brca membership will no longer be processed through the club.

you can join direct via the website or post (we will have forms available)

please note you will have to show your new card to race control in the new year.

 

Saturday club nights,

you will initially be only able to book in for one class,

if you wish to race another please put your name down. these will be allocated on a first come basis

until the heats are full. this is to enable us to hopefully always run four rounds.

 

tyres for offroad

from the new year we will be running a trial on the new carpet. only minispike type tyres

will be allowed no mini pins. this is to see if it reduces the amount of fluff produced and reduced grip levels for the other classes and to protect the clubs large investment.

 

Christmas cracker

set up for this meeting will take place on Friday night, time tbc. please help if you can also with clearing away on sunday night. a lot of work goes into this lets make it a good one!

 

tape

we have had issues with the tape lifting, we are going to trial some different tape and laying techniques so please bear with us!

it is with regret that we have not been successful in our applications for nationals this year. both the on and off road section committees voted to go elsewhere. 

 



Membership Forms 2014

Membership forms are now available on the downloads page. You can now Join Broxtowe Model Car Club for the rest of 2013 and 2014 for 1 price.
Adults £12, Juniors (U16) £8

BRCA membership is no longer available through the club. You can download the form from our download page and post it off, or go online and re join there.

You will not be allowed to race as of January 2014 if you do not have current BRCA cover.

Forms Here

Join / ReJoin the BRCA Here

Bring our yer dead. The Re-awakening.

Two nights of vintage racing in December. 14th and 21st. Bring your buggys or on road classics and give 'em a run.
Non competitive but just as good fun!

A bit of RC history for you below!


This 1/12th Ishimasa FF12E chassis from 1979, world’s first front wheel drive rc car. It came with a couple of different body types. There was a Porsche 917, the Savanna RX-7 a Renault Mirage. There may have been more.
Presented in ‘Graupner Neuheitenkatalog 1980′, Graupner followed the first successes achieved in 1979 with the vehicle in some national races.

Information courtesy of http://www.classic.rc-junkies.net/

Lots of info on classic RC cars