RC Crawlers
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:51 pm
Hey guys. Since you Derby guys are a slightly rare hobby breed I figured you would appreciate and maybee relate to this form of hobby as well.
Remote Controll Rock Crawling!
My local santioned club and our forum - Warcrc.org
The global RC community forum - RcCrawler.com
USRCCA.com
Its a fairley small community of RC guys in relation to the rest of the RC community. I cant get enough of it. We have a local competition each month. There are 4 differant classes of competition crawlers. They vary in size and function. The trucks are powered by electic motors. Most used Brushed motors, but brushless is also common. It is a very competative platform with strict rules. Each club can modify the rules a little to fit their needs but they must meet the qualifications if they want to compete on a national level.
Here is the breakdown of a comp.
Rules.
1. Each class runs 4 differant courses.
2. The course consists of 10 pairs of gates that must be progressed thru within 6 minutes.
3. The driver starts with 0 points, if 40 penatly points are accumulated or if the 6 minutes expire before progressing thru gate 10 the driver gets a DNF - did not finish. For every pair of gates progressed the driver gets -2 points. So if you DNF after gate 6 you get the +40 penalty points minus -12 progress points for a total score of +28. The idea is to get the lowest score. A perfect score for a 10 gate course is -20. But we do often incorperate bonus gates that are optional to attempt for a bonus score.
4. Time starts when the drivers tires move. The driver must progress the course in the order of gates specified. If the truck flips over on its roof and cannot be flipped back over under the trucks own power the driver may take a penalty and touch the vehicle to right it onto its wheels.
5. Penalties include.
*Every reverse, intentional or not (wheels roll backwards) cost + 1 point.
*If the driver touches the car to make a on course repair, or to reposition to last progressed gate, or it he bumps the car, drives over his foot, etc. That costs + 10 points.
*If the truck is stuck on its roof the driver may roll the vehicle sideways onto its wheels, That is + 5 points. Or he can reposition it back to the previous progressed gate for +10 penalty.
*If the truck touches a gate at all it is a +10 penatly. All the gates on the course are "live", even gates already progressed. So if you roll down the course and take out multiple gates you get multiple 10 point penalties.
So again, if you accumulate 40 penalty points you DNF. It can happen quick. That is a basic overview of the rules.
Did I get your attention??? Any of you guys familiar with RC crawling? There is also "RC scale trucks" that mimic real trucks in detal and scale features. They run a more realistic trail course but have simaler penalties and progress thru gates as well. They have winches, winch pals, sand boards, etc. You name it they got it. Most RC clubs have both a comp class and a Scale class. I dont run scalers so I wont go into detail.
Remote Controll Rock Crawling!
My local santioned club and our forum - Warcrc.org
The global RC community forum - RcCrawler.com
USRCCA.com
Its a fairley small community of RC guys in relation to the rest of the RC community. I cant get enough of it. We have a local competition each month. There are 4 differant classes of competition crawlers. They vary in size and function. The trucks are powered by electic motors. Most used Brushed motors, but brushless is also common. It is a very competative platform with strict rules. Each club can modify the rules a little to fit their needs but they must meet the qualifications if they want to compete on a national level.
Here is the breakdown of a comp.
Rules.
1. Each class runs 4 differant courses.
2. The course consists of 10 pairs of gates that must be progressed thru within 6 minutes.
3. The driver starts with 0 points, if 40 penatly points are accumulated or if the 6 minutes expire before progressing thru gate 10 the driver gets a DNF - did not finish. For every pair of gates progressed the driver gets -2 points. So if you DNF after gate 6 you get the +40 penalty points minus -12 progress points for a total score of +28. The idea is to get the lowest score. A perfect score for a 10 gate course is -20. But we do often incorperate bonus gates that are optional to attempt for a bonus score.
4. Time starts when the drivers tires move. The driver must progress the course in the order of gates specified. If the truck flips over on its roof and cannot be flipped back over under the trucks own power the driver may take a penalty and touch the vehicle to right it onto its wheels.
5. Penalties include.
*Every reverse, intentional or not (wheels roll backwards) cost + 1 point.
*If the driver touches the car to make a on course repair, or to reposition to last progressed gate, or it he bumps the car, drives over his foot, etc. That costs + 10 points.
*If the truck is stuck on its roof the driver may roll the vehicle sideways onto its wheels, That is + 5 points. Or he can reposition it back to the previous progressed gate for +10 penalty.
*If the truck touches a gate at all it is a +10 penatly. All the gates on the course are "live", even gates already progressed. So if you roll down the course and take out multiple gates you get multiple 10 point penalties.
So again, if you accumulate 40 penalty points you DNF. It can happen quick. That is a basic overview of the rules.
Did I get your attention??? Any of you guys familiar with RC crawling? There is also "RC scale trucks" that mimic real trucks in detal and scale features. They run a more realistic trail course but have simaler penalties and progress thru gates as well. They have winches, winch pals, sand boards, etc. You name it they got it. Most RC clubs have both a comp class and a Scale class. I dont run scalers so I wont go into detail.