I used to jump my tc3. I would put a dot next to the pipe and let it rip!!!!!!

I sure can't wait to start hacking dave p again,
just like the time we were running down the back stretch and i just closed the door,
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

bbbbbbbbjjjjjjjjjjeeeeeeesssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Uh like that new track is like so huge dude's it's gonna take forever to run a five minute race. Totaly rad Bro'! So thursday night practice huh? Maybe I can make it. If I race at all on friday it'll be touring, The oval car is set up for branford on sunday.

im there tomorrow.i can't wait.im charging batteries as we speak.lol dave p how are you going to sit on the sidelines and watch it would kill me. ps theres lots of places pass bjesse at cause he's always 6 foot from the pipe.lol bear

Brad and Bear,

What off road class are you guys running? I want to get back into it and am thinking about a whole new vehicle. I have a XXX-NT right now but am starting to think more and more about electric (one less setup thing to think about lol)

I was trying to decide between 2wd buggy and 4wd buggy and then again between AE and Losi lol.

Any tips or thoughts?

im there tomorrow.i can't wait.im charging batteries as we speak.lol dave p how are you going to sit on the sidelines and watch it would kill me. ps theres lots of places pass bjesse at cause he's always 6 foot from the pipe.lol bear


easy brother!! I sold All my batteries :wave:

dave i think that would work.. as for off road we are going to run 4wd.losi of course.brad already has his and ill be getting mine soon....bear

Brad and Bear,

What off road class are you guys running? I want to get back into it and am thinking about a whole new vehicle. I have a XXX-NT right now but am starting to think more and more about electric (one less setup thing to think about lol)

I was trying to decide between 2wd buggy and 4wd buggy and then again between AE and Losi lol.

Any tips or thoughts?

You already have a Losi truck. Losi makes a 2wd and 4wd buggy. You drive an 4wd AE touring. Maybe if you trade in your AE tc for a xxx+ tc, it will be an easy choice losi's 4wd for offroad :tongue: Plus AE don't have a 4wd buggy.

XXX-S is already in the plans lol. ;)
I was really leaning towards the Losi and 4wd anyway but just wanted to make sure there was going to be a class for me lol.

Thanks guys! Maybe pick one up in the next month or so....still really trying to decide on oval or not too lol.
Then again you can never have too many things to race.

I went to HW today to check out the new track. At first, I thought "Nice...for 1/18 scale. Where's the 1/10 TC's going to run?"

Then, I put my car on the track and ran some slow laps to get used to it. Its good! The "good enough" setups that worked on the old track won't cut it anymore. The tweak boards and camber gauges will be getting a workout this Friday as we all try to get our suspension geometry just right! This new track layout will make better drivers AND crew chiefs out of all of us.

After a few spring changes, gear changes, and a lot of suspension adjustments, I finally got the car to where I can run it and get a decent lap time. And there's still a lot of work to be done before Friday night.

But now for the downside: there's not many places where you can make a good pass on another car. I think most of the competition on this track will be hacking rather than passing and we'll see a lot of broken parts and torn-up bodies.

I know we don't comform 100% to ROAR rules, but their minimum track width is 10 feet. It looks like there are several areas where we don't even have half of that (but I may be wrong, I didn't take a measuring tape with me).

But, overall, I like the new layout. You guys did a great job yesterday!

I'm glad you like it...we will be asking you for advice for setting up our cars :-)

there are a couple of areas on the track where it is less than 10 foot.but those areas are not in demanding parts of the race tracks.everyone that showed up last night wanted turns because they were tired of racing on a track with no turns.most of the quote (hacking) that will go on will go on anyways no matter what track is there.let me say this any new track is a work in progress and we will know a lot more tommorrow.alot of us will be out tommorrow night to practice........bear

Add one more to the list of those that will be out tomorrow night. I just finshed swapping out the chasis on my TC3. Don't want to ruin that sweet IRS one; I'll save it for the carpet. I plan on stopping by tonight to check out the track.

Those bump disks are an interesting addition. I hit one of the them today and jumped over the pipe and clear back to the 180 degree turn after the cars come off the oval.

I just bought the graphite kit for my TC3. I think I'll wait a while before I install it. :jest:

I don't think the changes in the car set up will be to drastic. dropping a gear maybe 2 and some camber here and there should do it. there are alot more turns ( thank god) but it still will be a fast track. The track has pretty good grip as it is ..I don't know :confused: ...I'll find out thur. when Bear sets the car up for me....lol :tongue:
-Chris

hey schumacher99 just give me your credit card and ill hook u up.my fees are cheap but the big part of your bill will be that xxxs g+ and throw away that stinking tc3.lol bear :roll:

Dave P. Check PM

Bear,
I'll give a nice Epic stock motor that some guy gave me for payment. Still works too.. :thumbsup: :tongue:

LOSI SUCKS!!!! :eek: .New92 don't do it!!! buy a B4 and race 2wd with me>> :thumbsup: Sell that Losi xxxnt to some poor soul on ebay. Nitro is poo anyway . Stick with elec. Your on the right path don't let the darkside (Losi) get a hold of you.

