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miles&Jules
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Discovered this on the way to the tip. Ip's got its on 4wd and drag strip for rc...we should have a robowars event there?
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Damn, that is pretty cool.

Must have a fair sized RC community down there. Looks like there is enough space on that drag strip to setup the arena Wink
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yeah and it looks brand spankin new...its in the middle of an industrial estate /bushland so we wouldn't annoy anyone either...though i didn't notice if there is a power point for charging.
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goddamn it why is all the awesome stuff in QLD Razz
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So any ideas on how we get access to this?
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Damn, that looks niiiice.

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http://www.qmdra.org.au/

@ Miles and Jules Reckon you could pop down and say hi on the 17th?
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Sounds good.... It least if we bring our feathers and they beat us with speed...we can chop them to bits after. Very Happy

What would we be doing mainly do ya reckon, just introducing the robowars crowd to em?
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Yeh and maybe asking if the park can be used.
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Yeah righto...though its a public ipswich city council park i think....I wonder if they book it for the day, or whether they are the only ones that use it anyway.
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Saw this and thought itd be cool for stuff

SMoke machine via radio controll

Lure opponent into false happyness thinking you blew a speedo

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Nice spotting...though ipswich art gallery smoke detectors might not like it he he Very Happy Very Happy
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that thing's no good without a hot nitro exhaust to pump oil into

tho as one commenter said, maybe if you punish your ESC hard enough you could use the heatsink instead Razz
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