MARINE PARADE
RADIO CONTROL
MODELLERS CLUB
DECEMBER 2006
NEWS IN BRIEF
Hello fellow members of the Marine Parade RCMC. How have you been doing? They say “Less is More” so I have not been writing this for a while and I trust that you are all doing fine.
First on the line would be a greeting:
Merry Christmas
And a Prosperous 2007
I hope that 2007 won’t be a bore, or was it a Boar – well . . . whichever.
I can’t say we had a great year (2006), but I sure hope we have a better one in 2007. Upcoming major events we know of for 2007 are as follows:
2007 Singapore Invitational Challenge
1. Off-Road on 21st & 27th April 2007
2. On-Road GP on 23rd & 24th June 2007
3. On-Road EP on 22nd & 23rd September 2007
We are soliciting for sponsors, so if you have any contacts who are interested, please inform us. To date, we have received indicative intent of sponsorship from HPI Japan & Tai Sing. Thanks in advance to everyone.
2007 FEMCA 8th & 10th Scale GP On-Road is on May 2007 in Indonesia, Jakarta’s Twin Circuit. Final details are not available from FEMCA yet.
2007 iFMAR 10th Scale EP Off-Road is on 9th to 17th September 2007 in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. The website is at http://www.epoff-ifmarworlds.com/ – the Google Earth picture of the area is not in high resolution, but if you can pin point it with a GPS reading of 36 15’ 57”N, 136 42’ 42”E.
2007 iFMAR 5th Scale GP On-Road is on 10th to 20th September 2007 in Australia’s Brisbane. The website is at http://www.5thscaleworlds.com/ – Google Earth shows a clear view of this track at a GPS reading of 27 19’ 14.9”S, 152 58’ 44.37”E.
2007 iFMAR 8th Scale GP International Class On-Road is expected to be held between 27th September and 7th October in Cordoba, Argentina (FAMAR Bloc). The website is at http://www.argentina2007wc.com.ar/ – Google Earth shows a clear view of the location at a GPS reading of 31 22’ 15.09”S, 64 15’ 36.52”W
2007 FEMCA 8th Scale GP Off-Road in October at Thailand’s Pattaya – Mr Charlie’s facility. Final details are not available from FEMCA yet.
VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL RCMC MEMBERS
Members who would be interested in the above iFMAR and FEMCA events, please sent us an email with your Name, mobile number and a valid RCMC Membership Number to
by January 23rd 2007 Beyond which I would conclude and reply FEMCA.
Gas Powered Race Events
8th & 10th Scale On-Road
Thanks for all your support and participation, especially our club members – Thanks for your support.
Members, I need you to help me encourage and thank Mr. Sunny Hee for his 2006 efforts and solicit his continued support for our 2007 calendar.
The planned dates are: February 4th, April 1st, June 3rd, August 5th & October 7th
Sunny and I are planning some minor track modifications as a continual upgrade to keep the racing line interesting. Sunny may need some volunteers to help him, so if there are any kind souls out there, please contact Mr Sunny Hee.
8th Scale Off-Road
We are in progress of planning with iRacingWerkz. Present tentative plans were to hold the April Challenge 1 event at their facility. iRacingWerkz are also in the preliminary stage of planning for an Open Invitational event in August to prepare everyone for the October FEMCA in Thailand.
The current draft idea is to have the April Challenge 1 as a compulsory event and in addition the best 3 results of iRacingWerkz’s February, March, May, June & July to tabulate a ranking list for valid RCMC members ONLY. This ranking list shall be used when there area entry number restrictions to upcoming FEMCA / iFMAR events.
Electric Powered Events
I have not got around planning this one out for 2007 yet. I’ll keep you all posted once I got around to it.
RaceCraft Infinity has got a series calendar going for 10th Scale ISTC Open class in 2007. At present this is being held in conjunction with the Stargek’s Tamiya series.
iRacingWerkz is looking into the possibility of an EP Off-Road facility, which is great news for all hobbyists.So, like I said, I need a bit more time to work the EP side of things out, and then I’ll keep you informed.
2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge
The 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 2
1/8th IC and 1/10th ISTC 200mm GP Touring
I had a great time at this event, tiring, but still it was great. Thanks to our Guest-of-Honour, Dr. Muhammad Faishal Bin Ibrahim, Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC, for taking valuable time off his busy schedule to grace our event.
We had around 90+ entries for this event. Both the 8th and 10th Scale Main Finals were closely fought, right up to the very last minute. Those who were there would testify to it.
In the 8th scale, we have a tooth and nail fight to the last minute between our local hobbyists, Mr. Nelson Lee on a Mugen against Thailand’s Mr. Suruth’s Serpent. Mr. S. P. Lee (one of Singapore’s RC pioneers) was ecstatic when their tire change strategy paid off by a mere car length win over Mr. Suruth. The excitement of the last 10 minutes was explosive enough to keep our G.O.H. off his seat, stretching on his toes for a better view of the battle on the track. Malaysia’s Mr. Desmond Lam was the second runner-up in his Motonica.
The 10th scale was equally exciting with tussle to the last minute between our local hobbyists, Mr. Philip Lee (Sirio powered Kyosho) and Indonesia’s Mr. Teddy Syach (JP powered TM). Indonesian Mr. Erwin Luhur was the second runner-up in his OS powered Kyosho.
The 2006 Singapore HPI Invitational Challenge 3
1/10th ISTC 190mm EP Touring
The event was encouraging, although the participation rate could have been better. The competition was keen, with two strong entries from Australia, Mr. Simon Feigl (HPI driver) and Mr. Jake Zarb (using and Xray).
Local hoyyists, Mr. Alvin Koh (TQ & Champion) took it in his stride with his near perfect runs in heats and finals. The runner-up is Malaysia’s Mr. Ong Chee Yong was equally impressive with his cool, consistent and fast driving skills. Both Alvin & Chee Yong used a Novak powered Tamiya. The second runner-up is Mr. Nicholas Lee on his TC4. And HPI’s Mr. Ishikawa felt that Nicholas show good potential.
iFMAR / FEMCA events
1st to 8th July 2006 was the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/10th 190mm EP Touring cars in Collegno, Italy – Our member, Mr. Nicholas Lee finished a respectable 47th position our of a total entry of 146 drivers.
28th August to 3rd September 2006 was the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/8th GP Buggy in Ancol. Mr. Mark Pavidis won the Championship, but Indonesia is the Champion to have organize a very well run event.
7th September 2006 to 16th September 2006 was the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/10th 200mm On-Road in Brisbane, Australia. Mr. Kelvin Yong finished 56th, Mr. Benjamin Seet finished 60th, Mr. Erwin Luhur was 72nd and Mr. Nicholas Kuan was 107th. There were a total of 123 entries.
