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.

MARINE PARADE RADIO CONTROL MODELLERS CLUB

FEBRUARY 2006

NEWS IN BRIEF

Hello fellow members of the Marine Parade RCMC. Well, this would our second attempt at writing this newsletter and I can’t promise you how much longer we could sustain it. But as far as I could, here it goes…

Gas Powered On-Road Race Events

The February 5th gas powered on road event was a GO with some 30 odd participants. Thanks very much for all the support, especially to efforts from Mr Sunny Hee and also not forgetting the support which Ben Seet and Andrew Chin garnered for the event. We surely look forward to more races in the months to come.

The results of this race have been uploaded to Mylaps.com and if you have Internet access participants can actually check your own race performance at the site. The Universal Resource Location (URL) to the results in the Internet is as follows:

http://sgmprcmc.mylaps.com

We didn’t have the luxury of having the 1/8th guys tearing down the straight, but I did hear from various quarters that they are getting ready their cars. Rumors have it that BKLim is readying his XR8, while Teck Foong and friends were working on their Serpents. Terence Ang was cited to be ready for some 1/8th action too.

The club have not set up a definite date with Mr Sunny Hee for the next race, but we will do so and inform you soonest possible. 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

The 12th February 2006 open event was great, thanks to the 24 participants who supported us at this event. Current ranking for RCMC members stood at:

Rank Name
1. Alvin Koh
2. Kelvin Khng
3. Joe Hwee
4. Ah M
5. Pason Phua
6. Noel
7. Terence Ang

If we miss anyone of you, please pardon us and do let us know and we will include your name in the next newsletter.

Although non RCMC members do not receive this newsletter, please assist us to extend our thanks for their participation and we surely look forward to their continued support.

The next race is confirmed and will be on 12th March 2006 at Racecraft Infinity’s track facility in Jalan Penjara. The remaining proposed dates are 9th April, 14th May, 11th June & 13th August 2006. The final event venue has not been finalized and will be announced when ready. Details of this open event are listed at the following URL:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=97438

If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact Stargek for the details.

Electric Powered Off-road events

Following the arrangement with Stargek, the club is in talks with our friendly organizers of a series of electric off road events at Turf City. The objective would be similar, to be able to use the open event results as our club results.

The point table for members shall be collated for the seat allocation of the 2007 iFMAR World Championship for 1/10th scale Electric Buggies in Japan.

It is likely that we will start off the series on the 26th February 2006 race at Turf City. As the race organizer is Turf City, racing rules shall be as set out by the Turf City establishment. If you need further details please contact either Hobbylink or iHobby – proprietors of the Turf City Raceway.

2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge

Please take note that the 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1 – 1/8th scale gas powered off-road event date has been changed from the original dates of 29th and 30th April 2006 to the new dates of 15th and 16th April 2006. The confirmed track location would be the Turf City Off-Road Circuit.

We are in progress of discussing with various parties for sponsorship. If you know of any interested sponsors, we would be most grateful if you could direct them to us.

The 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 2 – 1/8th IC and 1/10th ISTC 200mm GP Touring is currently scheduled for 29th and 30th July 2006. Preparations are in progress.

Upcoming iFMAR / FEMCA events

The 1/8th Buggy Pre-worlds in Ancol, Indonesia, this is to be held between 2nd and 5th April 2006. The following members will be attending this event as participants:

Chester Chua
Dennis Ong
Glenn Phuah
Goh Duo Iun (Ah M)
Kang Soon Heng
Lui Man Yat (Wenyi)
Sam Cheng
Yeo Seong Leng

All accept Kang Soon Heng has not confirmed his entry, if anyone of you knows him, please inform him.
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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 – Nicholas Lee is the only entry from Singapore for the 1/10th scale ISTC EP class. There were no entries for the 1/12th scale on road class. FEMCA shall be informed that Singapore will return both allotted seats for 1/12th and 1 allotted seat for the 1/10th class.
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28th August to 3rd September 2006 is the 2006 iFMAR World Championship for 1/8th GP Buggy in Ancol, Indonesia – We’ve received the registration information from Sam Cheng and Ah M only. As for the rest of you in the list, if I don’t receive your registration information by noon of the 28th February 2006, we will only accept the 2 allotted seats from FEMCA and not ask for any additional seat for the above event.

