2/26/12
FZRC (Sarasota)
RC10T4
Christian road with me today. He hasn't raced in like 2 or 3 years!!
He drove the T4, qual'd in 7th 1st qual, broke in the 2nd. He started in 7th and finished 5th NOT bad for taking 2 or 3 years off!
Losi XXX-SCT
Put a Team Trinity 17.5 in to replace the dead LRP X11 17.5
Qual'd 5th in Stock SC in the 1st qual.
Changed to Mod SC for the rest of the day. Qual'd in 3rd for Mod SC and finished 3rd after racing with 2nd for 10 laps before the motor started over heating!!!!! :-(
After I got home did some research and found I was only 3 teeth to BIG on the motor for the "Boosted" settings I was running.
Oh! Yes I changed from "Blinky" 17.5 to "Boosted" 17.5 for Mod SC. It's fast Fast FAST!!! Had to watch how much throttle I used to keep from over jumping the jumps!!!!!
Will find out how the NEW gearing works 3/4/12 :-)
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Monday, February 27, 2012
2/19/12
FZRC (Sarasota)
Losi XXX-SCT
Had 1 BAD day of racn', most BAD in a LOOONNNGGGG time!
Mike Sage was there before me, so I set my table up under his ez-up.
Got the Speed Passion GT2.0 set to "Blinky" so I can race STOCK SC as a STOCK sc. :-) But, I'm having gearing problems >>> HEAT <<< 190 to 220!!!!!! :-(
Just very finished the main, motor was just NOT running right. Open motor after I got home and found that all the senser bits were un-soldered from the senser board!!! So much for the LRP X11 17.5
Finished 5th!!
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FZRC (Sarasota)
Losi XXX-SCT
Had 1 BAD day of racn', most BAD in a LOOONNNGGGG time!
Mike Sage was there before me, so I set my table up under his ez-up.
Got the Speed Passion GT2.0 set to "Blinky" so I can race STOCK SC as a STOCK sc. :-) But, I'm having gearing problems >>> HEAT <<< 190 to 220!!!!!! :-(
Just very finished the main, motor was just NOT running right. Open motor after I got home and found that all the senser bits were un-soldered from the senser board!!! So much for the LRP X11 17.5
Finished 5th!!
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Saturday, February 11, 2012
2/11/12
FZRC (Sarasota)
Short Course King (SCK)
SCK held their first race for 2012 series at FZRC today 2/11/12, they had standing water on the track at 1am from the evening rain. By sun up NO water and by 9am the track was ready to race!!! Marty (track owner) and crew had prepared a SWEEEEET track! They did part of this back in August when they changed from black sand to red clay.
Had planned to race the Losi XXX-SCT in 17.5 “Blinky” Stock SC class. Finished 5th in the first qual and 5th again in the 2nd qual which put me in the B-main starting 6th. At the timing line of the 1st lap I was in 3rd, with 2nd and 1st about 10 feet in front of me. By the finish of lap two they had a 20 foot lead on me and 4th was just behind me. That racer and I battled most of the race for 3th/4th place. 2 laps from the finish we touched and 5th and 6th got by me. I think I got back by them but didn’t get by 3rd!
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Just a few more races and I will have race 300 races, I’m at 284 as of today!!!
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
2/5/12
FZRC (Sarasota)
Drove the SC10 with the Leopard esc and 3300 motor for a few laps to see how well the esc/motor worked. Seemed ok, had a lot of power.
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XXX-SCT
Signed up for 17.5 "Blinky" Stock SC class, hoped to do well with what I learned at Newred last week. Two laps from the finish of the 1st qual the SC started to handle badly. Found that I had broken the T-bar that holds the rear a-arms on! Didn't have a spare! :-(
Put the esc and motor from the XXX-SCT into the SC10 for the rest of the day. Motor came off the track at 200 degrees!!!! Motor temps should never be above 170. Put a different motor in for the main. Had qual'd 7th, finished 6th just 10 sec behind 5th. Motor temps 190 :-( Good thing I had ordered a new LRP X11 17.5 motor Sat.
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Planning to race the Short Course King race this coming Sat at FZRC in "Blinky" 17.5 class. Hope to get the esc to BLINK the led! Have loaded the software, BUT no "Blinky"!!!!!! Only need this IF I finish in the top three.
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FZRC (Sarasota)
Drove the SC10 with the Leopard esc and 3300 motor for a few laps to see how well the esc/motor worked. Seemed ok, had a lot of power.
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XXX-SCT
Signed up for 17.5 "Blinky" Stock SC class, hoped to do well with what I learned at Newred last week. Two laps from the finish of the 1st qual the SC started to handle badly. Found that I had broken the T-bar that holds the rear a-arms on! Didn't have a spare! :-(
Put the esc and motor from the XXX-SCT into the SC10 for the rest of the day. Motor came off the track at 200 degrees!!!! Motor temps should never be above 170. Put a different motor in for the main. Had qual'd 7th, finished 6th just 10 sec behind 5th. Motor temps 190 :-( Good thing I had ordered a new LRP X11 17.5 motor Sat.
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Planning to race the Short Course King race this coming Sat at FZRC in "Blinky" 17.5 class. Hope to get the esc to BLINK the led! Have loaded the software, BUT no "Blinky"!!!!!! Only need this IF I finish in the top three.
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