Traxxas Slash spec class racing at Ryde in 2009 and beyond
02-09-2010, 01:59 AM
#1516
Geez, Ian had a massive lead in that race, with a slash too 
02-09-2010, 02:05 AM
#1517
02-09-2010, 02:07 AM
#1518
I am making an open appeal to the committee here.
Please, when you set the regulations for 4WD CORR, please allow the use of 1/8th buggy wheels and tyres.
The reasoning behind this plea is that from attempting to drive my bone stock SLash 4x4 at the last meeting is that in my opinion out of the box they have too much power for "SC" tyres. The stock tyres are hard enough to hold their shape under acceleration, but yield little grip. "Proper" SC tyres (I was running Goosebumps) expand and bloat like drag tyres under the power a stock Slash 4x4 puts out on a 2S lipo. This causes the truck to become erratic and very unstable, and I do not believe there will be much "on the edge" racing due to the tyre problem and will not be as popular as the current "Pro2" 13.5 class we have.
Steven
Please, when you set the regulations for 4WD CORR, please allow the use of 1/8th buggy wheels and tyres.
The reasoning behind this plea is that from attempting to drive my bone stock SLash 4x4 at the last meeting is that in my opinion out of the box they have too much power for "SC" tyres. The stock tyres are hard enough to hold their shape under acceleration, but yield little grip. "Proper" SC tyres (I was running Goosebumps) expand and bloat like drag tyres under the power a stock Slash 4x4 puts out on a 2S lipo. This causes the truck to become erratic and very unstable, and I do not believe there will be much "on the edge" racing due to the tyre problem and will not be as popular as the current "Pro2" 13.5 class we have.
Steven
Let me put this analogy: when I was younger I used to race a Moth single crew, single sail, scull, it was pretty quick but was also very unstable when running with the wind. It would have been a lot faster and more stable with with a jib and a crew member and a pointed bow, but then it wouldn't have been a Moth.
Just some food for thought and I am definitely NOT speaking on behalf of the committee, I honestly don't know what the rest of the guys think about this issue.
Nick
02-09-2010, 02:12 AM
#1519
So let me get this right, what you are saying is that the Slash 4x4 is a pretty crap car and requires major modification outside of it's basic specification and scale to make it raceable to the same standard as the old car.
Let me put this analogy: when I was younger I used to race a Moth single crew, single sail, scull, it was pretty quick but was also very unstable when running with the wind. It would have been a lot faster and more stable with with a jib and a crew member and a pointed bow, but then it wouldn't have been a Moth.
Just some food for thought and I am definitely NOT speaking on behalf of the committee, I honestly don't know what the rest of the guys think about this issue.
Nick
Let me put this analogy: when I was younger I used to race a Moth single crew, single sail, scull, it was pretty quick but was also very unstable when running with the wind. It would have been a lot faster and more stable with with a jib and a crew member and a pointed bow, but then it wouldn't have been a Moth.
Just some food for thought and I am definitely NOT speaking on behalf of the committee, I honestly don't know what the rest of the guys think about this issue.
Nick
what colour's the boat
02-09-2010, 02:12 AM
#1520
02-09-2010, 02:21 AM
#1521
So let me get this right, what you are saying is that the Slash 4x4 is a pretty crap car and requires major modification outside of it's basic specification and scale to make it raceable to the same standard as the old car.
Let me put this analogy: when I was younger I used to race a Moth single crew, single sail, scull, it was pretty quick but was also very unstable when running with the wind. It would have been a lot faster and more stable with with a jib and a crew member and a pointed bow, but then it wouldn't have been a Moth.
Just some food for thought and I am definitely NOT speaking on behalf of the committee, I honestly don't know what the rest of the guys think about this issue.
Nick
Let me put this analogy: when I was younger I used to race a Moth single crew, single sail, scull, it was pretty quick but was also very unstable when running with the wind. It would have been a lot faster and more stable with with a jib and a crew member and a pointed bow, but then it wouldn't have been a Moth.
