Racing by post - Round 56 track is up, taking us back to Imola!

[TurnipJF 10981]

Name:	Laps:	Car:	Motor:	Battery:	Surface:	Other factors?	Weight:	Best lap:
Carmine A	58	FF-03 Pro Civic	17t Reedy	3S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.		5.24s
TurnipJF	47	F103 M-body	21.5t Turnigy	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
Charles Merlen	45	Peugeot 206 - TA03FS	GT-Tune 27T	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	Not clean, dusty	1605g	5.10s
TurnipJF	45	TT-02 Type S Race Blob	13.5t Bluebottle	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
ryback	44	TT-02 Type S	25t Torque Tuned	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
TurnipJF	43	M-08 Mazda MX-5	13.5t Speed Passion	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
jupitertwo	42	TB05 Mercedes AMG GT3	Tamiya TBLM02S 15.5t	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.	1414g	6.42s
ryback	38	F104 Pro II	27t silver can	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
Ministrone	35	Tamiya Mini Cooper M-01	540 Silver Can	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.	1168g
T.Button	34	M-03 Mini Cooper	27t Silver Can	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
T.Button	32	TL-01 Skyline GTR	27t SIlver can	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	It was sandy.
Mrs Turnip	32	Rising Fighter	27t Etronix	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
Jonny Eff	31	Racing Fighter	25t Torque Tuned	7.2V NiMH	Grass	No - the track surface was clear and dry.
nicksincrc	28	xv01 lancia delta	27t silver can	7.2V NiMH	Tarmac	rough
TurnipJF	27	G6-01 ATDV	25t Torque Tuned	2S LiPo	Tarmac	It was damp.
Ministrone	26	Tamiya Fast Attack Vehicle	Tamiya Sport Tuned	2S LiPo	Tarmac	No - the track surface was clear and dry.	1541g

 

Congratulations @Carmine A! Yours is the honour of picking the Round 10 track. Let's see everyone's suggestions!

[Carmine A 3137]

Holy CRAP!!! That was unexpected! 😳😳  I knew the FF-03 was considerably faster than my others, I just didn't expect that. 

Congrats to ALL of you!! 🎉🎉🎉 🏆🏆 

And everyone thank @TurnipJF - for giving us this CURE for Covid INSANITY!!

[Ministrone 1728]

Congratulations @Carmine A.

I’m pretty pleased with that. My beaten up old M01 chassis Mini performed quite well. Again!
My FAV was a real handful though. I had  huge under steer on the tighter corners so I knew it would be slow.

[ThunderDragonCy 9113]

@Carmine A Hot sticking dude! Fair play taking it to the 4wd with a frontie. 

 

[jupitertwo 1485]

Great laps everyone, especially @Carmine A! That’s a stupendous lap count! Your average lap would be about 2s a lap quicker than mine  I might give it a few weeks before I try out for nationals now  Congrats on the win! 

what sort of track awaits us next? 

[Maelstrom 439]

Darn, I missed the deadline! I was sure it was the end of March!

Bad month for rc for me, too much work and too little good weather, so I didn't  manage to get much driving time in on round nine. Off the record, I  would have ended up just behind ministrone's M-01. 

Congrats to everyone, especially to @Carmine A! That is an amazing lap count!

Looking forward to round ten, this time I'll set an alarm for the deadline!

[Charles M 135]

10 hours ago, jupitertwo said:

Great laps everyone, especially @Carmine A! That’s a stupendous lap count! Your average lap would be about 2s a lap quicker than mine  I might give it a few weeks before I try out for nationals now  Congrats on the win! 

what sort of track awaits us next? 

But i think the 3S Lipo can provide lot of power for the 17T Brushed motor.  ( +50% of Power Voltage ) But on this small track, all is about finger dexterity ;-) 

 

Congrats to all ! As for Olympics, the best way is to participate ;-)  

@TurnipJF, we don't have the best lap on the dashboard ? The Google Form help you finally ? 

Happy to run, to update my chassis and improve my steering with these sessions. 

[ryback 61]

Mind blown by the insane 58 lap count! Congrats.

I get the feeling that more power would hinder rather than help me...

Good to see a tight TT02 Type S battle with @TurnipJF in similar machinery, but it's back to the drawing board for me for my F1 car. It's WAY off the pace! Suspect replacing the kit tyres would be a good start. Other than that, possibly trying different rake angles and diff settings.

[nicksincrc 122]

didn't realise it was yesterday  sent you it but no worries if it's too late , did it a few days ago too!!

[Carmine A 3137]

On 3/29/2021 at 2:28 PM, ThunderDragonCy said:

@Carmine A Hot sticking dude! Fair play taking it to the 4wd with a frontie. 

Thanks Cy!! I'm blown away by the GRIP! I used Foamies up front - which were THRASHED by the 4th lap of the second attempt....  Big waste of money, but it was FUN!!

On 3/29/2021 at 3:19 PM, jupitertwo said:

Great laps everyone, especially @Carmine A! That’s a stupendous lap count! Your average lap would be about 2s a lap quicker than mine  I might give it a few weeks before I try out for nationals now  Congrats on the win! 

what sort of track awaits us next? 

Thank you so much!! I'm shocked! My next fastest Car, TT-02S SM RRRR GT4, barely bested 45 laps....

I should have submitted that anyway, so at least I'd be on the Board more than once.

Don't expect that again... I'm not going to waste money on Foam Tires for ONE run on Tarmac. Besides, I don't think it's fair to others who can't afford to spend the extra money - for one run.

I'm not good at designing Tracks... So I'll happily choose from yours! 💯👍👍

[TurnipJF 10981]

15 hours ago, nicksincrc said:

didn't realise it was yesterday  sent you it but no worries if it's too late , did it a few days ago too!!

