thomaz

Hi N.. i race in lokal indoor races carpet onen tight traks w vtx10r +vst17.5 full boost (A55) in touring car i i just want to watch some other drivers setup /fdr for tips and ideas and see how it works (in the booost djungel) i have tested a lot and sometimes i had been confounded and somtimes its gone fast and even very hot...
thanks............

nikos2002

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We don't see much 17.5 boosted in TC, but we do see 13.5 boosted in Europe and the Far East, I will try and get some of those set up for you, we can adjust the RPM levels accordingly.

rc pete

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I've got a 13.5 boosted carpet setup that should give you a good and safe starting point. We've been running that class as our premier TC class in Western Canada for the past 4 years until we switched it to full out Mod this fall.

Motors: LRP x12 13.5 (4-dot timing insert) and Reedy Sonic 13.5 (25-30 deg static timing)
Gearing: 7.42 FDR
Brake: 85%, pwm freq 3200Hz, linear
Throttle: pwm freq 2500Hz, 100% punch, linear, narrow dead band
Drag brake: 0%
Dynamic brake: disabled
Acceleration boost: start 1500, finish 10500, timing 35
Top speed timing: slew rate 10, .2 delay, timing 30
Options: sbec 6.0V, run mode Open, firmware A30
Temp: 160 with fan on the Reedy motor, 180 with the LRP

I worked on this setup for quite a while. It has good infield punch, a flatter mid-range for better control around medium speed with lots of top end. Initially, I had a hard time trying to control the boost coming on too strong when rolling onto throttle around medium sweeping corners... the reason for the flatter mid range setup.

With a 17.5, I'd recommend to gear up to somewhere between 6.2 - 6.6 to start and see how it feels.
After that, check your temp to see if you have room for more boost sooner in the RPM range, or more static timing on the motor.

Mxer59

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Any plans to come out with a 4-pole sensored motor to go with the vtx 8

nikos2002

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good idea

there is one motor project on the books ahead of it

nikos2002

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Here is the set up Josh tested 13.5 boosted with at RC Addict in Thailand.

Mxer59

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Good to know was looking into the switch to Viper from my Tekin gear

nikos2002

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Thanks to all our customers, team driver, and friends for a great 2012, another great year of growth for Viper -- looking forward to 2013!!!

Here are some team results from the last weekend of the year -- hoping for more in 2013:

Gabriel Galeano
I TQ'ed today @ The Track Raceway

Dave Beam
TQ and win tonight in Mod Arena Truck and a 3rd place in Mod Buggy at 510 Raceway in Foley, MN. The VTX10R-BEs in both were smooth and easy to drive.

Cale Turner
TQ and won main in mod 2wd buggy, qualified 4th and won main in mod stadium truck by a lap at the RC Race Barn in Jefferson City, Missouri. Thanks Viper for the smooth power all night long!!

Lendel Smith
Tq and won all 3 mod classes tonight 2wheel and 4wheel buggy and sc 2wd. Viper stuff was great glad to be back for another year.

Mark Smyka
So ran my Mini Cooper to since I didn't feel like running 1/12 my mini time would of put me fifth in sedan haha. Had some serious power with my vtx 1 and motor

Jim Hustins It was just a club race today, but I TQ'd 2 out of 3 classes and finished 1st, 1st, and 2nd.

Steve Charles
Friday night TQ and win in 2wd mod shortcourse with a 13.5 geared 75-27 A55 firmware is wicked fast!!!!

Nathan Hale
Took home 1st place in 2wd SC and 2nd in 4wd SC tonight at 439 R/C for team Viper R/C Solutions

Rick Jenkins
New track record in track today with my Viper powered T4.1, VTX10R-BE and 6.5

4wheeldrive

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I was looking on the Viper site for some esc setups for 17.5 blinky and couldn't find any. I'm running the VTX10 with a Reedy Sonic and the track is 70x45. If anyone has any setups to share I'd greatly appreciate it.

nikos2002

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Throttle Freq - between 4k and 8k
Punch - 100
Curve - Linear, is what most run in off-road. I hear some TC guys like to run EXP+2
Brake - adjust to your liking and needs for track.

Everyone has a little different "feel" for what they like, but this is good ballpark.

4wheeldrive

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Nikos thanks thanks for the setup I will try it tonight!

Clint161

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When updating my settings on my VTX what is the difference between "load" and "save" on my ProGauge?

Ive just been doing both loading and saving and everything is working fine.
I just don't know what is doing what.

Nitrius

Edit: Wrong post, sorry :P

defcone

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Load is changing profiles.

nikos2002

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Load is telling the esc to run the profile you selected. Typically you would choose Load if you wanted to switch = say from Profile 1 to Profile 3 - you would Load Profile 3.

Save is when you have gone into the programming and made changes to your set up, when you choose to Save it, you will be asked to verify what Profile you are saving (consider it a fail safe to make sure you are doing the right thing. Then you choose to Save the changes on the Profile.