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I’m sure you would have noticed their ad (thanks Gisborne models for your support!) on the home page. They have contacted us with information regarding change in contact details:

Their contact details as follows:
# 155A Grey Street
# Gisborne 4010
# New Zealand
# Phone: 06-863-3312
# info@gisbornemodels.co.nz

They also have a brand new website up which you can visit at http://www.gisbornemodels.co.nz/

Here’s my 2010 nationals (which was held at Christchurch) winning setup for my Team Associated 12r5.1:

I began testing with my 4.5t X12 LRP but it had too much torque for the traction at Christchurch, and it was getting too hot for me to gear it any taller. my Novak 4.5t lite wasn’t soo bad, as it has a smoother torque range, but that and the LRP were sucking out most of 1s Lipo battery, and there’s nothing worse then if you are in a final and you are unsure if you are going to dump or not. I put in my LRP 7.5t X11 (same motor i ran at the last nationals), and there was a lot less torque which was good, and I kept gearing it up and up and up, as well as cranking the timing on the ESC until it reached the perfect temp. I originally started with a gear ratio of 96 spur 35 pinion, and ended up at the end of the weekend with an 88 spur and a 46 pinion with the motor running at 60 degrees, and only 3300mah used in the whole 8 minute race.

I tried the jaco double pink front tyres throughout the weekend also, but it gave too much initial steering, and the tyres wore out extremely quick.

Changes I made to stock setup (which can’t be seen on the setup sheet):

• Put shims either side of the front wishbones to make the front wider, which settles the car down greatly.
• Put 1 more rear shim in at the back each side to make the rear slightly wider for more mid-exit corner grip.
• Used the Small ackerman shims for slightly less steering
• Cut the center shock shaft 10mm, as standard it wasn’t giving enough forward droop
• replaced carbide diff balls with ceramic

Setup sheet:

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment

Check out the new and improved NZRCA website  at http://nzrca.co.nz/

Here’s some info about the southern clash from Jamie Scott

Quote:

The annual Southern Clash will be hosted by the Dunedin Radio Enthusiasts Car Club at our track located in St Kilda Dunedin. The event will cater for, Touring Car Stock, Open Modified, Novice Touring, Super Stock, 1/10 IC 2WD, 1/10 IC 4WD ,1/8 IC, Mini (M Chassis), Pro 12

the event will be run fully on Saturday the 20th with Sunday 21st used as a rain delay day

You can register here on-line for the event and find out details about the event.
http://southernclash.agilityhoster.com/index.htm
http://southernclash.agilityhoster.com/ … sh0210.php
A live reporting system is available for you to see in real time as entries come in.
The 2010 Southern Clash is happy to be sponsored by
Good Hi Fi

The Southern Clash will be run over Saturday and Sunday 20-21/10/2009.
The Sunday will be used as the rain day.
The event will be run under the NZRCA rules current at the time of the event.

Here are a few vids taken at the 2010 Electric On-road radio control car nationals held at the Christchurch Radio Control Car Club:

MORE TO COME! (Formula 1 added)

Formula 1 A Final Round 3:

pro12 A Final round 1:

pro12 A Final round 2:

pro12 A Final round 3:

Super stock touring A Final round 1:

Super stock touring A Final round 2:

Super stock touring A Final round 3:

Touring Modified A Final Round 1:

Touring Modified A Final Round 3:

Touring Modified B Final Round 1:

Mini A Final Round 2: