Snetterton 2010

[Henk4Focus]

Well at least I see Andy's weapon of choice is ready to go. Biggus better get your Lunchy ready my friend. I'm looking forward to seeing the action pics.

Henk

[Sideways-King]

Hi Johnny Retro,

It is with great regret I cannot make the event for personal reasons at the end of the month now. I'm a stickler for punctuation and realiability and feel sad I am ducking out at the eleventh hour. Even though it's an informal get together rather than an out and out competition I would like to send some parts down for prizes as recompense for all you guys meeting up. You may wish to have some 'for fun' competitions with best and worse shells, longest jump etc.

Please PM me your address and I'll send some parts down to you.

Once again sorry

Chris

[Jonny Retro]

Hi Johnny Retro,

It is with great regret I cannot make the event for personal reasons at the end of the month now. I'm a stickler for punctuation and realiability and feel sad I am ducking out at the eleventh hour. Even though it's an informal get together rather than an out and out competition I would like to send some parts down for prizes as recompense for all you guys meeting up. You may wish to have some 'for fun' competitions with best and worse shells, longest jump etc.

Please PM me your address and I'll send some parts down to you.

Once again sorry

Chris

Very sorry to hear that Chris

I never say no to a free lunch, so I will PM you my address - very generous of you

To all - can we have some suggestions for categories for these prizes? We already have some (and I use the word very loosely) _trophies_ lined up for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in "worst presented vehicle" and "best presented vehicle" categories, so what about some more silly ones?

"Longest Jump" (and or "highest") sound good, how about:

Most inept hill climb (we find a bank, and the scaler that makes the _least_ distance up it wins?)

Most satorially inelegant (aka "stupidest hat award" )

Biggest contribution to the conga?

Furthest travelled?

Most RC cars in the smallest 1:1 car ?

etc, etc - please post your ideas/votes

[BiggusDitchus]

All I can say is the Durga is ready to go!

[wolfdogstinkus]

All I can say is the Durga is ready to go!

Bigger wings and an airplane receiver

[subsea]

Its scary how close the event now is. I have got so many vehicles to finish off! Must get a move on the next few evenings

[TWINSET]

Its scary how close the event now is. I have got so many vehicles to finish off! Must get a move on the next few evenings

I'm still waiting on the motor for my LB - Anyone seen a plane coming from HK direction?

[TWINSET]

Ditch Slappa ready to rumble

[Jonny Retro]

Its scary how close the event now is. I have got so many vehicles to finish off! Must get a move on the next few evenings

Preparations are fairly well advanced in the Retro garage ... seriously, apart from finding some spare chuddies, all I have left to do is buy some pork chops, marinade them (the pork chops, not the chuddies) & load the car up

[BiggusDitchus]

Got the week off so spending time in shed repairing cars (some still broken from last year LOL) and charging batteries. One proplem at minute is the Volvo, MOT has expired, as has the handbrake, the car seems to be running on at best 4 cylinders (its supposed to have 5) and the MOT garage cant put it through till thursday so fingers and other digits are well and truly crossed.

[Dazza1]

Right up to know i have 12 cars ready to take the liet is as follows.

FF03 with mild brushless system I hope to get some good track time with this

xc isuzu mu standrd silvercan

hpi firestorm ez run brushless

vanessa I dont think i will enter this in the footy (its sound more like war than football )

FF01 beams integra 27t motor

tt01 drift with a 27t motor

tt01 with a 15t motor

ta05 ifs with a 19t motor

tt01 ez run brushless

tt01 27t (for the wife)

m03 Fiat 500 light sport tuned motor

TA03/FF01 twin motor project car with 2 tamiya rz motors

I will also be bringing the wife to take pictures and my 2 marshalls , I mean kids.

If I can fit any other cars in I will I have a bull head, police pajero and a ta02 hummer on standby.

I am really looking forward to this.

