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Old 04-17-2006, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Curtis Schlaht
Email me your address ([email protected]).... I'll get a replacement out to you tomorrow....

Gearing & timing sounds good. I'd perfer to see you running a slightly harder spring than the std firm. Maybe MR032 4.3 N/mm (8 coil)....


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Bugger, i did the same to a 7x1 last weekend, i threw the arm away cause i thought it was trashed, should have taken a pic. Mine was only 3 runs old.
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Old 04-17-2006, 05:49 PM
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the usual cause of this from what i've seen is overtiming the motor - i ran an 8x2 @ 24deg on a mid sized track and had the same thing happen.

the motor still works fine, i just go gentle with it, clubdays, 12th scale etc.

mine was ~5 runs old when it happened too, still going strong after a few months in the 12th scale though
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Old 04-17-2006, 08:38 PM
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I haven't had to run any motor Curtis has sent me at over 12 degress of timing. I take that back....I ran my 8x1 at 15 once but 12 is my standard.
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Old 04-17-2006, 08:57 PM
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i usually run 8s on mid-sized tracks at around 18 deg, up to 24deg on small tracks (read: tennis court size)
7 turns live at 6deg, occasionally will do 12 on the small tracks though
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Old 04-17-2006, 09:26 PM
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Weylin Rose and myself than some 8x1's and 7x1's at 18-22 deg of timing in a Ti Can/endbell lol. We sure made some people look stupid on the straight . Especially the starts of the mains

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Old 04-17-2006, 09:46 PM
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I always run my 7 turns at no more than 18º, when I tried to dump with a 7x2 once I finally blew it up at 22º... but it was fast . Then for 8 turns I only crank them up to 22º, and 24º for 10 turns.
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Old 04-17-2006, 10:14 PM
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Yup. They sure are fast though... You should see the new ones Curtis wound up for me Checkpoint teardowns are downright sick.

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Originally Posted by mini-dub
I always run my 7 turns at no more than 18º, when I tried to dump with a 7x2 once I finally blew it up at 22º... but it was fast . Then for 8 turns I only crank them up to 22º, and 24º for 10 turns.
That's an awful lot of timing. I don't think I'll be running that much timing for the Reedy
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Old 04-18-2006, 10:43 AM
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LOL yeah, it was a really small track and we were messing with stuff. I crank the timing on Ti's.... the Checkpoint teardowns only need about 12-15 deg though.
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Old 04-19-2006, 10:09 AM
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Thumbs up We’ve moved!!!

We’ve moved!!!

New Contact info for DC Motorsports….


DC Motorsports
775 County Road 33970
Powderly, TX
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PH# 903-737-8555
Email is still the same: [email protected]

-Hours of operation-
M-F 9am-5pm Central Standard Time
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Originally Posted by Curtis Schlaht
We’ve moved!!!

New Contact info for DC Motorsports….


DC Motorsports
775 County Road 33970
Powderly, TX
75473

PH# 903-737-8555
Email is still the same: [email protected]

-Hours of operation-
M-F 9am-5pm Central Standard Time
Closed Weekends


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I moved too..........closer to the snack machine
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I'm considering to get couple of IB3800's for Stock Truck and I know you have Battery Assembly option but do you also include Deans connectors with the assembly or does it come with extra cost?
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Old 04-22-2006, 06:20 PM
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Hey Curtis,

I was just wondering how much life (how many runs) you would expect to get out of a set of the Checkpoint brushes, the 6 cell Infinitis?? I have managed to get a hold of one of the DC Checkpoints and its a beautiful thing.
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Old 04-22-2006, 06:34 PM
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I ran mine for a while.... I'm guessing 15 or so runs. They were still fine too, just getting a little short. Thats running them in a 7 turn as well.

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Okay, fair enough. :-)

Another question then - did you make many changes in gearing for the different powerband? I've been using DC V2 motors and DC Ti3 motors for the past year or so and I expect the Checkpoint to feel quite a bit different in comparison to them because of that powerband change.
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