well I'm finally stringing together a 5:00.91 run with the mod 2wd car going to see the stock car in a bit

327...whoaaa.....Nice.

I am our for a couple weeks, up in VT this and next weekend.

Keep at it boys.

Cheers,
Jim

Just spent some time practicing and trying to really focus on throttle control to minimize errors. Consistancy is improving with practice. First run was 10:32, second was 8:56 (538s)
with a fast lap down to 5.50! I've hit a lot of 3 fast lap sets then make one costly error and have a hard time shaking them off. At least I'm not hitting the rails as often!

That is awesome.

If you are stuggeling, you can try different things.
1) Remember to breath!!!
2) harden or soften your steering wheel if possible. Some like it hard and some like it soft. I do like it really soft, so I don't GRAB onto the steering to much and get tense.
3) breath again....
4) never focus on fastest lap......it's a 75 lap race and you don't win in the first corner...
5) breath again....
6) have fun
7) if you can, you might want a negative steering curve around zero, so your nervous shaking hands don't affect the steering. I got -15% for testing and up to -25% is very normal.
8) breath again....
9) take a break to let motor at batteries cool off. AND YOUR BRAIN FROM MELTING
10) maybe breath again....
11) repeat

Did I mention that you have to breath?

But I found out that 5-8 min run and a break with charging batteries is quite effective.
So I tend to just use 1 set of batteries all night. Then I get breaks from concentrating and electronics gets to cool off. And the batteries become better and better during the training session.
I would suggest using 1 car at the time, so you get to know that car and that track.
Do minor setup changes to find out what really is happening.

And maybe breath a bit....

You must have been watching me atruggle....all these points hit so close to home!

My first practice I left it in training mode and just tried to not hit walls for a half hour, was exhausted! Then turned it off and just tried to do my best and SLOW down for turns 3,4,5 off the straight and find a fast line on a 7 second lap.

1&7) As soon as I hit the triple 5.5, 5.6, and 5.5 I crashed into the first corner early being nervous after hearing the time and realized I held my breath for the last 15 seconds!

2) How do you harden the steering wheel? Replacing the rubber?

4) I tried my best to not focus on my fastest lap during the races but it did get me excited. My goal was to hit consistent laps no matter what the lap time. If it took me 6.3 to go around without hitting anything, do it again same throttle every turn. I'd eventually find myself pushing a little and then making my mistake after 7 laps or so. Like you all said from the start along with the MC3 book: I'm really looking for 10 crash free laps first. Or so I tell myself.

7) I seem to enjoy the twitchy steering because I like throwing the car into turns at higher speed and sliding out the rear a little. I know it is probably inconsistent and a bad driving style but I enjoy it, especially on our clubs larger track.
I agree with all of your points and you are right, after my throttle control issues, it's time to focus on breathing aswell.

PS: I only have the 1 car for now and am getting used to it. I did a lot of mods I really didnt need and not the ones I needed. Racing an MR03 with a PN70T motor, ceramic ball diff, brass 4th gear, v5 Motor mount, disk damper and oil shock. Marka rear tires, PN mediums in front.

PSS: I bought my car used and it had a drift to the left that I cant seem to fix. I thought I found the bent component and replaced it in the steering arm(?) The part with the ball on the end. My right steering trim is almost maxed out to the right, and I still drift left slightly.

2) harden or soften steering is a option on transmitters. Not all have it, but Ko Propo have it and I love it. If you want it harder you can also switch out the return spring to a stiffer one.

About the PSS: can you reset the car?
Just get your car to go as straight as possible.
Turn of the car and then transmitter
PS, dont touch the front wheels!!
Then hold the pairing button down and keep holding it and turn your car on (transmitter off...)
Hold pairing button for 10s and then turn the car off.
I never remember if it 3s or 5s or 4,53672s, so I say 10s.

Then 2 things should be done.
Check your adjustments on the transmitter. You would like to zero out the steering again before you turn on your car.
Use ICS to setup up your car all over again

btw, what transmitter do you have?

Dont forget "Blink" Almost as important as breath...

I tend to prefer a slightly stiff wheel, the soft spring can sometimes not center fully off the corners, and it becomes difficult to know if its a radio or car issue when the car isnt centering.

I just ran three back to back 75 lap runs with my stock 70T F-430 GT car (305.3, 309.1 and 295.8) and I'm already almost 3 seconds faster than by best Jan clockwise time. CCW is just more natural for me. Is it because I live in NASCAR country???

LoL
Yeah remember to "blink" also.

Most people prefer stiff steering. But I have to try to relax, so I prefer the very lose one. And I always adjust it to center of course.
And since most transmitter are very stiff, I had to really adjust to that driving stile.

