1/21/1012
FZRC (Sarasota)
SC10
Just a bit of test/tune had a Speed Passion Exige 2.0 esc and Speed Passion sport motor that I had changed rotors in. About lap five the rotor blew up!!!!!
XXX-SCT >>> Stock SC class
Received a new (used) Fantom Ion2 17.5 motor that is based on a Team Trinity motor blank. Had the timing set at "0" motor seemed OK. After talking with some racers about how to setup the esc for "Blinky" mode*. Had also received a Speed Passion LCD program box, this makes changing to "Blinky" very easy.
Raced the first qual with "0" motor timing, after the pinion came loose during the 2nd warm up lap, got on to the track about a minute after the start of the qual. Still was able to qual in 4th of 7 racers. Missed 3rd by 2-3 seconds!!!
Bumped the motor timing up about 10 degrees for the 2nd qual. Finished in 2nd which is good enough to start in 2nd for the main. Motor temps were good enough to bump the motor timing to the MAX!!!
Was in 2nd for most of the A-main, BUT Mike made up the distance by the five minute mark and it took him three laps to get around me (I touched another racer as we both pasted him).
* "Blinky" mode is NO timing advance on the ESC, No turbo, boost OR what ever you want to call it.
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It's 99.999999% I will be racing at a new track for me. It's called Newred in Ocala, FL. I'm to meet with Mike Sage at 9am in Tampa and ride with him the rest of the way. Tampa is about half way, Ocala is about 100 miles from my house. Already have a page made for T3T4 Web Service's web site for my visit at Newred. :-)
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Found a guy selling a Leopard esc and 3300 motor on ebay, won it for $2.50 plus shipping. He stated the magnet on the rotor was loose, I have two rotors that will work. The esc didn't work, put a fan on it, new power wires, have another working esc / motor! :-)
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Put a new rotor in the Speed Passion sport motor, hope the winding in the motor are still OK. Hope to test this Monday after work.
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