Oh come on K1m you have to get down and dirty sometime :lol:

Andy: I hear ya man, I'll be glad to share some of that new paint with you Sunday. I'll bet your BuRP goes home with some of my glitter on it!

Haha.........I just finally got around to looking at that last night and noticed that. That's why it says on the page, "if you find something useful here, feel free to use it" or something to that effect. The one here should be just about the right size actually. Anybody notice that I've moved the pic page to our server and separated the pics into groups? Figured it would be much better this way and NO popups!


We got pix, let's break her in!! The R.E. sticker JUST fit on the rear....that's all you guys are gonna see of it during the race!

Sounds like a challenge to me. :lol:

Sounds like a challenge to me to rick

I'll be ready for ya K1m :devil:

hey Kim, Iwas wondering if I could get a little of that glitter on my TAILPIPE Sunday? You know , put a little 'BLING' on the 'BLING' :cool:

Canbquick: You bet, bro' - neither one of us has a vehicle that doesn't have alittle paint from each other on it! I'd much rather be drafting you....that way I get to see you spin!! Hehehehe!

Your starting to scare me K1m

Canbquick: You bet, bro' - neither one of us has a vehicle that doesn't have alittle paint from each other on it! I'd much rather be drafting you....that way I get to see you spin!! Hehehehe!


Will you be able to get that close? :wave:

Don't think I've ever seen so much smack talk outside the oval section on Hanks site. :lol:

Sounds like Sunday's going to be a WWF smackdown!

:mad: Grrrrrrrrr :p

Another great week of BuRP racing at the track with thirteen racers this week. Everybody got to lay a little of their own paint on K1Ms new paintjob and there were at least a couple of us that saw more than his new Racers Edge sticker on the back of his car. :tongue: :hat:

Had a few problems with my disk I saved to at the track so I'll post full results Wednesday.

:freak: What a strange week of racing.....Dunno if there was a full moon or what, but it seemed as though there was alot of hostile driving in all the classes except the BuRPs. There's always alot of bumping and grinding, but everyone has a good time and seldom does someone get too upset. The carpet season is winding down here with only 3 weeks left and even though most of the points series are pretty much decided, I'm glad we don't count points in the BuRP class!

In the A-main, Ovalman came out on top again this week with Canbqick in second. Our newest driver, JohnQPublic cranked 29 laps out of my "Rent a Wreck" which is pretty darn good for his second BuRP race.

EvaderAndy grabbed an early win in the B-Main.....I'm tellin you guys...watch this kid....he's gonna be kickin' all our butts sooner than you can believe. Nice race Andy! :thumbsup:

Hey Rick Check Your Privite Message :p

That's right guys..... I'm Coming for You ! :lol:

K1m..I'm blushing...lol! Thanks again for the "rental" BuRP. I had a great time. I think I'll probably get one of those cars...I have enough old AM radios collecting dust!

Ovalman, Mrs K1m here. I was just wondering if this would be a good week for the powder puff race? Us girls have been talking and with only 3 weeks left we think it would be a good time and fun too. There are 5 of us racing now and if we had a powder puff we might even be able to pull in Sue and Deb. Seven ladies, now that would be quite a sight. We could even do an oval. We could run this class instead of the regular BuRP class. Besides Rick, you want to draw more interest? Get more ladies involved. :cool:

Sound's good

Ovalman, Mrs K1m here. I was just wondering if this would be a good week for the powder puff race? Us girls have been talking and with only 3 weeks left we think it would be a good time and fun too. There are 5 of us racing now and if we had a powder puff we might even be able to pull in Sue and Deb. Seven ladies, now that would be quite a sight. We could even do an oval. We could run this class instead of the regular BuRP class. Besides Rick, you want to draw more interest? Get more ladies involved. :cool:


I know Laura has asked about it every week for the past 2 weeks, it would be interesting to see also :lol: Besides, I know that if someone wanted to try it, there are enough BuRP's out there to make it happen

Ovalman, Mrs K1m here. I was just wondering if this would be a good week for the powder puff race? Us girls have been talking and with only 3 weeks left we think it would be a good time and fun too. There are 5 of us racing now and if we had a powder puff we might even be able to pull in Sue and Deb. Seven ladies, now that would be quite a sight. We could even do an oval. We could run this class instead of the regular BuRP class. Besides Rick, you want to draw more interest? Get more ladies involved. :cool:

Hiya Joy! I keep forgetting to mention it to you ladies but was wondering if you'd like to do battle the last week of racing? Kind of a "final fling" so to speak before we're done. I'm sure those of us with BuRPs can get them ready for the ladies that don't have them.

