RACING 1/8 BUGGY vid

[glassdoctor]

About the electronics:

I wanted to avoid the Neu cogging thing and find out how my old Hacker would do.

So I put the Hacker modded motor in it (C50 12L but screams) and geared it 10/46. It was fast as hell... easily the fastest thing I saw down the straight all day. I don't know what the deal is with this motor but it's always been fast... but runs hot. I thermalled with it in practice... motor and esc both over 200* :eek:

So it was back to the Neu. Now I didn't put the 1512 back in just as a trial, because last fall when I raced it with that motor and the MM that was still in the car, it would start shutting off (reboot, come back on) after a few minutes for no apparent reason... temps were low, not under big loads, etc.

So I tried the 1515 just to see if the motor was the problem. It did the same thing with the 1515 so something is wrong with the controller.

So I took both the 1515 and the MM out of my truggy and put them in the 8ight. Everything worked pretty well.

I only had it cogg at start up a couple times that were very noticeable... never a problem while racing.

BUT, I did see like two or three times where it did the "brake glitch" thing... where it seems to cog very breifly while running, not from a standstill.

Oh and after the races were over I took a couple laps with a fresh spur gear fix... and I may have done something to the controller. Not sure yet... gotta try it again today. :013:

[MetalMan]

Great vid! It must suck having to race indoors with nitro :032:.

[jollyjumper]

no way MM, spanking them like he did must be sweet like sugar!

[glassdoctor]

Um yeah... can you say ear plugs and eye drops?

It's very cold too so it's a mix of running heaters and having the window open for ventilation. Catch 22.... smoke or cold.

But it was good to race. Next time I'm bringing some headphones or plugs. A cool thing is that they broadcast the announcer via FM radio so you can listen to what's going on and block out some noise at the same time.

I didn't have a radio so I couldn't hear very well... thus the mistake i made thinking my race was over and pulled off early.

[glassdoctor]

Jolly... yeah that was fun being competitive with the fast guys. I belonged in the A for sure, but no way I would have won the thing... I would have been thrilled with top 3. There are better drivers there than me... but my car was capable.. who knows maybe with a great run I could have challenged in the A.

But I need to sharpen my driving... or drive 20 min without a mistake.

[BrianG]

Nice! I know I never want to race against you... at least for a while! Where was that?

[coolhandcountry]

Well lack of practice on the track don't help. I think you may have got better
and faster as night went on. Better luck next time.

[Sylvester]

Great driving GD! I love watching BL domination! Hope its better next time! Hopefully castle comes out with that new software!

[glassdoctor]

Hey, I forgot to mention the temp and runtime data stuff.

Keep in mind the track was cold, like 40*, so it's way different than in the summer. I didn't use any fans.

And I kept the lipo pack nice and toasty in the pits. I kept the pack wrapped up in a little electric heating pad while charging and waiting to race... kinda like the tire warmers on road guys use. So the lipo stayed @80-90*. That looked funny but worked great. :)
motor temp, esc temp, mah charged back after the run:

1st heat: 125*, 120*, @1400mah
2nd heat: 162*,125*, 1680mah
3rd heat: 128*,128*, 1350mah

geared 16/46 every run... runtime varies a little depending on how many warm up laps I run etc.

But in general I was running about 3 laps warm up and the race is about 6 minutes once the time is up and you take the last lap. So I would say @ 7 minutes ave. track time. The thrid one I stopped early and the first one I think I was taking it easy.

So it looks like I was using around 230mah per minute... very happy with that. In a 30 minute main at this rate I would only use 6900mah.

[glassdoctor]

Originally Posted by Sylvester

Great driving GD! I love watching BL domination! Hope its better next time! Hopefully castle comes out with that new software!

NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This shows me more than ever that we need the new software... and more so the Monster Max.

EDIT: because I still had issues even though it worked well for the most part... shows the potential IF they can iron out the bugs.

Thanks guys....]

BG, they have the sportsman class too... there was like 20 buggies in that class too. Some of those boys can't make a single lap without crashing at least twice, lol....

This was up at Waterloo...

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

BG, they have the sportsman class too... there was like 20 buggies in that class too. Some of those boys can't make a single lap without crashing at least twice, lol....

This was up at Waterloo...

Lol, that sounds like me! I should have made my username "crash". I think I'll stick to HobbyHaven for a while. :)

[jhautz]

Ahhh Yes! Sportsmans class... Thats more my driving level too.:032:

When I see folks drive like you did in that video you make it look so easy. Then when I get out on the track and try it myself its a total mess.

[jnev]

I love it. Brushless domination all the way!!! lol Looks to be running good all day. I also think you should have been in the A-main. You just killed everybody there, lol.

[Re~Mix]

Nice driving. When I have my brushless out on the track I have the problem of too much power, and always end up dialing it down via the radio. After selling my brushless 1/8th, this new mamba maxx is making me regret it.

[gixxer]

looks good, I hope my 8ight will look that good when it finally hits the track. also great idea about keeping the lipo warm. I know I have tried my 8ight outside lately and the performance is not nearly the same now that its 10-20 degrees out.