Originally Posted by
Radio Active
Exactly!
People say 1/12th in the country comes and goes in waves, and they are right, but the reason that happens is because there is no feeder class. We have to attract racers from other classes who have little idea about pan cars to begin with. It would be a huge help if they were learning about their cars in a genuine initiate's class.
Rollout for a 17.5 should be around 100 mm or a little more, I've heard of people going as high as 120 mm, which sounds stupid, but there apparently aren't any issues.
These are my thoughts on 12th scale.....
12th scale needs to be split into 2 classes of racing. Traditional for those that want to run it, and a spec category.
The spec category needs to be controlled to a certain degree, spec a speedy and motor combination, the rest is open, ie tyres and bodies.
The spec category needs to be affordable to run and a feeder class. More importantly it needs to be a feeder class into RC racing. From there racers can then take themselves into the other area's of electic or gas racing.
When I started racing in 1984, you either raced 12th scale or 8th scale gas, very simple, 2 choices.
At the time my father indicated that he would not be "bank rolling" any of those activites and I got a job mowing lawns, washing cars after school and thats how I entered the racing world....
My point is it I could afford to do it at a young age, I must have raced for the whole season on $200 after setup.
Ask yourselves this question, how many young kids/familys are you seeing racing these days? Not many, and entering into electic TC's these days even at stock level is expensive and complex.
A 12th scale feeder class is a perfect, cost effective platform to allow people to enter the world of RC racing....
Best of luck with the series, its great to see and a big thanks should go to Badman for having the initiave to get it up and running.
Regards
Kyle