Mrs K1M here: Rick, that would be great. Maybe we can even talk a couple more of the ladies into getting out there with us. Thanks

:wave: Hi to all in Elyria, Ohio. See ya soon.... Joy

Mrs K1M here: Rick, that would be great. Maybe we can even talk a couple more of the ladies into getting out there with us. Thanks

:wave: Hi to all in Elyria, Ohio. See ya soon.... Joy

That's kind of why I figured the last week would be a good one for this. Maybe we'll have some more Moms there showing support for their kids and we can get a radio in their hands. :)

My Mom will be there this weekend soProbly she's in

DRIVER: Andy Eaton
Location: Port Allegany, Pa

BuRP PROFILE:
Chassis: SC18 Fun Won
ESC: Futaba MC230CR
Servo: Futaba S3003
Reciever: Futaba R122JE
Battery: "Kryptonite" 1200mah NiMH (ICEBOX BATTERIES)

Strengths: Andy has shown alot of natural ability having only started racing this year.
Weakness: Still working on his setup but he'll be in the 30 lap club in no time!


Driver Profile Webpage (http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/burprofiles.html)

K1M got lucky. :) And Canbquik showed us his new ride by Tqing but finishing third. Only two weeks left to play. :(


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies - MARCH 16, 2003

-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 6 33 5:05.05 Kim Fortner 23 10.17
2 5 33 5:08.00 Rick Morgan 2 10.08
3 2 32 5:06.20 Chris Burrows 13 9.83
4 7 28 5:06.82 Johna Simar 5 8.58
5 8 27 5:01.48 Joy Fortner 25 8.42
6 1 23 5:06.70 Laura Burrows 11 7.05


Racers Edge R/C Racing & Hobbies - MARCH 16, 2003

-- BuRP - B MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 3 28 5:03.14 Andy Eaton 9 8.69
2 4 27 5:10.68 Brent Harris 38 8.17
3 9 22 5:01.01 Barb Morgan 3 6.87
4 2 14 5:20.24 Sandy McWilliams 22 4.11
-- 0 --- DNS --- Michael Button 28 0.00


Hey btw Kim, turns out it wasn't the servo afterall. The servo horn cracked for crying out loud! When's the last time you saw that happen before a gear in the servo gets stripped? :lol:

:tongue:
A beautiful day to race (temps in the 60's) and a dozen BuRP racers made everyone feel better. Nothing like "flexin' alittle Lexan" to chase away the winter blues! The qualifiers were kinda cool, due to a late entry Ovalman had to rearrange things and he put the 5 ladies together as sort of a "powder puff" heat. It all boiled down to needing nearly a 30 lap run to get in the A main. We've come quite a way from the start of the season. Chris broke out his brand new F.W. wedge, it looks and runs awesome! Andy showed the way in the B main again...and newbie Brent was close behind in the "rent a wreck". Good racing, fellow BuRPs!

:tongue:
A beautiful day to race (temps in the 60's) and a dozen BuRP racers made everyone feel better. Nothing like "flexin' alittle Lexan" to chase away the winter blues! The qualifiers were kinda cool, due to a late entry Ovalman had to rearrange things and he put the 5 ladies together as sort of a "powder puff" heat. It all boiled down to needing nearly a 30 lap run to get in the A main. We've come quite a way from the start of the season. Chris broke out his brand new F.W. wedge, it looks and runs awesome! Andy showed the way in the B main again...and newbie Brent was close behind in the "rent a wreck". Good racing, fellow BuRPs!


It felt REALLY GOOD to be back in a F.W. :D K1M, the EAGLES are on their way!!! SEE YA SUNDAY

My sister lives in Kane just wondering how far of a drive it was to the offroad track since the indoor thing is almost over don't get there much but if i do i might drop by

Seems that new pinons in the BRP didn't help to much still got 28 laps but did get me more tork and speed and just enough of that to keep K1m's QUOTE: (rent a wreck) right behind good racing you Amain guys & gals :thumbsup:

AndyPa: You are alittle over 20 miles East on RT6 from the dirt track at Bloomster Holler... ;)

EvaderAndy: I think you'll like the gear change, you gotta be smooth though. Bud says "Slow is Fast". We straightened out a couple of little things on your car this week and there's acouple of other things we'll get next Sun. The little things do add up.

Ovalman: Can't believe you haven't had trouble sooner if you weren't running a servo saver. I put several sets of gears through my servo before I wised up and kicked out the $5 for a Kimborough. :hat:

My sister lives in Kane just wondering how far of a drive it was to the offroad track since the indoor thing is almost over don't get there much but if i do i might drop by

Visit our website (www.racersedgerc.com) and get exact directs but when traveling from Kane, once you hit Lantz Corners you are only about 12 miles away from us (11 miles to Bloomster Hollow and 1 mile up). :)

K1M.........the only problem I've had with steering was the dumb steering tie-rods with the collars. Went turnbuckle tie-rod and haven't had any problem since.

