East London Open Day 16th August

dt_insane · dt_insane on Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:57 pm

Hey guys just got off the phone with my Uncle in East London he says the off road guys there will be holding a open day at there track on the 16th August so if anyone is interested in going i can get more info?

i will try go up and check it out sounds awsome cyclops

dt_insane · dt_insane on Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:08 am

There will be Offroad Nitro racing in east london this sunday for anyone that it interested.
I am going up so will try to get pics etc of the happenings.

vuka · vuka on Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:27 am

What happened???????????????????
Where's the feedback Evil or Very Mad

dt_insane · dt_insane on Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:27 pm

sorry man, it was ok went up checked it out... i find the cars very unreliable and the mission involved is huge...

So i am sticking to electic for now Smile

will try and get some of the pics up over the week end affraid

vuka · vuka on Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:57 am

Shot, thanx mate

slidewayz · slidewayz on Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:54 am

If all goes well, my son and I will be sharing our 1/8th buggy and race against the gas guys. I am sure it will be very reliable. Only thing is we only have one set of batteries and one charger, so we might miss a heat or 2. We wont run endurance either, as I dont want to run the motor that long, even if we had batteries to change. This should be interesting and I am hoping people will see that you dont need all the hassles that go along with gas racing, but can still have fun, speed and reliability with electric. Will report back here after 27th. Dt are you coming up again?

vuka · vuka on Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:13 am

I know about hassles with gas!
changed one of older monster trucks to electric and got a 5cell 5000mah 40c battery from fusion.
That thing is hecticmuch faster now and with out the hastle, just strugling with brakes.
My only concern however is the fan on the esc with small stones, sand etc.
I also swapped the DF03RA stock motor with a 12t bruchless setup, great fun, but the fan???????

slidewayz · slidewayz on Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:48 am

Has your fan not got a protective grid over it? Why dont you use some type of mesh, eg an old speaker grillle, to cover fan if you are worried about that? I also considered the big lipo, but my buggy has battery holders for two 7.4v lipos and I would have balance issues. I could probably fit something of same weight on the other side, but that would be unnecessary weight. Come join us on 27th. We can run a fun electric class. Let me know if you are keen. Pm me for details of club membership fees etc

vuka · vuka on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:13 am

It's a far trip from here in PE, see what I can do. I also thought of the speaker grill or a tea siff of sorts.

slidewayz · slidewayz on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:24 am

Ya it is far, we have been trying to organise a road trip for like a year now, to go to PE. Looks promising for end oct with drift comp. I will probably bring buggy with for fun, if I can make some tires, I might even drift it for fun, if the track is big enough. See what you can do. Do you drift at all? If you do, we can get together with a few guys and drift on the sat pm or night and race electric off road sun. Make a weekend of it.

vuka · vuka on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:30 am

I've tried my hand drifting. Just too many hours cleaning the bearings after words.I have ordered a new TRF and will then use my old one for drifting.Even Fusion looked good drifting the TRF Laughing

Raymond · Raymond on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:31 am

dt_insane wrote:sorry man, it was ok went up checked it out... i find the cars very unreliable and the mission involved is huge...

So i am sticking to electic for now

will try and get some of the pics up over the week end

If you have a decent motor and it is tuned properly they run very reliably. It is a great pity for newbies to go and check out racing and all they see is people battling with cars that won't start and motors that cut all the time. I got a mail a few minutes ago from the off road club who will have a clinic on the 19th of September and I can assure you that once the guys are helped by Luca and his team it will be a whole different story.
With gas racing and to a greater extreme offroad racing you have to keep your car in tip top shape, clean and properly maintained or else you will pull your hair out your head and no motor tuner will be able to help you.

Raymond · Raymond on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:32 am

vuka wrote:I've tried my hand drifting. Just too many hours cleaning the bearings after words.I have ordered a new TRF and will then use my old one for drifting.Even Fusion looked good drifting the TRF

the car maybe looked good drifting but Fusion can certainly not look good. Real men dont compliment others on their looks Suspect

vuka · vuka on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:34 am

Technical Hey!!!
Did you the "huisgenootjies' this morning Very Happy

Raymond · Raymond on Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:35 am

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