RC stuff from Santa

[The Doctor]

Come on then, did Santa bring you lot any nice RC goodies? Any pics to share?

[cunawarit]

A lil Mardave Mini :) built it with a diff and 2S.

Pics to follow when body is done.

[Alan Reeves]

oops

[The Doctor]

New shell (currently left in the airing cupboard for the paint to harden - clothes now smelling of Pactra...):

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/DrPRN/Cougar%20SV/DSC_0001_zps05dbd72e.jpg (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/DrPRN/media/Cougar%20SV/DSC_0001_zps05dbd72e.jpg.html)

[Dave Dodd]

ignore the rims, gonna use what i already have

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1533863_10203024423594909_194984474_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1545680_10203024423114897_1166762764_n.jpg

[Chris56]

Very posh Dave!

[Dave Dodd]

New shell (currently left in the airing cupboard for the paint to harden - clothes now smelling of Pactra...):

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/DrPRN/Cougar%20SV/DSC_0001_zps05dbd72e.jpg (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/DrPRN/media/Cougar%20SV/DSC_0001_zps05dbd72e.jpg.html)

Looks good m8.
.. .....

Cheers Chris, I'm trying to keep it all neat lol..

[xfactor]

Santa got me a brand new Tamiya trf 201 and Vega Gen3 kit with brass weights.

What a bloke :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Are you going to run that positive rear camber or set it up properly Dave...?

Tee hee.

[Dave Dodd]

Are you going to run that positive rear camber or set it up properly Dave...?

Tee hee.

Haha bloody camera angles lol..
Will check it again when it's got all the electrics in :lol:

[deepdale11]

Santa got me a brand new Tamiya trf 201 and Vega Gen3 kit with brass weights.

What a bloke :thumbsup:

That looks AWESOME!!!!

[deepdale11]

ignore the rims, gonna use what i already have

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1533863_10203024423594909_194984474_n.jpg

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1545680_10203024423114897_1166762764_n.jpg


Looking good Dave:thumbsup:

[Chris56]

I've been meaning to ask Dave, what the hell is that in the top picture? behind the wing and next to the bin bags?

Looks like the love child of a cyclops and a sex toy!

[Dave Dodd]

I think it's a dobby doll from Harry potter lol.

[ste_lazzaro]

Love that Vega! :drool:
Paul, very nice paintjob.. I want to apologize since now for any crashes in next races! :blush:
Dave.. New car?? You wanna make it snow??:lol:

For me just bits and pieces.. I now have a body reamer!!
I'm going to work on a KF-ish B44..

[The Doctor]

A body reamer? Great! I need to cut some nice neat holes in my shiny new shell. You can consider that payment for holding me up in future when I come round to lap you (again)... :lol:

[msmith105e]

my new toy... tamiya ta03f with frp chassis conversion

unfortunately this car will never be seen racing as its my new drifter :)

[Dave Dodd]

my new toy... tamiya ta03f with frp chassis conversion

unfortunately this car will never be seen racing as its my new drifter :)

Booooo.. needs to be seen on track.. lol..

[Chris56]

I agree with Dave. On a side note, the body posts will fit your TA01 if you were to run that on friday.

[cunawarit]

I was a little naughty this year, I wanted a Kyosho but all Santa gave me was a Mardave...

https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q73/s720x720/1558539_10152205628253973_1348664023_n.jpg

https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/q83/s720x720/68905_10152205858518973_235140530_n.jpg

Looks mean though :)

[Chris56]

That looks ace Gui - especially the teeth!

From Santa I've got a JPS lotus shell and a new servo. Problem is they are from the "mail order" santa service and haven't arrived yet.

[Dave Dodd]

Gui that looks mint :D

[siddus74]

Mardave looks ace, are you going to run it Friday? If you are I'll bring mine along buddy :D

Did you shave the front wings due to tyre rub? What spec Contact foams do you have fitted?

What motor and ESC did you shot for in the end?

Scott

[siddus74]

Martin, drifter looks very fast n furious ... I'll get mine sorted .. Let me know when you going ....

[msmith105e]

i will do scott,
okay okay the chassis may be run once just to keep you chaps happy but the body will not be used for racing, it would break me spending around 16 hours on a body just for it to get wrecked in the first turn :thumbdown:
its all done now though... just awaiting the hop up drive belt :thumbsup:

[cunawarit]

Cheers guys :) and yes, I'll be racing the Mardave on Friday. Properly too, I won't take the TL01 as a spare just so I can switch to that when the Dave doesn't work.

I may be tempting fate, but if it is really awful I guess I'll just pack up in a rage and go home ;)

PS: Martin, that rocks!

PPS: Santa also brought me one of these Protoform shells:

http://www.kotte-zeller.de/$WS/kotte-zeller-shop/websale8_shop-kotte-zeller-shop/produkte/medien/bilder/gross/900628_2.jpg

And one of these Tamiya beauties:

http://www.tamiyausa.com/images/product/710/51202/header_51202.jpg

More likely than not the Camaro will be blue (Sunoco inspired perhaps?) and the Ferrari red.

