downhill drift meet tonight 14th october 7:30pm

[opAsx]

***just getting the word out to those interested in rc drift***

Tonight at 7:30pm there will be a small gathering of the local RC drifters

corner of Giles Ave and Gibson Ave Padbury

http://www.ausdrift.net/phpBB2/files/hillofdeath__111.jpg

the bit of bitumen we will be using tonight is nice and curved and downhill.

think inital D mountain style :P

next comp from the d10th.com lads is November 12 (a saturday night) at the Whitfords city under cover carpark.

this will be our final comp for the year as this was a short season for us.

for more info visit www.ausdrift.net

many skill levels and cars take part. from tt-01 with silver cans to trf415's with novak brushless to HPI r40's with stinky nitro motors :D

come along for a laugh at this or one of the many other meets we have on a weekly basis.

[Samma3l]

can you please explain to those not quite in the know what drifting is? I personally have no idea

[James]

do a google search man... it's all about getting your car sideways, yet maintaining control..

he who drifts with little error gains max points :)

[opAsx]

im not the best person to describe it.

pretty much its a controlled slide around a course.

unlike racing its not the 1st person around the track who wins, the better angles you get while maintaining a good line and speed the higher you will score.
we have judges who score the event runs.

we try to keep our rc comp as close to the official D1GP rules and methods as possible.

so form a plebs point of view, drifting is keeping a car as sideways as possible around a track as consistently as possible while looking as good as possible... and you must smoke while doing so...

most of us run plastic retic poly or ABS ag pipe tyres. still give a little traction at lower speeds but you can use inertia style drift at that low speed to break traction or just pull the throttle hard to break traction.

www.d10th.com has more info written by people who are more fluent with drift than me :)

[opAsx]

damnit, as James said :)

i hope were gonna see your touring car abs equipped and sideways soon james... :P

[James]

no doubt !lmao

[danhfvcsd]

YOU DOG M#$%# F^&*$#@!!!!!!! That is SO incredibly cool man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How wide is the road man??? you fellas best be taking a VIDEO camera along with you!!!! -lol-

oh man - makes me wish i lived over there -lol-

[opAsx]

3 vid cameras and 2 car mounted cameras... headlights and plenty of of stupidity :D

there will be a fair amount of vid and pics coming from tonight i think

[James]

hardcore illegal street drifing is where it's at man :) didnt you know! carparks are only so much fun... hahaha

jesus, there's a wild spot to drift near me.. new housing estate, fresh new flat roads, no houses, no nothing.. hills, corners... mmmm haha

[opAsx]

hehehe do it, and film it.

best spots i have seen for drifitng so far were at belmont council park. around the fountains etc. madness.

were kind of lucky we have managed to get the security at garden city, whitfords, belmont council etc on side so we are good to drift there and they give us hugs. also jack has gotten the ok form the belmont race course security guards to leave a permanent marked track on thier carpark... now those guys are cool

[danhfvcsd]

mannnnnnn - i wish i could find some spots like that round this way! -lol-

and plleeaaassseeee get as much video as possible! this is gonna look SO cool -lol-

[opAsx]

dan send some of your vids to mitch, even raw footage, we have somethign i the making you might want to be part of :D

[danhfvcsd]

awww crap!!! i don't really have any vids -lmao- I'm only in vids from brizdrift - Serp's still finishing up the latest one, but it's all from the comp -lol-

Have you guys got vids up of your meets and stuff anywhere? :)

that's so cool you guys got a downhill going! -lol-

[RohaN]

So whats the deal on the racing? can you see the whole course from one point or do you break it up into segments?
Looks like a fair distance for an RC race!

[opAsx]

this isnt a race. this is purely a social gathering tonight

something different. but i reckon by the end of the night we will have some VS happening :D crowd faves declared the winners :)