Racing by post - Round 45 takes us to Anderstorp!

[EvilSpike 294]

21 hours ago, SlideWRX said:

(I use DuckDuckGo)

Respect

[SlideWRX 785]

22 hours ago, Tamiya_Cars_4_Life said:

Okay, thanks a bunch. Where I set this up? On tarmac or grass?

For @Ferruz, yes to both; mixed surface. He has won so much that the start line is also now a jump for him; the vehicle must get air.  Also, since he has shown pictures of woodland creatures on his vehicles (I don't know if it was this thread or another, a while ago), he must now complete one lap with said creature riding the whole lap.  If it flies of into the woods on a hairpin turn, it doesn't count.

I kid, I kid.

...I'm not sure this would slow him down...

[Ferruz 11703]

On 5/3/2022 at 10:09 PM, SlideWRX said:

For @Ferruz, yes to both; mixed surface. He has won so much that the start line is also now a jump for him; the vehicle must get air.  Also, since he has shown pictures of woodland creatures on his vehicles (I don't know if it was this thread or another, a while ago), he must now complete one lap with said creature riding the whole lap.  If it flies of into the woods on a hairpin turn, it doesn't count.

I kid, I kid.

...I'm not sure this would slow him down...

Awww man, if my little furry friend Munchy was still around I am sure he'd be glad to accept the challenge 

I should take the time to befriend another chippy, but it's quite hard to find it without the calm of a lockdown!

But any chance is good for a pic of Munchy with his favourite ride

[SlideWRX 785]

After I posted that, I realized you would likely train it to either lean into the corners, or climb to the inside edge of the car for each corner to help with balance...

[Tamiyastef 1971]

Had my first go today on round 23. For the first time on grass with a DT-03 Aqroshot, standard silver can 17T pinion, 2S lipo... After two "training laps" to seek for the ideal line had two tries "for real".

Used some wood stakes as markers. Not impressed by the number of laps I got in 5 minutes. The underground was on the rough side and the grass wasn't cut evenly and definitely taller around marker 7 so I flipped the car over at least ones every try 

The silver can seemed to lack power for driving on the grass also, maybe in combination with the taller wheels/tires.

At the start of try number 3 a disturbing rattling sound interrupted my attempt.

Problem seems to be the motor mounting hole gave up. I don't think I'll be able to use the 19T holes for long before these give in too. So I have to pay a visit to my LHS for a gearboxpart for DT-02 DT-03. I promise I try to get home without anything else fresh from the hobby shop.

 

[Tamiyastef 1971]

Had another attempt today at my usual tarmac spot with the M-05 RbP Pick-up. 540 silver can with 24T pinion. On 2S to the point I no longer improved lap counts (allthough there's certainly more than enough room for improvement in my driving) and later also 2 attempts on 3S. The best attempt on 3S (the first) had 2 laps more than on 2S.

 

Made new corner markers from green carpet leftover because the plastic corner markers I used before kept changing position due to the wind...

[SlideWRX 785]

4 hours ago, Tamiyastef said:

 

I noticed you have drawn your approach to Corner 4 really wide. I have been doing the same thing.  It seems to help to set up a good approach to the 4-5-6 slalom.

[Ferruz 11703]

Had my first go at Round 23 today, this time on grass. I enjoyed the course and the two 6-meters straights. Part of the track was bumpy, which added to the fun and the challenge though probably wasn't best for the results. I plan on one more go tomorrow, but I have to secure my markers better!

[Tamiyastef 1971]

3 hours ago, SlideWRX said:

I noticed you have drawn your approach to Corner 4 really wide. I have been doing the same thing.  It seems to help to set up a good approach to the 4-5-6 slalom.

The 4-5-6 slalom is the hardest part IMO with the u-turn around 7 close in second place. On tarmac you can keep closer to 4 & 7 and slide the car around them but it's really hard to get consistent slides for me. On grass sliding wasn't an option 😃

[Tamiyastef 1971]

3 hours ago, Ferruz said:

 I have to secure my markers better!

For tarmac the green carpet ones I use now are better than the plastic ones I used before, wind doesn't affect the carpet ones that easily. 

For grass I'm thinking about securing them with a nail that has a spring on top with a nerf arrow attached. Would be clearly visible but won't hurt the car when hit by a wheel the spring can flex instead of breaking an upright, suspension arm or something else on the car.

[Ferruz 11703]

Had a go with the Hornet on grass today. It was fun hopping it around the track, I managed not to tumble but it kept me on edge!

After that it was the turn of the Manta Ray, fan mounted back on the esc for the summer.

I was getting a good run, but at some point I hit a pole after taking corner 3 a little too wide, and this happened 

Car is now fixed, I'm planning on one more run tomorrow.

