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[skillx]

Great slow motion shot of Chapito airing one out over the big jump at the end of the main straight! Is this the A-Main you thermaled in?

http://www.promofo-racing.org/T4BB-Buggy-126.html

Negative. That was my first full(almost) 15 min. A-main. Unfortunately, I have'nt yet figured out how to keep pace with El, Will, and the Wedding Singer so my camera time was basically limited to those two jumps. I was also left laying on my lid in the middle of the track for the better part of a lap by a seriously neglagent corner marshall. The track, which is the most power hungry one I run at, ate up 4500 mah for the 14:30 or so I was actually running and I was considerably down on "puch" the last 2 or 3 minutes of the race. Hopefully, when JeffEmbraced's is finished we can make the trip up, get you to show, and run our own 10 min. main. Fifteen is fine at Starcar or Gears but a little closer than i'd like to push it on a reguler basis in San Antonio.

[skillx]

Originally Posted by Chapito

Negative. That was my first full(almost) 15 min. A-main. Unfortunately, I have'nt yet figured out how to keep pace with El, Will, and the Wedding Singer so my camera time was basically limited to those two jumps. I was also left laying on my lid in the middle of the track for the better part of a lap by a seriously neglagent corner marshall. The track, which is the most power hungry one I run at, ate up 4500 mah for the 14:30 or so I was actually running and I was considerably down on "puch" the last 2 or 3 minutes of the race. Hopefully, when JeffEmbraced's is finished we can make the trip up, get you to show, and run our own 10 min. main. Fifteen is fine at Starcar or Gears but a little closer than i'd like to push it on a reguler basis in San Antonio.

Guess I should have know that by the date.. Anyhoo it was a awesome vid. I can't see how you aren't getting 15minutes out of your packs. I was at toys with my Kyosho all day today practicing and my 4S 5000mah maxamp packs are netting me 18 to 19 minutes at race pace. The MM and Pletty are playing nice together after the update. E and I drove it on 5S and it was just a BEAST! Would jump all the way into the fence on the big jump, would do the double, triple, quad, with no probs, only real issue was the triple after the sharp downhill left hander. I still can't get that smooth..so I am doubling and single out. You going to make it up the Saturday?

Won't make it this saturday. We're racing here on our new layout, minus smoothing and obstacles. I may come on the 9th if Robbie runs em' and I'm not in St. Louis. Most of the fast guys will be in Austin with their nitro's that saturday; might be a good time to get some clean runs in and try to get my lap times down a bit................On the run time thing, I think it has alot to do with my set-up. I'm well over a pound heavier than a nitro with the RC Product designs integrated tray and the very thirsty 1515/1y. I'm gonna try dialing my throttle hipot back about 5% and use a lower torque setting on the Quark next time I come up and see if that helps. The real solution is probably a 1512 for the buggy but right now, I got what I got. Also, you may find yourself using a bit more mah in an actual race than practicing, especially trying to chase those guys(Chad, El, Will) around the track.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Aye, Chapito - You ready for some action this week end? I'm pretty sure I'll be making it out. I'll probably leave the SBV2 at home since this will be the maiden race for the 8ight. I posted some updated photos on http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9838

Later, man.

-Jeff

I am! As a matter of fact, I just came from the track. Filled in a couple of problem areas, added dirt on the aproach to the wooden obstacle, and re-faced the Triple. It's still rougher than a .......well, lets just say it's rough. Plenty dry to race though, and we should be able to get a hoe/loader or bobcat on it next week.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Awesome. Can't wait.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Okay so here's some clips of last saturdays races.. The blue 8ight with the white wing is Chapitos brushless 8ight.

http://rc.jeffjassky.com/videos/feb-2-08/

The video will require quicktime. If you don't have quicktime you can download it here http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

The audio mixing is really really rough.. I'll be uploading a fixed version in a day or so.

-Jeff

Hey mate nice conversion have a very similar one on my eight what is that battery tray you are using?

Thanks

Integrated splash gaurd/battery tray from http://www.rcproductdesigns.com/
It really makes for a clean conversion. However, the downside is the extra wieght. Between the tray and the 1515 I'm well over a pound heavier than most of my nitro competition.

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