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Old 12-05-2011 | 04:45 AM
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Fells good to finish it, don't it!

I had my first outing with my Serpent this weekend. Race was Saturday with practice Friday night. I ended up having issues with my corr so I was not able to practice at all with the snake. Saturday moring I got a few laps in before the races started but not much. I've never drivin a E Scale before so it def felt different to me. My first qual went ok and I started really getting the feel for it. My second qual went really good and I turned fast enough laps to put me in the bottom of the A main. I really was feeling good and getting the hang of this buggy. My 3rd qual was not so great and ended up at the top of the b main. When the b main started I have to admit I was feeling a bit off and with some bad driving and some luvly help from my b main companions I did not make the A.

From what I felt so far (I did not make any changes between rounds) is this thing jump like butter, very smooth! We had very good grip and this buggy used all of it! I would come in hot at the end of the straight, do a endo, have to use more brake around the turn and then get on throttle. This thing just grabbed and got gone! We also had a sweeper/corner coming off a step-up table top. I could down side the table and get on throttle prety nicely around the corner and the back end just stuck. At the end of the day the track was drying out some so more control was needed. All in all Im extremly happy with getting this buggy. Like I said I've never drive E scale or a motor like this T8 1900, which is a LOT of motor! I think with time I will only get better. Bad part is now I'm scared to make any changes cause I don't know if I'll actually need them?

I have to give a big thanks to Chambers (Stealth RT) cause he's the master mind behind my setup. If it wasn't for his help I know I would not have done so well.
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