24LikesNew CRC F1 At IIC
01-05-2015, 08:17 PM
#256
Originally Posted by MarkBurgess
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An excellent day at the first BRCA GT National yesterday.
For this season we are running 1S and 13.5 blinky rules in the F1 class with a lower 950g weight limit. It has been a few years since we had a competitive F1 series in the UK. So great to see a full heat racing again and real interest in the cars.
My WTF-1 was set up as it left the IIC, which was as per kit with a couple of wee tweaks suggested by Mario. Handling was on the money, and fine tuning the motor timing and gearing brought the speed. Please to also have my Vegas buddy Kev Creaser racing his WTF-1 for the first meeting.
I qualified second and Kevin fourth, behind a very quick Mark Green (Serpent team drive, and a world class Gas racer). Please to finish second in the final and give the WTF-1 a podium result on it's UK debut. A good result for the overall BRCA F1 championship.
Next stop for me and my WTF-1 is the Snowbirds, and now counting the days until we fly
PS - shout out to Mark Day...yes still my car is still rocking the Timezone stickers
An excellent day at the first BRCA GT National yesterday.
For this season we are running 1S and 13.5 blinky rules in the F1 class with a lower 950g weight limit. It has been a few years since we had a competitive F1 series in the UK. So great to see a full heat racing again and real interest in the cars.
My WTF-1 was set up as it left the IIC, which was as per kit with a couple of wee tweaks suggested by Mario. Handling was on the money, and fine tuning the motor timing and gearing brought the speed. Please to also have my Vegas buddy Kev Creaser racing his WTF-1 for the first meeting.
I qualified second and Kevin fourth, behind a very quick Mark Green (Serpent team drive, and a world class Gas racer). Please to finish second in the final and give the WTF-1 a podium result on it's UK debut. A good result for the overall BRCA F1 championship.
Next stop for me and my WTF-1 is the Snowbirds, and now counting the days until we fly
PS - shout out to Mark Day...yes still my car is still rocking the Timezone stickers
I think the idea of F1 using 1S and 13.5 blinky with a lighter car was a smart move!
Bill
01-06-2015, 08:13 AM
#257
I might have to try the 1S setup for fun. I don't think top end will be impacted, but the car will be a lot more driveable in and out of corners.
I picked up a couple FGX wing stiffeners I'm hoping I can fit to the F2012 front wing. Wish me luck!
I picked up a couple FGX wing stiffeners I'm hoping I can fit to the F2012 front wing. Wish me luck!
01-06-2015, 01:27 PM
#258
More photos of the two CRC WTF-1 cars from the first BRCA GT National last weekend 
01-06-2015, 01:33 PM
#259
Originally Posted by liljohn1064
I might have to try the 1S setup for fun. I don't think top end will be impacted, but the car will be a lot more driveable in and out of corners.
I picked up a couple FGX wing stiffeners I'm hoping I can fit to the F2012 front wing. Wish me luck!
I picked up a couple FGX wing stiffeners I'm hoping I can fit to the F2012 front wing. Wish me luck!
UK F1 weight limit is 950g for the 1S class. Kev got his car to that limit, and my car was about 970g with a heavier speedo. By comparison I was adding weight to make the 2S 1050g limit in Vegas
Good luck with the F2012 wing. Spoke to a racer who had one at the weekend - it was a real problem for him as it kept rubbing on the carpet.
I did stiffen up an older flexible wing with carbon plates a couple of years back. They were actually 1/12th scale ride height adjusters.
Sorry to say the best answer is to get a Tamiya F60 wing and run that
01-06-2015, 02:36 PM
#260
Originally Posted by MarkBurgess
Good luck with the F2012 wing. Spoke to a racer who had one at the weekend - it was a real problem for him as it kept rubbing on the carpet.
I did stiffen up an older flexible wing with carbon plates a couple of years back. They were actually 1/12th scale ride height adjusters.
Sorry to say the best answer is to get a Tamiya F60 wing and run that
I did stiffen up an older flexible wing with carbon plates a couple of years back. They were actually 1/12th scale ride height adjusters.
