ROAR 1/8 ELECTRIC Off-Road class!!!!

[slimthelineman]

i think there was some fine print in there at the top that stated the term "vehicle" covered buggies and truggies

[jhautz]

The way I understand it is these are rules are for 1/8 buggies. Nothing in the book for truggies this year.

Check out RC-Pro Series though. They have rules for both buggy and truggy. Plus the rules actually make sense for what real racers are running in their buggies and truggies.

In reality these ROAR rules are already outdated and I doubt a single race for electric 1/8 will ever be held that follows them. Dont worry. Some day ROAR will catch up to the real world. Either that or they will just fase away from being obsoleete.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by slimthelineman

i think there was some fine print in there at the top that stated the term "vehicle" covered buggies and truggies

The vehicle classes are very specific. 1/8th buggies are included in these rules but there are no rules for the 1/8th truck class specified in this document.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by rootar

ROAR SUCKS! and the guys that run the rc proseries are a bunch of dicks also, they wouldnt even let me run in the intermediate class with my xray. if they limit it to 4s and put pack dimensions and hardcase rules they can kiss most of the guys would be a "series" racer because thats not what we run, and nobody in there right mind would waste alot of money DOWN grading their electonics so they and race in ROAR, it should be plain and simple rules or it will never work its actually like they are trying to prevent the class from turning into somthing big.

seriously,
why not keep it simple and just call it 1/8 Modified class and anything goes. 4,5, or 6s and any kv motor. this would be so much better. i know for a fact i am not going to go buy a 4s Losi hardcase lipo and motor to suit. that was actually my first conversion. i did a losi 8 buggy with the Neu 1512 1.5d on the Losi 4s hard case. it was nice but since then i have tried a lot of other stuff and have found much better equipment and much better setups. i now run thunderpower, polyquest, and neu energy packs in 5s. anyway, sounds to me like ROAR is more political than practical and its about money more than it is about "safety" or fairness. i dont know, i have a really hard time with authority figures/organizations and rules being imposed, can you tell??

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by jhautz

The way I understand it is these are rules are for 1/8 buggies. Nothing in the book for truggies this year.

Check out RC-Pro Series though. They have rules for both buggy and truggy. Plus the rules actually make sense for what real racers are running in their buggies and truggies.

In reality these ROAR rules are already outdated and I doubt a single race for electric 1/8 will ever be held that follows them. Dont worry. Some day ROAR will catch up to the real world. Either that or they will just fase away from being obsoleete.

what are the rules? i am not seeing them anywhere?

[slimthelineman]

http://www.roarracing.com/downloads/..._Rule_Book.pdf

1.1.9 The use of the words “vehicle” or “vehicles” in these rules is intended to include both
cars and trucks

[E-Revonut]

Maybe the term vehicle does mean truck and buggy in different parts of the rules. But if you look at the available classes and the specs for the class there is NO 1/8 truck or truggy

[starscream]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

Maybe the term vehicle does mean truck and buggy in different parts of the rules. But if you look at the available classes and the specs for the class there is NO 1/8 truck or truggy

Yeppers,
Sec 8.10.11 is for 1/8th buggies only. Maybe the 2010 rules will have a 8.10.12 section for truggies.

[Unsullied_Spy]

I'm with Ryu, let people figure out what works on their own. Bigger motors can accelerate harder and hit a higher top speed but weigh more and need heavier batteries. A smaller and lighter motor can run on smaller and lighter batteries making it more nimble and require less juice.

[slimthelineman]

Yeppers,
Sec 8.10.11 is for 1/8th buggies only. Maybe the 2010 rules will have a 8.10.12 section for truggies.

youre right i must have misresd some things. sorry guys, good thing some of us are smarter than the average lineman :lol