We design, develop and supply computer software for
Club and Race Administration and
Race Timing
of R/C Cars & Boats.
We also sell AMB I-T Identification and Timing
Equipment.
We are off to the
Offroad Euros in Austria
So online sales will be limited to Harry transponders until
27th August. From then until 6th September the office will
be closed. Any orders while we are closed will be sent on
September 6th. You
can follow the action
here.
17th August 2010.
Summer Decoder sale
20% - off your whole order! Just one system available at
this special price. We
have an allocation of 3 1 x RC3 Decoder at a special price of
£1996 including VAT and Delivery. As an extra incentive, if
you buy one of these decoders, we'll give you 20% off
everything else on the order, Loop, Transponders and
Software and even shipping. There is a limit of 1 Coax and
Loop and 100 Harry transponders per RC3 decoder. This offer is available
until the end of August 2010, or all three RC3 decoder are sold. These
Decoders can be upgraded to RC4 when the free firmware
update is available. Call now if you are interested.
21st July 2010
updated
17th August 2010.
Looking for a used
Decoder? If
you are looking for a used AMB RC2 Decoder, we may be able
to help. Give us a call and we can put you in touch with
some clubs who have used decoders for sale.
13th July 2010.
Harry day out will
be back in July We will be
visiting races in July and August offering the trade in of AMB DP (£27.50) and Clone
Transponders (£32.50) for Harry Transponders. We will also
be selling Harrys at the special price of
£65. The next event will be EFRA Offroad Euros in Wien,
Austria August 23-28. You can
find a fact sheet about the RC4 and Harry Transponder
here. 1st June 2010.
MyLaps Finish Line
Camera
At the Euros Warm-up
in Austria MyLaps demonstrated their Finish line camera,
useful for very close finishes and investigation of other
timing irregularities. It is primarily aimed at full size
motor sports, but can be used with RC. A fact sheet is
available
here. 21st
May 2010.
We are off to the
Euros 2010 Offroad Warm-up On Thursday 13 May,
back Tuesday 18 May. We have good stocks of Harrys and any
order placed while we are away will be send on our return.
You can follow the race
here. 12th
May 2010.
New Harrys available
Worldwide from bbk We
now have large stocks of Harrys and we are able
to offer them to EEC and International customers again. All
International orders will be sent fully insured via Royal
Mail International Signed For with a claimed delivery time
from 5 working days.
4th
May 2010.
New Harrys and PT
and Clone Upgrades
are now available We
now have large stocks of New Harrys and we are able
to offer the Harry Transponder via the upgrade program.
This is only available to UK addresses. You can pay using PayPal or send a cheque. To upgrade your
AMB or Clone transponders to Harrys you
should click
here.
Please do not send us transponders until you have completed
the Upgrade form, paid and been asked to send us your
transponders.
15th
April 2010.
Decoder Upgrades Although the generous
Decoder upgrades are no longer available, we still have a
small number of units available at the pre 1st April price.
Please call for details. Upgrades are still be available but
not at such generous prices, AMBrc2->AMBrc3 is £1150, AMB20
->AMBrc3 is £1875. 7th
April 2010.
Easter Weekend is
Neo weekend. Over 1800 viewers joined us
online for the
NEO2010. You can see all results and the Video of all Finals
on replay
here.
Don't forget there are many pictures and Driver Interviews
available at
www.neobuggy.net
7th
April 2010.
Harry sees Red The
LED in the Harry transponder has been changed. It is now
always RED. One flash
per second means it is OK, 5 flashes per second means it's
temperature is less than 5c or the voltage is less than 3.5v
or more than 12v. The reason for the change was that some
people thought the green LED was yellow or orange. Be
assured that as long as it is flashing, it is working!
1st March 2010.
Cash in the attic?
- Offer
ended 31 March 2010 If
you have an old AMB20 system you can trade it in for a brand
new AMBrc 3 Decoder. Click on the Decoder picture for more
information.
25th January 2010.
AMBrc2 Decoder
Upgrade
- Offer
ends 31 March 2010 If
you have an AMBrc2 Decoder you can trade it in and get a MYLAPS
RC3
Decoder for just £500. You can download the free RC4 firmware when it is
available and you will have the latest Decoder technology with 3
years warranty for a fraction of the price of a new Decoder. Click on the Decoder picture for more information. 25th January 2010.
Please note that the
transponder LED colour changed to red only since this video
was recorded. Please read the instructions supplied with
your Harry .
31st
December 2009.
A Double and Three
Halves - Meet Harry! This
is Harry, full name MYLAPS RC4 Hybrid Direct Power
Transponder. Double the output signal, about half the size
and weight as the older RC2 transponder,
operates on a wider voltage range (2.8-16v), has PTFE power
cable, reports extra information back to race control and
much cheaper than its predecessor. Lots of good stuff
here.
I can confirm Harrys work with the older RC Decoders and the
previous Transponders and copies work with the RC4 Decoder.
