chenglaw Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Hi Alan, Glad to report that my Green Rattler has arrived home, none the worse for wear. Now to do a post-mortem on its lack of speed. Initial cursory inspection showed nothing particularly wrong with the car, so will put it through a track test this weekend and see what's bugging it.. And thanks for the 2 pairs of PG's - very useful. Now onto the sticky question of motor for the Tassie. I gave up on the VRAA because of the hassle involved in obtaining the UNOBTANIUM BWA FF050. I can recall the nightmare I had in my first year of VRAA entry when I tried to get the motor from Al Penrose which eventually arrived 2 months late, AFTER I had sent the car to Phil Kalbfell who had very kindly offered to fit in a spare which he had and then send it on to the States for me. I do enjoy the occasional adventure which seems to crop up now and then in proxy races but stress situations like these, I can do without! If we are going to be stuck again with the BWA FF050 as Hobson's choice, it's going to put a real damper on the series. I'm not sure as to the reason for withdrawing the eligibility of the Solarbotics but keeping it on at least gives us a viable alternative to the BWA. Although my experiences with the Solarbotics have been not too successful, it does give me a choice for powering the car. If it's a question of availability, then maybe I can help by offering an alternative. Back in early 2014, I sent a couple of motors to Stu Loader (SLOW1QUIK) to test for suitability for use in the Tasman. These were motors which I had obtained locally in Kuala Lumpur at fairly cheap prices. They are and The PPN7 is quite close to the Solarbotics in dimensions and according to Stu, it was tested at 12v to 25,600 rpm. The PPN13, again, is dimensionally very close to the BWA FF050 and revved up to 17.700. I have been running these motors in my cars on my local track and I can say that the PPN7 is a pretty good match for the Solarbotics in both performance and brakes (i.e. they won't stop!!). The PPN13 is more than a match for the BWA 050 and geared correctly, can even take on Scalextric's MotoGP slimliner. If there is interest in these motors to be used for the Tasman, and someone in Oz is prepared to stock up on them to supply entrants, I am willing to help obtain these in quantities of say, 30. 50 or even 100 and ship them over. I'm not saying this will be a solution to the Tasman motor issue but it may help to alleviate the situation. Quote Lim I enjoy racing. Winning or losing is secondary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gunn Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Now i have my Lotus 24 BRM back and changed the gear ratio to 9x 24 same as my Lotus 24 Climax it,s brother i have here been running the Climax with the srp 18 k alongside the Tasman one with the 16 and there is not really any noticeable difference the 16 is nicely run in and very smooth the 18 is newer but also smooth still think the 16 has slightly better braking strange as the 18 is newer but really don't mind either motor running together in any event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difinity Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Got mine back tonight via Shadow (many thanks Micheal). Seems ok other than the gear seems to have moved so not meshing properly. The body definitely sits higher than how I sent it too. Is all ok though. I have an SRP 16k now so, assuming they will be ok, will have a better chassis for next time. Many thanks too for the tyres. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS41T Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 (edited) my car is safe and sound Thanks Allan Ps I changed my Srp to a mt1 and my car is half a second slower so not happy can someone let me know if that is the difference in motors or a combination of motor & gearing ?? Rossko Edited August 23, 2016 by GAS41T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_rusty Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 srp = ~16k mt1 = ~14k bwa = ~14.5k Chances are that a gearing change will almost certainly be required... Quote Stolen from SlotsNZ Team ABC Team Leader (Ambitious, But Crap) Home Track Threads - Shadow's Semi-Permanent Layout & Another Rug Racer & Proud of It & Gymkhana Test Track Car Collection Thread - My Car Collection Charts / Diagrams - MJK Tyre Selector / Slot.it 4wd Gearing / PoliCar Rollout / Rollout Chart Generator / SCX 4wd Rollout / Track Wiring with Brake on Track Call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_rusty Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Well, the SRP 16 is BACK... Although, it's a Power16, instead of a Speed16. http://www.mrrc.com/motor-slimline-power16-16000upm/12v Quote Stolen from SlotsNZ Team ABC Team Leader (Ambitious, But Crap) Home Track Threads - Shadow's Semi-Permanent Layout & Another Rug Racer & Proud of It & Gymkhana Test Track Car Collection Thread - My Car Collection Charts / Diagrams - MJK Tyre Selector / Slot.it 4wd Gearing / PoliCar Rollout / Rollout Chart Generator / SCX 4wd Rollout / Track Wiring with Brake on Track Call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gunn Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Noticed that Rusty i expect it,s the old one as there seems to be renaming going on at MRRC , good news is it is ok for Tasman and i do like this little motor seems to be one of the better FF's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted September 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 (edited) Re the SRP 16K, Phil mentioned this too me the other day. Good news. Edited September 8, 2016 by Stubbo Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_rusty Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Turns out that the 'original' 16's were named 'Power16' as you can see the name in the image on RL's motor list site. Quote Stolen from SlotsNZ Team ABC Team Leader (Ambitious, But Crap) Home Track Threads - Shadow's Semi-Permanent Layout & Another Rug Racer & Proud of It & Gymkhana Test Track Car Collection Thread - My Car Collection Charts / Diagrams - MJK Tyre Selector / Slot.it 4wd Gearing / PoliCar Rollout / Rollout Chart Generator / SCX 4wd Rollout / Track Wiring with Brake on Track Call Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old23 Posted September 9, 2016 Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 The two Canadian cars finally arrived home today after a month-long tour of Pacific Ocean ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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