Aaron Waldron

yakob - I ran IFMAR Studs all day. Step Pins simply had too much traction (haha!) and made my truck push, so I stuck with Studs. I like my truck to have lots of steering.

I did my best to put on a show Sunday..both of my cars worked very well and I was having a lot of fun :-)

waterblast - Don't worry, I'll be out there again very soon, probably in two weeks!

beetlebz

hey aaron i got a Q for ya.. i just ordered a reedy quazar charger for my bolink (and mod off road in spring) and i was wondering what you charge your stuff at. not just the car packs, i mean everything. TX batts, RX batts, glow sticks, the works.

i know RX batts are usually charged around 1A, batts for stock around 6 - 6.5A, batts for mod around 5A, but what about the other goodies? what about 12V starter box lead calcium batts?

as soon as i get some cash im going to be putting radioshack NIMH 1800mah AAs in my transmitter, too, and charge them through the radios charging jack. would i be smart charging them at like 0.5A for a few hours to get the most run time out of them?

Aaron Waldron

I use alkalines in my transmitter. I charge my starterbox batteries with a car charger, and my igniters with the charger that comes with the Trinity igniter.

I'd charge at 4A for club races, there's no reason to charge at 5 or 6.

beetlebz

once i get my charger im completely doing away with alkalines. the Rx batts last a lifetime, but the Tx batts i can easily kill in a day at the track. its not so much the cost as it is the inconvenience.

what do you mean a car charger for your starter box batts? like the kind you get at sears or somthing that plugs into the wall? i have a BIG one for jump starting my cars...

Aaron Waldron

Yes..a normal autmotive charger.

Dirtfreak15

iTrader: (5)

hey how much do transponders weigh?

Sofast-NT

Their 16 gr. lighter than club transponders.

yakob

I tried driving after the races first with t-bones (which i used the other day when the track was dry) but those were not working. Then i used step pins which and, like you said, they had too much traction. So i guess i will have to run studs next time, thanks for the help. Are you going to race again this sunday?

jake

Nick111

I run a rather stiff setup on my BK2 on a med-high bite track, but lately when the track is wet i feal an extreme loss of traction, however on a practice day when the track is bone dry there is almost to much traction i liek my car to slide a little in high speed turns but give a little push in low speed, but when the track is wet i either get no traction in either or just no steering, how can i get to the point of a bit more traction on a wet track withought going softer, i find a stiff setup is best for my driving style, which is pretty agressive.

Aaron Waldron

dirtfreak - I'm not sure.

Jake - The only place I've run T-Bones in the last year or so was the track in Vegas; blue groove and very broken up.

I run Studs at quite a few tracks. IFMAR Pins will probably work very well at Palomar when the track is wet as well.

I have an electric race at Titus on Sunday so I won't be able to make it, but I'm gonna try to make it out there the following weekend.

Dirtfreak15

iTrader: (5)

ok, let me refrais my question, will it effect my xxx-t`s handling when im driving it?

Aaron Waldron

No, you probably won't notice a difference.

Dirtfreak15

iTrader: (5)

ok thats good. i have never raced and i have never seen one, i know what they do but i dont know what they look like. im hopefully going to start racing around January.

Local racer

Are you going to the Maxi's race in florida.

DrOlds

iTrader: (4)

Dirtfreak-I believe a normal AMB transponder weighs 1 ounce and they are about 1-1/4" square by 1/2" thick.I can tell a difference with out it on my oval car and use a Trinity dummy transponder for practice on it but I can't tell any difference at all without it on my off-road car.Trinity makes a nice little bracket to mount them on a xxx but you can also just put a hole in the body to mount them.They have a little post and attach with a body clip.