1/13/2013
FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
A young man was planning to race his Electrix RC Boost 2wd Buggy BUT was having a servo problem. Marty the track owner asked me to have a look as he was busy getting everything ready to have races. Intro'd myself to Christian and we went over to my pit to have a look.It was a simple tightening of a screw. We talked about how to get MORE power/speed out of the buggy. Changed the stock white connectors to Deans, wire the motor direct to esc and tightened up the slipper. Another racer loaned him a set of race level rear tires, put a transponder mount hole in the body and he was ready to race!!!!
There were six in Beginner class and Christian qual in 5th place for the main, Christian had to leave before the main so his first race main is yet to be!!!
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
1/6/2013
FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Met with Andrew today at FZRC, to exchange chargers and batteries.
He traded a Duratrax Onyx 100 (NiCD & NiMH) charger for a B6 (every kind of recharge-able battery) charger.
Two Traxxas 3300 7-cell batteries for a SMC 6000, Gen ACE 5000, Turnigy 5000 and a Gold 4900 lipo batteies.
Plus I threw in a set of rear Slash rims.
Now IF I can just remember to give him the program card for the Speed Passion GT1.1 esc that he got 1/5/2013!!!
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The Vet that got the front bumper and F/R shock towers, as at FZRC also. Marty (Owner of FZRC) installed the parts for him and he was having some REAL fun on the track!!!
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FZRC (Sarasota, FL)
Met with Andrew today at FZRC, to exchange chargers and batteries.
He traded a Duratrax Onyx 100 (NiCD & NiMH) charger for a B6 (every kind of recharge-able battery) charger.
Two Traxxas 3300 7-cell batteries for a SMC 6000, Gen ACE 5000, Turnigy 5000 and a Gold 4900 lipo batteies.
Plus I threw in a set of rear Slash rims.
Now IF I can just remember to give him the program card for the Speed Passion GT1.1 esc that he got 1/5/2013!!!
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The Vet that got the front bumper and F/R shock towers, as at FZRC also. Marty (Owner of FZRC) installed the parts for him and he was having some REAL fun on the track!!!
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
1/5/2013
HMIRCR (Sarasota, FL)
Was there for a Sat night club race, GREAT FUN!!!!! :-)
Andrew was pitting next to me, he had just got a Traxxas Slash 2wd and was worrying about racing in his first race. Had a talk with him finishing "last" and how that wasn't possible! Showed him a race results sheet, pointed out that NO where on the sheet was there a last place!!!
We did some adjustments to his Slash, so he was ready for his first qual. He had a good run finished 3rd.
As we talked, he shared what his plans where for the Slash, motor and esc, lipo batteries. Told him that the motor and esc he had planed to get wasn't a good upgrade for racn', it was a good upgrade to run in front of the house!
He asked what I thought what would be a good motor and esc for him to get as a race system. Told him a Speed Passion GT1.1 with a Speed Passion 10.5 Sportsman motor as I handed him both! Another racer had time to install the motor and esc as I was due at the track to turn marshal. Had time to set the radio system the the esc for him and out he went for his 2nd qual. He qual in 5th for the main. Finished in 4th NOT BAD for his first race!!!
As we where getting Andrews Slash ready a guy asked me if I was the guy who ran "MRCW"? :-) He is to old to get a RC from us, BUT when he told me he was a disabled VET, I asked what WE could do for him. He needed a front bumper for his Traxxas Rustler. Pulled a extra Slash front bumper out of the pit box and that was just what he was looking for, handed him a RPM front and rear shock towers also. Thought he was going to cry from the blessing!
So let's see what did we do today,
1 ESC
1 Motor
1 Front bumper
1 Front shock tower
1 Rear shock tower
1 HAPPY KID
1 HAPPY VET
4 HAPPY RACERS who seen "MRCW" work for the first time
1 HAPPY ME!!!!
That's 12 HAPPY bits! :-)
Now for next week!!!!!!
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HMIRCR (Sarasota, FL)
Was there for a Sat night club race, GREAT FUN!!!!! :-)
Andrew was pitting next to me, he had just got a Traxxas Slash 2wd and was worrying about racing in his first race. Had a talk with him finishing "last" and how that wasn't possible! Showed him a race results sheet, pointed out that NO where on the sheet was there a last place!!!
We did some adjustments to his Slash, so he was ready for his first qual. He had a good run finished 3rd.
As we talked, he shared what his plans where for the Slash, motor and esc, lipo batteries. Told him that the motor and esc he had planed to get wasn't a good upgrade for racn', it was a good upgrade to run in front of the house!
He asked what I thought what would be a good motor and esc for him to get as a race system. Told him a Speed Passion GT1.1 with a Speed Passion 10.5 Sportsman motor as I handed him both! Another racer had time to install the motor and esc as I was due at the track to turn marshal. Had time to set the radio system the the esc for him and out he went for his 2nd qual. He qual in 5th for the main. Finished in 4th NOT BAD for his first race!!!
As we where getting Andrews Slash ready a guy asked me if I was the guy who ran "MRCW"? :-) He is to old to get a RC from us, BUT when he told me he was a disabled VET, I asked what WE could do for him. He needed a front bumper for his Traxxas Rustler. Pulled a extra Slash front bumper out of the pit box and that was just what he was looking for, handed him a RPM front and rear shock towers also. Thought he was going to cry from the blessing!
So let's see what did we do today,
1 ESC
1 Motor
1 Front bumper
1 Front shock tower
1 Rear shock tower
1 HAPPY KID
1 HAPPY VET
4 HAPPY RACERS who seen "MRCW" work for the first time
1 HAPPY ME!!!!
That's 12 HAPPY bits! :-)
Now for next week!!!!!!
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