This is evolution, not revolution. Harrys will be available
soon with a very special UK launch price. Click on the
image for details. Over the next few
weeks we will be taking Harry to some race meetings for you
to try and buy at an even better price. Don't delay, the
special price is only for a short time. We have 200 on order
and it will be first come first served. Oh, just in case you
wondered, there is a trade in offer on the "old" style
transponder, and the clones as well. I would tell you the
price, but you wouldn't believe me. 4th
December 2009.
bbk
and SLIPS We've been having a
lot of fun timing the races for SLIPS, the new MTV street
racing show where winner takes all and the looser walks home. It is
currently showing in the UK on
Viva and
will be screened in Europe soon. 10th
November 2009.
AMB now have a new name - Mylaps
Sports Timing AMB products, prices and contact details
remain the same. The new name recognises the merger in
November 2008 of AMB-it and Champion Chip. Both are
Dutch companies. Champion Chip originally developed passive
RFID technology for timing running events. 12th October 2009.
Look back to the summer Here is a clip from the BRCA TC R4 race
at Snetterton. More on Youtube and
bbkRClive.
12th October 2009.
Beware the rise in UK VAT at the
end of this year! The current rate of VAT (15%) is also due to rise at
the end of December, probably to 17.5% but who knows?. If you
are planning to buy any AMB equipment then I would suggest
you think about doing it sooner rather than later.
12th October 2009.
Blog I've given in and joined the ranks of
Bloggers. Click here
to find out what's on my mind.
Muchmore UK GP. Lots of Interviews and A Finals. Check out
bbkRClive
Live channel On Demand.
Check out the Interview with Chris Grainger from our
coverage of the Muchmore UK GP.
Buy AMB equipment and save 4% on
VAT!
UK VAT is 15%, less than most European
countries. If you are in the EEC and are planning to buy an
AMB system and are not VAT registered, you can save 4%
if you buy from us. The system will ship direct from AMB but
instead of paying 19% VAT you will only pay 15%. Contact us
by
phone,
email or
skype for more information.
bbkRClive We have now covered the
Players '09 and the Neo09 with live video, data and results.
During the Neo09 main final we peaked with 997 viewers or
two channels. We will be covering more races in the next few
weeks. Check
here for more details.
And Tweet! We are now Tweeting.
If you don't know what Twitter and Tweet is click on the
Logo above to visit our adventures. You can join twitter and
follow us, or just look from time to time. All the events we
time will be Tweeted by us and others, you can see the
results by clicking on the Twitter Logos in the Race Events
2009. You are welcome to Tweet with us by including the
hashtag in your Tweets. Come on, you know you want to!
New pricing on AMB
products
If you are in the EEC and
outside the UK you can take advantage of the UK VAT rate of
15%. Goods will be shipped direct from AMB. Please contact
us for a quote.
Race Events
2009
Our calendar is filling
up fast.We offer
Online Race Entry, Meeting Management and
Timing Services Worldwide as well as in the UK and Europe. We aim to
live webcast if at all possible. If you would like us to
help our with your meeting please contact us for details. Below are the
meetings we are confirmed to time. There are lots more still to be announced...............
March
7-8 2009 European Touring Series 2008/9 Warsaw, Poland Details and Entry
here.
hashtag #etsrace
May
29-31 2009 European Touring Series 2008/9 Apeldoorn,
Netherlands Details and Entry
here.
June 12-14 Much More
UK GP Details and entry
here.hashtag
#mmukgp
July 17-19 2009 European
Touring Series 2008/9 Andernach, Germany Details and Entry
here.
Online Race Entry
and Race Advertising with bbk - update
Since launching
rcRaceControl.com in September
2007 over
2000 RC racers have
registered and nearly 2500 entries have been made. When the
DHI Cup was opened for entry 66 drivers entered the meeting
in the first minute and the modified class was full within
the hour. If you want your meeting to be visible to the
widest number of RC Racers use
rcRaceControl.com. If you want to advertise your race
but not use online booking we can provide that service as
well. The
system is available for any Race Organisers to use,
regardless of whether you use our software or not. It will be
used for all race meetings we Time from now on. If you want
to use the system, please
contact us.
Setting up the AMBrc Loop and Mounting Transponders. A
PDF file that tells you everything you need to know is now
available as a download
here.
Review of
2008 We timed races in Denmark,
Netherlands, Scotland, England, Germany and the Hungary
during 2008.Click
here for the full story
Review of
2007 We timed races in Germany
and the UK during 2007 and launched our online race entry
system
www.rcRaceControl.com.Click
here for the full story
Review of
2006 We timed 16 meetings in 2006
in the UK and Europe, including 2 World Championships and a
European Championship.Click
here for the full story
Review of
2005 During 2005 we travelled around Europe timing electric
and nitro, car and boat races, visiting 6 countries. Click
here for the full story.
If you have a big meeting in 2006 and want it "timed to
perfection", give us a call.