Oval Pa ; Is there a kit for the ajustable turnbuckels or did you have to peice it togeather..

Oval Pa ; Is there a kit for the ajustable turnbuckels or did you have to peice it togeather..

You'll have to piece it together. If you've been around R/C long you might just have what you need in a box somewhere. You'll need a short tierod (Team Losi tierods that are used for connecting the bellcranks together on the XX series of cars seem to work well), two plastic ballends, and two metal ball studs.

Oval Pa ; Is there a kit for the ajustable turnbuckels or did you have to peice it togeather..

There is not one from BRP and most everyone pieces it together.

I built one with 2-56 swivel links sized for 4-40 rod, it would not provide sufficient clearance for the servo saver. So, I used a metal gear Hitec HS81MG and a servo horn.

Associated has some 1" long 4-40 (associated part 6260 for 2 or 7251 for 1) turnbuckles available but the connectors they must allow an inch + of width between the two links tying the steering blocks together. This requires either a ball cup or swivel link with threaded body portion close to the steering block.

HPI turnbuckles that are 4-40 with 4mm hex
A256 4-40 x 18mm
93312 4-40 x 24mm 1.38" long according to tower...?must be a typo on length because a diameter of 2.38 corresponds to 4-40 size rod.

Either way, 4-40 are fairly big for an SC18. But since 2-56 turnbuckles aren't available you have to use what's available unless you have a means of machining your own.
I cut the head off a 1" long 4-40 bolt and double nutted in the center of the then threaded rod. A drop of super glue on both nuts helps lock them in place. Then I used some Rocket City 2-56 sized swivel balls for 4-40 threaded rod.

The 2-56 sized hardware size and therefore the weight stays low.

I built one with 2-56 swivel links sized for 4-40 rod, it would not provide sufficient clearance for the servo saver. So, I used a metal gear Hitec HS81MG and a servo horn.
I cut the head off a 1" long 4-40 bolt and double nutted in the center of the then threaded rod. A drop of super glue on both nuts helps lock them in place. Then I used some Rocket City 2-56 sized swivel balls for 4-40 threaded rod.

Sorry Rafster, I'm trying to follow but.....got any pics?

I was concerned about a difference in steering angles (ackerman) by using a turnbuckle from the servo saver to each steering block. So I made mine like the stock tierods. One goes from servo to right steering block and the other goes from one steering block to the other. (drag link) I found some 1/12 scale ballends that are tiny, dyed blue of course. The ball studs are blue aluminum but haven't been able to find a blue draglink- yet. A Street Weapon steering link was the only thing long enough I could find to work on a Fun Won. Team Factory sells blue S.W. sets, but not individually. The trickest thing about it, is a double ball stud that ties the two together on the right steering block. Thanks Bud! Seems to work good, the 4-40 hardware is a bit big, but I love that blue stuff! :thumbsup:

Sorry Rafster, I'm trying to follow but.....got any pics?

I was concerned about a difference in steering angles (ackerman) by using a turnbuckle from the servo saver to each steering block. So I made mine like the stock tierods. One goes from servo to right steering block and the other goes from one steering block to the other. (drag link) I found some 1/12 scale ballends that are tiny, dyed blue of course. The ball studs are blue aluminum but haven't been able to find a blue draglink- yet. A Street Weapon steering link was the only thing long enough I could find to work on a Fun Won. Team Factory sells blue S.W. sets, but not individually. The trickest thing about it, is a double ball stud that ties the two together on the right steering block. Thanks Bud! Seems to work good, the 4-40 hardware is a bit big, but I love that blue stuff! :thumbsup:


Sorry no pics yet. Digital camera died, not repaired.
I duplicated the stock setup with swivel link connected together as a drag link from a pair of swivel links that had 2-56 swivels. They attach with a 2-56 socket headed screw to each of the steering blocks. The swivel links are for 4-40 rod and I cut the head off a 1 inch long 4-40 screw, then put to nuts in the center jammed them against one another and put a drop of CA glue on each nut.
The drag link attaches to the bottom of the steering blocks.

One steering block has a longer screw with another swivel link atop the steering block and that goes to the steering servo. I had to shorten the swivel links going from the servo to the steering block
and trial and error size the bit of screw I used to join the two.