[Ferruz 11703]

Had another go at the Miami track shortly after a heavy rainfall.

The car got quite caked with grass and small branches, but it was worse for me: the insects were just relentless, all over my eyes and mouth no matter the insane amount of bug spray I used on myself before the run. Messy, but fun!

Look at the antenna-like branch sticking out from behind 

[TurnipJF 9192]

I have set myself the personal challenge of entering only RWD cars in this round. So far I have had a go with my brushed Blitzer Blackfoot, M-04 and DT-01, which haven't been generating the greatest lap counts, but have been loads of fun!

This weekend though, I'll be bringing out the big guns in the form of the brushless brigade - Aqroshot, M-08 and DT-02, and possibly even a F1 model for a "serious" attempt at a podium. We'll see how it goes! 😀

[Andreas W 1556]

Just posted the results. We have had rain the last days, so now the grip on gravel will be much better. But there is no time for more attempts.

 

Not so many attempts this time. I had to use the time for painting the house while the carpenter was here and we had scaffolding.

[Pylon80 2632]

On 5/19/2022 at 10:57 PM, TurnipJF said:

even a F1 model

Very nice ! 

Life has gotten in the way but I'll be back guys! Have fun 🙂

[nicksincrc 119]

finally got on my car park for 10 minute practice and two back to back runs, struggled for grip and found it tough so definitely feeling i'll be holding up the rest of the table lol

[Ferruz 11703]

No more time to practice for me so I've just submitted my results. Good luck everybody and happy racing!

[Tamiyastef 1971]

I had another go (the last one for round 23) yesterday on some very rough tarmac/concrete kinda underground on a parking lot in "Zeeland" (in the Netherlands).

The roughness of the underground helped with traction so I improved my lapcount.

Only had a 2S lipo with me so no 3S lipo attempt :-(

Submitted my results for this round.

[TurnipJF 9192]

My apologies for the delay with the results. I should have them up later this morning. 

[TurnipJF 9192]

Position	Username	Lap count	Car	Motor	Battery	Running surface	Surface modifiers	(Optional) Running weight	(Optional) Best lap
1	TurnipJF	36	M-08 Mazda MX-5	13.5t Speed Passion	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
2	TurnipJF	33	DT-03T Aqroshot	10.5t Speed Passion	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
3	Tamiyastef	33	M-05	27t Silver Can	2S LiPo	Concrete	Very windy
4	TurnipJF	32	DT-02 Desert Gator	13.5t Bluebottle	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
5	Ferruz	31	DF-01 Manta Ray	13.5t Bluebottle	7.2V NiMH	Grass	Surface was ok, but an actual cloud of mosquitoes affected the run
6	SlideWRX	30	DT-03	25t Torque Tuned	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.		9.14
7	TurnipJF	29	M-04 Karmann Ghia	27t Silver Can	2S LiPo	Tarmac	It was damp.
8	Andreas W	28	Tomahawk	23t YR Hackmoto	2S LiPo	Long astro	Lots of debries (foootballpitch on a school)
9	TurnipJF	27	Blitzer Blackfoot	25t Torque Tuned	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
10	TurnipJF	24	DT-01 Rookie Rabbit	27t Silver Can	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
11	Ferruz	24	The Hornet	Sport Tuned	7.2V NiMH	Grass	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
12	Andreas W	23	Grasshornet	23t Sport Tuned	7.2V NiMH	Gravel	It was loose and dusty
13	Tamiyastef	22	DT-03 Aqroshot	27t Silver Can	2S LiPo	Grass	It was damp.
14	nicksincrc	22	mazda m05	27t Silver Can	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.

[Tamiyastef 1971]

Yes, yes! Third place again. I love my M-05. BITD I had no interest in the M chassis cars whatsoever but now I've build (and upgraded) and run an M-05 I can't believe what I missed out on all these years. Fantastic platform, relatively easy to work on and so much fun to drive. I would recommend an M chassis to everyone looking for an on road car to drive.

And off course congratulations to TurnipJF once again

[TurnipJF 9192]

1 hour ago, Tamiyastef said:

I love my M-05.

Same here. They are great little chassis, a lot of fun to drive. Despite having the technically superior M-07 in my fleet, my M-05 still gets regular outings. 👍

[Ferruz 11703]

Cool! Congrats @TurnipJF for getting the top spot back! 👍🏁🏁

I wonder where we'll be heading to next...

[TurnipJF 9192]

Just now, Ferruz said:

Cool! Congrats @TurnipJF for getting the top spot back! 👍🏁🏁

I wonder where we'll be heading to next...

Thanks! Although I suspect that I have your cloud of mosquitoes to thank for this victory... 😁

[TurnipJF 9192]

@Grastens I don't suppose you fancy honouring us with another of your excellent track designs for Round 24?