Starting a new thread for the 2007-2008 carpet oval season.

Planning to kick off the season on Saturday September 8th.
There will be a couple of off nights in September and October due to travel plans.
The tentative schedule is a follows:
Saturday Sept. 8 - Opening night
Saturday Sept. 15, 22 & 29 - Racing
Saturday Oct. 6 - OFF
Saturday Oct. thru December 22 - Racing every Saturday night.
Saturday December 29 - OFF
Saturday January 5th - Racing every Saturday night till spring.
:woohoo:

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Sliders will be kept box stock, with the possible exception of allowing foam tires. Let us know your thoughts on the stock rubber tires vs. foams.

As far as when we will have them in stock, I do not have a firm date. Dealers who placed promotional orders for larger quantities are getting theirs first, and not all of those orders have yet been filled. Small town dealers like us who can not afford to order 12 or more at a time are farther down the list.

You can get yours on order and get it quicker by placing your order at
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ken i vote for the rubber tires make them pretty much box stock this is a good class as long as it dosent get out of hand like the mini ts let me know when you get some in i will take one

yee ha........... is the slider a mini t with a cage or did they upgrade some of the cheesey parts ie. front plate, shocks, tie rods stuff like that. i have only seen some pictures but they were' nt that great........i say foams are the way to go. if they are faster than the stock mini t

yee ha........... is the slider a mini t with a cage or did they upgrade some of the cheesey parts ie. front plate, shocks, tie rods stuff like that. i have only seen some pictures but they were' nt that great........i say foams are the way to go. if they are faster than the stock mini t

The slider is basically a mini-t with a longer chassis, cage & sprint car body, and a little more powerful motor.

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slikstr.....So you know whats going on (read the last few thread on the '06-'07 RCH thread before they "SHUT IT DOWN") You'll be able to see one soon I ordered one today. I've been thinking about getting one for awhile and I finally saw one go last night down at COMP HOBBY. It has alot of the same parts but it's totally different then the mini-ts. I know right now I'll be getting one or two more. Seeing that one go last night "STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX" on "DIRT" sold me on them.

As for tires on these things like Chris said leave them "BOX STOCK" so that anyone can buy one and run it the same day with no additional parts to buy.

EVERYTHING "STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX STOCK" EVEN THE RADIO!!!!

ken i vote for the rubber tires make them pretty much box stock this is a good class as long as it dosent get out of hand like the mini ts let me know when you get some in i will take one

You know what's funny about the mini-t's getting out of hand...If you look at the 2 fastest cars last year at S&H they're basically stock. I slapped a pair of pancar shocks on the rear and a 0* rear toe block. Point being (as always) the high dollar car doesn't mean it's better, or needed, people just get psyched out.

The slider sure looks fun...

sure looks like fun , box stock sounds good

Bret we ran slidders on the clay last sat night at gmx . i can't tell you how much fun i had with it box stock .losi did a great job on this 1 . See you soon in maine Ken

I think that leaving the stock rubber tires on the sliders is not the best idea. The small rubber tires tend to get a lot of build-up on them, and after a couple of minutes they may start to traction roll. It happened to me on my 18t and my old mini-t, it may not happen with these, but it just something to keep in mind.

-Chris-

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You know what's funny about the mini-t's getting out of hand...If you look at the 2 fastest cars last year at S&H they're basically stock. I slapped a pair of pancar shocks on the rear and a 0* rear toe block. Point being (as always) the high dollar car doesn't mean it's better, or needed, people just get psyched out.

The slider sure looks fun...

Bret,
I think what Mike meant was not having to upgrade to a brushless motor and speed control system, etc;
Speed-wise, your car was far from stock.

Keith Harris handed me his radio Monday night and I got to run a bunch of laps with a box-stock Losi Slider. VERY COOL.:thumbsup:

I firmly believe that this class should remain box stock, with maybe the exception of foam tires. Based on what Chris posted, if the stock rubbers gum up on carpet and traction roll, then the foams might be the answer.

The reason I feel this way is for the fact that we need an inexpensive way to get new people into the hobby, and this is just the ticket. The Losi Sliders can be run year round on both dirt and carpet. A seasoned vet or a newbie can be racing one of these for under $200, turn key.

