Stockport Model Car Club - The unveiling of the new carpet

On Saturday March 15th 2014, Stockport Model Car Club took delivery of its new carpet, replacing the old one which was around 30 years old !! A large turnout of the club took delivery of the much awaited carpet, and so the track building began - out with the old - in with the new !!

As you may have seen in my previous videos, the club has a small, technical track and has to accommodate the pits within the hall.  For this day, the whole hall was used as a track, and a separate room hired to accommodate the pits.  For a lot of drivers, this extra track was an unusual occurrence, and for most, the extra grip of a new track was difficult to deal with, meaning tyre and set up changes.

Watch the video of the track building and racing on this club racing day, see how the drivers handled this new era !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0_mYQIb7ls

I hope you enjoyed the video.

Another hatcam video

Here is another hatcam video of my Spec R S1 touring car. The car is fitted with a Speed Passion Reventon R speed controller with a 17.5 turn motor, and had one minor change after the first heat, I moved the front shocks in 1 hole, to position 5 to give a bit more turn in on a tight, twisty, technical track.

I finished 2nd behind the 8.5 turn motored red buggy after making a mistake early in the race. A couple of further mistakes, coupled with the delay on my reverse put me a couple of laps down by the end of the race.

Here is the video.

Overall I'm very pleased with the car. The handling was great, only a couple of driver errors prevented a very fast time.

My next blog will cover further upgrades of the car.