Espo

Hay Rob, Nice to see you make it again....I guess it was too much w/the brake...I mean with all that smoke and all....

That motor went up in flames...

robk

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Yeah no doubt. I'm gonna go with it being the gears though, LOL

NolanP

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<-----you with an excuse....my excuse for IIC...no time off. A/C pits...you can see Casino pumping it every post....but I agree its sweet.


Rob no I understand but my new setup feels like I need to drive very smooth and if I can get away with out drag and pick up speed so be it. I have every intent on trying different things....

Yeah well atleast you know you can go really fast for one qualifier....Was your motor a Tamiya too? but seriously I will never touch your car again and joke about you breaking....

casino57

Nolan...I said I didn't use drag brake....cuz thats what you asked. I do use brake when necessary. Two places on the track where I use it regularly.

NolanP

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Yeah I'm gonna pull it out in both my cars and give it a whirl. I guess I will just have to bring my hotwire just in case.

Btw I fixed your statement.

casino57

Thx for the correction.

casino57

Ladies???

NolanP

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He's scared of asphalt. He doesn't understand its general properties to run it. So instead of hanging out and having a good time where humidity doesn't matter for more than 12 minutes at a time he will stay in the Colorado area.

syndr0me

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Crazy, I know. My travel budget is reserved for carpet races since that's what I practice every week. IIC and Snowbirds each year burns though a lot of money and vacation time.

I lived in KC long enough to know exactly what Midwestern summers are like in August.

silvalis

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Does anyone set drag brake on the TX rather than the ESC?

It seems to be a major point for TX drag brake is on-the-fly adjustments?

NolanP

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I personally have a problem with on the fly stuff. I know that if I am really focused on driving and I start to play with something I lose it and start making a lot of mistakes. I would rather set it and forget it and just focus on hitting my marks.

Meradin

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I have a 4pk and have neutral break setup on the top switch. I can turn it on or off, even adjust the strength, but never on the fly. Typically I do a few hot laps to warm up before a heat, see what is needed, and adjust. Run a few more laps and decided from there how much to run. There are times on the same layout where I don't need any drag, other times where it really helps.

I do find that having too much break really upsets the rear traction though so I have to be careful with how much I am adding. There is a fine line and the ass-end of the car will come around too quickly.

syndr0me

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Just wait for the straightaway. Running 17.5 on that big track you have, what, 45 seconds to make a change?

tef

it's just preference. Indoors I run roughly between 20-50% drag brake depending on traction, I think that's the more important thing to understand. My general rule is "as traction comes up, so doesn't my drag brake". If you run too high of DB on a slippery track you will be locking up the tires and sliding everywhere.

I have gone all the way up to 65% DB before on a high bite, large, fast track. It felt like 25% on a small tight track....if that makes sense..

NolanP

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I still don't really have the what do you call it...ohhh pretty cars.


oh yeah attention span to un focus myself.