Daz

[Dazza1]

I have just had a battery count and I noticed I only have 6 batteries lipos at that. I dont have nimh batteries anymore as they all went off. So I binned them.

So I have just ordered another 2 lipos from modelsport.

[Jonny Retro]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ!

Gate Closing times

First up, an important note: the latest information we have is that the gates will be closed at 1930 (seven thirty PM) each night – if you’re travelling down the night before, you need to make sure you’re there before then, and on Monday, unless you want to camp overnight, you’ll need to be out by then too.

Help Needed

I also need a couple of volunteers to bring some stuff:

1 - Someone who’ll be there on the Sunday to bring an old hosepipe (or a cheap new one) that they don’t mind getting cut up

2 – A Monday attendee to bring a loud, CDR-capable Ghetto Blaster in case there are issues with the PA

Sunday Night Entertainment

The “bring your own BBQ/food/booze” recommendation still stands, but in addition, I want to try to run a couple of events:

Hill Climb

Car – anything at all – scalers, crawlers, minis, whatever.

A suitable grass bank will be selected & the course marked out, head to head runs (either time to the top or distance covered) will decide it. There may be a prize for the overall winner.

Lunchkin Sumo

Car - rules as for Lunchkin 5-a-side/Lunchkin race – i.e. If you think you can handle it, put it in…

A suitable dohyo (arena) will be marked out, cars will “wrestle” two at a time on a knockout basis from a head to head start in the centre, best of 3 falls per match. Again, there may be a prize for the overall winner.

Monday Timetable

A 10 minute warning will be given for each of the main events, a further 5 minute warning/track clearing instruction, and the event will start on the hour and last for 20 minutes - with the exception of a late start for the Musical Garages and a late finish for big rigs.

Times are fixed – if you miss the start of the event, well, you miss the start …

This gives the badly organised 40 minutes to get ready for the next event, and for the well organised, plenty of extra 20 to 30 minute sessions to run what you like in between the main events.

Up to 0840 - free running for those who have already paid their track fee

0845 Driver Briefing

0900 Shop opens – if you haven’t paid your track fee, you need to be in there the moment the doors open …

0915-0935 Musical Garages

I really shouldn’t have to explain this.

Cars – any.

0935-0955 free running

slow/careful/vintage driving only

1000-1020 Lunchkin Football (10 minutes each way)

1020-1055 free running

1100-1120 Tourer Race (up to 19T brushed)

1120-1155 - jumps (on the last corner/main straight/first corner), free running elsewhere.

1200-1300 Conga, best/worst vehicle judging & trophies

1300-1330 Big Rigs only – trucks cost an awful lot of money & I don’t think a 1/2 hour session without the risk of getting twunted by a fast moving tourer is excessive.

1330-1355 free running

1400-1420 Tourer Race (unlimited/brushless)

1420-1455 free running

1500-1520 Lunchkin Race

1520-1830 (one hour before the gates close) - free running

Finally, a quick note to anyone not happy with the above:

Unless I’ve made an errors/omissions, this will be the timetable – all the discussion has already been done by the organising committee (me, Ian, Russ & Simon), & if you think that was easy, well, you’ve obviously forgotten that more than three people can’t generally agree on what to have for lunch, much less anything else …

If you don’t like it, come down the day before the event starts when there won’t be any restrictions, and/or volunteer to organise an event next year

[Dazza1]

It looks good to me.

[Jonny Retro]

Chris at RadshapeRC.com has come through with a whopping 16 prizes for the bash

The prizes, and what they’ll be award for are:

#1 - SRB Chassis - Black Anodise 1st place - Best Presented Vehicle

#2 - Boomerang Rear Shock Tower - Black Anodise 2nd place – Best Presented Vehicle

#3 - Hotshot Bumper Skid Plate - Black Anodise 3rd place - Best Presented Vehicle

#4 - Boomerang/Hotshot Dual Front Shock Conversion Kit - Black Anodise 1st place - Worst Presented Vehicle

