2/23/2013
HMIRCR (Sarasota,FL)
SC10
After testing for a few week with the T4.2 front shock tower setup I went back to the stock setup. To much push, it was steady and constant!!!
Changed the shock oil from 37.5 front to 40 and 32.5 rear to 35 every good change!!! Jumping was every stable. Had Proline M3 Calibers on the front and Panther Boa (soft) on the rear. Was surprised how well the Boa's hooked up, only Simple Green-ed them two times, didn't need any Red Dot!!!
TQ'd both qual and finished first by a couple laps!!!
J82
Was asked to race in the buggy class, so off came the T4 truck body and wheels and on went the J82 buggy body and B4.1 wheels. The wheels just came in the mail as I was leaving for the track. Ran a few laps, then Simple Green-ed the tire for the first qual. TQ'd that qual!!! :-)
Lined up for the main and I was in the lead until we came out from under the bridge. Never seen first again until 40 seconds from the finish and his servo took a dump and of course two laps later I was crossing the line in first!!
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February has been a very, VERY good month for T3T4 Web Service race team, four races for four first places with 4 TQ's!!!
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
2/17/2013
FZRC (Sarasota,FL)
SC10
The bearings in the LRP X11 7.5 motor was making a LOT of noise the last time at FZRC. Found a set of bearings in my parts stock, changed these out and had tested it at HMIRCR last week, was happy with how the motor ran.
BUT, tax return came in! :-)
Speed Passion had their Competition 3.0 7.5R motor on sale, when this arrived in the mail the LRP was placed into the pit box as a backup motor.
Qual'd in 4th for the main, didn't plan to finish any better cause the three front racers have always beaten me in the past, so why would this be any diff today? Made a good race of it 1st and 2nd only lapped me 2 times! Finished in 4th just as I figured!! :-)
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FZRC (Sarasota,FL)
SC10
The bearings in the LRP X11 7.5 motor was making a LOT of noise the last time at FZRC. Found a set of bearings in my parts stock, changed these out and had tested it at HMIRCR last week, was happy with how the motor ran.
BUT, tax return came in! :-)
Speed Passion had their Competition 3.0 7.5R motor on sale, when this arrived in the mail the LRP was placed into the pit box as a backup motor.
Qual'd in 4th for the main, didn't plan to finish any better cause the three front racers have always beaten me in the past, so why would this be any diff today? Made a good race of it 1st and 2nd only lapped me 2 times! Finished in 4th just as I figured!! :-)
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
2/9/2013
HMIRCR (Sarasota. FL)
Having decided to retire the Losi XXX-SCT for good, I'm left with just the SC10 or the T4 / J82!!! :-)
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Choose to make the T4 truck into the J82 buggy, was thinking there would be a full class of buggies.
Had problems during the first qual had the wrong tires on, made up for that problem during the 2nd qual by beating the first qual time by two laps for Top Qualifier!! Finished in first by five laps over 2nd.
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Signed up for IROC (retail class) TQ'd the first qual, had a battery connection problem in the 2nd qual, BUT the laps per time in the first qual was good enough to keep Top Qualifier for the main. Don't know how many laps I had on 2nd for sure best I could tell 5 to 8!!!!
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FZRC next Sunday!!!! :-)
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HMIRCR (Sarasota. FL)
Having decided to retire the Losi XXX-SCT for good, I'm left with just the SC10 or the T4 / J82!!! :-)
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Choose to make the T4 truck into the J82 buggy, was thinking there would be a full class of buggies.
Had problems during the first qual had the wrong tires on, made up for that problem during the 2nd qual by beating the first qual time by two laps for Top Qualifier!! Finished in first by five laps over 2nd.
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Signed up for IROC (retail class) TQ'd the first qual, had a battery connection problem in the 2nd qual, BUT the laps per time in the first qual was good enough to keep Top Qualifier for the main. Don't know how many laps I had on 2nd for sure best I could tell 5 to 8!!!!
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FZRC next Sunday!!!! :-)
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Sunday, February 3, 2013
2/3/2013
FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Had some testing to do!
Losi XXX-SCT
Got a Losi esc and motor from ebay that came stock with the XXX-SCT. Planning to make this into a "Make a RC Wish" car, Put a set of stock tires on and drove the track for 10 minutes to get an idea of what the esc and motor temps would be like for a kid.
Did the thumb test on the motor, got to a five count after a 10 minute run on the track.
SC10
Last week at HMIRCR, put a different rear brace and hubs on to try to get the SC10 to turn SUPER smooth. Worked well there. Was working well enough to keep them during the first qual before the left front wheel came off.
As I was looking at the SC10 in the pits (I was bored out of my mind), the front shock mounts looked odd to me. Put a brace under the front end and took one of the top shock mounts loose. Moved the shock side to side to see how the new shock mount bolt hole compared to the old ones. The new one is about .030 lower. put a /030 washer inside the shock to limit the down travel and changed the shock oil to 30 weight from 32.5.
Landing a jump in 3rd in the 2 qual the esc came loose and unpluged the 3 motor line and the senser cable!!!!!
Changed the bottom piece of velcro, changed the rear tires to ProLine Calibers M3 and put RedDot traction sauce on front and rear tires.
Started in 6th of 7 in the 6 minute main, at the end of lap 1, I was 3rd, at the 3 minute mark 2nd touched a pipe and I got by, was 6 and a half seconds behind 1at, at the end I was 3.5 seconds behine 1st.
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FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Had some testing to do!
Losi XXX-SCT
Got a Losi esc and motor from ebay that came stock with the XXX-SCT. Planning to make this into a "Make a RC Wish" car, Put a set of stock tires on and drove the track for 10 minutes to get an idea of what the esc and motor temps would be like for a kid.
Did the thumb test on the motor, got to a five count after a 10 minute run on the track.
SC10
Last week at HMIRCR, put a different rear brace and hubs on to try to get the SC10 to turn SUPER smooth. Worked well there. Was working well enough to keep them during the first qual before the left front wheel came off.
As I was looking at the SC10 in the pits (I was bored out of my mind), the front shock mounts looked odd to me. Put a brace under the front end and took one of the top shock mounts loose. Moved the shock side to side to see how the new shock mount bolt hole compared to the old ones. The new one is about .030 lower. put a /030 washer inside the shock to limit the down travel and changed the shock oil to 30 weight from 32.5.
Landing a jump in 3rd in the 2 qual the esc came loose and unpluged the 3 motor line and the senser cable!!!!!
Changed the bottom piece of velcro, changed the rear tires to ProLine Calibers M3 and put RedDot traction sauce on front and rear tires.
Started in 6th of 7 in the 6 minute main, at the end of lap 1, I was 3rd, at the 3 minute mark 2nd touched a pipe and I got by, was 6 and a half seconds behind 1at, at the end I was 3.5 seconds behine 1st.
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