Aussies At Cactus Classic
03-18-2007, 04:04 PM
#33
Originally Posted by pirate60
Looks like Josh had a minor 
geometery problem in the final and came 5th.
geometery problem in the final and came 5th.
03-18-2007, 05:42 PM
#35
Tech Adept
Where are you guys getting results and pics from?
Checked that durkadurka.net website but no cactus pictures?
Good to see the boys "Doin it for Australia"
Checked that durkadurka.net website but no cactus pictures?
Good to see the boys "Doin it for Australia"
03-18-2007, 05:54 PM
#36
Originally Posted by Keyz
Where are you guys getting results and pics from?
Checked that durkadurka.net website but no cactus pictures?
Good to see the boys "Doin it for Australia"
Checked that durkadurka.net website but no cactus pictures?
Good to see the boys "Doin it for Australia"
03-19-2007, 05:30 AM
#37
well done Painy!
That's fantastic for AUS RC racing. What a great result!
Well done to Griffin and Mole too.
That's fantastic for AUS RC racing. What a great result!
Well done to Griffin and Mole too.
03-20-2007, 05:59 PM
#38
Tech Master
iTrader: (7)
Just got home from a crazy two weeks in the states, had an awesome time.
Unfortunatly for me, Cactus was somewhat of a disaster. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I had electrical problems in 4wd in practice which was a bit of a nightmare as fault finding a phantom problem in practice is really hard as you have to wait minimum an hour between runs at best due to the line up for a spot on the drivers stand, all in all I might have got 6 minutes of trouble free running in practice which really hurt me.
In truck, I kept popping CVD's from the outdrive, and it only became apparent after Mick Cragg looked at my truck after racing that I had a small crack in the rear chassis plate which allowed the arm to move hence popping the CVD. Lesson to be learnt, zero preparation equals zero results, the truck hadn't even come out of my suit case after NZ.
My 2wd was really good, I just made too many costly mistakes in qualifying, and when the field is so competitive you simply cant make bonehead mistakes like I did. My 2wd was awesome the whole time there, it was super fast at the So Cal clubbies the week before, which was really good for the confidence as there are some very fast drivers at So Cal.
All in all the trip was an absolute blast, got to say thank you to everyone that was sending out messages of support over Live RC, it was really cool having Jimmy Babcock announce all your messages over the PA
Unfortunatly for me, Cactus was somewhat of a disaster. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. I had electrical problems in 4wd in practice which was a bit of a nightmare as fault finding a phantom problem in practice is really hard as you have to wait minimum an hour between runs at best due to the line up for a spot on the drivers stand, all in all I might have got 6 minutes of trouble free running in practice which really hurt me.
In truck, I kept popping CVD's from the outdrive, and it only became apparent after Mick Cragg looked at my truck after racing that I had a small crack in the rear chassis plate which allowed the arm to move hence popping the CVD. Lesson to be learnt, zero preparation equals zero results, the truck hadn't even come out of my suit case after NZ.
My 2wd was really good, I just made too many costly mistakes in qualifying, and when the field is so competitive you simply cant make bonehead mistakes like I did. My 2wd was awesome the whole time there, it was super fast at the So Cal clubbies the week before, which was really good for the confidence as there are some very fast drivers at So Cal.
All in all the trip was an absolute blast, got to say thank you to everyone that was sending out messages of support over Live RC, it was really cool having Jimmy Babcock announce all your messages over the PA
03-20-2007, 07:41 PM
#39
It was a blast hangin out with you guys at Cactus... great to finally meet you guys as we never met when I lived over there. I have to agree with the 0 prep = 0 results.. that's why we ended up in the F main.. "F" for F*@%ed!" as Painy put it. Painy.. you're a legend!
Thanks to Stonzy for the support on liverc.. hope you can make it out here next year buddy!
Molky.. Do the quad! Do the quad!!!
Good luck to you all at the Australian Nats!
Cheers,
-Ruben
Thanks to Stonzy for the support on liverc.. hope you can make it out here next year buddy!
Molky.. Do the quad! Do the quad!!!
Good luck to you all at the Australian Nats!
Cheers,
-Ruben
03-24-2007, 11:28 PM
#40
03-25-2007, 03:23 AM
#41
Tech Master
iTrader: (7)
Originally Posted by jelly
4wd mod B main
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjKCaezalc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjKCaezalc
Ah the memories!!
03-25-2007, 05:11 PM
#45
Now I can really see how big that quad is, FARK!!!!!!!!!!!!