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[gazza]

First stage of round 4 was run today,3 stages each 8 laps @ 11 volts

Here's the result of stage 1



Most of the cars had problems on the hairpin, the ones fitted with a ninco guide .... not so much

The Stig on the hairpin


The ones that had little or no problems can be seen by there lower times

Others had tyre problems Blue95 and John Schoen your cars were fine for the first 3 or 4 laps and then, slowly, no traction

Some have changed the gearing and added a pro or higher motor making it a bitch to drive on a tight track, even with the slot-it controller dialed down they're still a handful

Mexico your motor popped out during the first stage, have hot glued it for the final two

Silver rocket ... the only sidewinder in the pack



Ronan .... yours makes a hell of a gear noise, but it still goes ok

Porsche by Davenic

[brk12345]

Well done Gazza, great to see you pushing the rounds thru this close to Xmas. BRK

[gazza]

Have to ..... the cars for the SCX classic Proxy have left Canada and should be here in a week or two!

[kalbfellp]

Thanks for the great effort and very fast posting of the results so far.

[smallnails]

Wow.........thanks Gazza for the impressive drive, will be interesting to see if it can hold off the challengers!!!!

[triggy]

Well done BRK, you finally did better than Tom@Cam. Make sure you let their mother know! ( do it while you can). And remind your little brother you are right up his clacker while you are at it:D

[triggy]

Yep, well done to Gazza and crew for getting on with this series so promptly. We know you guys over there are under the pump with the SCX rally also, so thanks for keeping the Oz series rolling on.

[triggy]

Gazza, don't forget to post those famous pics of the cars going over the jump!

[Ronan]

Uh oh! Worried to hear about the gear noise! I replaced the ninco axle and pinion with slot.it items so I thought they would be durable! Hope they last...

[John Schoen]

gazza, on Dec 19 2009, 10:22 AM, said:

Others had tyre problems Blue95 and John Schoen your cars were fine for the first 3 or 4 laps and then, slowly, no traction

Some have changed the gearing and added a pro or higher motor making it a bitch to drive on a tight track, even with the slot-it controller dialed down they're still a handful

That is a lesson for next year, the PKS tires don't seem to like Aussie tracks.
356Speedster uses an SCX Pro Speed motor in his Lancia and the car placed third. Is the motor also a handful? I am looking forward to comparing the results of the Ozrally with the SCX Proxy.

[Obsidith]

i was wondering the same thing as my gearing is still 9/27 and only changed the brushes is the motor which i think gave the rx-81 motor way to much go

how was the grip with my car?

[gazza]

Stage 2 results



Sorry no jump pix as last time i was accused of destroying cars

[smallnails]

Good work Gazza!
Hope she can hang in there for a top 3 finish!!

[munter]

Yes, nice work guys.I am enjoying the "bottom of the barrel" battle.

The Fial Abarth must need a recall to the factory ....the badge is buggered!

regards

[slots]

Hey Gaz, who's next round? Me or Mel?

[Mexico 2000]

Mexico your motor popped out during the first stage, have hot glued it for the final two

Thanks for that..............

13th stage 2 best ever

[Ontheflipside]

gazza, on Dec 20 2009, 04:44 AM, said:

Stage 2 results
Sorry no jump pix as last time i was accused of destroying cars

Who was it - I have friends in the concrete business all around Oz


I was a bit worried Gaz after stage 1 (and on his tail at Craig's) 'cause I was in front of my Team Works Engineer (Devious) and thought he would be giving me some bum steers, but now he is front again - phew!

Good luck to all in Stage 3 and Total times.

Had a few warm up laps at TeamRed's round and have to say I'm looking forward to the performances on my RallyX track. I think there will be some very interesting results.

[teamredracing]

Hi John Schoen , we found the Pro motors to torquey for our tracks in the early years of us running the Scx rally cars (Citroen, Peugeot, Scoda and alike). We found that when the original motors blew out that we could only buy the Pro motor. In those days we were running Pama throttles and Mrrc transformers , no adjustments . Now that the trusty adjustable transformer and hand throttles (Slot it , Professor ) have come our way it makes life a little easier. As I said with my round it was only playing with the throttle and driving accordingly that the car runs ok.As far as the surfaces go Gazza and I run the same surface(A Red Desert coloured urethane paving paint). This seems to work for us,plus it was all Gary had lying around.
Mel will be running what they call a suede textured paint (not sure if you have it over there) that has fine granules of sand in it I think.He says that,that paint grips up quite well so we will see if a difference occurs. Weather may have had a significance in it as well as when mine was run it was bloody hot . And the last few days have been quite the opposite for Gary's. Stu's track is a heinz variety as I'm not sure if he's repainted it but it also ran the same surface as Gary's and mine as it was my old rally track. Stu may be able to help with that side ,and yes Stu, Mels is next then you'll get yours for the week your off . Anyway onward and upward
Cheers Craig

Edited by teamredracing, 20 December 2009 - 10:16 AM.

[gazza]

munter, on Dec 20 2009, 05:02 AM, said:

Yes, nice work guys.I am enjoying the "bottom of the barrel" battle.

The Fial Abarth must need a recall to the factory ....the badge is buggered!

regards

The problem is that your driver can't keep his mind on the job ...... she is cute though!

smallnails, on Dec 20 2009, 05:02 AM, said:

Good work Gazza!
Hope she can hang in there for a top 3 finish!!

Found out what happened ....... driver got homesick on one of the sections



So he had to drop in for some fried possum and wallaby stew, which cost him the lead!

triggy, on Dec 19 2009, 10:16 PM, said:

Gazza, don't forget to post those famous pics of the cars going over the jump!

Defiantly no jumping cars!

Obsidith, on Dec 20 2009, 01:40 AM, said:

i was wondering the same thing as my gearing is still 9/27 and only changed the brushes is the motor which i think gave the rx-81 motor way to much go

how was the grip with my car?

The grip isn't too good, the balance of the car is the problem, it affects it's cornering on the tight sections i.e trying to get a smooth and continuous line on a steady throttle, with any extra torque from the motor and not enough power connection through the braid (down force) you get a burst of power and instant deslot

Most of the lower cars are suffering from this others have it built in ...... i may have mentioned this before, drop arm setups are as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike!

"A picture is worth a thousand words" So what better way to show the problem ...... sorry Viv



The car needs to turn left (and the guide does) but the droparm pushes the car up and either stops or deslots this happens on all the droparm cars

Also the infamous hairpin ...... not all cars make it, those that have trouble do so on just about every lap, even when i "hover" marshall you are still looking at a minimum of 1 sec to reslot the car and if it deslots every lap (and some do) thats a minimum of 24 seconds lost just for that 1 corner

[gazza]

slots, on Dec 20 2009, 08:13 AM, said:

Hey Gaz, who's next round? Me or Mel?

Mel next then U Stu