[siddus74]

Nice shells dude ...

Who's Dave?

Scott.

[cunawarit]

Nice shells dude ... looks like you have auto correct issues ... are taking the TL01 as a spare or not ;)

Who's Dave?

Scott.


Ooops. I mean... I will NOT take it. Just the Mardave :)

[siddus74]

Big nads taking just the one car bro ;)...

Im taking the FF03 and Mardave for the Clubman, but I have faith in the Mardave now ...

Im considering booking in for the tourers as well so I can try the TT02 :thumbsup:

Scott.

[cunawarit]

Im considering booking in for the tourers as well so I can try the TT02 :thumbsup:

hehe, do it :) If the tourers were sticking to the rules and running 13.5T I would consider running there occasionally :)

[cunawarit]

AGH! Will be using NiMHs with the Mardave, my saddle packs just blew up one of my cheap ESCs. Attempted to fix it and it "works", but the motor rolls when the ESC beeps and thus I haven't got much confidence in it :-/

[Dave Dodd]

Im considering booking in for the tourers as well so I can try the TT02 :thumbsup:

Scott.

hehe, do it :) If the tourers were sticking to the rules and running 13.5T I would consider running there occasionally :)


Only drivers running to the rules will receive points, i.e. Tc with rubber tires, 13.5 motor and zero timing or blinky.

[cunawarit]

Only drivers running to the rules will receive points, i.e. Tc with rubber tires, 13.5 motor and zero timing or blinky.

Points or not huge straight line speed disparity is not something I am too keen on when running a fragile car.

[reg]

Only drivers running to the rules will receive points, i.e. Tc with rubber tires, 13.5 motor and zero timing or blinky.


Is the blinky or zero timing a new rule?

[siddus74]

I have a 13.5 motor in mine with a stage 1 fast gear set .. I don't want it to be to quick, it may fall apart :D after all its only a £80 tub chassis.

My only concern is being rammed up the derriere by the 7.5t lads :thumbdown:

Not that i'm concerned because I don't cheat, but how will you tell if they are not running to the rules without scutineering the cars and checking?

Scott.

[reg]

I have a 13.5 motor in mine with a stage 1 fast gear set .. I don't want it to be to quick, it may fall apart :D after all its only a £80 tub chassis.

My only concern is being rammed up the derriere by the 7.5t lads :thumbdown:

Not that i'm concerned because I don't cheat, but how will you tell if they are not running to the rules without scutineering the cars and checking?

Scott.


Tbh I think TC might have been ruined already so stick to clubman

[cunawarit]

Tbh I think TC might have been ruined already so stick to clubman

Why is it ruined and what would you do to fix it? Serious question.

[siddus74]

Is it broken? From what I can see on an average week there are only a handful of drivers ....

Where have the rest vacated too?

I don't have a problem with being slower than the rest, I have learned the only person your racing really is yourself, for lap times - yielding to faster cars is sensible, but the fact remains a 'hyper' car is very likely to come into contact with a 13.5 powered car on the straight.

A few of the really, really fast cars in that class seem really unpredictable as well, so even if you did try and yield a collision is still likely.

So as regards to fixing it if it is indeed broken - .... "enforce the rules if possible"

If not, let the class be outlaw and free for all, I can't see why anybody would want to run a class where there are not any rules personally, and most drivers would vacate a class where the rules are being broken and cheating exists ... hang on, how many drivers have been racing touring recently? :D

[Dave Dodd]

Is the blinky or zero timing a new rule?

I thought brca 13.5 was blinky, I could be wrong :confused:

[Dave Dodd]

Tbh the fastest cars on track are running the correct motor. A couple of lads were running 10.5, I believe they have changed them now.

[reg]

I ment new to our club this year as it's of in our rules,
No BRCA is 13.5 is boosted,it's 17.5 that's blinky

[Dave Dodd]

I ment new to our club this year as it's of in our rules,
No BRCA is 13.5 is boosted,it's 17.5 that's blinky

Ahh bugger. My mistake... :blush:

I want it to be the same as brca so it's 13.5 open (boosted) same as rug racers

[siddus74]

You can do masses with gearing, I have a shui Mi5 that's only running a 17.5 and the with the gearing installed was too fast for me so I ran the throttle @ 80% epa.


Scott.

[reg]

Ruined is the wrong word,
I not a problem running a slower car and getting beaten by a faster car if they are running to the rules,as if I do run TC again it will be 17.5 blinky as that's what me and Lee are running at the BTCC

[reg]

You can do masses with gearing, I have a shui Mi5 that's only running a 17.5 and the with the gearing installed was too fast for me so I ran the throttle @ 80% epa.


Scott.

Lee ran 17.5 and was no slower as it's easyer to drive the infield,isn't so critical on setup,but you are open to the speed of the 13.5 up the straight.

[siddus74]

Reg .. BTCC?

[cunawarit]

17.5 blinky sounds like it could be fun :)

[siddus74]

Indeed, 17.5 is less about speed and more about ability ...

Scott.

[reg]

Reg .. BTCC?

