Crazy fun RC car weekend - and rest
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- Опубликовано: 11 фев 2024
- What a crazy busy weekend - rally and micro saturday and Gt12 sunday.
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The Racing Xtravaganza - sponsored by LC Racing
This event has a huge emphasis on FUN and caters for more types of vehicles than we ever have before, hence the event slogan...
ALL classes - ALL types - ALL abilities - ALL welcome
As well as the headline sponsor the event is also supported by;
ORCA R/C - PHAT BODIES - DMS X-PARTZ
Classes - a multitude of classes to cater for all types (and makes) of vehicle as follows;
Mini Buggies - 2wd (such as the LC Racing BHC-1, Losi Mini-B, Losi Mini JRX2, FTX Comet)
Mini Buggies - 4wd (such as LC Racing EMB-1, LC12B1, Associated Reflex 14B, Losi Mini 8, Carisma GTB, GT14 etc)
Mini Trucks (such as LC Racing EMB-TG, EMB-SCH, EMB-MT, EMB-DT, Associated Reflex 14MT, 14T, Arrma Grom 1/18, FTX Comet MT, ST, Tracer MT or Truggy, Funtek STX, Losi Mini LMT, Mini-T 2.0, Maverick Atom MT, Traxxas VXL 1/16, Blackzon Smyter, Slyder, Absima Storm MT, Hurricane etc)
1/10th Rally (such as LC Racing PTG2, Associated Apex 2, Carten T410rally, Kyosho Fazer, Tamiya MF01X, TA02S, TT02, XV01, XV02 etc)
1/10th 4wd buggies (such as LC Racing PTG1 and LC10B5 and any other brand of 4wd buggy)
1/10th 2wd buggies support class (any brand of 2wd buggy)
Then it was off for some club racing at MKRCCC where I was running my Schumacher Atom 3 which is in need of some upgrades. So big thanks to Rochester RC for the New Hobbywing ESC which is going in this week. For a discount on all your cars spares and hop ups at Rochester RC put in discount code PopalongRC at the checkout : rochesterrc.uk/link/popalongrc
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Thnx for all your efforts releasing these amazing vids, keep it up !
Cheers buddy
Another very entertaining video chaps. I would thoroughly recommend the FTX Banzai chassis. I have two of them.
I prefer the FTX Banzais to my TAMIYA TT02 Raikari GT chassis.
The FTX Banzai seems more robust and easier to drive straight out of the box without too many upgrades.
I have lots of upgrades on the TT02 and it is still very nervous...
Keep up the excellent work.
I was glad to hear your son is involved in r/c racing. Having worked with a school r/c club for may years I would suggest whatever you get should be durable. I can see from the body , like a lot of other young racers, your son has made contact with various parts of the track. As long as he's having fun that's the important thing.
Fix it durable and cheap to replace parts
@@PopalongRC We don't have FTX in the U.S. But, from the pictures I have seen it's adjustable and comes with threaded shocks. None of which is true of the basic Tamiya cars.
Great video. That carpet rally racing looked like a great time. Glad the kiddo is getting along with the rc racing too.
School holidays can be economic holidays
Can't wait to see the LC racing. Looks like some lit Xrally racing.
Rally is fun need to do more
Loving the Rally
That reminds me, I need to get a new shell for my Eclipse 3.
Like the look of the eclipse cars
In terms of the FTX Banzai... I wouldn't say the TT02 is an upgrade - it doesn't go in a straight line. I know many people who have massive frustrations with it (even with the high torque servo saver and other hop-ups). You have to upgrade all the steering linkages (not cheap) to get even in the ball-park of a consistent straight line. So if the FTX works for him, keep with that. Otherwise upgrade to an entry level TC, like the Xpress XQ2S. :)
Misused the word upgrade . But what the Tamiya cars give is the freedoms to visit more clubs as they are run more than the banzai
But banzai it is
Banzai will be accepted in the Rookies class at KOC this year (alongside the TT02, 01 and Carten etc). So that's good! (Just in case you plan on coming along). Would be great to see you guys at Adur.
