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Protech Racer 380
« on: April 11, 2006, 06:46:37 pm »
Has anyone seen the ARTR racer, that protech have brought out, fit a servo, ESC,battery and radio gear and you are away. I like racing the club500 but it looks like a good one to try.

I was thinking of getting one to try out, just seeing if anyone has bought one yet

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Re: Protech Racer 380
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 10:39:25 pm »
I know that Allan from Astec has them in stock. The spec looks pretty reasonable and they should make a good club racing boat (possibly a rival for the club 500!). I have yet to see one run though.

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Re: Protech Racer 380
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2006, 10:07:52 pm »
Hi Neil,

I run the club500's (well when I haven't killed them) and when I saw this in the local model shop I too thought of a trying it out in races like the 500's. It's cheap enough to have a go. When I had a good look it reminded me of the falcon that Astec sell. I noticed on your website you have a sloopy what are they like to race.

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Re: Protech Racer 380
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2006, 07:40:47 pm »
The Sloopy was the boat to have in the mid 1990s. They used to run in the Formula 2 & 3 class. Formula 3 was restricted to sealed can motors and 6 cells. A Formula 2 boat could run on 7 cells and any 540 sized brushed motor.  The boats were much faster than the Club 500 is today and could turn on a sixpence.

Battery and motor technology has moved on and the Sloopy is no longer competitive against the more exotic hulls now raced to European rules using the latest brushless motors and high capacity batteries. Formula 3 was a very popular racing class (mainly due to the low initial set-up cost) and quite a few racers would like to see a the return of this simpler form of racing.     

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Re: Protech Racer 380
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2006, 09:07:56 pm »
Hi Neil,

So what is the simpler form of racing they are thinking about.

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Re: Protech Racer 380
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2006, 10:41:49 am »
Generally restricted motors and cells. SWAMBC has some good ideas. They have a RTR (ready to run) class which is popular with both the  experienced racers and beginners, as well as keeping the old formula 3 and formula 2 class alive. The biggest challenge with restricted racing is to keep the rules simple and easy to enforce.

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