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05-29-2007 | 08:27 PM

#25606

CarlosG.

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From: Falls City,TX

Whatever David, it don't bother me.

05-29-2007 | 08:29 PM

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David Galdo

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, chin up punk! I am sure you will hand it to me... asphalt is not my gig. Come to think of it, I don't know that anyone has run an FF on asphalt.... I will try to make it down there on the 9th.

05-29-2007 | 08:36 PM

#25608

CarlosG.

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It's not you. Thanks though. I think it will be a good race if I can actually stop shaking from being nervous and quit making stupid mistakes.

05-29-2007 | 08:54 PM

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theisgroup

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Quote:

Originally Posted by P2

As you know, my motor sponsor went out of business. Due to my results at the Texas St Champs, Mike Dumas contacted me and offered a deal.

Man, Duma's beotch did not get me a deal.

05-29-2007 | 08:56 PM

#25610

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Quote:

Originally Posted by theisgroup

Man, Duma's beotch did not get me a deal.

If his beotch didn't hack you on the first turn....you would of finished higher

You have PM

05-29-2007 | 09:01 PM

#25611

David Galdo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by theisgroup

Man, Duma's beotch did not get me a deal.

I've gone from Metro to Beotch.... great.

05-29-2007 | 09:18 PM

#25612

David Galdo

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I can assure you all, there is already a beotch in the townhouse, it is his dog Miya... a mini bull terrier. I will have multiple locks and sensors on my bedroom door.

05-29-2007 | 09:27 PM

#25613

AdrianM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by P2

I didn't say it wasn't a good car, I said,

"I haven't seen a DB12R on the track but would suspect that it shouldn't work well on very loose tracks, due to not enough weight on the rear end. I'm not saying it's not a good car, I just haven't seen one in real life. Would someone like to chime in. On a super high bite surface it might be quite good."

I wasn't talking smack about the car, I was just my honest opinion. Since I've had experience with the Yokomo car I was just answering ttso's question and tring to help out. I did ask for some real hands-on experience to chime in on the DB12R's performance.

Sorry if I offended anyone

In the rear most position the battery is in the same relative location front to back on the DB12R as on the DB12. This is just a hair futher back than on a RC12L4. You can slide the battery about 8mm forward if you want to but I can't imagine why anyone would do that.

05-29-2007 | 10:32 PM

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Big B

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Can someone explain how to setup castor, and what the different terms mean. I am a TC racer making the move to 1/12th and I have never heard some of the terms like reactive castor.

05-30-2007 | 04:50 AM

#25615

RCSteve93

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Big B

Can someone explain how to setup castor, and what the different terms mean. I am a TC racer making the move to 1/12th and I have never heard some of the terms like reactive castor.

Reactive castor means that castor changes as the wheel compresses relative to the wheel.

05-30-2007 | 04:53 AM

#25616

losi guy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Big B

Can someone explain how to setup castor, and what the different terms mean. I am a TC racer making the move to 1/12th and I have never heard some of the terms like reactive castor.

It reduces caster at turn in and increases at exit, it can cause tire scrub and slow you down in a turn if not setup right.

05-30-2007 | 04:58 AM

#25617

David Galdo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AdrianM

You can slide the battery about 8mm forward if you want to but I can't imagine why anyone would do that.

I think that applies to all 1/12's, I tried it .... not good! All the way back here.

05-30-2007 | 08:45 AM

#25618

CypressMidWest

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Quote:

Originally Posted by David Galdo

I think that applies to all 1/12's, I tried it .... not good! All the way back here.

There are times when it can be advantageous. On an extremely high-bite track, if your car is very edgy, and always wants to traction roll in high-speed corners, moving the battery forward can reduce initial weight transfer on corner entry and not load up the outside front as much, greatly reducing the cars tendency to traction roll, without taking away too much steering by reducing the amount of mechanical grip the front suspension can generate. At least that's been my experience.

05-30-2007 | 02:34 PM

#25619

protc3

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that is very true.at the snowbirds i ran the batteries forward on the car for this reason.it adds on power steering and takes away initial steering or edgy feel when entering a corner.i added this adjustment for this reason.for most normal conditions,carpet and asphalt,i run them to the back.high bite carpet is a whole different bag o snails.

05-30-2007 | 05:34 PM

#25620

David Galdo

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That may have been my problem when I raced at Hobbyplex, the traction was extremely high. I ran my pack all the way back. I understand the explanation.... thanks.