Nothing was done intentionally... Nobody clearly intended to make this change or neglect to make a change.....

in fact, I, personally, reformatted the rule book for 2008 with the information I was provided and tried to find in all sources. The regular source of gathering information was not available to me in two weeks time from my taking this job and getting the book out. (I missed the deadline by 2 weeks as well...LOL)

My sincere apologies for NOT noticing the 1/12th weight adjustment. I did this reformatting as quick as I could and well, when humans are involved, mistakes do happen.

I will see to it that a news item addendum is on the website and the online version of the book is corrected. The printed version will have the misprint as the book is at the printer RIGHT NOW....

again, I am sorry.

well, it is a problem and I hope its the only thing that got missed.... if not, we'll hear about it...

and luckily we have the NEWS item on the website.

Wish I would have been born with that "perfect" gene.... LOL

Reformatting a rule book is a prodigious task, I know, having done some small ones myself. I think every 1/12th racer I know will be happy to scritch out the mistake with no complaints! Thank you for doing a fine job

thanks..

scritch away.. the online version will be corrected as soon as I can get it uploaded...

I don't think I can change the printed one. I was able to make a change just this morning of a typo I made..... but I think its past time where I can get another change in.

I thought all women are perfect? That's what my wife keeps telling me.

The same thing happened in the rule book last year. Someone omitted the 794g 4 cell weight and left the 880g 6 cell weight. Just one of those little things that needs to be fixed.

well, it happened this year because the final version of the book in Word format was never forwarded to me as I asked... (yep, pointing fingers!! LOL)

I tried to convert the online version from .pdf back to Word.. and oh man, formatting nightmare.... so, I went page by page with the Excom in our meeting a few weeks ago and we caught 99.9% (I hope) of the changes and then I went page by page in front of the computer.

You guys should check out the RMT National Guidelines.... totally new format because that was 23 pages I had to type in, word for word.... (I redid it into 17 pages though) - if you find mistakes there.. email me... I just got those online and I think I caught most of it.. will be making several corrections tonight.

This time, when I make the change.. it'll get sent to our Administrator AND will be on the 'jump drive' for my position and it will get transferred should there be a new president next year.

Most women are perfect. I've been told I'm not like most women... LOL.. and I thought that was a compliment... LOL

You need a PDF editor software

have it....

I didn't give the whole story... the last version was done on a Mac and saved into a Word version that is older than dirt.

I have Vista and 2007 editions... and the latest Adobe stuff... name it, I have it....

when you go from ancient to new - it can be done.... but not easily. Takes time... for me, the easiest thing to do with the National Guidelines, all of 17 pages and 8,000 words was to redo the whole thing. Less frustrating.

Once it is in PDF format it shouldn't matter what format it was in previously. You should be able to edit it directly still in PDF format with Adobe or another PDF editor. I think we used something called Scansoft for that.

Are Axiom going to be at the birds? I would like to try a set

I'm interested in running 1/12 sooner or later.

My question or questions are as follows:

What is a good kit at a decent price (brand new)?
And what is a good kit at a decent price for a used car?

What electronics will be best (brushed, brushless, cells, etc.)?

I know these would apply to different tracks, but what is a good tire to start out with?

I'll probably have more once I get one, but I suppose this will suffice for now.


Thanks in advance!!!

MO- I don't have all the answers, but I'll give you my opinion on some. A good kit at a good price is the Associated 12L4, soon to be 12L5 or other designation. Lots of places carry parts, it's fairly durable, and competitive.

Don't know about used car prices.

I would start with brushless electronics due to ease of maintainence, therefore more time to run. As far as choice, check out the racers where you intend to race to find what classes they run, and the combo of choice there. Same with tires.

Batteries will be 4 cell NiMH, and Ener-G and EP cells are probably a couple of the more durable cells currently offered.