Your result has been added to the sheet above. 

[TurnipJF 10981]

On 3/30/2021 at 9:58 AM, Charles M said:

@TurnipJF, we don't have the best lap on the dashboard ? The Google Form help you finally ? 

The Google Form worked well from my perspective. The weight and best lap columns have been added - I think I may not have selected them when I copied the data across originally.

[TurnipJF 10981]

6 hours ago, Carmine A said:

Thanks Cy!! I'm blown away by the GRIP! I used Foamies up front - which were THRASHED by the 4th lap of the second attempt....  Big waste of money, but it was FUN!!

I would imagine that foams on a FWD would live fast and die young. Even the rubber tyres I use on my FWDs have a relatively short life expectancy. The only car I get half-decent tyre life from when running foams on tarmac is my F103, and I suspect that is due to two factors: it has a wider contact patch than a TC, and it is significantly lighter.

21 hours ago, ryback said:

Good to see a tight TT02 Type S battle with @TurnipJF in similar machinery, but it's back to the drawing board for me for my F1 car. It's WAY off the pace! Suspect replacing the kit tyres would be a good start. Other than that, possibly trying different rake angles and diff settings.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised by the gains to be made simply by changing the tyres. On stock rubber mine slides around a fair bit on tarmac, but with foams it grips far better. With foams and traction compound, it grips even better still, to the point of seemingly defying the laws of physics around the corners!

[TurnipJF 10981]

9 hours ago, Carmine A said:

I'm not good at designing Tracks... So I'll happily choose from yours! 💯👍👍

I'll try to come up with something soon. Another option is to pick one from previous rounds. Since this is Round 10, this might be a fitting time to revisit a past favourite. But as Round 9 winner, the choice is yours!

[El Gecko 1673]

On 3/31/2021 at 7:58 AM, TurnipJF said:

I'll try to come up with something soon. Another option is to pick one from previous rounds. Since this is Round 10, this might be a fitting time to revisit a past favourite. But as Round 9 winner, the choice is yours!

Speaking of previous rounds, as I mentioned I've collected and organized all the previous tracks. I have the layout image for Round 4, I just need to copy it off my phone and upload it to the site. Does anyone have an image of the Round 6 course?

Round 1:
Winner: 48 laps - TurnipJF

Round 2:
Winner: 45 laps - TurnipJF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivbl4eenAuk

Round 3:
Winner: 64 laps - Carmine A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7A5GT3j9Tw

Round 4:
Winner: 53 laps - TurnipJF
Best Lap: 5.52s

Round 5:
Winner: 42 laps - TurnipJF
Best Lap: 7.02s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2BWPBRnnNk

Round 6:
Winner: 45 laps - jupitertwo
Best Lap: 6.22s

Round 7:
Winner: 47 laps - ryback

Round 8:
Winner: 59 laps - JupiterTwo
Best Lap: 4.42s

Round 9:
Winner: 58 laps - Carmine A

[Carmine A 3137]

5 hours ago, TurnipJF said:

I would imagine that foams on a FWD would live fast and die young. Even the rubber tyres I use on my FWDs have a relatively short life expectancy. The only car I get half-decent tyre life from when running foams on tarmac is my F103, and I suspect that is due to two factors: it has a wider contact patch than a TC, and it is significantly lighter......

I've never driven an F1, believe it or not! I'm sure you know the FF Chassis Car's characteristics......

75% weight on the FRONT Wheels. 😲 I figured that gluing those to the Tarmac would be best... But in hindsight, Foams in the REAR would have helped a ton with lift-off Oversteer!! 

~ I guess you could say that my setup forced me to drive too fast!! 😜

Seriously though, it was neither comfortable or fun. That's not the point, is it?

[Jonny Eff 33]

1 hour ago, Carmine A said:

Seriously though, it was neither comfortable or fun. That's not the point, is it?

That would depend.

If you're trying to go silly quick and win the race, you succeeded! If you're trying to have fun, then perhaps not.

Need some balance I guess.

[jupitertwo 1485]

@El Gecko I don’t have round 6 either sadly. Looks like the designer deleted the photo unfortunately. I have a vague memory of it, but not confident enough to draw it. Figure of eight then a big run to the right?

[jupitertwo 1485]

Actually @El Gecko, are you any good with google cache?

https://images.app.goo.gl/hTW6npE5xQJxPWkPA

I can’t see how to get at the cached version yet

 

[Carmine A 3137]

3 hours ago, Jonny Eff said:

That would depend.

If you're trying to go silly quick and win the race, you succeeded! If you're trying to have fun, then perhaps not.

Need some balance I guess.

What I really meant was it was just too hectic! I'm 57... When I was 20 - no problem!! 😉

[ryback 61]

I think this was it?

[EvilSpike 338]

I have to say I like the look of that track above!

Ten metres might be a bit long whilst people are locked down, but now we're starting to be let out a bit it should be ok? 

[TurnipJF 10981]

The Round 6 track was one of my favorites. No objections here if it is the one chosen for Round 10!

[Carmine A 3137]

7 hours ago, TurnipJF said:

The Round 6 track was one of my favorites. No objections here if it is the one chosen for Round 10!

Since Ian has deleted most of his files.... Do you have an illustration of Round 6?? 

Since I missed it due to illness, we might have a go at it. 😉

[El Gecko 1673]

7 hours ago, TurnipJF said:

The Round 6 track was one of my favorites. No objections here if it is the one chosen for Round 10!

One of my favorites as well, can't believe I forgot about that one!! Thanks @ryback for digging up the image!

I'm adding the layout for round 4 here, and the post above has been updated with the last two images. I'm good with whatever you lot decide!