R/C cars: modeltune GP

[mole2k]

Kinda transportish :P

A bit of touring car action from yesterdays Modeltune GP.

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1663.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1709.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1919.jpg

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_1944.jpg

We brought our buggys to show them how it should be done though ;)
http://www.mole2k.co.uk/rc/modeltunegp/_MG_2040.jpg

[Ross]

1st and 3rd for me, unusual and therefore great

[zeroeseight]

1 and 5 for me, the ones that have the least context allowing the viewer's imagination to take over. The panoramic crop ratio seems to suit the subject matter nicely.

[mole2k]

Thanks for the comments :)

I decided to give a go with my 300mm and get tighter crops than I been able to do before #1 was actually taken from a 2nd floor balcony overlooking the track mostly they've just been letterboxed with the exception of #4 which has been cropped a bit tighter as i was taking a picture over most of the distance of the track.

[p3ryg]

Knowing how quick some of those rc's go you did a great job. :)

[Wookie]

25 years ago I raced 1/12th scale electrics, about 30mph indoor on soft neoprene tyres, about 50mph outdoors on hard rubber tyres

good to catch them at all, well done

[Joel]

Nice photos. I used to race Nitro off road and just stopped drifting. You done great job catching them. I used to get mine up to 95 kays.

[Sheep]

Love these pictures....is this an event that tours...ie is it likely to be coming somewhere near me?

[mole2k]

This is just an annual event ran here in Northern Ireland although living in England there should be clubs near you that race :)

These cars where running 19t motors so would hit about 35mph or so down the straight, the buggys was unlimited. I had a 4.5 brushless motor in mine so i've no idea what sorta speed I was hitting but it was well in excess of 35mph.

Outdoors in my pan car I could hit about 80-90mph, its mental.

[mobilevirgin]

you've got some good shots there, Mole - a tad noisy? But nice and sharp and good sense of speed

[Joel]

This is just an annual event ran here in Northern Ireland although living in England there should be clubs near you that race :)

These cars where running 19t motors so would hit about 35mph or so down the straight, the buggys was unlimited. I had a 4.5 brushless motor in mine so i've no idea what sorta speed I was hitting but it was well in excess of 35mph.

Outdoors in my pan car I could hit about 80-90mph, its mental.

4.5 brushless in the 1/10th buggy. You must be stripiing tires in 10 minutes.:lol:

[mole2k]

It's a one off event normally im racing in leagues which run 19t motors since this was an open event I decided to go mad and go 2-3 steps above the sensible motor choice :p

It was interesting to say the least, its the only time i've ever been able to do doughnuts in the car and actually leave rubber behind on the polished wooden floor :D.

The picture are all quite noisy because they are shot at 1600, i did some heavy NR on picture 3 but I dont like the smoothness you get out of it so I dunno which I prefer and going halfway doesnt look good either.

[EdinburghGary]

Great :) What ISO's? Is there a little noise on them?

[mole2k]

All but #1 would be iso1600, #2 is iso400 i think.