Went racing today and..........

[Lason]

I SUCKED! This is the first time I have been to a track in 2 years and I totally sucked but was still better than a lot of other novices so its ok. The track I go to has just redone their track and it seems the only guys getting traction were the 1/8 scales with 4 wheel drive . the surface was basically a real slick, bumpy wet dirt and I tried running bowties, gladiators and finally step pins and kept the pins since they did the best but I would still do a 360 with my GT every time I blipped the throttle and my CV-hyper has NO COMPRESSION! I am in real trouble when my .12 CV-R comes in. Anyway I just got home and am dead tired but figured I would share the news.

 

[FastEddy]

A bad day of racing is better than a good day of not.

Try to loosen you slipper next time. Its weird to drive but it helps.

 

[Lason]

Originally posted by FastEddy
A bad day of racing is better than a good day of not.

Try to loosen you slipper next time. Its weird to drive but it helps.

I woulsnt say it was a bad day, hell, I had fun! Actually my slipper was so loose at one point that I lost the nut and spring and had to buy another. I think the track was just so so "new" that it needed to be ragged on a lil bit in order to break it in.

 

[x_789]

Like I always say man its faster to roll over a few jumps then to wait for someone to flip you off your lid. When I started I just rolled a round nice and consistent and I always did 3rd or better from just cruising. X

 

[mrfatride]

if your radio has thortle expo you can set it so it gradulay gives it throttle

 

[x_789]

Lason I want to see some pics of that ae with out the shell on it. Also did you add anything to it other than the charging setup? X

 

[Lason]

Hey X, I dont have any pics of theGT w/o the lid yet.I will have some later this week when my CV-R comes in. Since getting the truck I have added the Team Oroin Rx pack, RPM reciever box, RPM body mounts, and my JR XS3 radio. I just pulled out the cv-hyper that was in because it has lost all its compression and the leaky front bearing made a mess all over my chassis, and I bent a rear hinge pin so as of right now my truck is in no form for pictures, lol.

Maxx2.5, I dont know if my radio has throttle expo but I was leaning on the throttle very easily and everytime I would get right about to 3/4 throttle it would just break the tires loose and get very squirlley. I used X's theory of driving most of the day and just "cruised" around the track making sure to keep my truck off its lid.

 

[x_789]

Hey what do you think of that radio. Backspur bought one a couple weeks ago but hasn't been able to run it yet. I just sold my Lynx 3d on ebay and I am thinking about that same radio. Or a futaba but they are a lot more cash. He told me today that the Brake dosen't have a lot of throw whats your opinion?? X

 

[Lason]

Originally posted by x_789
Hey what do you think of that radio. Backspur bought one a couple weeks ago but hasn't been able to run it yet. I just sold my Lynx 3d on ebay and I am thinking about that same radio. Or a futaba but they are a lot more cash. He told me today that the Brake dosen't have a lot of throw whats your opinion?? X

Well no the brake doesn't have alot of throw whatsoever but I set my brake endpoint to full max and set my brake deadband to about 50% so when I just tap the brake the brake goes to 50%. I really like that feature because everyone knows the brakes on the GT suck! All in all I love my new radio and I got a good deal at one of the LHS around here, $199. I really didnt care about the servos because I already had my own but the steering servo that comes with this thing flat ROCKS! These are the first JR servos I have used and I love them. The steering servo has 85 oz. of tourqe yet has no problems centering back unlike my Hitec servo that was in there. I have had one other JR (XR2) about 3 years ago and it was cool but nothing can beat having a synth radio. Once again I am totally happy with my radio, it has all things I want, with the exception of ABS and a built in failsafe.

 

[mrfatride]

that radio has throttle and steering expo. try setting it to 20% and see what it does. it should help curve the thottle to keep the tires from breaking loose since you are getting the new motor. i use it on my electric when my track has no traction and it hepls alot

 

[Lason]

Originally posted by MAXX2.5
that radio has throttle and steering expo. try setting it to 20% and see what it does. it should help curve the thottle to keep the tires from breaking loose since you are getting the new motor. i use it on my electric when my track has no traction and it hepls alot

Yeah I found the expo, I'll try that next time I go out.

 

[Kevrone]

I have the traxas 2.5 and am a beginner at this hobby.... What is the expo and what does it do??

 

[mrfatride]

expo controls the curve of the servo travel. with 0% the curve looks like this ---> / its basicly a straight line. when you add expo it "curves" this line and gradualy aplies travel till it hits the straight part of the curve. the higher % the more "curve" the servo travel will have.