If these take off and become as popular as I think they will, maybe offer a "modified class" for the Sliders in addition to the box-stock class, as long as you have enough entries to support both...but I'd make sure we always had a box stock class to keep cost levels down and fun levels up. :thumbsup:

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I'am Selling A Putnam Terminator Procar (With Or Without Electrics,tires And Body)For anyone that knows this is the car Jason Nick runs at my track
SOLD!!!!!!!


Hyperdrive 3 Pan Car Comes With 2 Unpainted Bodies (A Ford And A Chevy There Already Cut Out And Mounted) A Few Sets Of Spec Tires And A Few Misc. Parts No Electrics

Futaba Magnum 3pm Comes With 2 Futaba R133f Receivers And 4 Sets Of Cyristals

PM Me If Interested

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Bret,
I think what Mike meant was not having to upgrade to a brushless motor and speed control system, etc;
Speed-wise, your car was far from stock.

Ahh, OK,
I thought since the talk is generally about "cost control" that is where I thought they were going, but yea baby, my little hotrod was fast :thumbsup: .

Bret...........STICKERS STICKERS STICKERS!!!! Are you still making them

Got my 1st mini sprinter today straight out of the box went out and ran it on my DIRT track AWSOME!!!!! I ordered another one today. If they work as good on carpet this should be a fun class to run.

I got a Mini Slider last week. Foams would be the way to go I think. Most of the parts from a Mini T will fit, the exception being the shocks. They also dont use the receiver/speed control combo; yeah, 3 wire servo !! DSM radio and batteries look like the RC18T battery (right down the center of the chassis). Any other info u might want let me know.

Bret...........STICKERS STICKERS STICKERS!!!! Are you still making them

Sure, I'm kinda here and there right now, but when I find time I'll do some stuff for ya.
Call me or E-mail direct with what you need.

BNDRT@AOL.COM
469-5675

Bret...I'll give you a call in a couple of day

the new r.i.p car is in.... i wont be up until its to cold for dirt though

Kenny....Do you have any parts in stock for these mini sprinters????? If they are the same as the mini-ts do you have mini-t parts in stock???????

Do you have any Rubber tires????

Do you have FOAM tires if we have to run FOAMS on carpet????

Do you have any 1100mah BATTERIES IN STOCK RIGHT NOW for these things???????? (we need a few more now)

Before we place a order (online) let us know if you do or don't.We would like to get them locally if we can. (Support Your Local Hobby Shop :confused: )

Big Mike

Kenny....Do you have any parts in stock for these mini sprinters????? If they are the same as the mini-ts do you have mini-t parts in stock???????

Do you have any Rubber tires????

Do you have FOAM tires if we have to run FOAMS on carpet????

Do you have any 1100mah BATTERIES IN STOCK RIGHT NOW for these things???????? (we need a few more now)

Before we place a order (online) let us know if you do or don't.We would like to get them locally if we can. (Support Your Local Hobby Shop :confused: )

Big Mike

We have lots of Mini-T parts in stock. Parts specific to the slider are not in stock yet. We have foam tires from Losi and BSR. Rubber tires from Pro-Line.
The battery packs we have are 1400's from SMC.
I would suggest you call if you need to know about stuff like this, cause I don't usually look at hobbytalk every day.

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New RCH SPEC battery packs.
The new packs for the 2007/08 season will be IB4200's supplied to us initially by TQ-cells. They will have "RCH SPEC" custom printed labels under the shrink wrap, and will come assembled with intellect battery bars.
We will be getting them in small shipments, and should have about a dozen packs available late next week(about Sept. 6 or 7), then more within the next week or two.
The cost has gone up a little. Looks like the assembled packs will be about $25.
Your RCH SPEC 3800 cells will still be legal for use, and if you've taken care of them they should still perform fine.
We had several SPEC drivers test and compare 3800's and 4200's at various times last season and there was no on-track performance difference.

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I'll be there to race next week, anybody else wanna run brushless???

Bret what kind of brushless u runnin 13.5 / 10.5

What are the rules (short version) for spec??? How are these packs assembled??? Standard config???

ill be down to pick up a couple of packs when they come in, couple more weeks and me and dad will be ready to race on carpet!

Nate-

What are you guys racing this year?

