carpet racing history
01-06-2009, 10:40 AM
#31
I can go even further back...
When I first started racing 12th scale the chassis and bodies were "homemade". There were no proportional controls for the radio equipment. The servos only went straight, full left or full right. For speed control we used a servo and micro switch and only had full or no throttle. Only stick radios were available.
Batteries were 1200mah Sanyo NiCds and were charged with a charge cord (resistance wire) off a 12volt auto battery until they started to warm up a little. Motors were closed endbell Igarashis (sp?) and a "hot" motor was a 35turn.
Boy, I am getting old.....
When I first started racing 12th scale the chassis and bodies were "homemade". There were no proportional controls for the radio equipment. The servos only went straight, full left or full right. For speed control we used a servo and micro switch and only had full or no throttle. Only stick radios were available.
Batteries were 1200mah Sanyo NiCds and were charged with a charge cord (resistance wire) off a 12volt auto battery until they started to warm up a little. Motors were closed endbell Igarashis (sp?) and a "hot" motor was a 35turn.
Boy, I am getting old.....
01-06-2009, 10:43 AM
#32
The greek letter delta DOES indicate change in math circles, but with that said, "delta peak" could be interpreted as "change peak." The letter delta doesn't indicate a positive or negative change, however, so I would have to say the "delta peak" would be the point when the greatest amount of change is taking place, at the beginning of the charge when the voltage is changing rapidly...
Your answer is technically correct, but it's not the one I was looking for...
Bullfrog hit it... the very first peak detecting charger marketed to the RC racing community was called the "Peak Detection Charger". It was made by the Delta company of Lorimor Iowa, back in the early '80's. On its face, it had the company name Delta, and the "Peak Detection Charger" product name. Not long after its release, several companies released peak detection chargers of their own, and misinterpreted the company name "Delta" for the math/engineering term delta, and called their chargers delta peak detection chargers. But the "Delta" in the name of the very first one was just the name of the company, it had nothing to do with the engineering/math usage of "delta."
One more trivia question... Who was the very first 1/12 world champion, and what car did he drive?
Your answer is technically correct, but it's not the one I was looking for...
Bullfrog hit it... the very first peak detecting charger marketed to the RC racing community was called the "Peak Detection Charger". It was made by the Delta company of Lorimor Iowa, back in the early '80's. On its face, it had the company name Delta, and the "Peak Detection Charger" product name. Not long after its release, several companies released peak detection chargers of their own, and misinterpreted the company name "Delta" for the math/engineering term delta, and called their chargers delta peak detection chargers. But the "Delta" in the name of the very first one was just the name of the company, it had nothing to do with the engineering/math usage of "delta."
One more trivia question... Who was the very first 1/12 world champion, and what car did he drive?
01-06-2009, 11:25 AM
#34
01-06-2009, 11:26 AM
#35
Tech Regular
01-06-2009, 11:27 AM
#36
01-06-2009, 11:29 AM
#37
Tech Regular
01-06-2009, 11:42 AM
#38
Actually a bit of a trick question there...
Kent Clausen did win the stock championship with the 12i, Art Carbonell took the modified title with a Delta Phaser (or was that Super Phaser... most of my 70's and 80's memories got lost in the "great beer and weed massacre" of '91, and a whole lot more of them vanished in the "imbecile middle aged moron decides rollerblading on a half pipe with no helmet looks like fun" massacre of '95...)
Kent Clausen did win the stock championship with the 12i, Art Carbonell took the modified title with a Delta Phaser (or was that Super Phaser... most of my 70's and 80's memories got lost in the "great beer and weed massacre" of '91, and a whole lot more of them vanished in the "imbecile middle aged moron decides rollerblading on a half pipe with no helmet looks like fun" massacre of '95...)
01-06-2009, 11:49 AM
#40
01-06-2009, 11:50 AM
#41
01-06-2009, 11:55 AM
#42
Actually a bit of a trick question there...
Kent Clausen did win the stock championship with the 12i, Art Carbonell took the modified title with a Delta Phaser (or was that Super Phaser... most of my 70's and 80's memories got lost in the "great beer and weed massacre" of '91, and a whole lot more of them vanished in the "imbecile middle aged moron decides rollerblading on a half pipe with no helmet looks like fun" massacre of '95...)
Kent Clausen did win the stock championship with the 12i, Art Carbonell took the modified title with a Delta Phaser (or was that Super Phaser... most of my 70's and 80's memories got lost in the "great beer and weed massacre" of '91, and a whole lot more of them vanished in the "imbecile middle aged moron decides rollerblading on a half pipe with no helmet looks like fun" massacre of '95...)
Pretty sure Arts car was the Phaser, by the time the Super Phaser got popular was when Joel started to win with it, being a T-plate car, but not as we know them now.
01-06-2009, 12:04 PM
#43
Anybody remember the Heathkit cars ? (or were they just local to Michigan ?)
01-06-2009, 12:10 PM
#44
Tech Regular
Jerobee - powered by the Cox .049 First electrics I saw were conversions of the Jerobee chassis using motor and batteries hijacked from a Black & Decker rechargeable grass trimmer.
01-06-2009, 12:12 PM
#45
Tech Regular
[QUOTE=Johnny Wishbone;5258186]I forgot about Butch, lol. What year was that?
First worlds was at John Thorps raceway (later sold to Gil Losi becoming the Ranch Pit Stop) in Pomona in 1977.
First worlds was at John Thorps raceway (later sold to Gil Losi becoming the Ranch Pit Stop) in Pomona in 1977.