IMPORTANT CLUB VOTE - 12th Scale Motors

[Gorden]

You can't add A to B since they are not the same but B & C are closer to each other

A. Handout Club Motor


B. Any ROAR Legal 27T Motor
C. Any ROAR Legal 27T Motor OR any ROAR Legal 17.5 Brushless Motor

No mater what gets decided on the main goal I hope is to have fun.

[Arch]

 What planet are you on?A hand out is similar to any stock motor.Stock and brushless are apples and oranges.You do know the
difference between the two.......right............Ones red.........Ones orange...............?...........?Leave the decisions to the exec!!!

[Shawn68z]

Well lets see......Glenn is away on holidays,Kieth and Dustin arent accounted for,Nick Fantetti,Where is he?So I assume there are more interested parties not aware of this rushed deadline.I thought the EXECUTIVE was going to make a FINAL decision,for the greater good for all.May I also point out that if you combine A and B it trumps C.So really more members prefer to run stock motors!How do ya like THAT. myne
                                               

Just another example on why democracy doesnt work. Sure you could say the most people voted for allowing brushless, but the truth is more people voted AGAINST brushless.

Heck, I think both my kids will race this winter.. They should get a vote too.

Shawn.

[Gorden]

What planet are you on?A hand out is similar to any stock motor.Stock and brushless are apples and oranges.You do know the
difference between the two.......right............Ones red.........Ones orange...............?...........?Leave the decisions to the exec!!!

Shane the reason I said that B & C were closer is that you can use Any ROAR Legal 27T Motor  were in A you have to use the handout.
The brushless motor is just a extra motor that one could use if they wanted to.

[RC51]

 

[DekelzMan]

Guys, I've been sitting through your rants for a while now and quite frankly it's getting old. If you haven't had a chance to read my previous lengthy post, perhaps you should. The motor is NOT the be all and end all of what makes someone fast. Year after year the same guys are running up front and it's NOT THE MOTOR thats doing it...

We could make the rule that there is no rule; you can run any motor/speed control/battery combo you can possibly stuff in your car yet keeping the top 15 guys running a stock motor, and I bet you they will still be up front.

People cannot continue living with their heads in the sand. You can long for the good old days all you want but the straight and hard facts are back in the day when we would see a new motor or new battery it was all an evolution of the existing technologies. We are not talking about that situation here, the old technology is going the way of the dinosaur, it won't even be available for purchase a year from now. Giving the club the opportunity to experiment with a new technology is all we're talking about here. A year from now we may indeed go to a club brushless system, who knows? For right now this is still a transition year that started 12 months ago. Transitions due to technology are always rocky, you never know if you're making the right decision by making a commitment one way or the other. The simple truth is this is not a cheap hobby. Bashing around with a buggy in your back yard can be cheap R/C fun but as soon as you want to race, you complicate everything. Someone will always be playing catch up and be disgruntled about it. Thats human nature.

Voting for A in a perfect world would make everyone happy, it appears that is not the case. What was I thinking....sigh...

It's a frikken toy car people...no need to get bent out of shape over a toy car.

Mick

[Grinder]

...and if science and consumer demand is phasing out brushed motors all the more reason for a B vote and use up the leftovers and if for some strange reason you don't already have a brushed motor well you are the exception to the rule and go buy whatever you want for the season.

I think when it comes down to it its nice to hear what everyone would like and all their varried and coloured opinions but the final say should as always be with the Exec.  I'm sure they deliberated for a long time over what to do and they've managed to help guide this into probably one of the best R/C clubs in the world - yea the world my friends

[haddow]

Heck, I think both my kids will race this winter.. They should get a vote too.

Shawn.

If they paid memebrship fees then they do get a vote

[jarrodH]

A Votes ( 8 )
Archer, Shane
Bowker, John
Fantetti, Rob
Heap, Jarrod
Newroth, Nick
Roberts, Craig
Szirmay, Mick
Younger, Tom


B Votes ( 4 )
Ball, Doug
Jones, Daryl
Zweers, Shawn
Myatt, Don


C Votes ( 11 )
Ashmore, Brian
Bell, Blake
Bernard, Gerry
Cady, Phil
Dalby, Vanessa
Haddow, Jody
MacKay, Kurk
McInnes, Steffan
Metters, Trevor
Sladich, Matt
Wood, Gord

you can definately see the different groups in the club, A.) the guys that just good close racing, and almost all are veteran club memebers..C.) the guys that always what/have the newest and greatest stuff. and for the most part, already have the brushless setups.

[BigDawg]

It's a frikken toy car people...no need to get bent out of shape over a toy car.

Mick

sorry to bring this up Mick,but were you not the one who packed up and dissapeared from sanich dayz because of one of theese so called toy cars!its easy to call them toys here in the forum not so easy at the track all of the time!

[DekelzMan]

And how would you know why I left Saanich Days?

[BigDawg]

i guess now that its all over you can say you left for any reason but everyone knows, im the only one that said it!

[DekelzMan]

Speculation can be a very scary thing dude. Wield it with caution.....

If it must be said, and you can ask anyone that I actually spoke to before I left, I simply had had enough racing for a while. I was not upset, the car was just fine, I just needed to put it away for a while. No mysteries, no melodrama here August is always insanely busy for me with family stuff and r/c simply loses out to family every time.

[gotnitro]

I here ya there im almost raced out for this summer. I might finish the season this weekend and wait till kamloops. Then glorious 12scale rock on.

[haddow]

slightly off topic but I just saw this post on the message board at the iic race in Vegas...

(5:45pm)Stealth_RT: has smc tested their new 1S lipo in 1/12th scale yet?