Castle Hill RC On Road

Castle Hill Remote Control On Road is a not for profit club racing 1/10th scale electric remote control cars.  Primary track venue is the Undercover Ring at Castle Hill Showground in a suburb of Sydney, Australia with racing on Friday nights.   Castle Hill RC has been in operation for 25+ years at the Showground venue. Originally operating as Castle Hill Raceway, the club name was changed to Castle Hill RC On Road in 2017.

Track is 700sqm plus extra space for pit areas and canteen facilities.  Surface is concrete painted with Boral Coat for added traction and is undercover with lighting.

Castle Hill RC merged with Whalan Model Car Club in May 2020 and is running electric club days and events at Whalan.  Track is located at Whalan Reserve in the Sydney suburb of Whalan.  Track is an outdoor 2000sqm bitumen surface with lots of pit space and an elevated drivers stand.

 

Covid 19 Related Information

•  If unwell or may have been exposed to Covid, please do not attend

 

Upcoming Castle Hill Friday Night Race Dates

Friday night racing starts at 7pm.  Track is open for practise from 5pm.

• November 15th, 22nd & 29th
• December 6th, 13th & 20th
• January 17th, 24th & 31st

 

 

Upcoming Whalan Race Dates

Sunday racing at starts at 10:15am with practise from 9:00am.

 

• November 24th – Test and Tune Day
• December 8th & 22nd
• January 19th

 

 

 

Race Classes

Novice
Entry level class for 4 w3heel drive touring car with maximum power of 21.5 turn brushless motor, blinky electronic speed controller and 2s (7.4v) lipo battery.  540 brushed motor and brushed speed controller can also be used.

 

Formula 1
2 wheel drive Formula 1.  Australian National Rules published on RC Formula 1 are followed.

 

Sportsman 21.5
4 wheel drive touring car with 21.5 turn brushless motor, blinky electronic speed controller and 2s (7.4v) lipo battery.

 

Stock 13.5
4 wheel drive touring car with 13.5 turn brushless motor, blinky electronic speed controller and 2s (7.4v) lipo battery.

 

 

Modified
4 wheel drive touring car with open brushless motor, open electronic speed controller and 2s (7.4v) lipo battery.

 

• 21.5, 13.5 & modified classes follow EP On Road rules from RCRA

 

TCR FWD

-Any FWD, full independent suspension chassis.

-Dimensions as per RCRA EP On Road Rules for ISTC.

-Motor / ESC Combo

• Hobbywing XR10 Justock 13.5T combo or if buying individually;
• MOTOR: Justock 3650 G2.1 13.5T (legacy G2 variant also legal)
• ESC: Xerun XR10 Justock G3 (legacy non-G3 variant also legal)

 

-Final Drive Ratio

• 4.5 or higher

 

-Wheels / Tyres

• Team Powers TPG-FWTT34-H 1/10 34S Touring Car Treaded Tyres

– Body Shells

• Eligible bodies are reasonable scale representations of any existing “B/C-Segment” Front Wheel Drive Sedan/Hatchback/Wagon with a minimum allowable roof height of 125mm measured at the highest point of the roof.

– Batteries as per RCRA EP On Road Rules for ISTC.

– Minimum Weight 1250g

 

Tamiya Truck
– Legal kits: 58632 Team Hahn Racing MAN TGS, 58642 Team Reinert Racing MAN TGS, 58661 Buggyra Racing Fat Fox, and 58683 Tankpool24 Mercedes Actros
– Trucks and body should be built as per kit instructions.
– Kit motor

– Kit ESC (TBLE-02S or TBLE-04S) or aftermarket 60 amp brushed ESCs (eg: Hobbywing Quicrun 30120201, Yeah Racing Tritronic ESC1060WP).  ESC wires may be connected direct to motor.  Reverse disabled on ESC.
– Allowed hop ups are bearings and alloy centre prop shaft.
– no locked diffs
– 1500g minimum weight
– Stick or Square pack lipos.  Max 8.4 volts. Minimal removal of stick pack chassis supports is permitted to allow square pack lipos to fit.
– Tamiya battery connector can be replaced with an aftermarket battery connector (eg: Deans, XT60 )
– Kit 19 tooth pinion can be replaced with an aftermarket 19 tooth 0.6 pitch pinion (eg: Yeah Racing MG-06P19T, Robinson Racing RW0619).   Kit 61 tooth spur gear can be replaced with aftermarket 61 tooth 0.6 pitch spur gear (eg: 3 racing TT01-28)
– Any Tamiya or aftermarket servo saver or servo arm may be fitted. Alloy servo arm/horn allowed.
– Aftermarket Truck Bodies allowed (eg: Bitty Design and ABC Hobby)
– No wings or additional aero aids allowed on bodies
– One fan to cool motor permitted. Max 40mm
– permitted to mix & match front and rear wheels on the truck