The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) II

Dzel

Man I just got word that a friend of mine's son passed away Sunday at the age of 9.

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GaleForce

Damn, I can't think of anything worse... My condolences.

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alcheng

Good eyes Mr.kenchan...!!

That is the newest associated kit TC6.1

Socal host one of the biggest R/C race in the world during the Winter, we used to have lots of guys fly to there to race..

I started off with HPI chassis too, one of the most popular choices at that time (about 15 yrs ago )

Then I switch to Yokomo, nicely build but the turn-in wasn't shape enough...

Then I switch to the TC-3 from associated, shaft-driven tub-chassis. The shaft-driven design make the car the fastest on acceleration and straight line speed, the amazing thing is they manage to minimize the torque-steer from the motor since the motor was mounted longitudinally...

After the TC-3, I switch to the T-1 from XRAY.... then I "retired"....

It was so much fun....

We ran 8-9 turns double or triple motors.... friggni' fast....

Isamu

I always wanted to get into those HPI cars...

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alcheng

although it's really personal preference, a chief once told me sashimi should pair with cold Sake...


The TC-3, got a huge delay on its release at that time, mainly because the torque-steer issue from the motor... somehow they fixed the problem.

Before I retired the TC-3, the last race it participate was a 12-hours endurance.

Yup, 12-hours, from 12am to 12pm, with a stock motor.

We managed to won the first place, I forgot how many laps we were over the 2nd place but it was about 100+ for sure....

7 turns motor is crazy, but since you guys have the track which has a long straight-way... why not??

And we run 5 mins race too, with the 8-9 turns..

dang... my hands are getting "itch" now....


Those are fun stuffs man.. and it can be complicate if you want to setup the chassis right...


I just text my friend about the details and prolly I will do a practice run in about 2 weeks, then we decide which class and which chassis to run...

kenchan

mr.alcheng- dang on that 12hrs endurance race. wow, that's crazy standing out there for such a long time. how many drivers did you have for this race?

yah, the setups were pretty intimidating for the races. as you know even just tires we had to have all sorts of different compounds with different inserts inside...for concrete, asphalt, carpet, hot, cold, not so hot, wet?! i can't see myself doing that again. it's a lot of work just to prep the car, batteries, motor.

i guess now days it's a lot easier with the battery and motor.. .. no need to discharge, no commutator to cut, etc.

alcheng

we have 4 drivers for our team at that time, running stock motor, I can make a pack last for about 10-12 mins, that's why we need much much less pit stops than the other teams

Nowadays, they use "brushless motor" with the ESC can adjust the timing of the timing on-board, speed of the motor is equal to a 3-5 turns.... thus there's no more commutator cutting and turning, battery is easy to conditioned, even the radio control is using Spectrum so no more using that "crystal" thing... LOL


Gosh.. I can't wait for the test drive....

Fire

That def. sux. You never know in our world how long you have. My sister's husband died at 28 of a brain aneurysm. He was a paramedic but didn't take his BP meds. Evry day we have is a blessing.

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