Actionpics: Dark Impact @ The track

[tobbe]

Here are some photos from my DI driving at the local track in my town. The track isn't in it's best shape now after the winter and the track has been sometimes ruined by some guys with bicycles and mopeds driving around the track:( . But anyway, our RC-society is going to fix the track now soon

http://www.putfile.com/t0bbe/images/103373

It's hard to drive and take pictures at the same time:p

[BenG]

Nicely done, love the dust coming off the car, very dramatic, whilst still showing good speed;)

[Eotz]

Hello.

This is my DF-03 racing 2 months ago at Bilbao. In this race the body was unfinished, now looks much better.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/201/bizkaia040307a1750x1313sm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Click on the picture to see it at full size.

Bye. :rolleyes:

[tobbe]

Nice picture of you DF03:) ! What rims are you using? They look nice on it.

[Eotz]

Hello.

Thanks, the wheels are from Cyclone, and the rims are Losi Ifmar Stud Red. This is the finished body.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7876/ladoderechohu9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Bye. :D

[tobbe]

Wow! Like the yellow-black theme on it. Very nice!;) Are those the 3Racing shock towers or Square towers?

[Eotz]

Hi. :D

Not Square, neither 3Racing. My shock towers are from Five Stars. Now you can also find carbon shock towers from Topcad too. Next sunday if we have good weather here the second race of our championship.

Bye. :)

[Eotz]

Hello.

I'm going to tell you my experience racing my DF-03 last sunday, I hope you find it interesting. The race was the 2th of the Bizkaia provincial championship in the city of Bilbao. We have quite good weather but with some wind (The circuit is on the top of a big hill?. The format of the race is 3 qualifications of 5 minutes and 3 finals of 6 minutes, the same than the spanish national.

I use along the race the same setup that worked perfectly the day before in the training, 3Racing shocks with Losi red coils in the front, pink in the rear, Corally's 30 oil in all the shock with 2 hole pistons. 1º of toe in in the front wheels and 1º of camber in the four wheels. My servo is one KO-713, an LRP IPC V7.1 ESC with a LRP Fushion Phase 4.1 12x2T. Tamiya's 21T pinnion and 78T spur. Ofcourse with tamiya's sleeper and central one-way.

In the first qualification I used Intellect 3800 NiMh normal batteries. I fininhed first, a very good start. I was 1.5 second far from the fastet lap but with really regular laps.
In the sencond and third qualifications I finished at 3th place also using Intellec 3800 batteries. I lose some time after a bad landing in one jump each time but with the strong wind that we had every jump was an small lottery. In both qualificantions I finished at less than one second of the 2th racer. But this was enought to give me the second place for the finals .

In the first final I went on with the great setup of the car but now running with GP 3900 batteries in the 3 finals. I just get the first possition after the start overcoming the previous driver in the first curve. For the finals I decided to Give up jumping long to avoid problems with the wind and I didn't lost this first possition.
In the second final I finish at 3th possition. Finally I couldn't finish the 3th final becouse 2 drivers hits my car at the same time and all the electronic of my car was totally disconected :( . But after all I finished in the second place the race with 12 laps in 6:13.715 seconds. :D

Here you can see a few pictures of the race. I hope you like it.

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/3296/100b3991ru2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/379/1003887aqw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3116/100b3970ati9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5855/100b3930ado0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Good bye.

[jimmy]

Great stuff Eotz, the car looks awesome!

[Eotz]

Great stuff Eotz, the car looks awesome!

Thanks Jimmy. Finally I bought 3Racing conversion chasis. I'll send you pictures of the car as soon as I assembly it. In two weeks we have the second race of the Basque Championship in the circuit of Irun (Just at the French border), and I hope to test the car with the new chasis there. I'll keep you informed.

Cheers :) .

[sosidge]

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3116/100b3970ati9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Talk about old-skool - is that an Optima Mid!

[Eotz]

Talk about old-skool - is that an Optima Mid!

Hello.

To be exact is an Otima Mid Custom Special modified with a Losi Sleeper. And there are 2 running in my club. :D

[budgio]

Nice set of wheels there Eotz...must get me some of those cyclones .Ive just joined the yellow wheel club too

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t98/budgio/PC100110.jpg

[thom.p]

nice car eotz.
have you got any cooling problems with a 12x2 in there??

[Eotz]

nice car eotz.
have you got any cooling problems with a 12x2 in there??

Hello thom.p

No, I haven't any cooling problem with car. I'm using 3Racing's Gear box plate with Tamiya's heat sink bars. Anyway I'm running with the exact final ratio indicated by LRP for this motor and it also helps.

Bye.

[sim]

Eotz,
What holes did you mount your shocks at?

I found I could only use the innermost mounting holes on the front arms or else the steering links would bind against the shocks.

[leighriley75]

Hi all
A couple of quick questions if I may:

Eotz - What are the foam thingies sandwitched between the ball studs and connectors? I've seen them on other cars before but I know they're not kit Tamiya stuff. How do they help? Where can I get some for my Impact?

Budgio - I love the yellow wheels. Are they available in that colour, or are they white wheels that have been dyed yellow?

PS. Excellent couple of Hawks guys, thanks for sharing the pictures. Looking forward to the next updates....

Ta very much :)

[Eotz]

Hello Sim.

I use the second hole from inside but I haven't any problem of clash betwen nothing. Maybe because I use Five Star shock towers and they are wider than yours?

leighriley75, those foams are from Associated, they aboid that the dirt enter inside the ball and damage it. I think they make a good work.

I hope this helps.

Bye :)

[budgio]

Got my yellow wheels from(the very helpful) jasonrcb here on these forums.Ive also seen them in limited edition orange on ebay.The new Df-03 Avante mk11 has nice coloured wheels too.

[thom.p]

hi eotz
has the 3 racing aluminium steering thing less slop than the standard tamiya one?

thom

[sim]

I use the second hole from inside but I haven't any problem of clash betwen nothing. Maybe because I use Five Star shock towers and they are wider than yours?


This might be a dumb question but are you using the front holes on the steering knuckles (more steering) like in the instruction manual or the rear holes (less steering)?

[Eotz]

This might be a dumb question but are you using the front holes on the steering knuckles (more steering) like in the instruction manual or the rear holes (less steering)?

Hi Sim

I'm using the front holes like in the manual.

Bye.

[hockeyhead019]

Hi Eotz,

First off your car is awesome!!! Second i'm about to build a Dark Impact buggy and since they both run the DF-03 chassis i was wondering if you had any tips for me. Thanks a million and congrats on you races.

[Eotz]

Hello.

I want to show you some new pictures from my car in the 3th race of the Basque Championship. I hope you enjoy it.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4849/img9391bj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3417/img9203py4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/3853/img9244vg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/263/img9273po4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8451/img9283ad6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

(http://imageshack.us)
I specially like the first one. With a picture like that Jimmy can make a nice wallpaper. :D Click on the pictures to see they wider.

Cheers and good bye.