Originally Posted by heavyjeffd (Post 10289680)

Hey John, I still wanna come up there for a week or something and do a bunch of racing. I'm trying to finagle it so I go up there with the wife. She goes to see her grandma, I go hang out with you and play with toy cars, ya heard? :D

Coyote: John is one of the old guard of RC racing, he's been in it longer than most of been alive. I had the pleasure of racing with and seeing John at probably the best indoor clay track that will ever exist (RIP) The Clay Pit/Speedster Hobbies, in Cedar Park TX.

John's style is different. He is casually competitive. He is the definitive club racer. He's not one of the guys that travels to big races a lot and races on big tracks.

To be quite honest, the only reason I run this truck on big tracks is because I'm traveling to big races that are primarily nitro/electric 1/8th scale. Most are only running an SC class because so many people requested it. So clearly these tracks are made for 1/8th.

This in itself is what puts the AE truck at a disadvantage in comparison to a traditional 3 diff setup.

Now in tight/twisty indoor clay, I think the SC10 would spank the bejesus out of an SCTE. I know my SCTE felt like a sloppy pig on indoor clay, the AE on the other hand feels tight and nimble.

So I guess in a way you could say I'm using the wrong tool for the job. :D It is what it is though...

Maybe in the future AE will release another SC104x4 designed for bigger outdoor tracks that's a direct competitor for the SCTE and a traditional 3 diff design. They'd have all the bases covered then for 4wd SC. :)

Originally Posted by blakelenk521 (Post 10290023)

wats up guys,
The other day while I was at the track I had been running suburbs on an indoor clay track and switched to a pair of caliber(just to try a knobby sort of tire). They were m2 compund and even with that tire in the front i noticed a giant differance compared to the suburbs on the front. Im going to be trying holeshot m3 next time. Anyone make the same realization I did with trying a knobbier front tire?

Originally Posted by Rawwolf (Post 10290080)

I was able to get my new 4x4 on the track this weekend for some practice between rounds. WOW. Coming from blinky 2wd SC to this was awesome. First time I tried the quad and made it was really cool. I dont have a brace yet so i wasnt out to test the limits yet. Tires make such a huge difference(only thing I changed for testing). Gold bar codes worked best, the suburbs that came with truck worked ok with front almost bald(just pushed really bad). Panther switches all around just sucked. Not enough side bite in the rear. Next week gonna add the sway bars and a fresh set of barcodes. Whats the general rule for swaybars? Thick in front thin in the rear? Oh, running rx8 with a pro 4 4k, 60c batteries and basic setting all around. 15k front diff 7k rear. I love the idea of over shooting every jump. No such thing as too much power:sneaky:

Originally Posted by blakelenk521 (Post 10290023)

wats up guys,
The other day while I was at the track I had been running suburbs on an indoor clay track and switched to a pair of caliber(just to try a knobby sort of tire). They were m2 compund and even with that tire in the front i noticed a giant differance compared to the suburbs on the front. Im going to be trying holeshot m3 next time. Anyone make the same realization I did with trying a knobbier front tire?

Originally Posted by CoyoteSlash (Post 10289588)

Was there a link someone gave a while back on a chart to make certain weight oils with what you had? Anyone recall?

I have.... 20wt and 27.5 and i'm trying to hit close to 22.5. I know, it's dumb but I'm here now, and everyone's closed.

Originally Posted by heavyjeffd (Post 10289680)

Hey John, I still wanna come up there for a week or something and do a bunch of racing. I'm trying to finagle it so I go up there with the wife. She goes to see her grandma, I go hang out with you and play with toy cars, ya heard? :D

Originally Posted by rcmiket (Post 10289524)

For those guys running the center diff and having problems controlling attitude in the air. Hold the truck in one hand, give it a stab of throttle, then hit full brake. Do the front and rear tires all stop at exactly the same time? If not, then that is most likely the problem.

To everybody with flight control problems- the rotation around the long axis when using throttle or brake is caused by the RATE of change of the rotating assemblies. Angular acceleration, or sometimes called precession.
The reason the Losi trucks are better at this is because they have more rotational mass to accelerate!

I say we plead with Marcus to give his machines a workout and make us some bearing-supported tungsten diffs!!!!

Marcus and friends- mad props on driving that track! I don't think I could even see that far!!!

Originally Posted by heavyjeffd (Post 10291269)

I'm surprised they allowed conversions in a race like that. Most RCPro and ROAR sanctioned events strictly forbid them. I guess it wasn't a sanctioned race.