5/27/2012
FZRC (Sarasota)
Tropical storm Beryl tried to STOP the racn' and LOST!!!!! :-)
Signed up for Mod SC, planned to race the Losi XXX-SCT with a LRP 7.5 motor!
This thing just would NOT turn like it did a couple months ago!!!
Still tried to race it, in the first qual of STOCK SHORT COURSE!!!!!!!! There wasn't enough of either (stock or mod) for a class for both so!
The 2nd qual I had the SC10 out with a Speed Passion 17.5 motor in it. Had no bottom coming out of a corner, still qual'd 4th for the a-main. Removed the SP motor and put in a Trinity 17.5 WAY BETTER. But at the 4 minute mark lost what seemed to be about 50%of the power. Still finished 4th! :-)
Checked motor temp after the race 143 degrees, which is a GREAT temp!!!!
Will have a look, tomorrow to see if I can find the problem!
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Decided that I don't have to be nice, unless I'm told by the race director that a leader is coming up to pass me. 1st, 2nd and 3rd had to drive around me, Bruce had the most problem because he thought I would move over. I did NOT, took him a lap and a half to get the job done cause I touched a pipe. His fight to get around me was the talk of the track for a couple minutes as they didn't know I could drive that fast!!!!
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
5/19/2012
FZRC (Sarasota)
SC10
Mod SC class, put the "CHEAPO" Speed Passion 17.5 motor in to race test. Used the Speed Passion 323 Stock program on the Speed Passion GT2.0 lpf esc. Set this to the default "Boosted" stock. Raced fine, lead most of the first qual, motor came off at 143 degrees after 6 minutes of racing!
Changed the spur from 81 tooth to a 78 tooth for the 2nd qual, last minute of qual seemed like 1. the battery was going flat, 2. the motor was HOT or 3. the esc was HOT. Battery was OK, motor was 167 and the esc wasn't over 100!!!! Changed the total boost from 36 degrees to 26 degrees.
MAIN
Power went flat two minutes into the 6 minute main!!! Still finished 4th! :-)
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Will GEAR it back to the 81 spur, IF I race this motor again.
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FZRC (Sarasota)
SC10
Mod SC class, put the "CHEAPO" Speed Passion 17.5 motor in to race test. Used the Speed Passion 323 Stock program on the Speed Passion GT2.0 lpf esc. Set this to the default "Boosted" stock. Raced fine, lead most of the first qual, motor came off at 143 degrees after 6 minutes of racing!
Changed the spur from 81 tooth to a 78 tooth for the 2nd qual, last minute of qual seemed like 1. the battery was going flat, 2. the motor was HOT or 3. the esc was HOT. Battery was OK, motor was 167 and the esc wasn't over 100!!!! Changed the total boost from 36 degrees to 26 degrees.
MAIN
Power went flat two minutes into the 6 minute main!!! Still finished 4th! :-)
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Will GEAR it back to the 81 spur, IF I race this motor again.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
5/12/12
Newred (Ocala)
Short Course King
round 4
One GREAT day of racn'!
104 entries, 17 in Stock Short Course. Knowing up front that the best of the best of FL would be there, I was looking to finish around 3rd or 4th in the b-main with a "Maybe" bump to the a-main finished 16 overall! (that's 8th in the b-main) :-)
The only change to the track (besides a track layout) from two months ago was the food court has COFFEE now!!! SWEEEET!
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SC10
Loaded the Speed Passion "508" program on to the GT2.0 lpf 4 times NO "blinky", Mike loaded it two times with his laptop and NO "blinky"!!!! :-(
With NO "blinky" you can NOT pass tech inspection, IF you finish in the top 3 positions at a Short Course King event they tech EVERY race, yes that means the qual's also!!!! IF you don't pass tech, you get dis-qualified!!!!
SC10 ran GREAT! BUT so did every one else's!!!! LOL!!!!
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Newred (Ocala)
Short Course King
round 4
One GREAT day of racn'!
104 entries, 17 in Stock Short Course. Knowing up front that the best of the best of FL would be there, I was looking to finish around 3rd or 4th in the b-main with a "Maybe" bump to the a-main finished 16 overall! (that's 8th in the b-main) :-)
The only change to the track (besides a track layout) from two months ago was the food court has COFFEE now!!! SWEEEET!
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SC10
Loaded the Speed Passion "508" program on to the GT2.0 lpf 4 times NO "blinky", Mike loaded it two times with his laptop and NO "blinky"!!!! :-(
With NO "blinky" you can NOT pass tech inspection, IF you finish in the top 3 positions at a Short Course King event they tech EVERY race, yes that means the qual's also!!!! IF you don't pass tech, you get dis-qualified!!!!
SC10 ran GREAT! BUT so did every one else's!!!! LOL!!!!
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
5/6/2012
FZRC (Sarasota)
Track BLACK grooved by the mains!!! SWEEEEET!!!!!!!!!
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SC10
Qual'd 4th in the first qual, 5th in the 2nd qual, so I started 5th in the A-main and finished in 5th.
The fun? was in the 2nd qual! It looked a lot like the novice class with SOME of racers being verbal with SOME of the marshals. John choose to stand at my left side, John and I get along, about 2 minutes in to the qual I found my self in 12th, I STARTED 4th!!! And was TRYING my best to work my way back up to 4th when John said "We ARE racing for bowling trophies" in response to what was going on on the track and drivers stand. I laughed to my self and calmed down went about doing what I needed to move back up the line. One turn, one straight, one jump at a time and finished the 2nd qual in 5th!
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FZRC (Sarasota)
Track BLACK grooved by the mains!!! SWEEEEET!!!!!!!!!
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SC10
Qual'd 4th in the first qual, 5th in the 2nd qual, so I started 5th in the A-main and finished in 5th.
The fun? was in the 2nd qual! It looked a lot like the novice class with SOME of racers being verbal with SOME of the marshals. John choose to stand at my left side, John and I get along, about 2 minutes in to the qual I found my self in 12th, I STARTED 4th!!! And was TRYING my best to work my way back up to 4th when John said "We ARE racing for bowling trophies" in response to what was going on on the track and drivers stand. I laughed to my self and calmed down went about doing what I needed to move back up the line. One turn, one straight, one jump at a time and finished the 2nd qual in 5th!
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