GT class--buggy-based on road!
05-24-2011, 11:21 AM
#6256
Shame to see all the bickering again. Jspeed, it seems to be mostly you.
05-24-2011, 11:32 AM
#6257
Man, step away from the forum for a NY minute, and boom, it blows up again. Everyone needs to go back to their corners and catch their breath. When I started running this class back in late 2007/early 2008, it was fun and I had a blast. Now, not so much fun running this class anymore. There are too many folks with too many agendas taking the fun (and life) out of the class. Personally, I don't care what brand of tires you run, what brand body you run, or what brand of car you run, just show up to run it and have fun. This class is now more political than 8th scale and 200mm. There are agendas there as well but at least they don't get as personal as they do with GT cars.
05-24-2011, 11:42 AM
#6258
Man, step away from the forum for a NY minute, and boom, it blows up again. Everyone needs to go back to their corners and catch their breath. When I started running this class back in late 2007/early 2008, it was fun and I had a blast. Now, not so much fun running this class anymore. There are too many folks with too many agendas taking the fun (and life) out of the class. Personally, I don't care what brand of tires you run, what brand body you run, or what brand of car you run, just show up to run it and have fun. This class is now more political than 8th scale and 200mm. There are agendas there as well but at least they don't get as personal as they do with GT cars.
05-24-2011, 12:18 PM
#6259
I see what you mean. I've raced shaft cars since came out around 2007.
These Rally game cars are different from 1:8 scale onroad, I wouldn't judge them just because it has belts. These belts are 10x beefier by the way. I think you would be surprised how nice these Italian cars are once you get to try one. I gives me a little more room to improve by driving still being a GT car - large and cool!
These Rally game cars are different from 1:8 scale onroad, I wouldn't judge them just because it has belts. These belts are 10x beefier by the way. I think you would be surprised how nice these Italian cars are once you get to try one. I gives me a little more room to improve by driving still being a GT car - large and cool!
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05-24-2011, 02:19 PM
#6260
05-24-2011, 02:23 PM
#6261
Mika's BMT Warrior
05-24-2011, 03:31 PM
#6262
Hi,
this is the reason why I got one for myself - to find out.
Out of the box it's not faster on bigger tracks because they don't have 2-speed trannies as trannies are illegal in southern europe where these are being raced (the rally game series) and 1-speed is a must. Therefore I made one myself, photo below, to be able to run on bigger tracks equally with shaft driven GTs.
For me clearly there is no going back to shaft. This adventure has just started - and the track is not yet in it's optimal condition after the long winter - but I'm already on par that I ever was with IGT. I feel that I can squeeze out 1-2 seconds still on a 22 sec lap. Some of the local experienced drivers have applauded the way this car launches itself out of a turn and this is propably it's strongest point comparing to shaft driven models like DM1S. You know, races are won in an apex, not on the straight.
this is the reason why I got one for myself - to find out.
Out of the box it's not faster on bigger tracks because they don't have 2-speed trannies as trannies are illegal in southern europe where these are being raced (the rally game series) and 1-speed is a must. Therefore I made one myself, photo below, to be able to run on bigger tracks equally with shaft driven GTs.
For me clearly there is no going back to shaft. This adventure has just started - and the track is not yet in it's optimal condition after the long winter - but I'm already on par that I ever was with IGT. I feel that I can squeeze out 1-2 seconds still on a 22 sec lap. Some of the local experienced drivers have applauded the way this car launches itself out of a turn and this is propably it's strongest point comparing to shaft driven models like DM1S. You know, races are won in an apex, not on the straight.
Refresh my memory, did you ever do a brushless conversion on the bmt?
05-24-2011, 04:25 PM
#6263
No politics or agendas in the group that race in Texas SWCS that I see. Just show up and have fun. Its a hobby, and that's all it is.
05-24-2011, 05:00 PM
#6264
Guys I am a lot confused I was told by my club that I can not run the ofna dm1 spec in the gt class, Because it is not a buggy based chassis. Ofna gtp is the only one that is allowed from Ofna. I did see a dm 1 ran at the recent MWS mentor without any issues. What is the official ruling on the DM 1 Spec. Thanks This class looks great.
I think going forward the class will have more purpose built GT cars like the DM1 spec, onroad racing has a lot of load differences on the transmissions and brake systems compared to offroad(namely due to grip), and it would be nice to see cars designed to handle more reliably these kinds of loads unique to GT class racing. Without trying to inject too much more debate, perhaps ROAR should merely do what they do in many other class rules, specify a maximum kit price.
05-24-2011, 05:28 PM
#6265
05-24-2011, 05:33 PM
#6266
Time To Have Fun!
Wow... I took a look over the thread today... losts of discussion on rules and who invented what..
At this point the Northwest is brand new to GT8, we started with one car to test, thanks to Mike Godson for making the purchase, and now there are 7 or 8 of us in only 3 weeks..with a lot of excitment to boot... we are going to adopt the mid west rules until ROAR steps in However!.....Please accept our invitation to the TimeZone Grand Prix in July (see the thread in Nitro ON-Road)
D-Box... X-Box we dont give a shit..show up; bring your cars, and lets have a good time.. I drove the car all day sunday and had a blast with it.. It needs some taller gears for our track.. but it was still a hoot..
Pack up your gear boys....and Jspeed, grab some of those killer tires, and fancy bodies and prepared to meet some of the best people in our sport/hobby.. we can settle differences over the BBQ and a beer... We'll share setup ideas... driving techniques (manage those tires) and laugh...
Who knows... you might just have one of the best RC experiences of your life and make a few new friends...Ask Martin Crisp Author of the best RC setup books writen "XXX Main Setup book"
Cheers,
Clete
At this point the Northwest is brand new to GT8, we started with one car to test, thanks to Mike Godson for making the purchase, and now there are 7 or 8 of us in only 3 weeks..with a lot of excitment to boot... we are going to adopt the mid west rules until ROAR steps in However!.....Please accept our invitation to the TimeZone Grand Prix in July (see the thread in Nitro ON-Road)
D-Box... X-Box we dont give a shit..show up; bring your cars, and lets have a good time.. I drove the car all day sunday and had a blast with it.. It needs some taller gears for our track.. but it was still a hoot..
Pack up your gear boys....and Jspeed, grab some of those killer tires, and fancy bodies and prepared to meet some of the best people in our sport/hobby.. we can settle differences over the BBQ and a beer... We'll share setup ideas... driving techniques (manage those tires) and laugh...
Who knows... you might just have one of the best RC experiences of your life and make a few new friends...Ask Martin Crisp Author of the best RC setup books writen "XXX Main Setup book"
Cheers,
Clete
05-24-2011, 05:40 PM
#6267
05-24-2011, 05:46 PM
#6268
05-24-2011, 06:16 PM
#6270
For definition, the D-box is a gyro that drifter use to help right their car after sliding it around corners. It is the same as a gyro to right the tail of a r/c helicopter. If you weren't a good driver, it would aid you at correcting your car coming out of corners and keeping your car somewhat straight when doing a straight line (like down a long straightaway).