2014 LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS "IIC" PRESENTED BY SCOTTY ERNST
11-03-2014, 10:59 AM
#632
A 1/12 spec tire conversation isn't a conversation until the idea of rubber tires is brought up.
11-03-2014, 11:47 AM
#634
BTW .. the difference in price between the entry fee in IIC's handout motor class (amateur) vs. non-handout (17.5) = $20
$20 for a brand new Orca RX3 Motor .. probably less than 1 set of spec tires at a big race and at the end of the race I'm sure you could sell it for $20 afterwards if you didn't want to keep it.
Also .. If spec classes were handout motors, and they were pre-tech'd (like EA did this year) there would be no need to pre-tech your motors, no lines, no time spent ... feel free to true your spec tires in that time slot lol.
I really don't see a downside.
$20 for a brand new Orca RX3 Motor .. probably less than 1 set of spec tires at a big race and at the end of the race I'm sure you could sell it for $20 afterwards if you didn't want to keep it.
Also .. If spec classes were handout motors, and they were pre-tech'd (like EA did this year) there would be no need to pre-tech your motors, no lines, no time spent ... feel free to true your spec tires in that time slot lol.
I really don't see a downside.
11-03-2014, 11:54 AM
#635
11-03-2014, 12:00 PM
#636
11-03-2014, 12:59 PM
#638
Was in the same boat. Made an executive decision to run one of my cars all tweaked/bent out of shape for most of the week. More happy fun time.
Hindsight is 20/20 and the car is still a busted mess somewhere in the garage
11-03-2014, 01:07 PM
#639
That's all the motor tech does is gives the average Joe a good feeling. Hand made motors for the team drivers are being tech approved even though they are not really a 17.5 motor. Everyone knows this but nobody wants to say anything. The race organisers don't want to make any of the sponsors mad because they won't sponsor the race any longer. I'm no Gods gift to rc racing, but the speed of some of the cars this year was ridiculous. I was getting pulled 5 to 10 feet down the straight. The average Joe has no chance of competing at these big races. I know I will get flamed for saying something but I think something needs to be done, it's not healthy for the hobby.
11-03-2014, 02:19 PM
#640
11-03-2014, 03:05 PM
#641
Tech Regular
17.5 1/12 scale with a hand out motor sounds like a better idea than a spec tire to me. It also brings in another sponsor for the race to showcase their products. I would cut down motor tech time and give racers in that class time to focus on other things. Maybe all "stock" classes should be handout motors and the only motors that would need to be run through tech would be mod classes..... that opened up a can o worms didn't it.
11-03-2014, 03:45 PM
#643
That is true, and I appreciate the gesture. I just find it more difficult having multiple people working on a car then just doing it myself.
11-03-2014, 11:15 PM
#645
Tech Apprentice