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riggers24:
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

marc

Fast Electricals:
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.

Neil

riggers24:
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.

Riggers

Fast Electricals:
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.     

Neil   

riggers24:
Hi Neil,

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

Marc

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