So who burned some nitro today?

[watertrucker]

Fired up the old Nitro Sport this morning. After a quick carb clean it ran like new!

 

[Millhouse]

Burned another quart today. Was awesome weather first warm day we’ve had in idaho so far. I might charge the receiver pack and go back out this evening. The day started out with a strange noise and I thought my rear diff was blown, tore it all down and it was fine, my clutch bell to spur gear mesh was all jacked up.. lol still fun

 

[Millhouse]

Guess I’m the only one burning nitro another quart down. Had the front diff out today and back in. And put a pretty good ding in my pipe hitting a frisbee golf pole mid air. Up too about 1.5 gallons so far

 

[watertrucker]

Fired up the HSP Hotrod this morning. Had been sitting in the closet for a while. Started right up and ran fantastic!! Gotta love Nitro

 

[fstnd]

Fired up the HSP Hotrod this morning. Had been sitting in the closet for a while. Started right up and ran fantastic!! Gotta love Nitro

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looks sick!!! Out of my 4 nitro's, only the "hpi f4.6 trophy truggy" is currently working. Problem is that it is very thirsty and i'm almost out of nitro. Today i've been having problems with my FG, but it's getting closer and closer! I'm still waiting on a great nitro fuel deal

 

[watertrucker]

Ran the HSP 1/16 scale HSP Kingliness this morning.(Same as Exceed Thunderfire) These small ones can be a bit more picky about carb adjustments, etc so they are more of a challenge to get running. Crazy fun. Love the smell of Nitro in the morning

 

[cbaker65]

Me..

 

[cbaker65]

Second half.

 

[fstnd]

After replacing the burst b032 and b085 bearings, I finally drove the savage original f4.6 today for a half quart today. I'm still burning the last drops of nitro fuel I've left. It has been 2 to 3 months since this engine ran. Today, it started on the 3rd pull, did not shut off any time, and tune was already nearly perfect! Only had to lean the HSN 1/4th turn.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/0ppnhrrh35aib9m/VID-20230513-WA0014.mp4/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/8hqey6z6c2g4l3x/VID-20230513-WA0015.mp4/file
Edit: it's geared too slow for speedruns. Clutchbell 14T, spur 50T

 

[watertrucker]

Fired up the 1/8 scale Exceed Mad Beast this morning. After sitting for several years it ran really good. Crazy powerful with it’s big block .28 Gotta love Nitro

 

[tudordewolf]

Took out the FW-06, found a new way to ingest road debris:

 

[fstnd]

Took out the FW-06, found a new way to ingest road debris:

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Hey is that the original pipe from the FW-06? Because I have "accidentally" bought it together with 2 other nitro's. Just curious

And I do have permission to post on this thread I burned today about 300 mL, which was a bit more than 3 tanks for my Smartech Winner. Today it was the first time my "new" smartech .15 engine has been driven for longer than 5 minutes and outside the garden Soon I'll share some video links

The car:

Sorry that you can only watch the video's only after downloading, I have some problems with youtube...
Here are 11 minutes of chill driving (913MB):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/zfvms21bekuyqmi/11minofchilldriving_smtwnr.mp4/file

Sorry for the quality tho. In 10 minutes I will edit here a new link with only the best moments so it will be less than 913 mb

 

[fstnd]

My second post and second nitro driving day in a row. It was again the SMT Winner. Today I used other tires. I really liked them, they create that "tire" sound when drifting, but after some nice drifts they came off from the wheels, even though I glued them 2 months ago. Anyway, I've evidence of a great day:

I'm sure I have some good clips, today I really gave it more throttle. The SMT .15 engine is perfect, it started off right away and I didn't tune it at all during the 300ML I burnt. Video:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/14jyzbsx2bgj03s/Smtwnr_fstnd_26062023.mp4/file

 

[fstnd]

Hey 3 days in a row. This day ended at 150ML, unlike my usual 300ML. The engine is still awesome, except the fact that it randomly stalled during a high speed pass but it started right away. I had to stop today because my steering servo has some questions. There were some nice drifts! I apologise for my driving skills, this Smartech deserves better lol. 150MB (complication of the "best" moments):

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kpqnfpiemlw1he0/Smtwnr.15_fstnd_27062023.mp4/file

 

[watertrucker]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing

 

[fstnd]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing

Thanks!
I ran the SMT Winner yesterday but didn't have the time to "edit" the videos so it's not 913mB lol. Sadly can't get any higher than 16% by weight in europe anymore. Anyway I had a great time burning up those last mL' s, one of the tires flew off the wheels somewhere near the end. Video(70mB, 2:43):
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kz9hgpojoqbzgi4/Smtwnr.15_04072023.mp4/file

I managed to get the 2 engine shutdowns on camera, but not when it leaned out itself from the last droplets of 25%.
Good news is that I ordered 5L of 16% merlin nitro fuel, which should last me some time before the EU will make that illegal too

 

[fstnd]

Hello, even greater news today: maybe I'll buy another (about) 5L merlin fuel, but 20%. (From eBay-like website)
Yesterday I took out the HPI Trophy Truggy 4.6. I had some problems at the beginning, as it gave all the symptons of being too rich and too lean at the same time LOL. Probably because of the "sudden" fuel change. After letting it idle (with some throttle inbetween) with wheels of the ground for 2 tanks, I put it on the road. Still very rich at the beginning but later I started leaning it. Video, 30mB, 3min:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/45icwv7p12n8yfv/HpiTrophy4.6_06072023.mp4/file

 

[fstnd]

I guess I didn't have to change the fuel of my trophy truggy to 16%, as I just bought 3 or 4 litres of 25%!! The same brand and fuel as I've been running for the past months. I'll still keep running the truggy at 16% as I'll be too lazy to convert it back. Sorry for making the video this long but I drove it for more then 2 tanks, which is a lot of bypasses. Video, 47mB, 4min:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/bu12z7clfnz09b6/HPItrophy4.6_071023.mp4/file

 

[rccar new]

Haha i love nitro and have been getting the hang of it, wouldnt start with every tune yesterday, today it fired up from the get go. Got to burn 1 and 1/2 tanks of Blue thunder

 

[fstnd]

Yesterday took out the savage. It kinda lost compression as it was my first nitro ever, and I learned on this engine how to tune nitro. I remember I've ran atleast 5 tanks on it with a WAYY too lean tune. Anyway it's healthy right now, and as long as it pops wheelies with a rich LSN ig it's fine. Been listening to the sound and 2-speed for 4 tanks (600ML)

is the link for video