Just some food for thought and I am definitely NOT speaking on behalf of the committee, I honestly don't know what the rest of the guys think about this issue.
Nick
Lesson here is not to approach any topic in a polite and sensible manner
Go team Ryde.
Nice try Steveo, but You can't retract someone else's opinion.
Last edited by Badmuthatrucker; 02-09-2010 at 02:32 AM.
02-09-2010, 02:29 AM
#1522
thinking about what Nick had to say and im not against the idea of allowing the 1/8 tyres, i have no opinion, but theres got to be more wrong than the tyres when Derek can beat all the 4x4 slash's with a bog stock standard 2wd slash, im not trying to be silly and im not saying anything bad other than there must be more wrong with the 4x4 slashs than just the tyres, an interesting comparison would have been the 4x4 running the standard motor and seen how it went up against the 2wd, maybe the class needs fixing not the tyres, or allow the 1/8 tyres too ie. 4x4 SCT 13.5 or maybe the 10.5 motor and allow 1/8 tyres or slash tyres
(bunch of pigeons just had a cat thrown in, LOL)
oh yeah i had a few cans tonight
(bunch of pigeons just had a cat thrown in, LOL)
oh yeah i had a few cans tonight
02-09-2010, 02:47 AM
#1524
thinking about what Nick had to say and im not against the idea of allowing the 1/8 tyres, i have no opinion, but theres got to be more wrong than the tyres when Derek can beat all the 4x4 slash's with a bog stock standard 2wd slash, im not trying to be silly and im not saying anything bad other than there must be more wrong with the 4x4 slashs than just the tyres, an interesting comparison would have been the 4x4 running the standard motor and seen how it went up against the 2wd, maybe the class needs fixing not the tyres, or allow the 1/8 tyres too ie. 4x4 SCT 13.5 or maybe the 10.5 motor and allow 1/8 tyres or slash tyres
(bunch of pigeons just had a cat thrown in, LOL)
oh yeah i had a few cans tonight
(bunch of pigeons just had a cat thrown in, LOL)
oh yeah i had a few cans tonight
My opinion is let SC guys decide SC rules and at this moment there are only 2 committee members with SC Trucks
02-09-2010, 02:51 AM
#1525
Nec,nice vid mate,sorry i didnt post it because i couldn t get the link to work u sent me
now,4wd SCT.......before it all gets too carryed away,im thinking we run the class with SCT tyres(i would rather keep it this way,HATE SCT's running them 1/8th combos,looks shit!!!!).....
reason y,well they have only done one race,so i think that maybe there should be a few more rounds run before a major decision is made on them...if the SCT tyres keep blowing up,we will look at 1/8th tyres and wheels
the Yanks are having no issues with the SCT tyres and there running 2s power with 6.5's most commonly
Steve,u were running beadlocks werent u?didnt they just peel off the rims....
and also,HPI make belted SCT tyres that are halfway between a M3 Bowtie and a M3 Caliber for grip levels,probably worth looking at....
i havnt got a Pro 4 SCT yet,Haydn give me a drive of his,thats it.......but i do spend a bit of time reading the US threads on them.....
Hope i havnt trod on anyones toes writing this.....bugger it,thats not me.....Deal with it peoples
my 5 cents
now,4wd SCT.......before it all gets too carryed away,im thinking we run the class with SCT tyres(i would rather keep it this way,HATE SCT's running them 1/8th combos,looks shit!!!!).....
reason y,well they have only done one race,so i think that maybe there should be a few more rounds run before a major decision is made on them...if the SCT tyres keep blowing up,we will look at 1/8th tyres and wheels
the Yanks are having no issues with the SCT tyres and there running 2s power with 6.5's most commonly
Steve,u were running beadlocks werent u?didnt they just peel off the rims....
and also,HPI make belted SCT tyres that are halfway between a M3 Bowtie and a M3 Caliber for grip levels,probably worth looking at....
i havnt got a Pro 4 SCT yet,Haydn give me a drive of his,thats it.......but i do spend a bit of time reading the US threads on them.....
