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Last Week end in Kampenhout Belgium, the fabulous Asso Man! drives is RC10B4 in front of many European drivers from UK, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium .



From your international reporter kenooze

nice to see people are still using stick type remotes (and especially in high end racing). I got used to the stick type and just can't use wheel type with the same comfort.
In the buggy pic -is Asso Man uses narrow front tires on wide rims??!

thanks Kenooze, now there is (at last) a picture of me (and my "in action" B4) on the forum, and not the least one

Snake Plissken wrote:nice to see people are still using stick type remotes (and especially in high end racing). I got used to the stick type and just can't use wheel type with the same comfort.

Currently 3 of the 4 electric World Champs use sticks (all 3 use the KO Esprit) and sticks are still by far the most popular in the UK.

terry.sc wrote:Currently 3 of the 4 electric World Champs use sticks (all 3 use the KO Esprit) and sticks are still by far the most popular in the UK.

Thats very interesting terry. Everyone here use wheel radios so I'm considered 'eccentric' for using stick.

terry.sc wrote:

Snake Plissken wrote:nice to see people are still using stick type remotes (and especially in high end racing). I got used to the stick type and just can't use wheel type with the same comfort.

Currently 3 of the 4 electric World Champs use sticks (all 3 use the KO Esprit) and sticks are still by far the most popular in the UK.

That is awesome. I'll take a stick any day.

Oh you guys are silly, wheels are for cars sticks are for planes and heils that's how I do it anyway.

Tad, what have you gotten into lately, either too much meds or not enough.

Belgium GP, great race every year. Made the B-main myself with an X-6, fastest non-team X-6 driver, and a stick transmitter





There is still a plan in the back of my head to take a team car (it needs a steath) to the GP and see how that will do.

this might be a dumb question, but why don't you guys race on dirt? that track looks like a par 4 hole at a miniature golf course.

scr8p wrote:this might be a dumb question, but why don't you guys race on dirt? that track looks like a par 4 hole at a miniature golf course.

I prefer dirt, and my home track is dirt. But to be honest this type of track doesn’t require nearly as much maintenance as a dirt track, and that is, to me, a pretty good reason to race on carpet.

oh ya, i understand the maintenance aspect of it, for the track and the cars. it just seems that alot of european tracks i see on the computer are done up like that. so, it made me wonder why. that's all.

I use to race on grass, but beleive me, that particular track which may look like a mini-golf is awfully tricky and pleasant to ride on. Reason why we don't use to race on track here across the Atlantic is that it rains a LOT and most dirt tracks are closed or impossible to race just because of all the mud... It for sure requires different driving habits and sensations vary a lot. The Kampenhout track must be one of the best out here

ok, i got ya now.

ya, rain sucks for sure.

Yes, in Europe it rans often and running in mud is not nice, even worse is marshalling in the mud. Rain doesn't stop the racing, which I suppose explains why almost all UK made ESCs are waterproof.

Stopping the race because it is wet isn't viable as we would never complete any race series.

Considering the astroturf we use as a track surface is usually free (it's cheaper for sports field contractors to give it to us than for them to dispose of it) it's soft so does less damage to the cars, has no dust to get in your bearings, doesn't need regular maintenance and has more grip than dirt, why does the US still run on dirt tracks?

Here's some shots from the UK national meeting at Kidderminster, more of them and the race reports here at Oople.com