Hinckley Radio Control Car Club

i was just wondering as my xray is damaged and i cant afford to fix it quite yet can i run my buggy indoors?
i dont know if anyone else is interested but if we could get a few members with them we could have a buggy heat mabye?

Could try some of the small jump's inside mabe???

possibly but tbh i just wana run a car this week lol

Keith,

Whats broke on your XRAY? We may be able to help you out.

Martyn

well in 3 heats last week i had 2 steering block and 2 driveshafts wiped out plus i lost the drive shaft ends 3 times aswell and screws buddy so i dont think its worth using the xray anymore as i cant afford someone to wipe my car out that much buddy in all fairness its gonna cost me at least £35-£40 to fix the damage and i dont want take the mick and ask for that much help buddy but thanks ever so much
i think im gonna leave the xray in the sidelines for next year and upgrade to ally steering blocks and hubs before i race against a sertain person again

stox217 wrote:Could try some of the small jump's inside mabe???

We have raced buggies indoors at a couple of clubs where they have ramps and obstacles placed around the track which is great fun, but not sure its a great idea here!

I'm quite happy to race like that at other clubs but wouldn't want the risk of damaging the carpet at our club (club proud and all that!!!) - plus it will ruin the racing for the other indoor classes if the carpet is ripped or damaged.

It only takes a slightly loose screw when landing to rip the carpet, or a bad landing on the shock tower to rip the carpet!

Tis good fun tho,

Jon

Must of been a rough week! XRAY's are quite robust!

yeah i now buddy it was the same person the wiped me out every time i gave up after the 3rd heat cus the bill was getting to high and thanks to a couple of people i kept going till the 3rd heat
i wasnt best amused, i must admit i was fuming i was ready to give it up and just be my sons pit crew

Hi,

I think buggy indoors would not be a good idea with just a few weeks to go. I guess if all of a sudden we had 6-7 wanting to run then maybe.

Regards

Dale

ok buddy no problems

I agree with Golf Ball Wacker Guy2
Having an Indoor 'Off-Road' style Heat with Ramps/Obstacles could damage the Carpet, if a Buggy takes a Jump wrong & lands it upside down on the Carpet, there could be some rippage!
If there was enough intrest for a Buggy Heat Indoors(just on Flat Carpet), it would be good to see
I do miss the good old Days of having atleast 2 Full Heats of Buggies Indoors, running on Foam Tyres!
I have heard that KAMTEC does Buggy Foams now

yeah man i agree buggies on flat would be cool

so come on people get your buggies out so i can race saterday lol

I'd be interested in running buggy.



Ripped carpet is pretty rare, in my experience.

We ran buggys for years indoors and never had a problem that I can remember.

Although I can remember a number of occasions where there have been problems with loose screws from touring car chassis / mardaves etc. catching the carpet and tearing it.

Buggies are only ever a problem if they are badly maintained and have sharp screws protruding. - But that is exactly the same with any other class.

most of my indoor racing was on carpet with my buggy aswell and we only ever had 1 lot of carpet in 7 years at bedworth and never had any problems at all. we used to run foam/micro spikes all sorts