12/9/2012
FZRC (Sarasota,FL)
Marty changed FZ's next race to a week early because of a conflicting Force race at Hurricane RC.
Has been some time since FZRC raced back to back weekends AND there's been NO RAIN, so the black groove from last week was still there this week!!! :-)
Losi XXX-SCT
Decided to race the XXX-SCT IF there wasn't a ST class. A couple months ago Brushless Hobbies donated a 120 amp ESC to "Make a RC Wish", paired this with a Novak 13.5 brushless motor for a TEST race setup.
Temped the motor and esc every few minutes. never got over 125 degrees <<< that is SWEEET gearing! Had a carpet setup on the XXX-SCT, changed the lower shock mount from the outer hole to the middle hole, removed a spacer from inside the shocks. Moved the rear shock top mounts out a hole
Qual'd in 2nd and was in 1st for most of one lap during the 6 minute main!!!! :-) Missed a turn (hit a pipe) and 1st and 2nd got past, drove the next 4 and a half minutes trying to get by 2nd. It was a race between the old and the new, I with the XXX-SCT which is the old Losi SC and 2nd with a Losi 22SC the new. The OLD racer (me) and the young (2nd place racer), we raced lap after lap after lap, I was faster on half the track (but behind him), we were equal on the other half, as I was looking to get by in a turn at the 5 minute mark I touched a pipe and poped off a steering ball cup. I raced the last minute making sure 4th didn't get by me!!!!!!
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Got to refresh my friendship with R/C Tech mod Mark M. I'm a mod there also. We got about 10-15 minutes to share about how we work as mod's Mark is higher up the mod ladder, he shared some great tips!
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