Hope i havnt trod on anyones toes writing this.....bugger it,thats not me.....Deal with it peoples
my 5 cents
02-09-2010, 02:58 AM
#1526
Hehe sweet Steve, i went up to the pub, someone buys me a double bourbon, it was nice, so i bought another, and now home, woodstock is my mate
Nec,nice vid mate,sorry i didnt post it because i couldn t get the link to work u sent me
now,4wd SCT.......before it all gets too carryed away,im thinking we run the class with SCT tyres(i would rather keep it this way,HATE SCT's running them 1/8th combos,looks shit!!!!).....
reason y,well they have only done one race,so i think that maybe there should be a few more rounds run before a major decision is made on them...if the SCT tyres keep blowing up,we will look at 1/8th tyres and wheels
the Yanks are having no issues with the SCT tyres and there running 2s power with 6.5's most commonly
Steve,u were running beadlocks werent u?didnt they just peel off the rims....
and also,HPI make belted SCT tyres that are halfway between a M3 Bowtie and a M3 Caliber for grip levels,probably worth looking at....
i havnt got a Pro 4 SCT yet,Haydn give me a drive of his,thats it.......but i do spend a bit of time reading the US threads on them.....
Hope i havnt trod on anyones toes writing this.....bugger it,thats not me.....Deal with it peoples
my 5 cents
now,4wd SCT.......before it all gets too carryed away,im thinking we run the class with SCT tyres(i would rather keep it this way,HATE SCT's running them 1/8th combos,looks shit!!!!).....
reason y,well they have only done one race,so i think that maybe there should be a few more rounds run before a major decision is made on them...if the SCT tyres keep blowing up,we will look at 1/8th tyres and wheels
the Yanks are having no issues with the SCT tyres and there running 2s power with 6.5's most commonly
Steve,u were running beadlocks werent u?didnt they just peel off the rims....
and also,HPI make belted SCT tyres that are halfway between a M3 Bowtie and a M3 Caliber for grip levels,probably worth looking at....
i havnt got a Pro 4 SCT yet,Haydn give me a drive of his,thats it.......but i do spend a bit of time reading the US threads on them.....
Hope i havnt trod on anyones toes writing this.....bugger it,thats not me.....Deal with it peoples
my 5 cents
02-09-2010, 02:59 AM
#1527
how popular will 4corr be?
sensible peli, see what happens, shit did I just call Justin SENSIBLE
fu*k I must be more drunk than the fly which landed in my drink
oh one more thing...
ONLY GIRLS DRIVE SC TRUCKS
sensible peli, see what happens, shit did I just call Justin SENSIBLE
fu*k I must be more drunk than the fly which landed in my drink
oh one more thing...
ONLY GIRLS DRIVE SC TRUCKS
02-09-2010, 03:01 AM
#1528
How about a new website called
PISSTECH
PISSTECH
02-09-2010, 03:03 AM
#1530
Look kiddies, someone who put thought into his argument ^ Yay.
Yeas, beadlocks. Although, the new design does not have the slack of the old type and should not of let go.
I can tell you when it did - Truck marooned on the ag pipe, so the tyres ballooned right up when I was trying to free it. They did not peel from cornering loads like the old Epics did.
To answer Nick's point of "out of scale", 1/8th buggy tyres are actually smaller in some instances than SC tyres. They are just designed to handle much higher centrifugal force.
.... and yes, they look shit.... But, I know form experience that anything much more than what we run will blow a SC tyre on 2S.
Yeas, beadlocks. Although, the new design does not have the slack of the old type and should not of let go.
I can tell you when it did - Truck marooned on the ag pipe, so the tyres ballooned right up when I was trying to free it. They did not peel from cornering loads like the old Epics did.
To answer Nick's point of "out of scale", 1/8th buggy tyres are actually smaller in some instances than SC tyres. They are just designed to handle much higher centrifugal force.
.... and yes, they look shit.... But, I know form experience that anything much more than what we run will blow a SC tyre on 2S.
