Monday, April 10, 2006

MARINE PARADE RADIO
CONTROL MODELLERS CLUB
APRIL 2006
NEWS IN BRIEF

At the time this newsletter went to print, the club has received main sponsor confirmation from: Messrs Tai Sing Corporation Private Limited and Messrs HMW Hobbies Trading, for the 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1 event.

The club would also like to express our thanks for the support from the following co-sponsors for our Challenge 1 event:
· Mr. Danny Teh
· Mr. Chai Kok Chin
· Mr. Anonymous

Not forgetting everyone else who has or will be helping us out in one way or another.

Hello fellow members of the Marine Parade RCMC. How have you been doing? Highlights for the month of April 2006, would be the following

· 1/8th scale Internal Combustion (IC) gas on road and 1/10th scale International Scale Touring Cars (ISTC) 200mm Gas Powered (GP) cars on 16th April 2006.

· And not forgetting the biggie; our 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1 – 1/8th scale off-road GP Buggy and GP Trucks on 22nd & 23rd April 2006.

Gas Powered On-Road Race Events

We have received entries steadily at rctech.net for the April 16th race. Thanks for all your support and participation and if you have not registered for this 1/8th & 1/10th event, please do so soonest possible. Mr. Sunny Hee is the Race Director and Mr. Eddie Lee is the Official Time Keeper at Race Control.

The last I check the entries in rctech.net, the 1/8th registrant list was much longer than the 1/10th event. So does that mean the 1/10th 200mm Touring GP cars are on the decline? Your guess might be better than mine, as I have not been very active in this area.
Mr Sunny Hee has been making arrangements for some track modifications with plenty of support from Ben Seet and Andrew Chin side – Thanks guys, your support is very much appreciated. So members, let’s look forward to the modifications.
Electric Powered On-Road Race Events

Due to my full time work schedule I have not had the time to check up on the results for the 12th March 2006 event. I’ll do so soonest and probably report on it the next month.
The next race is confirmed and will be on 9th April 2006 at Racecraft Infinity’s track facility in Jalan Penjara. The remaining proposed dates are 14th May, 11th June & 13th August 2006.
If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact Stargek for the details.
Electric Powered Off-road events

We have had extended discussions with our friendly organizers of the electric off road events at Turf City. The club will use their open event results as a club series. The organizers have kindly acceded to the club’s request.

The point table for members, with valid memberships from May 2006, shall be collated for the seat allocation of the 2007 iFMAR World Championship for 1/10th scale Electric Buggies in Japan.

The series will start in May 2006. A total of 5 events spanning the months of May, June, July, August and September 2006 shall be used. If all five events have enough interests, we will use the best 3 of 5 event results. However, we realise that this class does not have a large enough following at the moment. So, we will be prepared to go for 3 best of 4, or 3 best of 3, or 2 best of 2, or 1 best of 1, and finally we really hope that we don’t have to ditch the series.

If you need further details please contact either Hobbylink or iHobby – proprietors of the Turf City facility; RC@Turf.
2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge

2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1
1/8th scale gas powered off-road buggy

Final confirmed date of this event shall be 22nd and 23rd April 2006. The following volunteers have kindly confirmed their support, please be kind to them:

Race Director: Lim Peng Heng
AMB Setup Assistance: Terence Ang
Ordering of Trophies: Lim Peng Heng
Ordering of Paddock Tents: Marion Cheng
Entry Collection: Sunny, Sia & Marion
Race Marshalling: Drivers from the previous heat.
Racing Format shall be heats followed by Christmas-Tree style finals.
And the Time Keeper / AMB Computer Manager shall be Mr. Brian Thng

An open truggy class have been added to the event; however there will be a need of a minimum of 10 entries and a maximum of 20 entries. So, if you have a truck lying around, come join us for some fun. There are no rules, just Fun.

As we go to print with this issue, Tai Sing Corporation Private Limited & HMW Hobbies Trading have confirmed their interest as our Main Sponsor for this Challenge 1 event. Please join us in extending our Thanks to their support and participation.

The 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 2
1/8th IC and 1/10th ISTC 200mm GP Touring


This is currently scheduled for 29th and 30th July 2006. Preparations are in progress.
iFMAR / FEMCA events

The 1/8th Buggy Pre-worlds in Ancol, Indonesia was held between 2nd and 5th April 2006. At the last minute, Dou Iun (Ah M) could not get leave from his work to attend this event. Kang Soon Heng also cancelled his participation.

From those that had attended, these are their final results:

26. Sam, ¼ B Final, 21 laps, 20:31.569 mins.
30. Wenyi, ¼ A Final, 18 laps, 20:16.940 mins.
42. Chester, 1/8 B Final, 20 laps, 20:31.876 mins.
66. Glenn, 1/32 B Final, 20 laps, 20:5.045 mins.
84. Ah Leng, 1/64 A Final, 20 laps, 20:38.676 mins.
106. Dennis, 1/256 A Final, 19 laps, 20:26.502 mins.

The top driver was Raul Peris from Spain. He completed 61 laps over a total time of 60:32.948 minutes. He drove a Kyosho MP777 with a Nova Rossi engine, using Maxis fuel, Sanwa radio and Proline tires.

The second and third positions went to Miguel Matias of Portugal and Ricardo Gomez of Spain respectively.

You can read and see some pictures on this event at http://sgmprcmc.blogspot.com – select the Ancol link on the left side menu.

17th to 22nd May 2006 is the 2006 FEMCA Championship for 1/10th 200mm GP Touring cars in Taichung, Taiwan. More information could be obtained from the following URL:
http://www.team-titan.com.tw/femca/

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1st to 8th July 2006 would be the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/10th 190mm EP Touring cars in Collegno, Italy – Please join me in wishing our sole entrant, Nicholas Lee, the very best at this event.

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28th August to 3rd September 2006 is the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/8th GP Buggy in Ancol. FEMCA has not solicited our entry details and payment yet, but Mr. Trevor Reid has indicated the possibility of 6 seats. The following members please take note:

Rank Name
1. Sam Cheng
2. Ah M
3. Steven Pang
4. Chester Chua
5. Kenny Chua
6. Wenyi
7. Desmond Tan
8. Erwin Luhur

This shall be the final call, we need you to show us that you are serious in going by presenting kind self in person on 25th April 2006, 8:00pm at the Marine Parade Community Club with your entry fee of SGD$315.00 (USD$175.00 x 1.8). We are purposefully using a higher exchange rate here to take care of the bank charges. If you don’t present your kind self on the 25th April 2006, the club would deem that you have given up your seat with no recourse. Members down the list shall be offered your seat.

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9th to 17th September 2006 is the 2006 iFMAR Championship for 1/10th 200mm GP Touring cars in Brisbane, Australia. Similar to the above arrangement for 1/8th Buggy, the following members please take note:

Rank Name
1. Andrew Chin
2. Erwin Luhur
3. Philip Lee
4. Chong
5. Wenyi – Confirmed not going
6. Kelvin Yong
7. C H Tay
8. Nelson Lee
9. Ben Seet
10. Nick Kuan

This shall be the final call, we need you to show us that you are serious in going by presenting kind self in person on 25th April 2006, 8:00pm at the Marine Parade Community Club with your entry fee of SGD$315.00 (USD$175.00 x 1.8). We are purposefully using a higher exchange rate here to take care of the bank charges. If you don’t present your kind self on the 25th April 2006, the club would deem that you have given up your seat with no recourse. Members down the list shall be offered your seat.
AMB Personal Transponders

The last check, the remaining stock level is about 7 units left. Please contact Marion Cheng at Hobbylink if you wish to acquire one or more for your cars.