How long are theese tracks?

basically in this challange it's 12x8 in 30cm tiles.
That would be 3.6m x 2.7m

Class-Box Stock
Date-2/23/20
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:09.015 (309.015)
Fastest Lap-3.827
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30LH fronts, K20R rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green (medium)
T-Plate-PN Carbon #4
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-Gave this car another try the next morning, and was almost 9 seconds faster. Would love to get a sub 5 min time in Box Stock, but I may have to settle for this 309.



Class-Box Stock
Date-2/22/20
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:17.898 (317.898)
Fastest Lap-3.886
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30LH fronts, K20R rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green (medium)
T-Plate-PN Carbon #4
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-Decided to give this car another try after a few weeks of running my faster cars, and when I went to rotate the front wheels I discovered the right knuckle was cracked (I have no idea for how long). I replaced it and ran 3 more 75 lap stints, 324.0, 325.0 (including a flip and land on roof that cost me 8 sec) and this 317.9, which is almost 10 seconds faster than my best run on 2/6...



Class-Box Stock
Date-2/6/20
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:27.542 (327.542)
Fastest Lap-3.939
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-911 GT1
Wheelbase-90mm
Tires-K30LH fronts, K20R rears
Motor-Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Green (medium)
T-Plate-PN Carbon #4
Motor Mount-Stock RM
Dampener (If applicable)-None
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-Same setup as last month. My first 3 runs were all good, 346.8, 352.1 and this 327.5, which is 10 seconds faster than my best January clockwise time...

Class-Stock
Date-2/29/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:44.371 (284.371)
Fastest Lap-3.511
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Ferrari F-430 GT
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Red
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-PN 94-98mm v2
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/54 Ball diff
Notes-Decided to give this car another try after 3 weeks, and was over 11 seconds faster, including a rollover on one lap.



Class-Stock
Date-2/8/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:55.813 (295.813)
Fastest Lap-3.649
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Ferrari F-430 GT
Wheelbase-94mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-PN 70T
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Red
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-PN 94-98mm v2
Dampener (If applicable)-PN DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-PN 64p 10/54 Ball diff
Notes-Same setup as last month. In fact, I haven’t done anything to this car in months other than cleaning! This was my third run of the month (305.3, 309.1 and 295.8) and I was almost 3 seconds faster than by best Jan clockwise time.





Class-Stock LM
Date-2/9/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-5:02.418 (302.418)
Fastest Lap-3.793
Chassis-MR-03EVO ASF
Body-Sauber C9
Wheelbase-102mm
Tires-K30 LM fronts, K20 LM rears
Motor-Kyosho Stock
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Stock Gear Diff/7T pinion
Notes-This won't be my fastest time in Stock, but this car is so consistent that its easy to get a very clean 75 lap run. This one is less than 7 seconds slower than my PN 70T GT car, and I think with more time I can break 5 min. Stay tuned!

Class-Pro Stock GT
Date-2/26/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:48.125 (288.125)
Fastest Lap-3.540
Chassis-MR-03 EVO
Body-Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Purple (PN or Kyosho)
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho stock plastic LM Pod
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Stock Gear Diff with 6t pinion
Notes-Added a little ballast and was able to pick up almost 3 seconds.



Class-Pro Stock GT
Date-2/14/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:50.997 (290.997)
Fastest Lap-3.619
Chassis-MR-03 EVO
Body-Ferrari 458 Italia GT2
Wheelbase-98mm
Tires-K30 radial fronts, K20 radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-Purple (PN or Kyosho)
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho stock plastic LM Pod
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho DDS
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Stock Gear Diff with 6t pinion
Notes-Same setup as last year.





Class-Pro Stock LM
Date-2/28/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:49.907 (289.907)
Fastest Lap-3.633
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Sauber C9
Wheelbase-102mm
Tires-K30 LM fronts, K20 Radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Stock Gear Diff with 6t pinion
Notes-Now less than 2 seconds slower than my fastest time with my 458 Pro Stock car. Not bad for a 102mm wheelbase.



Class-Pro Stock LM
Date-2/16/2020
Location-Winston-Salem, NC
Race Time-4:55.698 (295.698)
Fastest Lap-3.648
Chassis-MR-03 ASF
Body-Sauber C9
Wheelbase-102mm
Tires-K30 LM fronts, K20 Radial rears
Motor-Kyosho X-Speed (50T)
Batteries-Kyosho 800s
Front Springs-PN Purple
T-Plate-PN CF #5
Motor Mount-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener (If applicable)-Kyosho Stock LM
Dampener Fluid (If applicable)-None
Gearing-Kyosho Stock Gear Diff with 6t pinion
Notes-Less than 5 seconds slower than my fastest time with my 458 Pro Stock car. Not bad for a 102mm wheelbase.

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