I have a practice mode and punch question?

I have the VTX10 with a 9.5T motor. I have been running it for a while now. I was hoping it would shred the Reedy setup in my brother SC10RS. It has a little more speed, but not a lot.

I run int practice mode because I need reverse. I have not changed the timing from what it was when I received the motor. I have the boost set to 85% right now. If I increase the boost to 100%, would that give me a little more kick on the top end? I pull away from my brother, but I can not say I run away from him.

Do all of the features work in practice mode, as they do in race / blinky mode?

I have been focusing on getting the truck to stick to the track, I have most of that figured out so now I am onto the "Need more POWER" part

Buzz.

Punch is going to give you more pop out of the corners mainly and will most likely give you a bit more top end. Buzz, I gotta ask though, are you really needing more speed/power to beat him? The big advantage of your system over his is the controlability/smoothness/adjustability. The guy with the most power at the track is almost always NOT the guy winning the races. I can honestly say that there are not too many tracks I have ever been on (other than carpet) where a 9.5 at 85% boost is not MORE than enough. Am I bursting your bubble? Or do you really want to just blow by him on the straights when you get it squared up? You could try gearing up a tooth or two if your temps are good.

Not busting the bubble at all. I can tell my censored system is smoother then his. We are actually pretty dead even all around the track. Being we are brothers, I want to use him for traction going down the straights. That is all.

I do know slow is fast and fast is slow. I just like to see my truck fly past his on the straights. For the most part, with the changes I did to the truck today, I can out turn him too. That is where I can see the smoothness of this system over his. Mine is a nice smooth increase in power, his is sort of like the 2 stroke motor cycles. They make loads of power. But when the power band kicks in, you better be ready for it.

This is all about brotherly love. Being the younger brother, I just like to win, that is all. I just want more juice on the straight section. I only use about 1/2 to 3/4 throttle every where else. It has enough power, I just would like a little more on the long straight.

I did try running a 22 pinion, but it was to much and got real hot. I may try a 21 and watch the temps. I am running 20/84 right now.

Thanks.

Buzz.

If you are not using a64 software the timing is disabled in practice.

Are you sure your not using 85% punch?

I can totally appreciate wanting to crush your brothers RC car, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of his women (Conan the Barbarian quote). Sounds to me like you need to move to the A64 firmware so you can run some boost in practice mode. If you go back down a tooth and add some top speed boost you might find him staring distantly at the back of your truck. I pretty much never use boost so I don't have a ton of suggestions for where to start. I do know that you need to start with really low numbers and watch temps carefully. Next time you are on the straight-away, reach over and mess with his steering wheel. That will help open up the gap a bit. You could also slightly loosen his left rear wheel nut before you start racing with him.

buzz- would try gearing first, especially if motor temps are low and guessing your running similar motors. Good advice from bds (thanks) definitely be careful boost can help but if done wrong can hurt your equipment.

BTW- I run a 8.5 in SC with punch at 60-70. Any more just gets me I trouble if I pull throttle to hard. My best overall race time was set with it at 50.

Punch, boost, Yes it could be punch.

We do not run in actual races, we are on the track during the open practice sessions. We have been doing this for a little over two months now. We do not think we are good enough, "yet" to try the novice class. We have watched them and we might be able to finish, but not sure where we would place. To us, this is all about the fun.

It would have won the $10,000 funniest home videos. We were bouncing off each other as we run around the track. He is jumping leaning, twisting trying to help his truck go faster. He looses it and reaches over twist the wheel so I crash too. We were laughing so dang hard. Just about every time I try to pass, he pushes me off the track, spins me, other wise just tries to keep me from passing. Now I can not say I don't do the same thing, but I would like a little umph to shoot past him.

I will work on getting the firmware setup. I do have to say, once I got this setup, it has been trouble free. I have had no issues with any part of this power setup.

Funny you mention his rear wheel. His is always coming loose. He has put new nyloks on 3 times now. But he has to check it every battery change.

This has been so much fun, well worth the price of admission.


Buzz.

Finally got out to try my new VTX8 / VF8.19.

Wow, very impressed. Running on a smaller indoor 1/8 track right now so had to make a few small tweaks. Other than that it was perfect. Can't wait to race it, and get outdoors too.

The Viper link should be here Wednesday or Thursday.

Is there a mode that has reverse and punch all ready? I do not remember, but thought practice mode was the only one to have reverse?

Buzz.

If you go into the Misc Control section you can put the esc into Practice mode. This will allow reverse. The Punch settings is available under the Throttle section no matter what.

Here is a video one of our drivers put together about the ProGauge/EZ Link to give you some ideas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwVjxGAx3dE

I had the punch set at 60% and went to 80% and did not really see any difference. Could be I just could not notice it. When I at the track next, I will try 10% for a couple laps then kick it up to 90% to see if I can tell the difference in the punch settings.


Thanks.

Buzz.

question on the copperhead system,

I have a copperhead system in my scte .. was in the lead during the b main and just cruising along we use the bump up system and jumped the triple came down and no power to motor .. it sat for about 25 to 30 seconds and power came back on.. steering but no power to motor .. ithis is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened.. tried checking different things to no luck. should i send it back ?

Are u using Deans? Sounds like a interruption of power. Deans will wear after a while. Replace your connectors. The system resets and takes a little bit to boot up. If are trying to hit the throttle while it is booting, the esc will not find neutral and will not finish booting.

The deans are on it and have no more than 25 runs on them however i will try that thank you

Also check the bullet connectors from the motor to the speed control -- if these are not making a strong connection, or them move, it can cause an arch between the metal pieces. This could cause the speed control to reset, because it detected the high temperature arch.