2/2/2014

SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL)

3 classes for $20 <<< SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!

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B4.1

Track had a layer of clay dust that I normally do not race on, was able to qual 6th for the main. Was 3rd into turn one, by the timing line was in 5th. as we jumped the double (see the double in the pic above) 6th landed on top of me and that turn the power off in the buggy, was 3 laps down!!! Was able to work back up to 8th by the end!!!

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SC10

Qual'd 6th was pushing 3rd but could not get around him for 3rd!!!!!!

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GT2-E

Between the qual's and the main, remembered putting on T4 rear arms. This means T4 CVD's will fit now!!!

Mid-Motor RC's are said to be for HIGH TRACTION tracks, as SS has this layer of clay dust. The GT2-E should be handy-caped!!! It wasn't!!! 1st, was about 10 foot behind 2nd at the finish.

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1/25/2014

FZRC (Sarasota, FL.)

Was at FZ in Sarasota, FL. today for a Sat race test. IF attendance is large enough FZ may changed from Sun to Sat racn'.

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Hoped to get some ST racn' in BUT I was the only ST there.

Had enough time to run two bat's through before the first qual.

By lap two could tell we were back to the same problem we had last week! Jumped odd, turning erratic and wandering on the straights!!!

Going over in my head and reading setup sheets, noticed that this wasn't a RM ST, it's a MM ST!!! Well DUH!!!!!

Took what I knew and started going the other way. IF you need rear traction, with a RM, you move the motor towards the rear. With the motor in front of the rear axle how do you get traction, move the *axles backwards away from the motor??? I'm thinking. How much, normal you move by one spacer at a time (.030) . Need to know NOW if this is the way to go so did a full move to the rear.

WHAT a change, now the GT2-E was jumping flat (side to side) and level (front to back) and tracked straighter (very little wondering), but the turning was just a little better.

Link position at trans, had tried to lower the link a few weeks ago, like you would with a SC10 by shaving the mount area, by adding more spacers to the link mount before and that didn't work, removed the spacer completely (again need to know NOW if this is the way to go). At the first turn the GT2-E hooked around the pipe like my B4.1 does! Now this ST jumps, turns and powers down a straight like it should.

As another 10-15 laps were ran, I keep waiting for the GT2-E to start jumping and turning bad, it never did!!!

Took a 10 minute break, then put about 10 laps on the track with the T4. It drove so much diff from the GT2-E that I stopped running it and went back to the GT2-E.

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The setup for the loose surface at SS is way diff from the blue groove of FZ now!!! BUT maybe NOT won't know until we race at SS next week!!!!

*axles <<< a GT2 comes with 1.5 degree rear hubs, put 0 degree hubs from a B44 on the GT2-E back when the build started. The B44's are shorter front to rear than the GT2 are, so you can get an even longer wheelbase with these compared to the "normal" hubs!

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SC10

After all the above :-) got in about 15 laps of practice, to see if the SC10 was ok!! Qual'd 3rd, finished 2nd.

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1/12/2014

SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL.)

Raced two classes hoping that I would get a grip on the track so ST class would be good!!!

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Mod SC

Tried four diff fronts and six diff rear tires, still never found the right tires!!! Started seventh and finished sixth.


T4

3rd in first qual and disassembled the LRP X11 7.5 motor during the second qual!!!

SO!!!

GT2-E

No practice and no quals means NO LAPS!!!

Put the Double Dees on the rear from the T4 and go at the tone!!!

By the line I was in 2nd, 3 laps later was in first, 100 foot later was back in 2nd. Two laps later was in first again for another 100 foot or so, Justin past me for good. We stayed about 10 to 12 foot apart for the rest of the race.

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Plan to race the GT2-E at FZ 1/19/2014 as a race test for race #3 of the FZ-SS race series at FZ.

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1/11/2014

It's time to start packing for race #1 of 2014!

FZ - SS race series. Two tracks four races, one a month for fours months.

Where? Race #2 of the series is at SS Hobbies and Raceway in Tampa, FL.

Have two ST's for this race, a T4 and the GT2-E. Plan to race each for one qual and then race the better one in the main. Two completely different ST's maybe NOT the best idea, but IF the track is HIGH TRACTION the GT2-E should be the better ST.

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12/31/2013

FZRC (Sarasota, FL)

New Years Eve NITRO race!!!!!!

Planned to race the SC10GT.

Had one of the most FUN NITRO racn' in some time!!! Qual in 3rd for the main and finished 3rd after 8 minutes of FUN main racn'!!!!! 1st and 2nd were electric powered!!

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Max, the son of the owner of FZRC girlfriend and I were talking as he worked on his Losi 22, he wasn't happy with how it was running. As we talked he found the motor wasn't well!! He put another motor in just before his qual. The buggy didn't run well at all! Just before the 2nd qual, I asked if he got the buggy fix, he said no. I offered the B4.1. He finished the 2nd qual well enough for 2nd start position for the main.

By the end of lap one he was in the lead, kept the lead to the point he was just 10 to 12 feet from lapping 2nd at the end of the race. Not bad for a LOANER RC!!!!

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12/15/2013

FZRC (Sarasota, FL)

FZ - SS race series. Two tracks four races, one a month for fours months.

T4

Had the TQ in the first qual by over a lap!!! Broke a MIP axle in the second qual.

GO at the tone! Jumped by TQ into first and powered away as 2nd and 3rd got into each others way!!!! THEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just after minute 3 I heard that sound I didn't want to hear. A loose slipper!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the next 5 minutes I watched 2nd get closer and closer, until he passed me. Last lap three turns to go and I touched a pipe, which broke a rear link and 3rd got by me!!!

SS Hobby and Raceway next month!

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12/8/13

SS Hobbies and Raceway (Tampa, FL.)

NITRO!!!!!! NOT!!!!! GT2-SC would not start!!!!!

SC10

Started out with HPI Magabites front and rear, switched to JConcepts Double D's on the rear and I'm ready!!! Finished 3rd!

B4.1

Losi on the rear and Jconcepts bar codes on the front, changed to Proline Scrubs front and Turbo Traxs on the rear. Finished 7th!

T2

Had planed to race the T4 have a new Brushless Hobbies ESC BUT I left it at home!!!!! So, raced the T2 instead. Had ONLY planed to do some track testing for fun, only had a 17.5 in it. Had the lead for about half the race, then the 1st place racer quit hitting pipes, was about 100 foot from the finish in 2nd when the motor melted!!!!! Finished 3rd!!

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