#5 - Boomerang Bumper Skid Plate - Black Anodise 2nd place – Worst Presented Vehicle

#6 - Hotshot Bumper Skid Plate - Natural Anodise 3rd place - Worst Presented Vehicle

#7 - Grasshopper/Hornet/Wild One/Frog Bumper Skid Plate Natural Anodise Hill Climb (Sunday) First place

#8 - SRB Bumper Skid Plate - Black Anodise Lunchkin Sumo (Sunday) 1st place

#9 - Grasshopper/Hornet/Wild One/Frog Bumper Skid Plate Natural Anodise (to be determined)

#10 - Hotshot Stabilizer Stays - Natural Anodise (to be determined)

#11 - Hotshot Stabilizer Stays - Natural Anodise (to be determined)

#12 - DF03 Skid Plate - Polished Finish (to be determined)

#13 - DF03 Skid Plate - Polished Finish (to be determined)

#14 - TT01 Top Deck - Anodised Blue (to be determined)

#15 - TT01 Top Deck - Anodised Blue (to be determined)

#16 - SRB Bumper Skid Plate - Natural Anodise (to be determined)

[TWINSET]

Would it be worth having the Lunchkin race before the football? (there might be at least two more competitors that way )

Also, how about a WW/WW2 race?

I have a reasonable CD/R comp blaster, but it'll need a mains feed

[Jonny Retro]

Would it be worth having the Lunchkin race before the football? (there might be at least two more competitors that way )

Also, how about a WW/WW2 race?

I have a reasonable CD/R comp blaster, but it'll need a mains feed

Thanks for the offer of the Brixton Briefcase - mains power should be no problem

Regarding your other points, you're well and truly bolting the stable door after the steaks have been eaten.

IIRC the only things that came close to breaking in the Lunchkin football were the marshals ankles, so if you could manage to hold off deliberately torpedoing Biggus until the Lunchkin race, I don't see why you couldn't take part in both events.

Wild Willys are catered for in the "vintage/careful" track session, and as I've already posted, Wild Willy 2's are welcome in the Lunchkin race.

I also refer you to the final two paragraphs of post # 114

[TWINSET]

I also refer you to the final two paragraphs of post # 114

2 Ginsters chicken and mushroom slices and half a bottle of brown sauce

[Jonny Retro]

2 Ginsters chicklen and mushroom slices and half a bottle of brown sauce

Tiddly oggy & gravy.

See

[TWINSET]

Tiddly oggy & gravy.

See

What, we all have to eat the same thing? no wonder it's taking so long

Sumo sounds a giggle, I'm not winching Biggus into a nappy though

[Leethal Driver]

Lunchkin Sumo?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeease someone video it

Really going to make an effort next year and get to Snetterton '11, have already started clearing the way with the powers that be...

[BiggusDitchus]

I may be being stupid BUT what is musical garages?

[BiggusDitchus]

Right up to know i have 12 cars ready to take the liet is as follows.

FF03 with mild brushless system I hope to get some good track time with this

xc isuzu mu standrd silvercan

hpi firestorm ez run brushless

vanessa I dont think i will enter this in the footy (its sound more like war than football )

FF01 beams integra 27t motor

tt01 drift with a 27t motor

tt01 with a 15t motor

ta05 ifs with a 19t motor

tt01 ez run brushless

tt01 27t (for the wife)

m03 Fiat 500 light sport tuned motor

TA03/FF01 twin motor project car with 2 tamiya rz motors

I will also be bringing the wife to take pictures and my 2 marshalls , I mean kids.

If I can fit any other cars in I will I have a bull head, police pajero and a ta02 hummer on standby.

I am really looking forward to this.

Daz

There is plenty of room in my car and caravan if you want cars transported chap.

[TWINSET]

I may be being stupid BUT what is musical garages?

I'm guessing like musical chairs but with parking

[tamiya monkey]

looking forward to seeing both photo's from the day along with with video, i sadly cant make this due to being away myself but have fun guys and girls.