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A club for just Aussie racers. It is a very active online club. Members have the opportunity to practice official races one month before event. For accommodation for members of this club whilst in Sydney, go to our tips section. The club leans towards onroad nitro & nitro buggy, with Sydney as our home track. If your in Penrith on a Tuesday night (6pm) and its not raining, we race nitro onroad at SIRC (Sydney International Regatta Centre) all are welcome!

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Club name:	Virtual Australian Pros
Created:	29.03.2014
Manager:	Luke Allam
Country:	Australia
Home track:	Sydney John Grant Raceway
Members:	292

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super fast marshalling added: 19.10.2016

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UPDATE: thanks to Andrea G I now have a foot switch cost me $10 AUD - as stated heaps cheaper then a extra channel and faster. Got it 10 minutes ago & works awesome
The only risk is sometimes I hit marshal too quickly and i just see it righting itself at the last moment.

ELSE Not so useful for Nitro, but in electric races. Take off your shoes, put your keyboard on the ground in front of you and tap the space bar with your toe. Much quicker.

I also drilled a tiny hole in my "L" key and fashioned a raised button out of a bent paperclip so that I can also refuel easily using my foot. It is super quick and I do not have to take my hand off the transmitter.

I have a old crappy wireless keyboard. I don't think I'd drill a hole in a new apple keyboard or anything like that. But I can use this keyboard when I race. Much cheaper then a 3/4 channel receiver and adapter plus mapping keys and probably more efficient.

Edited by author: 9.11.2016 10:49:47 GMT

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Warren J.	22.10.2016 [20:07] wow it gets better! great stuff guys. this seems like the right way to do it
B H	22.10.2016 [12:42] Great find. Very useful and I think way better then 3rd & 4th channels on the transmitter. Cheaper too.
Andrea G VRC World Champion	22.10.2016 [11:12] You're welcome. That was just an helpful search for me too, as i said i thougth before to control pit action with foot. My solution was to modify a small numeric only keyboard and turn it into a pedal switch but... There is a ready tool in the market and at an affordable price. The three pedal is just perfect for everything: turn marshall, L button and... Tyre change! It's not just a matter of speed of the action. I drive sit down in the sofa with a forward stance for use my high side vision and i have a wireless keyboard with the spacebar just a rotation of the wrist away. It's more you can keep full concentration, watch pit action and continue to hold the radio and may be do something useful, like trim change in Oval "foam tyres" racing or keep an eye at your average and so on...
B H	22.10.2016 [02:30] Nice search - They are so cheap I'm going to get a single one. 7.68 eur or 8.53 usd - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-foot-switch-USB-Game-Foot-Control-Keyboard-Action-Switch-Pedal-HID-FOR-PC-/141373684032 A single button won't solve refueling - but happy to reach across to to keyboard for that one. And for you on-road really fast accurate guys you could use it for refueling. Nice work Andrea.
Andrea G VRC World Champion	21.10.2016 [16:58] Once i thougth something like that. May be more "professional" a tool like this: http://www.ebay.it/itm/271974760855 Edited by author: 21.10.2016 15:59:06 GMT
B H	21.10.2016 [14:31] Posted by: Warren Jones (US) on 21.10.2016 0:30:24 (UTC) not a bad idea! don't remember the last time you needed a marshall Warren. You just need a big L key.
Warren J.	21.10.2016 [01:30] not a bad idea!