RC10B4.1 FT/WC
05-30-2011 | 12:29 PM
#3017
One thing I have noticed is you wont use nearly the same amount of mah in the same 4-5 min race as you use to, also you no longer have to discharge them all the way down prior to charging them again, and you dont have to sit there and wait for them to cool down normally as they normally come out of the car at room temp lol.
I know a guy who races with one pack. He pulls it out of the car after his heat, pops it on the charger at 8amps (make sure the pack can handle that much prior to charging that high) and then goes out to marshal. Says he has never had an issue as long as there were 4 total classes racing that night.
I know a guy who races with one pack. He pulls it out of the car after his heat, pops it on the charger at 8amps (make sure the pack can handle that much prior to charging that high) and then goes out to marshal. Says he has never had an issue as long as there were 4 total classes racing that night.
05-30-2011 | 12:42 PM
#3018
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 15,743
From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
One thing I have noticed is you wont use nearly the same amount of mah in the same 4-5 min race as you use to, also you no longer have to discharge them all the way down prior to charging them again, and you dont have to sit there and wait for them to cool down normally as they normally come out of the car at room temp lol.
I know a guy who races with one pack. He pulls it out of the car after his heat, pops it on the charger at 8amps (make sure the pack can handle that much prior to charging that high) and then goes out to marshal. Says he has never had an issue as long as there were 4 total classes racing that night.
I know a guy who races with one pack. He pulls it out of the car after his heat, pops it on the charger at 8amps (make sure the pack can handle that much prior to charging that high) and then goes out to marshal. Says he has never had an issue as long as there were 4 total classes racing that night.
Last edited by racer1812; 05-30-2011 at 12:57 PM.
05-30-2011 | 12:54 PM
#3019
Tech Addict
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 735
From: Portsmouth, VA
Start with the recommened associated black grease. Alot of guys play around with different diff oil but most will agree that the black grease works very well. Im sure this will spark some arguments but I have used many different combinations and usually end up going back to AE grease.
05-30-2011 | 02:01 PM
#3020
Tech Regular
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 339
From: Houston Texas
I can get by with 2 packs (SMC Lightning Volts 24C 4100 in the B4.1, 5200 in the SC10). I have 2 chargers, but by the time I come off the track with my 2nd class, the first battery is already topped off. This is usually with 5-7 heats on the board.
This Friday, I was bumped from the B main to the A main in the SC10, and I forgot to hit the charge button after hooking it up while I went back to the track for the buggy main, but the 5200 pack had enough juice to finish its 2nd 6min main without being topped off.
I do have a Dynamite 25C 6000Mah pack I keep charged on the side just in case, and use it for practicing as well. I'm planning on getting another 5200 SMC Lightning Volts as a backup too.
This Friday, I was bumped from the B main to the A main in the SC10, and I forgot to hit the charge button after hooking it up while I went back to the track for the buggy main, but the 5200 pack had enough juice to finish its 2nd 6min main without being topped off.
I do have a Dynamite 25C 6000Mah pack I keep charged on the side just in case, and use it for practicing as well. I'm planning on getting another 5200 SMC Lightning Volts as a backup too.
http://www.maxamps.com/proddetail.ph...4-Pack&cat=191
05-30-2011 | 04:05 PM
#3023
I can promise you the guy in question is not the last guy out to marshall lol
05-30-2011 | 07:09 PM
#3024
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 15,743
From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
Racers waiting on the stand for marshals is BS all day long..IMO
If it's ok at your track that's fine, I just don't think it's the way to run a race program..IMO
05-30-2011 | 07:25 PM
#3025
I just realized that you race at Dirt Heaven. I raced there 5 years ago with my dad and little brother. And we had Jim paint bodies for us back then as well. They are both out of the hobby and I now race in the middle of Lower Michigan, lol. Small world...
05-31-2011 | 07:59 AM
#3026
Only to add a little track etiquette to this thread, if you're on the stand for your 3 min warm up do you want to spend 2 min of it on your lid waiting for marshals? Anybody who knows who I am will tell you I'm one of the first guys on the track to marshal, 99% of the time.
Racers waiting on the stand for marshals is BS all day long..IMO
If it's ok at your track that's fine, I just don't think it's the way to run a race program..IMO
Racers waiting on the stand for marshals is BS all day long..IMO
If it's ok at your track that's fine, I just don't think it's the way to run a race program..IMO
With that being said, it is my opinion that if another racer is normally out there to marshal before most of the racers in the next race are even out there and checked in he or she is doing just fine and what he or she is doing between that time is not for me to dictate.
Now if someone was constantly the last person out on the track to marshal, thus delaying the check in process or even the race, then we have an issue.
05-31-2011 | 06:39 PM
#3028
I remember reading someone mention about excessive rebound in the V2 shocks after a run. i've noticed this phenomenon as well. rebound so bad that the entire shock shaft comes back out. I essentially have to rebleed the shocks after every run. what's the cause? anyone know? better yet, how do i keep it from happening?
05-31-2011 | 07:19 PM
#3029
I remember reading someone mention about excessive rebound in the V2 shocks after a run. i've noticed this phenomenon as well. rebound so bad that the entire shock shaft comes back out. I essentially have to rebleed the shocks after every run. what's the cause? anyone know? better yet, how do i keep it from happening?