It's the BRCA TC Championship,It goes around the country racing on some rather nice Tarmac tracks :)

[Chris56]

AGH! Will be using NiMHs with the Mardave, my saddle packs just blew up one of my cheap ESCs. Attempted to fix it and it "works", but the motor rolls when the ESC beeps and thus I haven't got much confidence in it :-/

The term deja-vous comes to mind!

My F1 will be running lipos but bought a brushed esc that was advertised "lipo safe" - just one of the cheap mtronics ones you get from Modelsport.

[cunawarit]

The term deja-vous comes to mind!

Bizzare though, ran it lots of times! easily 15 to 20 tests indoors and then this morning bang...

[Chris56]

Could it be that the Saddle Lipos were just that bit too much for it, whereas you Voltz cells have a lower capacity/c rating so didn't damage it?

[reg]

The term deja-vous comes to mind!

My F1 will be running lipos but bought a brushed esc that was advertised "lipo safe" - just one of the cheap mtronics ones you get from Modelsport.


I bought one of them a few years ago and it had no brakes lol,I think it was a viper,I rang and they said " you have to use reverse to slow down"
All well and good but it needed two full movements on the reverse function to activate it,by that time it was to late anyway lol

[siddus74]

Chris, You running the F1 this week?

Scott.

[Chris56]

I bought one of them a few years ago and it had no brakes lol,I think it was a viper,I rang and they said " you have to use reverse to slow down"
All well and good but it needed two full movements on the reverse function to activate it,by that time it was to late anyway lol

That will be something to watch out for then - i've got the Sniper model.

Scott: confirmed, F1 will run tomorrow:thumbsup:

[siddus74]

Nice Chris, so how it goes may run the 6 wheeler next week .. what motor and gearing you decided on?

Scott.

[cunawarit]

My mardave went from sub 800g to 900g with the old NiMHs... :(

Let's hope the extra "road hugging weight" helps ;)

[Chris56]

silver can and 18t - its the smallest pinion i've got.

[Chris56]

I bought one of them a few years ago and it had no brakes lol,I think it was a viper,I rang and they said " you have to use reverse to slow down"
All well and good but it needed two full movements on the reverse function to activate it,by that time it was to late anyway lol

Just double checked, this is the one i've got:

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/modelsport-uk-sniper-rv-12-assault/rc-car-products/37403

According to the manual it does have brakes!
Only cost £15 from a guy on here so can't complain

[cunawarit]

15 quid is pretty good :) My El-Cheapo no brand ESCs are smooth and require no setup. But I am not keen on the explosions when connected to good lipos :(

[leedolby77]

Do I get the feeling there is a little bad feeling towards the TC class?

[Chris56]

Hopefully not - I know there was a bit of rule breaking last series but the class rules (for every class, not just TC) will be re-asserted from tonight.

[cunawarit]

That's really good news. So what happens tonight if someone turns up with foams and a 0.01 turn motor? They'll be allowed to race but not score points?

[leedolby77]

Bugger, better put my 0.03 in then!

[chris brown]

They will be flogged and hung from the basketball net for all to see a warning. Cruel,i know but it is in the new brca handbook and if w are sticking to the rules, that is what its required.

[cunawarit]

They will be flogged and hung from the basketball net for all to see a warning.

Fair enough.

[Chris56]

They will be flogged and hung from the basketball net for all to see a warning.

You're going a bit soft there Chris!

On a serious note we can't scruntineer every car but if somebody is not conforming to the class rules then they will be dealt with individually, depending on whats wrong with their car. Wrong tyres? put the right ones on or see if you can borrow a set. Too fast a motor? put a slower one in or turn your throttle down.

[siddus74]

Turn you throttle down? What so they can turn it up when your not looking?, that almost invites cheating .. :thumbsup:

Ill bring a spare 7.5 :D

Scott.

[cunawarit]

So no heads on stakes? :( I'm so disappointed, I'd been sharpening my axe all through the holidays... No need for that fetching black hood either :(

[cunawarit]

Turn you throttle down? What so they can turn it up when your not looking?, that almost invites cheating .. :thumbsup:

Ill bring a spare 7.5 :D

I'm hoisting the V8 out of the Camaro, I am sure I can shoehorn it into the Mardave and start it somehow!

[Chris56]

I'll be watching you tonight Scott!

I might be naive in say this but people tend not to cheat, and that they simply don't conform because they weren't aware of the rules for their class or because "he ran foams last week"

You do get the occasional idiot turn up who drives around whilst the track is being set up or does donuts on the track when a race is running, but they will be dealt with differently.

[Chris56]

I'm hoisting the V8 out of the Camaro, I am sure I can shoehorn it into the Mardave and start it somehow!

Now you will be running 1s and not 2s mr Power?

[cunawarit]

No, but its OK. I'll just turn my throttle down ;) I don't think anyone will survive anyway, the valve steam seals seal as well as doughnuts. We'll all die somewhere around minute 4 of heat 1.

[cunawarit]

The Mardave worked better than expected :) But needed a little down-force... sorted!!!!

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u429/gpowerf/mardave_zps0e893959.jpg

May need some clipping ;)