Imperial Starbase Society

07/31/2024

Galaxy RC Racers, a sub-club of ours, hosted one heck of an event this last weekend. If you are at all interested in RC car racing you should check them out.

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03/18/2024

We are currently streaming our indoor RC Racing on Twitch and are interested in doing the same for outdoor racing. The logistics of keeping things portable, quick to set up, while covering the much larger area, and maintaining a solid wifi connection, at minimal costs are a lot to chew on. Has anybody here done something similar and able to offer some advice?

02/14/2024

If you want to try RC car racing, give our RC club a shot... Plenty of race dates coming up for different kinds of racing. If you have questions feel free to ask.

01/01/2024

Happy start to 2024 to everyone! It took a bit, but 2023 did see us finally able to work in the community again and show some kids that learning can be a lot of fun. We will see what this year has in store.

12/23/2023

Today at the Alderwood Boys & Girls Club, we raced! The kids had a total blast racing what they spent the week building. Big thank you to the B&G club for letting run with this crazy idea. Also thanks to Broadway Hobbies for the support and of course to our race club volunteers at Galaxy RC Racers. It was a successful week where a ton of fun was had, and skills were learned and practiced!

12/22/2023

Day 4, the builds are done and tomorrow we drive! Today the cars builds were finished, electronics tested, bodies trimmed, fitted, and decorated. Kids are excited and we should have some of the parents joining us as well. Tomorrow is going to be a great day! Thanks again to Broadway Hobbies for assisting us in getting the kits and extra special thank you's to Russ, June, Collin, and Kira for their time today.

12/20/2023

Build day 3. Cars are mostly done so most of build day 4 will be letting the kids decorate bodies how they like. Also have electronics to test and wheels and bumpers to put on. Things are on track for driving on Friday!

12/19/2023

Round two at the Boys and Girls Club is in the books for today. Cars are coming along nicely. Starting to add suspension. Bodies were painted. Failed to grab pictures so we will snag some tomorrow. Tomorrow we add some decals, and do some cutting and get suspension done. Thursday electronics. Friday racing. 😃

12/18/2023

Today Imperial Starbase Society got back to working with kids and showing them that they can build and make things with just some simple direction. Some of our team with Galaxy RC Racers rolled up their sleeves and brought in some brand new RC kits to work with kids at the Boys and Girls Club holiday day camp. The campers and volunteers all had a good time. We will be back at it again tomorrow with the goal to have the car built and painted by Thursday so we can let them race what they have built on Friday. Special thanks to Broadway Hobbies for helping us get the kits, servo's, and radio's. And more thank you's than can ever be said to today's volunteer's, Russ, Miriah, Kira, and Collin. See you tomorrow kids!

12/06/2023

Our GRCR crew is working with kids and building some RC cars. Great way to learn all sorts of STEAM-related items in building and tuning the car, painting the body, and wiring the electronics. If you want to come and help just let us know.

10/03/2023

Our GRCR race group is trying something new. Mini Z racing is 1/28th scale cars that are infinitely tunable and very upgradable, just like the 1/10th items they race in Spring in Summer. This is a fantastic partnership with the Boys and Girls Club that we are looking to build on too.

So, here we go... There are still some details to work out like which HFAY classes, and we need to add a novice and a buggy class to what they list HFAY but here is our starting point and our first 5 dates. If things go well enough we do have 5 more dates in 2024 already booked. We also still need to decide on a class fee. This space costs more than our outdoor location and while we are not looking to make a profit we do need to cover costs and repair and such. Another question is HFAY seems to be built around Kyosho and I know there are other 1/28 brands so we will need to try to allow for that as well. As I said before, we are pretty new in the 1/28 arena so happy to hear all your suggestions.