Video - Electric vs Nitro Truggy race

Hello,

Hey guys, so I was at the track yesterday and one someone was just watching the races so I asked him to video tape my truck.

This is a brand new track, very small and very new. The guys racing don't have a lot of racing experience but they all have the right attitude. It's friendly and getting better each week. Yesterday was my second time there. While the beginning and end of the video was clipped, the end score was...

(fastest) Nitro Truggy - 14 laps
my Electric Truggy - 17 laps

I kind of felt bad but honestly I was holding back a bit. This was the LAST race with my old motor and the track's watering system was broken so the track was super dry (and slippery as ice.)

Here you go:

[lutach]

Awesome.

[johnrobholmes]

wow that thing has some scoot on the back straight!

[TexasSP]

Nice vid. the guying filming that did a great job! That is definitely one of the best track vids I have seen.

[potreinas]

very well driving, very well filming,

congratulations.

[Sower]

Very nice. So what were the temps of all the components at the end of your 17 laps? And what motor are you using? Nice driving by the way.

Thanks guys.

Temps...let me preface by saying this was the LAST run for this old motor. It's a FD XLT-1 which in all fairness has served me well but it's cooked. 195 degrees after just 5 mins of running on the motor. ESC was 130 degrees. Batteries were 120 degrees.

The CRT has LSP ring & pinion in the F&R diff housings (to lower gearing), running a 46T plastic spur and an 11T pinion...I have no idea what the kv of the XLT-1 is, I've been using it for 2 years so I'm about to switch to known products...

[jnev]

Nice video! And good filming by the other guy as well. Any pictures of your CRT?

[sleebus.jones]

Yup, very nice driving.

Originally Posted by jnev

Any pictures of your CRT?

Sure...(some of these are older...)

[JERRY2KONE]

That was a great effort on your part. Like we have been saying on here speed is not everything. Just like horse jumping, you can have the fastest, healthiest, most beautiful horse, but if you cannot get a clean round none of that will do you any good. You kept things pretty much under control and did not try to run the tires off of your rig. Very good showing for brushless power. Way to go man, and yes your camera guy has a future with ESPN. Thank for sharing that with all of us. How long was that runtime? And what batteries were you running?

that vid was great, and some ewcellent driving to

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

How long was that runtime? And what batteries were you running?

The track doesn't have a pit lane yet so the races are all 5 minutes - which works out great for me! I can get 10-12 minutes at race pace on my setup at other tracks...very frustrating to be in the top three only to run out of battery in a 15 minute main...I'm using two TrakPower 4900's (4s), love the packs, I just wish they made 6000's. When Pit Lane goes in the races will be 15 minutes long...we will see just how efficient the Neu 1515/1y is next weekend.

[zeropointbug]

Nice driving Mac, and nice video! That XLT-1 is a 6XL I believe, which is something like 2600kv? I would not be surprised if it cooked, you have to be careful with it anyhow.

[gixxer]

looks good Dave. I never saw the oakville track before. You plan on going to Lestersa anymore? I know they are suppose to be doing friday night racing now but haven't gone over to check out the turnout.