aklindeman
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After about a twenty five year hiatus, I decided to get into racing again. I was racing a Losi XXX and a XXX-4 at the time of my retirement. I had all started with a Traxxas TRX-1. So getting back into the 10th scale dirt class just made the most sense. On top of that, I have a local track that races this class indoors. That made the RC10B7D a natural choice. Losi had not yet released the 22X when I meandered down to MHOR R/C to put together my new race setup.
It's the RC10B7D Team Kit. I went with the Reedy Blackbox 600z-G2 ESC and Reedy SP5 21.5 motor combo. Which should be perfect to for getting me going in the spec class. A Protek 575 servo should give me all the twist I ever need. I used to run an Airtronics 94151, so I wanted to make sure I had a speedy servo. This thing is ridiculous! I opted for the Flysky Noble NB4+. It seemed to give me the most bang for the buck in a modern racing focused radio. It also felt great in my hand. Better than my old Airtronics Caliper 2P, honestly. And it certainly has all the features I'd want as a racer. It's quite impressive how far the transmitters have come. I went with the Racer's Edge battery. I used to race with the HRP Distributing guys back in Utah, so it seemed fitting. It's one of their brands. Gotta have a transponder that works at the local track, of course. Please note my excellent pit mat from the now defunct RC race motor company Twister. The Unfair Advantage. That's definitely coming to the track.
Back when I was racing in the 90s, I settled on Yellow Taxi inspired colors for my cars. Being a crazy taxi driver doesn't really mean much today now that we're in the world of Uber. Those guys have to pay for their own damages. They can't just bash around in a company car without regard to anyone else on the road. But, that's my livery and I'm sticking to it.
I figured I may as well paint up a matching body for my Reflex 14MT at the same time. The Iwata Eclipse airbrush dates back to the 90s too.
I found a cheap case on Amazon that fits the transmitter quite well. Add in some cheap checkerboard tape and it's track ready too.
No track side setup is complete without a toolbox. My old Plano Phantom Pro was still out in the garage. I found places for everything that was in it, then gave it a good cleanup. It was pretty dirty. I was able to get all the tools I need inside, plus the new Reedy 1416C2L charger seems like it was built to fit in that top compartment. It could definitely use another round of stickers.
Ready to roll out!
It's the RC10B7D Team Kit. I went with the Reedy Blackbox 600z-G2 ESC and Reedy SP5 21.5 motor combo. Which should be perfect to for getting me going in the spec class. A Protek 575 servo should give me all the twist I ever need. I used to run an Airtronics 94151, so I wanted to make sure I had a speedy servo. This thing is ridiculous! I opted for the Flysky Noble NB4+. It seemed to give me the most bang for the buck in a modern racing focused radio. It also felt great in my hand. Better than my old Airtronics Caliper 2P, honestly. And it certainly has all the features I'd want as a racer. It's quite impressive how far the transmitters have come. I went with the Racer's Edge battery. I used to race with the HRP Distributing guys back in Utah, so it seemed fitting. It's one of their brands. Gotta have a transponder that works at the local track, of course. Please note my excellent pit mat from the now defunct RC race motor company Twister. The Unfair Advantage. That's definitely coming to the track.
Back when I was racing in the 90s, I settled on Yellow Taxi inspired colors for my cars. Being a crazy taxi driver doesn't really mean much today now that we're in the world of Uber. Those guys have to pay for their own damages. They can't just bash around in a company car without regard to anyone else on the road. But, that's my livery and I'm sticking to it.
I figured I may as well paint up a matching body for my Reflex 14MT at the same time. The Iwata Eclipse airbrush dates back to the 90s too.
I found a cheap case on Amazon that fits the transmitter quite well. Add in some cheap checkerboard tape and it's track ready too.
No track side setup is complete without a toolbox. My old Plano Phantom Pro was still out in the garage. I found places for everything that was in it, then gave it a good cleanup. It was pretty dirty. I was able to get all the tools I need inside, plus the new Reedy 1416C2L charger seems like it was built to fit in that top compartment. It could definitely use another round of stickers.
Ready to roll out!