Love the footage at 08:33. Outdoor TC racing is something I've always wanted to try.
We will be heading outside once the weather improves
Really Cool
Cheers buddy
Top editing! :)
Cheers buddy
Think my son put at least some of those marks on your lads Banzai this weekend… I keep telling him drive around not through!
The DMS rally event looks great, would definitely head down if they host another one.
Hope they agree to do more rally events
I hope at the iconic cup they will have bt01 car race.
Hi Karl, got some Eagle wrap around tyre warmers I can lend you for the m03/m05 if you want? I've got the muchmore ones for my tc, but cups are too big for the mini and the wrong size for f1 (I've sold this set to a mate then bought it back a year later! Lol). These are only cheapies, about £40 if I remember right, but they do the job and they're the only wrap arounds I've seen for rc. Let me know mate. I pm'd Mark on Facebook earlier about it.
Oooow sounds good
@PopalongRC cool. Send me a pm where to send it and I'll get it in post.
Does Traxxas make anything that would fit in that class? 4tec?
In the novice class it is open but KOC has rookie class which includes ftx within the rules .. at £80 for the roller it is a bargain considerably cheaper than Tamiya and already with oil filled shocks
Busy time!still you both obviously enjoy it all so much it’s no chore,do your wives complain about you being out so much or do they thoroughly enjoy that aspect😄?
They like not having to entertain us
Upgrade.
Part of the hobby
Ok... I REALLY hope the Willspeed stuff doesn't become the go-to design for RC racing kits. Reason being that if racing models move to all-billet chassis designs like that it would make the already ridiculous kit costs skyrocket even further, and that's something the hobby _DOES NOT NEED._ I speak from experience here as someone who also does robot combat, milled billet chassis are EXPENSIVE AS FUCK and there's no real good way to cut down on costs with them like there is with other production methods, as scaling up production also scales up tooling costs and you can't really cut multiple chassis from a single piece of stock like you can with a "2.5D" router-cut design.
I think the fact that most people in national and international finals are using kit chassis, not running milled Chassis means that it's clearly not a competitive advantage, and thus is effectively optional 'bling' for want of a better word. As with most hobbies, you can spend as much or as little as you like.
I won't be buying one, but they are very cool to see
@@PiersPrior
Eh, it's a bit difficult to get any info on aftermarket stuff just from IFMAR and national events, partially because I doubt the sponsored drivers are contractually allowed to run this, which means you'd only really have privateers running billet chassis until one of the big-name manufacturers comes out with a full billet car. I'd say it'd be good to pay attention to what the privateers run at non-sanctioned (Non-IFMAR/ROAR/BRCA/etc.) big-name events and see if they start running this.
There's definitely an advantage in theory to a chassis design like this, just as there is to aluminum plate chassis. Like with an aluminum plate chassis, a billet chassis keeps the CG low. But a billet is also going to be more rigid than a plate as the main chassis and side guards are all one aluminum piece, rather than one aluminum piece and two plastic ones, and generally you want a more rigid chassis on smooth, high-traction surfaces like carpet and dry turf.
But again, with that advantage comes the huge cost of, well, cost, and if billet chassis become necessary to compete, that's probably going to be the death of the 1/10th scale off-road classes.
How about an HSP Flying Fish for your son? Around £130 ready to run and the spec if heaps better than the Tamiya TT-01 or 02. Just install some decent tyres and your all set. Here's my stock one (apart from 2s lipo and different shell) against two TT-02's ruclips.net/video/jQn_aI67Oyc/видео.html
love the idea of using pillars as track markers...
@@PopalongRC Not great if you slam into one though hence the pool noodle sections around them
@@PopalongRC We like our Tamiya Racing Trucks as well ruclips.net/video/UQg7_aeDTxM/видео.html&lc=UgxCurJLQtM6JISJRfV4AaABAg