Rank Name
3. Steven Pang
4. Chester Chua
5. Kenny Chua
6. Wenyi
7. Desmond Tan
8. Erwin Luhur
9. Andrew Chin
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9th to 17th September 2006 is the 2006 iFMAR Championship for 1/10th 200mm GP Touring cars in Brisbane, Australia – Your registration information are needed immediately. Current point rankings are as follows:

Name Events 1 & 2 Total
Andrew Chin 46 50 96
Erwin Luhur 48 48 96
Philip Lee 50 43 93
Chong 43 49 92
Wenyi 49 42 91
Kelvin Yong 47 44 91
C H Tay 44 47 91
Nelson Lee 45 45 90
Ben Seet 39 46 85
Nick Kuan 42 37 79

AMB Personal Transponders

The last check, another 5 have been sold, we are now down to a stock level of about 8 units left. Please contact Marion Cheng at Hobbylink if you wish to acquire one or more for your cars.

MARINE PARADE RADIO

CONTROL MODELLERS CLUB

JANUARY 2006

NEWS IN BRIEF

Hello fellow members of the Marine Parade RCMC. This January marks the start of the new management committee for RCMC. Allow me to introduce to you the members of the RCMC committee, whose current tenure shall be from 1st January 2006 till 31st December 2007. Please take note that they are all volunteers and I would like to rally your support for them as they contribute their time and efforts to the radio control car scene in Singapore.

Chairman: Mr Lim Peng Heng
Secretary: Mr Tan Seng Kiat
Treasurer: Mrs Marion Cheng
Committee Member: Mr Sunny Hee

Observers that will be immediately appointed as committee members once they meet the minimum requirement of attending 3 consecutive RCMC meetings are:
Mr Liu Man Yat, Wenyi
Mr Terence Ang
Mr Sia Tian Seng
Mr Andrew Chin
Mr Andrew Law
Mr Alvin Koh
Mr Ong Wee LengMr Low Chun Weng, Gerald

Gas Powered On-Road Race Events

The January 1st gas powered on road event was cancelled due to clement weather. I must thank the volunteers who turn up and also the twenty odd drivers who were eager to race. Unfortunately it was still raining at 11 am and we have to cancel it. The next one would be on 5th February 2006, please register early and we look forward to your continued support and participation.

This February 5th event will constitute to the 1/10th GP on road series we started in November 2005. The December 2005 event was cancelled due to the National Marathon which closed off access to the track. January 2006 was rained out. Therefore we now only have 2 events in the series, assuming and hoping that we will have a great race on 5th February. Although we agree that we should have at least one more event and the best would be to
have it in March 2006, but all the Sundays in March 2006 are fully occupied by various events. We will work out an amicable solution and if you have any ideas do let us know.

Electric Powered On-Road Race Events

The RCMC is glad to announce that we will be partnering Stargek for 2006. The Singapore EP National Series – 1/10th ISTC will be organized by Stargek. The first event shall be held on 12th February 2006 at Racecraft Infinity’s track facility in Jalan Penjara. The remaining proposed dates are 12th March, 9th April, 14th May, 11th June & 13th August 2006. The final event would be held in a different venue; however, this venue has not been finalized and will be announced when ready. The point table shall be collated with this final event being compulsory while out of the remaining 5 events 3 best will count towards the total score.

Through this partnership, RCMC would like to extend a word of thanks to Stargek for the following:
Race fees are being waived by Stargek, for all valid RCMC members.
The top winner of the series will be awarded an entry into TAC2006 in Thailand, with a return air ticket and accommodation.
The 2nd and 3rd winners of the series will be awarded an entry into TAC2006 in Thailand, with accommodation only.
Non-members are encouraged to join the RCMC as a member and you will then enjoy a race fee waiver to this event.
Details of this open event are listed at http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=97438 – If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact Stargek for the details.

Electric Powered Off-road events

The Turf City establishment has started their regular monthly event for 1/10th scale electric powered off-road cars. We will release more details as they become available.

2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge

The RCMC is currently planning for the 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1 – 1/8th scale gas powered off-road. The tentative track location would be the Turf City Off-Road Circuit. Various details are still in the planning stage and we will release more information as they become available. The planned date of this event would be 29th and 30th April 2006. Heats would be run on 29th and morning of 30th and a Christmas Tree Final shall be run on the afternoon of 30th. The winner shall be awarded the 2006 Singapore Invitational Champion.

We are in progress of discussing with various parties for sponsorship. If you know of any interested sponsors, we would be most grateful if you could direct them to us.

The 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 2 – 1/8th IC and 1/10th ISTC 200mm GP Touring is currently scheduled for 29th and 30th July 2006. The proposed track would be the club’s East Coast facility.
The original 2006 Singapore Invitational Challenge 3 – 1/10th ISTC 190mm EP Touring was schedule on 28th and 29th October 2006. However, as announced above, RCMC will now partner Stargek for 190mm EP on-road racing.