CATS @ Bury?

[JackWood]

I'm using a very hi-tech Futaba Attack 2ER I'll have you know!! It has Bioengineered design and every'fin'..........

So how many crystal sets then

[ben]

3 sets of crystals should be fine

[JackWood]

Thanks Ben.

Are there any other "Must Haves" for a first meeting?

[Cassp0nk]

Jack I'm impressed, you are taking this very seriously. If I go to a meeting the car will be in a tesco carrier bag with my lunch

[JackWood]

Oh yea, it will be a Booths carrier bag, of course. But just wanted to make sure I didn't turn up without the Flugelspar Seperating Conch Block that I MUST have in order to race

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by WHITTLER555

AH! but everyone is forgetting 4 minutes and 50 seconds of Tamiya perfection!

Even though the driver had a splitting headache and could'nt actually see half the track!

That's my excuse anyway!!

It was more like 4 mins 55 secs I think Damo!!!

Originally Posted by Chrislong

You drove well, Andy got his balls out on the jump - it could have been so different so easily.

And what balls there were, I'd been pulling that move on a Yellow car all day in my heat!!!




On a serious note though - I did have the same set-up as Chris' except as he mentioned I was running a diff not a one way, I think the one-way would have only helped me round one part of the track so I don't think I lost out on much.

Then again I've only ever ran a one way for 5 minutes so can't be too sure!!

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by JackWood

A)How does tarmac compare to the indoor surface?

B)What do actually need apart from a car and a transmitter and some tools?

C)How many crystal sets do I need to buy?

D)I have a mains charger for a Lipo, will that do?

E) What is a charging sleeve for a Lipo? And do I need one?

F) How many Lipos do I need for a meet?

Sorry again for the questions, but you guys seem nice enough to answer them, so tell me when you're bored. Or just stop posting replies :P

A) This is off-road fella, practice on any surface and you'll be fine. Tracks can vary from high grip carpet, to medium grip sportshall floor, to low grip plastic sheeting..... all in 1 lap! its ace!

B) Money to book in, table, chair, means of charging and extension lead... or 12v/Generator if outdoors.

C) More than 1 set. 3 sets or more ideally.

D) If it charges your lipo in the CC/CV method up to 8.4v, and if it does it quickly (40 minutes or so), so can be done between heats.

E) Its a Lipo sack, Lipo is new technology and the safety of them is unknown. Rumour has it when they go pop, they do it big, but I haven't seen any do it. But as a precaution, when one does, charging in a sack stops them injuring you or damaging anything around.

F) 1 will do, 2 is what I use but isn't neccessary.

And as for the BRCA rules and availability. Don't worry too much, you won't be doing nationals for a while, for club racing then none-legal cells will be fine. If you decide to do regionals then you will need to look into legal cells though.

[JackWood]

Thanks again for the advice. Much appreciated.

I need my own table and chair? Ok

My charger takes over an hour, but I think that is because it is 5300mah pack and the charger only charges at 5A, or something. Maybe another battery is in order.

Chris, how come the set-ups that have been posted today are so far away from your set-up? Is it because they like their car a different way? or because the Petit track was all carpet?

Thanks

[Cassp0nk]

5A is about the max you will get on a mains powered charger. If you want more you are going to need a charger and separate power supply. Starts to get expensive and from what I can tell is unnecessary.