1LikesAdelaide Nitro Offroad Racing Club
06-14-2006, 07:25 PM
#2251
Originally Posted by mambo61
hi glen
why not get a lst2 as they have won most of the races so far. You told me your self after driving the lst it was a awsome truck to drive and easy.
why not get a lst2 as they have won most of the races so far. You told me your self after driving the lst it was a awsome truck to drive and easy.
Originally Posted by promugenman
Glenn, get a truggy, don't mess around. 
My thoughts are to get the revo 3.3, sell Tq radio/servos, sell EZstart, buy a couple of those coreless? ~240oz in/ .11sec servos for the dual steering setup. And ive always loved the revos suspension and the way everything removes easily for maintenance and cleaning.
LSt leaves me no change and no spares. hellfire would leave me change for spares.
But a lot of the common traxxas parts like ball ends, spurs, clutch shoes, tie rods etc can be shared between various vehicles.
Traxxas stuff has always done me well (all 5 of em) and their customer support is 2nd to none, every man and his dog sells cheap spares and aftermarket hop ups for them because they are so popular.
In my noob days (4yr ago) i got jerked around by an lhs that sold me the car so i called Traxxas customer support at 3am our time ($1.50 call) and 3 days later i received $40USD worth of 2spd parts express posted out, free of charge even though it turned out there was only one faulty part ($10usd 2spd hub)... hell it was probably my own fault back then anyway.
the sad part is, i can remember a whole stack of traxxas part numbers at any given moment but cant remember birthdays, including my mums last mth
06-14-2006, 07:52 PM
#2254
Originally Posted by v0rtex
Who out of the club sponsors sell Traxxas stuff, Glenn?
but the distributor does not have stocks of the 3.3, they have sold out.
06-14-2006, 07:56 PM
#2255
Originally Posted by promugenman
new RB just arrived, looks like i'll have to put some time aside to put the spare bug back together & run an engine in this weekend. oh no, what a shame, but i do hate running engines in, it can be so frustrating.
i remember getting a good laugh when i read somewhere once
"break in is not the time to impress your friends with your new engines speed."
06-14-2006, 08:09 PM
#2257
Originally Posted by v0rtex
Get the truggy! No better excuse
06-14-2006, 09:06 PM
#2259
Originally Posted by promugenman
truggy it is, i expect to see it next race meet that i can't make it too. 
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decision made, boy that was easy for you Glenn.
.decision made, boy that was easy for you Glenn.
maybe ill put the optional centre diff + rear brakes in and run with the truggy's anyway
06-14-2006, 09:41 PM
#2260
by the way, what's the plan with points now that we're running 2 races a month? is one a championship round & one not? with all the racing at MP & MV there's no way i can make all the races & if i can know which ones count for championships & which ones don't i can plan when i need to race. if all races count to a championship there'd better be a few more drops. a final answer on this would be good to get sorted out sooner rather than later. 4 races a month is never going to happen for me, number one i'll get sick of racing so much if i'm not careful, number 2 i have a lot of other things to do on my weekends & nitro takes up a full day. with my other sports it leaves me with little time left. not to mention spending some time with the better half.
06-14-2006, 09:53 PM
#2261
well here's my thoughts on the subject.
you get 10 races per championshipwith 2 drops.
so make the 1st race of each month a championship points scoring round & if for some reason (weather) the race is cancelled, make the second round the championshjip round. this way you get re-races to keep the championship alive incase you get a bad winter like last year where many weekends were rained out. also allows for people who can't make 2 races a month still able to have a chance in the championship.
in the event both weekends in the month are rained out the race can be rescheduled to later in the year.
any thoughts or other suggestions would be appreciated.
you get 10 races per championshipwith 2 drops.
so make the 1st race of each month a championship points scoring round & if for some reason (weather) the race is cancelled, make the second round the championshjip round. this way you get re-races to keep the championship alive incase you get a bad winter like last year where many weekends were rained out. also allows for people who can't make 2 races a month still able to have a chance in the championship.
in the event both weekends in the month are rained out the race can be rescheduled to later in the year.
any thoughts or other suggestions would be appreciated.
06-14-2006, 10:05 PM
#2263
Originally Posted by v0rtex
How about both rounds each month are championship rounds, drop your worst one of the two each month.
6 month championship, 6 races count.
6 month championship, 6 races count.
06-14-2006, 10:08 PM
#2264
its currently best 7 of 10, so i did consider best 14 of 20.
i do like your idea though james, that does sound pretty good.
i do like your idea though james, that does sound pretty good.