The long screw was a socket head screw of greater size and I had to put a nylon washer like on the axle below each steering block on the kingpin to raise the steering blocks slightly. The steering would dragging the edge of the socket head on the chassis before this change. Lowers the front ride height slightly as well. That NASCAR rake, ya know.. :D

I'll see if someone will photograph it at Classic.

I'll see if someone will photograph it at Classic.We should try to get a batch of steering pictures. Don D has a new twist; I'll be testing two new designs, one a variation on a Bartos job with DuBro parts and one a take off on the Reilly design.

Hope I can remember the camera!

RAFster: I got ya now, but Nil's right it'd be neat to see what everyone comes up with.

This is my first version of ball end steering rods. Figured I'd work the bugs out on this one before I do the one for my Pro.

EAGLES are in the nest!!!!! :D We'll see you Sunday for another round of paint swappin' FUN :cool:

EAGLES are in the nest!!!!! We'll see you Sunday for another round of paint swappin' FUN
:D :D
You have mail........

Not much luck with the wheel disks, the dude says he's having trouble keeping them on. But when I described how I made mine, he said he'd work with me and we'll see what we can come up with. Too bad the funs nearly over :(

DRIVER: Ray Eaton
Location: Port Allegany, Pa

BuRP PROFILE:
Chassis: SC18 Fun Won
ESC: Futaba MC230CR
Servo: Futaba S3003
Reciever: Futaba R122JE
Battery: "Kryptonite" 1200mah NiMH (ICEBOX BATTERIES)

Strengths: Ray's new to R/C, but he's learning fast. It's a great hobby for a father & son to share.
Weakness: Seems to have had alot of electrical problems, battery building, polarity, etc....he's having a good time though.

Driver Profile Webpage (http://pennswoods.net/~fortner/burprofiles.html)

Not much luck with the wheel disks, the dude says he's having trouble keeping them on. But when I described how I made mine, he said he'd work with me and we'll see what we can come up with. Too bad the funs nearly over


I picked up a new book, " Wheel Disks as Built by Kim Fortner" :thumbsup: I must say the articles were very informative, and the step-by-step diagrams/directions were most helpful. Because of this book I was able to construct disks for my NEW rebel outlaw. Thanks again, Kim, for the confidence and guidance to produce these WONDERFUL disks. ( available now at all HOME READING ROOMS :lol: )

Another great turnout of BuRP racers this week and canbquik got his ummm.........stuff together and pulled off a great run in the main. You otta have a good look at the spur he's runnin' Bud. Might be something to add to the BRP line. :)


-- BuRP - A MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 4 34 5:01.60 Chris Burrows 30 10.60
2 5 33 5:07.54 Rick Morgan 2 10.09
3 0 28 5:03.57 Joy Fortner 20 8.67
4 3 28 5:10.38 Andy Eaton 12 8.48
5 8 27 4:59.31 Kim Fortner 19 8.48
6 6 27 5:00.96 Laura Burrows 31 8.44

-- BuRP - B MAIN --
pos car laps time name id avg.mph
1 7 29 5:04.29 Johna Simar 5 8.96
2 9 20 5:07.69 Barb Morgan 3 6.11
3 2 16 5:07.44 Sandy McWilliams 25 4.89
4 1 12 5:25.37 Autumn Harris 22 3.47
5 3 2 0:35.15 Michael Button 26 5.35



Next week we are going to let the ladies do battle by themselves with our first ever Powderpuff BuRP oval clash to finish out the season. :thumbsup:

hey kim do u have any more brp's for sale that are usen like the one that ray bought

Canbquick: Smokin' run dude! Those wheel disks REALLY look sweet too. There's only so many paint schemes that go with those stock green wheels, and yours definately isn't one. You get pitman of the year in my book too for being so innovative with your gearing, not to mention keeping 6+ vehicles in running order. You should have included an instruction book too though..... :tongue: And WHAT an artist!!

Bud: Wait til you see the airbrushed BuRP T shirts Canbquick is doing. I'm sure there'll be several on us when we come to Da Track in May.

The Powder Puff race should be a good time this week, those girls really knock it out. Hope they don't get laughing so hard they can't see.

Michael: Sorry man, no more deals like that one. You should have grabbed it. I do have some used radios that would work great for BuRPs.

hey andy try out that burp you got from kim yet

not getting till two weeks from now

Hey Kim what was going on with your Brp last race ?

ahhhhhhh K1m, your gonna make me BLUSH :jest:

Wow that track record looks like it may be in trouble :eek:
XXL will fit fine :D

Andy:I did some last minute adjusting on my diff - got it too loose. It started slipping after a couple of laps.

Canbquick: :o hope your hat still fits!

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