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I just got done running two packs through the GLR and the car is off pace right now. Last night I ran a couple packs and got within .07s of Scionara's but was not as clean as I needed to be but the car was fast regularly doing 4.0X's and dipping into the 3's fairly often. Just now I felt fast and was super consistent, I did 6 consecutive laps at 4.17s, but I just could not get the car to turn fast laps. I changed nothing on the car so what happened? I am guessing it is atmospherics conditions, it is way more humid today then it was yesterday and I am thinking that is the cause of my slower than normal times. It is pretty amazing that the humidity level can cause such a large change in lap times.

This may be the end of my bid to get fastest stint time for the month as the track has to come down this evening and I do not think it will be back up again this month.

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your not wrong on air temp change. In my basement with the ac off I noticed I would be doing 4.10 to 4.06 but then the ac kicks on and the temp changes then I start seeing the 3.89 to 3.99 coconsecutive laps. So what I tend to do is wait till the ac starts do a 75 then wait for it to cycle. My ac keeps my house at 75 so the temps a big difference in the basement sitting right next to it

Temperature and humidity play a major role in the handling of the cars. I would argue that humidity plays a larger role than temperature. AC lowers temperature, but also humidity quite a bit when in operation.

at a home track, a cheap weather station with humidity and temp can help see what the favorable conditions are at your track.

last RCCW race, there was a bad thunderstorm going through, and a lot of the cars lost their setup around that time. Humidity shot up through the roof. The same happened at the PN NAC and it got really messy during the 2nd round of mains. As humidity rises, it tends to make the cars more edgy in my experience. Some tires react to it more noticeably.

I remember that. 2nd round was my better round than first. I guess my cars like the humidity in the air then cause there faster with it than without it lol.

I always find this to be the case. I have way too many cars, and try to drive too many of them on any given night rather than just sticking with one and really focusing on that. The car I hit my fastest lap with is never the car I can perform the best in a race with. One collision or wall hit will negate a bunch of fast laps.

So true......I learned early on that if you drive a .1-.2s slower but stay off the wall you will end up with a better stint time then if you go all out and collect a wall a few times. I find it hard to get away with a true hit on the armco that does not add at least 2 seconds to the lap and many times it is significantly more than that.

Cheers,
Jim

In the HFAY races, the number of laps I am behind the leader is almost always the number of crashes that required using reverse during the race. When the laps are in the low 5 second range, a crash = a lap. Even worse because traffic is usually coming back around right when you need to back up.

Pro Stock-Any 4AAA Chassis , 48/50T Brushed motor or 5500kv brushless motor, Autoscale/White body.

Is the blue Kyosho 5600kv motor legal for this class? I have one in a car for the HT Richmond race last weekend and wonder if I can run as a Pro Stock here.

I would think it would be OK but I am going to converse with my "Guy".....LOL.

Stand By.

Cheers,
Jim

I would think it should be included in the ruling. 100kv is 500rpm, well within manufacturer variance for 5500kv motors. The "GUY" will need to make the decision... but the should be no advantage gained with the kyosho motor over the 5500kv options.

totally agree. It was an oversight from the start. The ECO motor should definitely be in the running for a pro stock option.

Is Hfay still running? Just wondering cause I do have 2 wide L's to run on until I can get my mini96 track. Would like to run against someone.

I believe it is.

This seems to be the HFAY home.

Hope to see you running in the M96WC.

Cheers,
Jim