1LikesU.S. Vintage Trans-Am Racing
04-20-2009, 11:34 PM
#4831
im deployed.. dont get to race off road or T/A till AUG
...but i have all my new T/A gear at the house waiting for me...im still more focused on offroad but im also gonna take T/A a little more serious then the last time
..so B-main drivers watch out
...but i have all my new T/A gear at the house waiting for me...im still more focused on offroad but im also gonna take T/A a little more serious then the last time..so B-main drivers watch out
04-21-2009, 09:49 AM
#4833
I'm just about to embark on my first foray into VTA - having picked up the 68 Camaro body, and the rims and front tires -neither track in the area has the rear rubber right now - one doesnt' order it because "noone runs it" and the other can't keep it on the shelf because everyone is buying it the day it comes in... 
My car will truly be "vintage" - Kawada SV10 running 4 cell and a 27 turn motor running on FM - I finally found a class where all my vintage gear will actually be competitive
My car will truly be "vintage" - Kawada SV10 running 4 cell and a 27 turn motor running on FM - I finally found a class where all my vintage gear will actually be competitive
04-21-2009, 11:56 AM
#4834
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I'm a cheap bastard, so I wouldn't mind running old Midnight stockers and NiCads. But I gotta say that there's something beautiful about having one battery that runs forever and a motor that never begs for attention.
04-21-2009, 02:32 PM
#4838
04-21-2009, 05:27 PM
#4839
got some pics posted of the 2009 USVTA NATS...
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ml#post5714568
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ml#post5714568
04-21-2009, 06:17 PM
#4840
Check out this thread...(http://www.rctech.net/forum/nebraska...-class-41.html). A user by the name of Hobbyplex said they were going to test a 1s/13.5 combo this past weekend. I assume that they were testing at the Hobbyplex track in Omaha, Nebraska.
Jim
04-21-2009, 06:55 PM
#4842
"Truly Vintage" is cool. The competitiveness of the motor/battery combinations has been beaten to death on the previous 300-odd pages of this thread, but the issue seems to work itself out for most racers. You can dust off some old gear and go racing. Once you decide to do VTA on an ongoing basis, you can get the 21.5/lipo stuff or whatever everyone else runs. You'll quickly find that out and sort it from there.
I'm a cheap bastard, so I wouldn't mind running old Midnight stockers and NiCads. But I gotta say that there's something beautiful about having one battery that runs forever and a motor that never begs for attention.
I'm a cheap bastard, so I wouldn't mind running old Midnight stockers and NiCads. But I gotta say that there's something beautiful about having one battery that runs forever and a motor that never begs for attention.
04-21-2009, 07:33 PM
#4843
Check out this thread...(http://www.rctech.net/forum/nebraska...-class-41.html). A user by the name of Hobbyplex said they were going to test a 1s/13.5 combo this past weekend. I assume that they were testing at the Hobbyplex track in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Plex runs a 5.0 FDR limit on the 21.5's also. Reminded me of the early days of VTA when the FDR limit was on the 17.5/4 cell combo. The guy running the combo was in the A at the TA nats so it really is a slower combo. He's normally near the front but not with the 13.5/1S.
04-21-2009, 08:28 PM
#4844
No mistake, I've built a full-on USVTA-spec TC5R now with a Havoc / 21.5 and Orion 3200 LiPo (bought cheap, so we're trying to economize SOMEWHERE ) and look forward to running it in a USVTA Nats should it happen to drift somewhere to the west of central US. Heck, I look forward to running it PERIOD somewhere...cutting up our Club-Spec class would be a tough nut to crack as it's hard to argue with success.
) and look forward to running it in a USVTA Nats should it happen to drift somewhere to the west of central US. Heck, I look forward to running it PERIOD somewhere...cutting up our Club-Spec class would be a tough nut to crack as it's hard to argue with success.Sorry to say, but the Orion 3200's just don't seem very good.
Paul
04-21-2009, 08:40 PM
#4845
Ho ho ho...don't EVEN get me started on the bill of goods we got sold on LiPo (and brushless in general). Not just VTA, but RC in general.
Remember how we'd be past "battery of the week" wars? Set it and forget it, etc? What a freakin' fantasy some of you lived in.
Now folks are trading up LiPos every bit as fast as they did round cells, except instead of $50-60 per pack they're $120 per pack. "20C, nope, gotta have 25C now. What's that, they've got a 30C? I got a 35C. Man I wish I'd held off another week 'cause now Willy Winner has that hot new 40C battery from XYZ Batteries, I gotta get me wunna them." Ad infinitum.
I sit here laughing my a$$ off. Seriously. It's really sad, but what are you going to do? Cry? I warned folks for 2 years. Bob Stormer (of all people) warned people for two years. And here we are on the treadmill again. Same steps, twice the price. And it ain't going to slow down.
Fact: if my el cheapo Orion 3200's ain't enough I'm good with that.
Remember how we'd be past "battery of the week" wars? Set it and forget it, etc? What a freakin' fantasy some of you lived in.
Now folks are trading up LiPos every bit as fast as they did round cells, except instead of $50-60 per pack they're $120 per pack. "20C, nope, gotta have 25C now. What's that, they've got a 30C? I got a 35C. Man I wish I'd held off another week 'cause now Willy Winner has that hot new 40C battery from XYZ Batteries, I gotta get me wunna them." Ad infinitum.
I sit here laughing my a$$ off. Seriously. It's really sad, but what are you going to do? Cry? I warned folks for 2 years. Bob Stormer (of all people) warned people for two years. And here we are on the treadmill again. Same steps, twice the price. And it ain't going to slow down.
Fact: if my el cheapo Orion 3200's ain't enough I'm good with that.
