thanks Jim for your kindness. good day. Marco
 

[QUOTE = LJH; 15627584] Dipende dal mese, posterò i tempi in Super Stock perché mi piace guidare la mia auto in Super Stock ma di solito non abbiamo molti partecipanti in SS. Nella Open Class di solito abbiamo un numero di ragazzi che postano tempi.

Sì, è possibile utilizzare qualsiasi motore 5100 / 5500kv in Super Stock.

Cheers,
Jim [/ QUOTE]

Was going to run super stock, but car has become a flip fest.

What lap counting programs and hardware are people using for the Mini 96 competition?

See post #1 for some free ones that work on smart phones. I have an I-Laps system with Flip Side software.

I just got LapTracker on an iPhone 11. It seems to have trouble triggering every lap. Anyone got any tips on how to make it work? What settings are you using?
At first I thought I was going too fast. So I moved it near a corner. Then I was confused because going too slow didn’t trigger it either. I don’t know what to do anymore..

Weird, I literally have not had LapTracker miss a lap in tens and tens of thousands of laps. I have my phone in a cheap tripod I bought off Amazon looking down at about a 75* angle. I am not sure if this is helpful at all but here are some screen shots of my set up.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rct...295bf8713a.png
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rct...07e9e60e01.png

I'm having the same problem with my stock GT 70T car. I decided to see if I could improve on my time last night after not running it for a couple of weeks, and I couldn't get around the track without flipping. Highly annoying, especially since this car has been one of my most stable and predictable and my fastest stock class car and I have made no changes to it in months. What's worse is I couldn't figure out why the handling was gone. I'm starting to wonder if my driving style has changed since I have been testing on 2 or 3 brushless cars for the past two weeks. I hope I'm wrong about that, because I much prefer driving brushed motor cars, but I can't see/feel anything wrong with the car, so it must be me. Might vacuum the track to see if that helps. Puzzled and annoyed! :flaming::flaming::flaming:

And just like that, I vacuumed the track and no more flip fest! Whew! Also managed to improve my GT 70T time by more than 10 seconds on the first try! Woot!

I ran my 90mm narrow car last night and while it was mostly decent it did roll a number of times when I did not expect it to. I have gotten to the point where I know why I rolled but last night it felt that the rolls were not consistent with my driving. The track has been up since the lock and I can see that it could use a vacuum so I will give that a shot.

Thanks for the heads up Traveler.

Cheers,
Jim

I usually only vacuum the track when I change layouts every other month, but something told me it had to be the track because it wasn't the car or the driver. Hard to believe that it made that big of a difference, but it did!

I updated some of my April times in stock and pro stock. For anyone interested in how the 4100 motor compares, you can see my most recent results HERE.

Is there a big difference in the feel of the 4100 compared to the 3500?

Cheers,
Jim

I am kind of addicted to my 90mm Narrow car, it is super fun to drive but a bit tricky. I had a couple minutes to run a stint with it this morning and the car was running great and I was breaking into the 4.6x's and regularly in the 4.7-4.8's so I am getting there. I was having a super clean run when I rolled it on lap 59 on the far side of the track and she stayed on her roof.....Hate when that happens.

Cheers,
Jim

I think so! The 6 second difference over 75 laps doesn't show it, but if you compare fast laps (3.885 vs. 4.040) you can see that the 3500kv motor is much faster. It's also visibly faster on track. Of course these motors are in two completely different chassis (same body though) with different boards (VE Pro vs EVO) and different gearing, so that accounts for some of the difference too. I find the power delivery of the 4100 to be smoother, not too strong off the start but with plenty throughout the power band, while the 3500 delivers almost instant power when you hit the throttle. I find the 4100 a lot easier to drive and closer to a PN 70T than the 3500 which feels more like a pro stock car. I would really like to try them both on a large track to see what would be different. On the Mini-96 I am only on the throttle for a second.

I really need to get back to mine Jim! It was so much fun when I was running it a couple of weeks ago. I'm taking a break from the brushless cars (happy with progress but prefer the feel of brushed motor cars and have trouble switching between the two motor types) and starting to cycle back through the others (hard to keep up with 7 or 8 cars for this challenge). Ran my box stock 911 this morning and improved my time, so next up is the 90mm narrow Focus. Look out!