2008 IFMAR 1/10 200mm On-Road World Championships: Aug 7-17
08-11-2008, 03:22 PM
#196
Tech Master
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Hey Everyone,
Well, practice is over and tommorow it's time to race (finally!). Today was an interesting day as it was the first time we ran in our heats and see where we might stack up in a 10 minute qualifier.
In round 1, Mr. Baker caught a curb, rolled and flamed out so he just used the run to get a better tune on his engine. In round 2, he had trouble with a broken antenna wire limiting his range so he couldn't drive (possibly resutling from a late run crash in round 1). Paulie ran well in both runs but complained of his engine changing tune a little during the runs. I think a change in the fuel line and a carb cleaning was his plan for tommorow. Ralphy set the quickest lap of the event so far with an 18.5 but crashes and extra pits for engine tuning didn't really show what he can do. Tosso, I think had a good first run other than a small misque on his pit strategy that made him make an extra stop for fuel. In the second, I think he traction rolled the first lap out of the pits and missed all of warm-up waiting for a chunked tire change. After, he got pounded during the pit stop by Bertin who appologized for the crash.
For myself, I found that my 2-speed was shifting into second and locking thus resulting in some of my problems with the feel of the clutch/engine off of certain corners. I found this only minutes before the first round so I rebult the 2-speed and Mr. Angulo did a great job in the pits making some adjustments to try and get it close. Other than a fly hitting me in the eye and going blind for a second...lol... The first run went ok. The second run I tried bigger tires but traction rolled in the sweeper and had a lot of trouble with the car diffing out. I think smaller/harder tires are in order for tommorow with possibly some set-up changes (I haven't flipped the coin yet!).
A lot of other drivers showed that they have great speed and it has the potential to be a very close and hard fought race. Jilles is running great but as others showed today they have the speed to shoot for the top spots. I think this has the potential to be one of the closest and hardest nitro WC's I've ever seen as so many drivers are so close. I think everyone watching is in for a great show!!
Time for some rest!! I'm sure RedRC will have awesome coverage tommorow and I'll try to add a little info from the US drivers.
Well, practice is over and tommorow it's time to race (finally!). Today was an interesting day as it was the first time we ran in our heats and see where we might stack up in a 10 minute qualifier.
In round 1, Mr. Baker caught a curb, rolled and flamed out so he just used the run to get a better tune on his engine. In round 2, he had trouble with a broken antenna wire limiting his range so he couldn't drive (possibly resutling from a late run crash in round 1). Paulie ran well in both runs but complained of his engine changing tune a little during the runs. I think a change in the fuel line and a carb cleaning was his plan for tommorow. Ralphy set the quickest lap of the event so far with an 18.5 but crashes and extra pits for engine tuning didn't really show what he can do. Tosso, I think had a good first run other than a small misque on his pit strategy that made him make an extra stop for fuel. In the second, I think he traction rolled the first lap out of the pits and missed all of warm-up waiting for a chunked tire change. After, he got pounded during the pit stop by Bertin who appologized for the crash.
For myself, I found that my 2-speed was shifting into second and locking thus resulting in some of my problems with the feel of the clutch/engine off of certain corners. I found this only minutes before the first round so I rebult the 2-speed and Mr. Angulo did a great job in the pits making some adjustments to try and get it close. Other than a fly hitting me in the eye and going blind for a second...lol... The first run went ok. The second run I tried bigger tires but traction rolled in the sweeper and had a lot of trouble with the car diffing out. I think smaller/harder tires are in order for tommorow with possibly some set-up changes (I haven't flipped the coin yet!).
A lot of other drivers showed that they have great speed and it has the potential to be a very close and hard fought race. Jilles is running great but as others showed today they have the speed to shoot for the top spots. I think this has the potential to be one of the closest and hardest nitro WC's I've ever seen as so many drivers are so close. I think everyone watching is in for a great show!!
Time for some rest!! I'm sure RedRC will have awesome coverage tommorow and I'll try to add a little info from the US drivers.
08-11-2008, 06:11 PM
#197
hmm
this is shaping up to be a great RC OLYMPICS GO U.S.A. 
08-11-2008, 06:21 PM
#198
Hey Everyone,
Well, practice is over and tommorow it's time to race (finally!). Today was an interesting day as it was the first time we ran in our heats and see where we might stack up in a 10 minute qualifier.
