Jilles Groskamp Interview

One of the best personalities of RC racing winning the most talked about IFMAR worlds. He actually visited Manila to show us Filipinos some world class driving. 

Here is an in-dpeth interview by rc-racingtv.

Get your Kits ready for 2013!

The Manila Touring Car 2013 Season is on!


(Repost From RCtech)


Race Class details:

GT SPEC CLASS
Chassis: TT01/TT01E/TT01D only
Body/Shell: Scale 190mm Bodies only (i.e. Honda NSX, Nissan Skyline, BMW M3, Corolla AXIO, etc; Protoform or race blob bodies not allowed)
Tires: Open to any manufactured 24mm or 26mm tires, treaded and slicks; Inserts are open
Wheels: Rims need to be realistic -- no dish wheels allowed
Motor: Silver Can Johnson, Mabuchi, and Lightly Tuned Motors only
Gearing: 55/28 Max Gearing
ESC: TEU 101, 104, 105 only
Battery: any 2cell lipo, 6-cell nicad/nimh

17.5 STOCK CLASS (Blinky)
Chassis: Any 4wd Touring Car
Body/Shell: Any 190mm TC Body
Tires/Inserts: Open to any manufactured 24mm tires, treaded and slicks; Inserts are open
Wheels: Any 24mm TC Rims
Motor: Any Brand 17.5 Brushless (Sensored) Motor
Gearing: Open
ESC: Any Brand with a blinky/no-boost mode that can be easily be inspected by race organizers. Older non boost brushless (ex. LRP Sphere, Novak GTB, etc) escs also allowed.
Battery: any 2cell lipo, 6-cell nicad/nimh

13.5 SUPER STOCK CLASS (Boosted)
Chassis: Any 4wd Touring Car
Body/Shell: Any 190mm TC Body
Tires/Inserts: Open to any manufactured 24mm tires, treaded and slicks; Inserts are open
Wheels: Any 24mm TC Rims
Motor: Any Brand 13.5 Brushless (Sensored) Motor
Gearing: Open
ESC: Any Brand with boost (or without if you wish to run 13.5)
Battery: any 2cell lipo, 6-cell nicad/nimh

MODIFIED CLASS
Chassis: Any 4wd Touring Car
Body/Shell: Any 190mm TC Body
Tires/Inserts: Open to any manufactured 24mm tires, treaded and slicks; Inserts are open
Wheels: Any 24mm TC Rims
Motor: Any Brand 7.5 and below Brushless (Sensored) Motor
Gearing: Open
ESC: Any Brand
Battery: any 2cell lipo, 6-cell nicad/nimh

Race Fees: P350 for first entry, P150 for additional entires.

Action starts at 2pm!  At JP Raceway

Succeeding Club Race Dates* in February are on the ff:
Feb 2, 2013
Feb 16, 2013
(*subject to change so stay tuned to rctech for advisories) 

Open GT, Manito Cup and Tamiya Asia Cup Series 2013 Rules/Schedules

Reposted from RCTECH

RACE SCHEDULES:

GT SPEC RACE (Official Start): January 5 (SAT)
- Will also race mini's if there's a quorum. 

Manito Cup: Jan 12 (SAT)
Chassis : TT01/TT01E/TT01D only
Body/Shell: Scale 190mm Bodies only, Protoform or race blob bodies not 
allowed.
Tires : Any treaded medium-narrow (24mm) or 26mm rubber tires; rims 
need to be realistic -- no dish wheels allowed
EXCEPTION: Junior Racers (15yrs old and below) are ALLOWED to use ANY brand of tires.
Motor : Silver Can Johnson, Mabuchi, and Lightly Tuned Motors only
ESC : TEU101, TEU104, TEU105 only.
Battery : Any 7.4v lipo, 7.2v nicad/nimh
Gearing : 55/28 Max Gearing

2013 Tamiya Asia Cup, Round 1: Jan 26 (SAT)
STOCK TOURING
- TT01 Series (Tub Chassis only)
- ESC - TEU101, TEU104, TEU105
- Battery - Tamiya 2400/1600 NiCad, Tamiya Life, Lipo Peak Power and Fullymax Only
- Tire - Any Tamiya threaded medium-narrow (24mm) or 26mm rubber tires; Tamiya wheels need to be realistic -- no dish wheels allowed
- Body – Any Tamiya Body only (Subaru Legacy – not allowed)
- Open gearing
- Tamiya Hop-up parts only

GT SPEC RACE (Race#2): Feb 2 (SAT)

2013 Tamiya Asia Cup, Round 2: Feb 9 (SAT)

2013 Tamiya Asia Cup, Round 3: Mar 2 (SAT)

2013 Tamiya Asia Cup, Round 4: Mar 9 (SAT)

2013 Tamiya Asia Cup, Round 5: Mar 23 (SAT)

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