Rulz are
BSR spec foams green, gold, blue tires
4 cell RCH spec pak
RCH spec motor
weight rule 42 oz
F brush in motor , NO CUTS NO HOLES
any chassis
any body
HAVE FUN !
any other info call 518-792-7272 ask for Ken :thumbsup:

Rulz are
BSR spec foams green, gold, blue tires
4 cell RCH spec pak
RCH spec motor
weight rule 42 oz
F brush in motor , NO CUTS NO HOLES
any chassis
any body
HAVE FUN !
any other info call 518-792-7272 ask for Ken :thumbsup:

A couple of corrections.
Weight is 40oz. Bodies are Nascar cup or GN.
The battery packs are assembled with the positive top right, but it is ok to move the solder tabs to fit your installation.
The BSR spec tires are the ones with the yellow idenifying stripe and are available in green or gold rear and green or silver front.
The spec motors are available at the track/shop and are the Trinity handout silver can/purple endbell with our label affixed..

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A new supply of SPEC motors arrived today, in case anyone wants to get a head start on tuning.

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I'll be there to race next week, anybody else wanna run brushless???

Bret,

Give me a ring...321-6034

Bret what kind of brushless u runnin 13.5 / 10.5

Well, I have 10.5, 4.5, and 3.5 motors, I'm not apposed to getting a 13.5 LOL, to have some racers :thumbsup:

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Beefy Products SK Modified Chassis, already mounted & painted body, includes 6 tires (2) new, (4) slightly used (never cut). Only raced one night with 2 other cars, only practiced 4-5 times on the track alone. No Speed control, no motor, no servo..no radio eq., no batteries chassis, tires and body only.

This was new to me in April of 07, it has a rear pod but it's not the newest chassis that is available now.. you can see a picture in my gallery... first $160.00 takes it

Call me on my cell 365-2347 or PM me..

Thanks,

Jay :p

cant make the first week due to the car show in lake george, the following week i should be their im pumped!!!

who is coming on the 8th to race, and what classes. roll call.

Ray

we be there , S/k whatever .............

I would like to come up with some of the guys from Team RSE. Do you race SK's every week?
Rick<><

Hey Rick , ck the beginning of this thread for schedule , i beleive s/k will be a weekly class , Sept 8th is the first night then he's off on the 15th etc etc , see u soon .........dave L
or call Ken for info 518 792 RCRC (7272)

I will be racing my sk only this week no spec car yet.

Ray

Ray :sounds good ray , my plans also

Dave:
Maybe some of the other racers will respond so we can get a head count. Smiths, LaPan, Big Mike, Todd P, The Priddle family,
ray

I think we wont see many , weather , still guys racin dirt etc , gotta lay the ole paragon down nomatter what , hot laps or racin .....we should be there by 3.......

Smiths will be there with spec cars. Jr doesnt have all the electronics for the sk yet. waiting on a speedo to come hopefully today....

Al, Al Jr and of course Andy:

Maybe we can race everything together sk, spec, whatever. It would be entertaining. See you tonight

Ray

Packing up now :thumbsup:

we have 4 racers who will be running brushless sk within the next week or 2 if anyone is interested they will be 13.5 motors

Ray

Ray/Ken/John-
What are the brushless rules? Just the Novak 13.5, what ESCs are allowed etc? Thanks, Razoo

Razoo:
This was an informal arrangement with myself, dave Lareau, dave Labate and gerd wolny. Tired of all the maintenance on motors. I am using a 13.5 novak and a lrp sphere speedo coming from rch of course. I believe that is what turn 4 rc is doing and neot . Everyone in the world is going brushless, lets just do it!! 13.5 is close to a 27 turn motor. We have enough people to race this class and if anyone wants to join us you are welcome. I do not know about speedo rules just 13.5 motors. And Rich this is a lot closer than turn 4. Lets keep this as simple as possible. Ken really had no opinion about this other than if we get 3 people we can race. I would like to see same rules as pro class except for the motors. If no one else races hopefully the 4 founding members of this class will race all year. I would like to see everyone put their differences aside and just race. I hope you, Darcy, and others will come back to RCH. I want to be eating pizza, or subs rather than working on my motors. Lets keep this positive and see if we can grow the brushless class looking forward to seeing everyone this fall, I believe Ken will be open on Saturday the 15th also

Ray

Any commercially available speed control would be allowed. As for the motor, there should be some immediate discussion as to whether only the Novak 13.5(part #3413) should be allowed, or if it should be any 13.5. This should be agreed upon in the next few days by the guys getting this started, and those with immediate interest. (Dave L. , Ray, Gerd, Razoo)
We will be running on Saturday the 15th. Originally scheduled as an off night, plans have changed and we will be racing.

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