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That looks so different with that shorty cooling head.
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That looks so different with that shorty cooling head.
Sometimes when your doing too good you need to be knocked down. Makes it fun and keeps it interesting I guess.
Glad everything's OK and still in working order. What polishing compound do you use?
Great race report. Yeah, stuff happens when you're really racing. Relieved to read damage was not too severe.
Racing a cold track can be just as unforgiving as a hot track sometimes. Traction window b/w too hot and too cold is pretty narrow. Hard to tune to. Electric or nitro.
Agree with dialing in more radio brake. Always good having a back-up system to the chute. Couple of guys tried chutes on their electrics back in the day. Found deploying the chute tended to lift the rear clear of the track when popping open. All that weight that transferred to the RR tires on acceleration suddenly transfers back forward when shutting down. Making the rear even lighter and easier for the chute to lift the rears clear of the track.
You'll get locked in, though. Hang in there. Cheers. 'AC'
Green and clean all the way. Win light in johnnydmd's lane! Nice win.
Gotta love the 'One Way' sign in the background.
Curious? How are you powering your steering and throttle servo's? Any other power draws in the circuit besides the two servo's? 'AC'
Looking good, johnny. Yeah, I learned listening to the lady goes a long way to ensure future funding.
Chassis looks like its packin' a lot of chute. How's that working out?
Don't know if you follow 1:1 drag racing? In the event you do here's a link I stumbled onto yesterday. It's a "run-what-you-brung" series only requirement being 80% nitro in the tank. Some old school chassis showing up there. Wondering how something like this would work out for RC no-prep? Have to adjust the nitro. 35% minimum perhaps? What percentage does your car run? What's the standard these days? 40%? Cheers. 'AC'
Nitro Chaos
Wow man, the end result looks amazing.More weight loss. Changed out the Vanquish OMF Outlaws for some ultra lightweight alloy wheels and these new tires that ProLine Makes. Lost another 100 grams. Car now feels very noticeably lighter in my hands.
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Probably notice, maybe not, there is now a gyro in front of the receiver. I am fully aware that many events don't allow them (though I really tend to think that's a silly rule, among other silly rules that I'll not get into on this thread but maybe some other one). It's easily disabled in those instances. Reason I put it there? Why not use all available tech to get the fastest run possible? Now I'm able to turn things up a bit more.
A look at the new front wheels:
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Also, I tried my hand at carbon fiber stencil painting on the front canards:
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Kinda cool I think.
Sunday is our next TNT. It's going to be in the upper 70's, so should be able to get some decent hits and data.
I have a Force .38 arriving Friday that is earmarked for one of my MT's, but if I have time and get it broken in Saturday, I might do a few hits with it in this car just to see what it can do. (hopefully not blow up the entire drivetrain).