1/10 Nitro Touring Rubber Tire Racing.
05-17-2013, 11:24 AM
#16
05-17-2013, 02:46 PM
#17
I'll believe it when I see it. Even real car rubber racing tires are only fast on their first full heat cycle. After that, they may have plenty of rubber left on them but they will be slower. And there has never been any rubber tire in all of history that makes lots of grip on asphalt at high slip angles like foams do.
I have always believed rubbers have the potential to be better/ faster then foams .....
Although, to get good, well manufactured rubber tires may cost more ....
Odd how you can't get good 30mm wide rubbers to do back-to-back tests now-days .......... or can you?
Been out of this racing business so long you may be able to get them now?!
Just on a side note. Totally different I know but when was the last time an F1 car ran on foam tires? Or, how come the new Pirelli tires are not foam?
Stirring the pot I know .... sorry.
British Menace
Although, to get good, well manufactured rubber tires may cost more ....
Odd how you can't get good 30mm wide rubbers to do back-to-back tests now-days .......... or can you?
Been out of this racing business so long you may be able to get them now?!
Just on a side note. Totally different I know but when was the last time an F1 car ran on foam tires? Or, how come the new Pirelli tires are not foam?
Stirring the pot I know .... sorry.
British Menace
05-17-2013, 03:01 PM
#18
Phenomenally low degradation. I wonder how much of what we believe is based on what others profit from. If you think you have the best (foam) I guess it's to hell with the rest (rubber).
Anyone know how long Brushless and Lipo technology has been around?
Anyone know how long Brushless and Lipo technology has been around?
05-21-2013, 12:21 PM
#19
Closer to the future
I have heard through the grapevine there's new rubber tires coming to the market. I was also told these tires will change things drastically and make foams a thing of the past. They look similar to these but have a larger sidewall. These tires are being tested in the Philippines under extreme weather condition. The word is foams may will be laid to rest soon. Sorta of the same way Brushed Motors and Nickel Metal Hydride have been retired. I was told to imagine being able to use the same tires for 10 months to a year, then when you lose a 10th a second per lap rotate the tires then race them for close to another year.
Sorta of the same way Brushed Motors and Nickel Metal Hydride have been retired. I was told to imagine being able to use the same tires for 10 months to a year, then when you lose a 10th a second per lap rotate the tires then race them for close to another year.
05-23-2013, 08:53 AM
#20
05-23-2013, 09:42 AM
#21
http://www.ipanemasports.com/Pages/10thScaleSlicks.aspx
The link only shows their 10th scale nitro slicks but they do offer 24mm slicks with soft to hard inserts. I have been sent some but have yet to test them out. I know that some were tested at the Leisure Hours track early last year and the testers had good things to say about the ones they tested (I believe they were the medium insert 24mm tires).
05-23-2013, 11:29 AM
#22
Aahhhh cool. Thank you. Will check them out.
BM
BM
01-21-2014, 11:54 PM
#23
Tech Apprentice
Hey Todd,
I hear it's about to be on, 1/10 Nitro GT & VTA Rubber Tires at Cal Raceway.
I hear it's about to be on, 1/10 Nitro GT & VTA Rubber Tires at Cal Raceway.
01-28-2014, 10:10 PM
#25
2014 HPI Challenge Series
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
01-29-2014, 08:24 PM
#26
2014 HPI Challenge Series
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
Last edited by T.MARSHALL; 01-31-2014 at 04:49 AM.
01-31-2014, 04:50 AM
#27
2014 HPI Challenge Series
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
Round 2 at
Cal Raceway
Saturday Feb 2
02-05-2014, 04:40 PM
#28
Tech Initiate
Congratulations on your win at the hpi challenge Todd. Keep up the good work pushing nitro racing at cal raceway. Nitro rubber tire racings ROCKS!
02-05-2014, 07:01 PM
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