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took the TRF out for a few runs today. Not the best results as the new mamba monster X kept hitting a cutoff and stopping the run. 

first run was 117mph 

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but as you can see it hit the "Rapid Temperature Increase" cut off and killing the run. 

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the next run i use some more distance and was a little easier on the throttle and it managed 121mph

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but again it hit the cutoff. 


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im going to switch back to the mamba monster 2 with a bigger cap pack to try and reduce the ripple. 

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Well I finally did it. 

 

128mph with a Tamiya! 

 

Now all i need to do is get a better battery, better cap pack and a better motor and go for 130mph. 

 

 

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So it's been a bit quite on the speed front. 
I sold the motor from the TRF to help found a new one. 

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i have also put together a TA07 to sell. again to found the new motor.
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and lastly i installed a signal booster so i can get some more distance for the speed runs 

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So it’s been a little while but I have been chipping away. 
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I sold the TA07  and a few other things. 
 

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So I was able to buy a Neu motor. The gold standard for speed run cars. 

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Little update 

I moved interstate and it took 11 months to find a good road to use. But we have a new road and the results were pretty good.

 

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3 minutes ago, DayRider said:

Wow! that is crazy fast. I wonder what the scale speed is?

135mph x 10.....

 

but scale speed does not really relate. Scaling from a 1/10 to a 1/1 is not liner it’s exponential. The force’s and power would not simply be 10x as much with a real car. 
 

that pass produced 4hp there is no way a 1/1 car with 400hp would do even 200mph.

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3 minutes ago, stew_mac said:

135mph x 10.....

 

but scale speed does not really relate. Scaling from a 1/10 to a 1/1 is not liner it’s exponential. The force’s and power would not simply be 10x as much with a real car. 
 

that pass produced 4hp there is no way a 1/1 car with 400hp would do even 200mph.

What was the distance of the area that you run?

 

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18 minutes ago, DayRider said:

What was the distance of the area that you run?

 

The total distance is 1.2k so a run is just over 600m 

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1 hour ago, stew_mac said:

The total distance is 1.2k so a run is just over 600m 

Its just a shame that there isn't bowl like, round track so you can run it a few laps to work on more handling or to see how it performs. That would be nice to watch. 

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10 minutes ago, DayRider said:

Its just a shame that there isn't bowl like, round track so you can run it a few laps to work on more handling or to see how it performs. That would be nice to watch. 

Yeah there is. Rc Velodrome. We don't have an event like this where in Queensland but some guys run an event in Melbourne. I is very much a different disipan to straight line speed so my car would definitely not perform well turning a corner. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8i350geW8o

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14 hours ago, stew_mac said:

Yeah there is. Rc Velodrome. We don't have an event like this where in Queensland but some guys run an event in Melbourne. I is very much a different disipan to straight line speed so my car would definitely not perform well turning a corner. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8i350geW8o

just seen that now, thats so cool. but not as fast as you eh?

 

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2 hours ago, DayRider said:

just seen that now, thats so cool. but not as fast as you eh?

 

That guy Nic Case is the fastest in the world at 202mph in a straight line. So if he can only go 90mph in a circle I won’t be able to faster.

 

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20 hours ago, stew_mac said:

that pass produced 4hp

I saw that on the graph, an thought my original '67 Vespa 150cc have 4.5hp :lol:

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12 minutes ago, Collin said:

I saw that on the graph, an thought my original '67 Vespa 150cc have 4.5hp :lol:

It’s crazy right! From a 540 size motor with 11v 

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On 11/25/2020 at 11:11 AM, stew_mac said:

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135mph? You're not fannying around, are you!

Excellent work chap!

At those kinds of speeds, where reducing drag is four times as effective as increasing power, would it be worth covering the wheels, as in not chopping out the arches in the lexan. The technical term is wheel spats. A bit like a Honda Insight, Citroen CX or the Jaguar XJR-9?

Did I mention excellent work chap?

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32 minutes ago, EvilSpike said:

135mph? You're not fannying around, are you!

Excellent work chap!

At those kinds of speeds, where reducing drag is four times as effective as increasing power, would it be worth covering the wheels, as in not chopping out the arches in the lexan. The technical term is wheel spats. A bit like a Honda Insight, Citroen CX or the Jaguar XJR-9?

Did I mention excellent work chap?

Thanks mate. 
keeping the wheels covered is debatable. The wheels themselves will create turbulence so having the body open might help remove the bad air. 
 

But RC speed is not quite the same as 1:1 speed. This body type has gone 179mph on a Traxxas 4-tec with the wheel arches cut out. 

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Absoloutley, you're very much on the experimental edge of what works and what is possible. Just wondered if you've tried it, I'm am absolute idiot for Citroen's, especially Robert Operons masterpiece the CX and he played with design to reduce drag back before fully digitised wind tunnels and FE modelling was a thing.

I'm just interested to see if it would help or hinder this particular instance.

Either way, well done, that's a brutally epic top speed :)

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Personally I have not tried it. I just kept and eye on the guys that are faster. 
 

the last thing I want to be do is experimenting at these speeds hahahaha. 
 

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Well g'won, slap some cladding on and give it some beans!

What's the worst that can happen*?

 

 

 

 

*other than fiery cartwheely death?

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5 hours ago, stew_mac said:

That guy Nic Case is the fastest in the world at 202mph in a straight line. So if he can only go 90mph in a circle I won’t be able to faster.

 

Do you think that was down to the line he was taking? maybe it would of been better using the out side line, I'm not saying i could do any better! it looks hard to steer.

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