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#1 Posted : 12 December 2014 18:03:17

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I know that we are all now committed, but why 1:7 scale? The clubs are for 1:10 or 1:8 scale. Where will we race and against whom may we race because our car is larger? I will be be racing against f1fanatic because he is also in Swellendam, or I will be racing against the clock trying to improve my timesBlushing I thought of throwing that stone in the bush to see what comes outBigGrin
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#2 Posted : 24 February 2015 12:04:18

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I wont be racing. My Rb7 will only be for display but I will be displaying it with the racing body. More like a collectors item I guess.
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#3 Posted : 24 February 2015 12:24:35

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You could race against other RB7 owners in your area
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#4 Posted : 05 March 2015 22:17:59

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Well its not exactly a car for competitive club racing so you would be racing in a practice session when scale rules are generally relaxed somewhat. E.G. a dirt track near me allows up to 1:5 in practice but they mostly race 1:10/1:8.

I do not have any flat circuits near me so I am grateful for the extra ground clearance a larger scale provides. I have a 1:10 scale F1 car and the clearance is terrible, you can literally only use it in a gym or circuit made for it.
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#5 Posted : 07 March 2015 08:48:48

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f1fanatic and myself are the only guys in town building the RB7 and we are 220km from Cape Town where the closest track is. I think we will end up racing each other in the supermarket car park on a Sunday afternoon and disturb all the old folks snoozeLaugh
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#6 Posted : 19 March 2015 13:11:23

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I need to try and find a good flat car park. There is a big B & Q one near me but it has loads of stones and things which have taken out the drive shafts on both mine and my friends 1:10 street cars before.

As you can see from my video in my first run post if you run it on a curved path the front end will handle very nervously and it is easy to go into a spin!

Still this makes it more fun to drive! :)
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#7 Posted : 19 March 2015 16:29:49

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Video clip of one on a track doing donuts
https://www.youtube.com/...edded&v=CAmREojWXOI
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#8 Posted : 23 March 2015 13:44:52

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Nice! I wish I had a track like that near me!

I love the mini in the video too hehe.
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#9 Posted : 24 March 2015 13:55:38

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The car looks fast but seems to be a handful. I would have liked to see if it could catch and overtake some of the other carsBigGrin
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#10 Posted : 24 March 2015 20:46:40

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kenjara wrote:
Nice! I wish I had a track like that near me!

I love the mini in the video too hehe.


If you like Mini's, then checkout Losi's 1/5 scale beast of a 4WD Mini with a 29cc petrol engine..Blink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxrtlwgBa_4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTvrCjksL0
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