In round 1, Mr. Baker caught a curb, rolled and flamed out so he just used the run to get a better tune on his engine. In round 2, he had trouble with a broken antenna wire limiting his range so he couldn't drive (possibly resutling from a late run crash in round 1). Paulie ran well in both runs but complained of his engine changing tune a little during the runs. I think a change in the fuel line and a carb cleaning was his plan for tommorow. Ralphy set the quickest lap of the event so far with an 18.5 but crashes and extra pits for engine tuning didn't really show what he can do. Tosso, I think had a good first run other than a small misque on his pit strategy that made him make an extra stop for fuel. In the second, I think he traction rolled the first lap out of the pits and missed all of warm-up waiting for a chunked tire change. After, he got pounded during the pit stop by Bertin who appologized for the crash.
For myself, I found that my 2-speed was shifting into second and locking thus resulting in some of my problems with the feel of the clutch/engine off of certain corners. I found this only minutes before the first round so I rebult the 2-speed and Mr. Angulo did a great job in the pits making some adjustments to try and get it close. Other than a fly hitting me in the eye and going blind for a second...lol... The first run went ok. The second run I tried bigger tires but traction rolled in the sweeper and had a lot of trouble with the car diffing out. I think smaller/harder tires are in order for tommorow with possibly some set-up changes (I haven't flipped the coin yet!).
A lot of other drivers showed that they have great speed and it has the potential to be a very close and hard fought race. Jilles is running great but as others showed today they have the speed to shoot for the top spots. I think this has the potential to be one of the closest and hardest nitro WC's I've ever seen as so many drivers are so close. I think everyone watching is in for a great show!!
Time for some rest!! I'm sure RedRC will have awesome coverage tommorow and I'll try to add a little info from the US drivers.
Well, practice is over and tommorow it's time to race (finally!). Today was an interesting day as it was the first time we ran in our heats and see where we might stack up in a 10 minute qualifier.
In round 1, Mr. Baker caught a curb, rolled and flamed out so he just used the run to get a better tune on his engine. In round 2, he had trouble with a broken antenna wire limiting his range so he couldn't drive (possibly resutling from a late run crash in round 1). Paulie ran well in both runs but complained of his engine changing tune a little during the runs. I think a change in the fuel line and a carb cleaning was his plan for tommorow. Ralphy set the quickest lap of the event so far with an 18.5 but crashes and extra pits for engine tuning didn't really show what he can do. Tosso, I think had a good first run other than a small misque on his pit strategy that made him make an extra stop for fuel. In the second, I think he traction rolled the first lap out of the pits and missed all of warm-up waiting for a chunked tire change. After, he got pounded during the pit stop by Bertin who appologized for the crash.
For myself, I found that my 2-speed was shifting into second and locking thus resulting in some of my problems with the feel of the clutch/engine off of certain corners. I found this only minutes before the first round so I rebult the 2-speed and Mr. Angulo did a great job in the pits making some adjustments to try and get it close. Other than a fly hitting me in the eye and going blind for a second...lol... The first run went ok. The second run I tried bigger tires but traction rolled in the sweeper and had a lot of trouble with the car diffing out. I think smaller/harder tires are in order for tommorow with possibly some set-up changes (I haven't flipped the coin yet!).
A lot of other drivers showed that they have great speed and it has the potential to be a very close and hard fought race. Jilles is running great but as others showed today they have the speed to shoot for the top spots. I think this has the potential to be one of the closest and hardest nitro WC's I've ever seen as so many drivers are so close. I think everyone watching is in for a great show!!
Time for some rest!! I'm sure RedRC will have awesome coverage tommorow and I'll try to add a little info from the US drivers.
08-11-2008, 09:53 PM
#204
What up Josh?
Good luck I will see you at 8th scale Nationals?
Marty Barnes
Good luck I will see you at 8th scale Nationals?
Marty Barnes
08-11-2008, 10:42 PM
#205
Outside of lap 12 ... He seems to have the fastest pace and seems to have the fastest single lap if not he's pretty close....
It's just timed practice so far so I would guess that the top 12 will be even closer in times if that's even possible...lol
Good luck to Barry Baker and the rest of the U.S. drivers....
It's just timed practice so far so I would guess that the top 12 will be even closer in times if that's even possible...lol
Good luck to Barry Baker and the rest of the U.S. drivers....
08-11-2008, 10:51 PM
#207
does anyone know if they have updates on the MTX4 for this race?
08-11-2008, 11:25 PM
#208
I believe there was a a world kit develloped...
Is he also running the new Ninja? If so, not bad for an airplaine engine manufacturer
Is he also running the new Ninja? If so, not bad for an airplaine engine manufacturer
what about mark greene , is he competing