Trinity D3.5 17.5 deemed illegal by ROAR
01-18-2013, 02:56 PM
#47
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What makes you think the "real" truth will ever get posted? If it can't be said now for legal reasons, why will later be any different?
"I have something to tell you, but I can't." I hate that. If you can't say it, then don't say anything at all. Sit back and smile and watch everyone else duke it out.
Side question, how it is that the owner of a rival company that makes 17.5 motors is in charge of ROAR? Hmmm.......
"I have something to tell you, but I can't." I hate that. If you can't say it, then don't say anything at all. Sit back and smile and watch everyone else duke it out.
Side question, how it is that the owner of a rival company that makes 17.5 motors is in charge of ROAR? Hmmm.......
01-18-2013, 04:59 PM
#50
I love the 17.5 class but hate it too...There is always a cheater amongst us..too many variations to go faster in stock..It sucks for the guys who dont know about timing and batteries or the fastest 17.5 on earth(d3)...run mod? hell no!! u still have to drive the car though..So the d3.5 is not that much of an advantage,depends on the layout
01-18-2013, 05:05 PM
#52
A total load of crap.
So they initially used one set of tools to measure ALL motors from a year ago, and they all passed (because its only SO accurate). So these other motor companies complain that the d3.5 is too good, so ROAR goes back a YEAR later, with a DIFFERENT tool to measure the wire, to find that it is just the tiniest bit too wide with THIS tool... and then clasify the motor as not legal? If that's the case, ROAR needs to remeasure EVERY motor that was originally deamed legal with it's original measuring equipment.
They keep using the phrase "in the spirit of keeping things fair", yet they measure the one motor with different tools, that measure differently or more accurately, than the others?... what a load.
So they initially used one set of tools to measure ALL motors from a year ago, and they all passed (because its only SO accurate). So these other motor companies complain that the d3.5 is too good, so ROAR goes back a YEAR later, with a DIFFERENT tool to measure the wire, to find that it is just the tiniest bit too wide with THIS tool... and then clasify the motor as not legal? If that's the case, ROAR needs to remeasure EVERY motor that was originally deamed legal with it's original measuring equipment.
They keep using the phrase "in the spirit of keeping things fair", yet they measure the one motor with different tools, that measure differently or more accurately, than the others?... what a load.
01-18-2013, 05:50 PM
#54
Because he didn't get picked up by ae until after nats. He's an up and coming young racer. Thats what you do when your young and getting faster. Win some big races in stock and move up. Btw, once you win stock at nats you're unable to race stock at nats for 5 years after.
Just because they say so don't make any of it true, on either side.
01-18-2013, 06:21 PM
#57
Glad I don't have to worry about running 17.5T. Still kinda lame they don't allow any tolerance/leeway for the 20AWG wire.
01-18-2013, 06:27 PM
#59
Because he didn't get picked up by ae until after nats. He's an up and coming young racer. Thats what you do when your young and getting faster. Win some big races in stock and move up. Btw, once you win stock at nats you're unable to race stock at nats for 5 years after.
01-18-2013, 07:06 PM
#60
ROAR might not have a choice about this if Trinity brings them to court. By not specifying a tolerance a judge would almost definitely force ROAR to defer to whatever the accepted manufacturing spec of 20awg wire is, which, depending on where the accepted standard is pulled from could be far looser than a racing spec should be.