Sorry to say the best answer is to get a Tamiya F60 wing and run that
01-07-2015, 06:27 PM
#261
The FGX stiffener did the trick. I had to notch the center cross member, cut away part of the original screw hole supports, make 2 new holes to match the new part. I added a 3mm spacer for each of the new holes and tightened it down with lock nuts with washers. For the two ends I used some old Tamiya self tapping body screws. I used a tiny drill bit to punch the hole just to the inside/toward the center of the wing and tightened them down enough to hold the stiffener in place and not distort the stiffener. If you do this fix, you have to use the PF 14 body mount instructions as there is no way to mount the standard wing upper.
Last edited by liljohn1064; 01-08-2015 at 11:15 AM.
01-08-2015, 08:31 AM
#262
Is there a possibility that CRC will come out with a stronger steering hub? I am breaking at least 1 every race day! since they are the same as the 1/12 car, they can't seem to stand up to much abuse with those big, heavy tires hanging off them. It's always the left side too as that's the outer wall in the sweeper at TQ.
01-08-2015, 11:41 AM
#263
I finally got the rear end of the car up to 189mm last night. It took 2 of the 2mm spacers from the XTI and once axle shim to get the width. I now sit with 2 x 2mm spacers on the clamp hub side and 1 x 2mm spacer and an axle shim to center the assembly to the chassis on the diff side. I'm not running any spacers under the wheels.
01-13-2015, 10:49 AM
#264
Originally Posted by YoDog
Is there a possibility that CRC will come out with a stronger steering hub? I am breaking at least 1 every race day! since they are the same as the 1/12 car, they can't seem to stand up to much abuse with those big, heavy tires hanging off them. It's always the left side too as that's the outer wall in the sweeper at TQ.
01-13-2015, 11:06 AM
#265
Originally Posted by liljohn1064
I have a feeling it's the exposed rubber tire yanking the front corner backwards. Foam tires and plastic rims don't grab the rails like rubber tires. What about putting a light coat of CA on the sidewall?
01-13-2015, 01:06 PM
#266
Originally Posted by liljohn1064
I finally got the rear end of the car up to 189mm last night. It took 2 of the 2mm spacers from the XTI and once axle shim to get the width. I now sit with 2 x 2mm spacers on the clamp hub side and 1 x 2mm spacer and an axle shim to center the assembly to the chassis on the diff side. I'm not running any spacers under the wheels.
Pan car axle shims did the trick on the rear. Would need to check how many I put on each side.
I've also got some 5mm washers that have spaced the front out nicely.
01-13-2015, 02:33 PM
#267
Originally Posted by liljohn1064
I have a feeling it's the exposed rubber tire yanking the front corner backwards. Foam tires and plastic rims don't grab the rails like rubber tires. What about putting a light coat of CA on the sidewall?
01-14-2015, 12:34 AM
#268
Originally Posted by InspGadgt
I find just running the pzero stickers for the tires helps the sidewall to not be as grabby on the rails. It still does grab but not as bad.
I was trying to figure out last night what would work better than glue, and of course the Pirelli stickers have got to help.
01-14-2015, 06:40 AM
#269
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Originally Posted by YoDog
Is there a possibility that CRC will come out with a stronger steering hub? I am breaking at least 1 every race day! since they are the same as the 1/12 car, they can't seem to stand up to much abuse with those big, heavy tires hanging off them. It's always the left side too as that's the outer wall in the sweeper at TQ.
01-14-2015, 07:08 AM
#270
Originally Posted by YoDog
The jury is still out...
I haven't had much time to dial it in yet. Just got an XTI 1/12th also so I have been getting that little guy up to speed.
One thing I have noticed is that my F1 pushes really bad at higher speeds but has plenty of steering in slower corners. This makes it very difficult to be consistent from lap to lap. Any suggestions?
I haven't had much time to dial it in yet. Just got an XTI 1/12th also so I have been getting that little guy up to speed.
One thing I have noticed is that my F1 pushes really bad at higher speeds but has plenty of steering in slower corners. This makes it very difficult to be consistent from lap to lap. Any suggestions?
i've made the box setup with the shims back on the front upper arms.
Any idea to improve that ? i suspect that it was related to the vertical position of the servo ?