I think the biggest change in the layout is not a lot of "dead" space. There isn't much asphalt out there that we won't be driving on. I personally am not that worried about some of the narrower sections. Full size road coarses are 2 maybe 3 car widths wide and were running almost 10. Besides it just leaves less margin for error, those turns are so tight and right after each other you shopuldn't have time to swing all the way wide or the setup for the following turn will be blown. I think the key to this track will be consistently hitting your apexes and setting them up 3 turns early. :devil:

Ok in the post above Bryan states he finally got his car to run a good lap. And just what would that be second'wise? I think we'll be able to use a sundial on these laps. And tq for tonights race is "insert name here" with a really fast run of 8 in 5:33.51 Whew that track looks like a Bear to me. With the gearing we'll need for the infield the long sweeper may take forever too. I'm all for it though. Horsepower will still be needed but more emphasis will be put on driving smoothly and consistantly. Hey where's Earl?

rhythm is they key to this track. And if you guys think its tight lol if they would have listened to me the widest lane would have been 6 ft with a chicane on every straight. mmmmmmmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa

LOOK ITS PULLLLLLOOOOOOSSSSEEEEERRRRR!!!!

GET HIS AUDGRAPH

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Where!!??, Where!!?? I wanted my shirt signed.....

i am going to work on the wife about getting out to the track on sunday.

to do some testing

and shoe99 don't wear a nice shirt!!!!!!! :wave: :thumbsup:

do you think Ill need these when I comeback?????


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do you think Ill need these when I comeback?????


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No! Heh heh heh. are those cat brain warmers? Ifso there's two to many of them. Unless thats a really big cat.

is it time to go to the ttack yet?geez time is dragging....bear

ttack = track lol :roll:

no joke...I brought my batteries and charger to work today so i can start charging after lunch lol

that like an illness isn't it?how bad you got it?

charged my last night...

new92 check your batteries one of the kids might use it :cool:

yea no kidding lol. I havent had that many kids in here this week since FCAT is goin on and all that but of the few that have 2 of them knew what the batteries were for lol.
They started asking me what all cars I had and when we raced and all that lol.....lol, trying to recruit 6th graders for practice marshalls lol.

I like it...just need to figure out a little tighter setup.

Hey guy's, Broke mine again after y'all left. Ouch! Steering block this time. track is fun but you gotta run clean. Bear pulled ot a 23.47 lap which was the fastest I timed. I think stock will be hard pressed to turn 13 laps. We'll see tomorrow who can keep their car together for five minutes.

I'll see yah tomarrow night!!!! mmmmuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

we will be running 22.4 in no time

Does anyone have a picture of the new track layout yet? Where can I get it. I hope to see you guys in 3 weeks. I hate being out at sea.

Jason

Bear broke his car, Bear broke his car, haha haha haha haha,

Does anyone have a picture of the new track layout yet? Where can I get it. I hope to see you guys in 3 weeks. I hate being out at sea.

Jason
Don't know if anyone took any pics yet, but I'll try to remember to take my camera and post the pics. It'll probabably be after tonight's race. So it'll be late for us on the east coast and perfecting timing for you on the boat :tongue: That's something I surely don't miss.

Bear broke his car, Bear broke his car, haha haha haha haha,
It must be all them tight turns here and there or was he redesigning the track with his car. lol

anytime you run with bjessee you always break something.he's such a hacker.hehehehehehehe bear

I am going to try and take my camera also and get my brother to come out either tonight or Sunday or soon and get some video footage. He is all about making movies with soundtracks and effects and all that so I will get him to cook us up something :)


The track is FUN but going to be alot of crashes figuring out where you can pass and where you cant....at least for me, lol.

Only broke a steering block though and didnt really have any big hits. It suits my driving style/ability pretty good...only 1 or 2 fast sections comparatively speaking and I am better on tight turns than I am on sweepers for some reason.

for sale 50 sets of tc3 a arms.supplys wont last!buy now cause after the 1st quailfer these will be gone.hahahahahaahahahahahahahaahahahahhahahahahaha bear lol

yea I think I have around 3 or 4 maybe is all lol. I will definitely be in there as soon as I get there to grab a few spares of various things lol.

I just switched my TC3 to a graphite chassis and now my servo is glitching bad! Its a digital servo (JR #HS8417) with a Futaba 2PL AM radio.

I can plug in an analog servo and it doesn't glitch anymore.

Bad servo? Could the graphite chassis be a problem? Any ideas would be welcome! 8pm is getting close really fast!!

I just switched my TC3 to a graphite chassis and now my servo is glitching bad! Its a digital servo (JR #HS8417) with a Futaba 2PL AM radio.

I can plug in an analog servo and it doesn't glitch anymore.

Bad servo? Could the graphite chassis be a problem? Any ideas would be welcome! 8pm is getting close really fast!!


Bryan. Composites and aluminum standoffs if not completely tight can cause interference. I'd look at the battery slots too because any and I mean any contact between graphite and bare metal on an battery will drive you and your radio crazy. Since the servo worked before I doubt it just went bad overnight. Check your reciever wires and antenna very closely.

I noticed Trinity has a spec touring car coming out. Has anyone thought about running like Pro spec touring? I think that could be a fun class. Though it would have to be a 4 minute race.

Jason