Quick update on the day's action at oOple invernational:

Rd 1 Craig was 4th and I was 21st, then Craig went better and better and got three second in round in a row, which leaves him 2nd overall with one round left tomorrow. I just stayed about where I was with 20th in round 2 and 3 and a bad run in round 4.

As things stand, it's looking like a top 3 in qualifying for Craig, as Bradders and God both have two round wins, but also some average scores behind that.

is "God" there as well???
say hello to him from me :D

Tom Cockerill is god, didn't you know that? :p

I'd like to officially welcome Craig Collinson to the one man FAST Racing team lol, and to congratulate him on the great result at the oOple Invernational.

I built the car from a new kit on thursday, and used the setup that Craig ended up on at the EPR National.

Friday the car was put on the track and as far as I know, no setup changes were made apart from weight added on top of the servo to help keep the nose down, at least until the last final when heavy rain forced a setup change.

Craig had a great qualifying with three 2nd in round in a row, sandwiched by two 4th in round. This put him equal on points with Paul Bradby and Tom Cockerill, and second on the grid as positions were on best throaway.

In the finals, Craig had a second, a third and another second (battling it out wih Lee Martin on the soaking wet track) to take second overall.

A great result for the debut race of the production car !

Well done Craig and thank you !

Just wanna say a big thanks to Fabs for his support over the weekend and giving me the opportunity to race his awesome creation!!

The first meeting with this car was at EPR National last weekend so i was really just getting a feel for the car and finding a set up that suited my driving style. By the end of the weekend we had a good base set up and the car was really good in the final.

For this weekend at the oOple invernational i was racing the final production car for the first time and started with my final set up from EPR. As soon as we put the car on the track on Friday's practice session i knew we had a good chance of having a successful weekend. The only thing we changed was adding 30g of weight on top of the servo to keep the front end lifting under power. This worked wonders and allowed me to hit the throttle much earlier when powering out of corners. The car was dialled so i didnt change a thing throughout qualifying.

The car is so safe and easy to drive, i felt like i could drive the car all day long without making any errors, which was evidenced by the fact i didnt have a single crash in 5 rounds of qualifying racing 6 minute races!

The car has plenty of steering, is so predictable and never does anything random. This gives you so much confidence in the car and allows you to push harder and harder as you begin to realise how easy the car is to drive.

This was only my second meeting with the car so with more track time to fine tune the set up i can only see things getting even better.

Fabs really has done a fantastic job with this car so i must credit him for the genius work he's done. For me this car is a must for any Kyosho fan (or not) wanting to try out a mid motor car!!

In a nutshell its AWESOME!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Craig Collinson

good job there big fella!! the car looked quite safe in the wet too. impressive!!

Can't wait,

Have any been posted out yet?

nice one craig. well done on the result m8. nice to see fab get the support and driver he needs. having worked with him on the project as well i can honestly say its great to see it go so well ;)

Hum, there appears to be something missing from the left of my car on the above picture, not sure whats holding that side of the car up :woot: lol.

Do you get much rear sidebite with a rollbar that strong?! :lol:

Fabs / Craig,

When you get a chance would it be possible to post your setups from the weekend so we can use it as a starting point?

Did you guys run the SP2 rear end or the mid-arm?

Thanks,

Ian

@Niggs : A lot of credit goes to you for all the feedback and setup work you've done over the winter ! Thanks mate !

We'll put our setups soon.

Craig's running the proline axles, and this means his car's wider than with the SP/SP2 axles (but is the same as with the normal RB5 axles). Therefore while I was running full SP2 rear end, he had the narrow toe blocks to make the car legal, but with the mid arms still.

Car's haven't been posted yet, I'm going to try to get that sorted asap, bear in mind that now I'm back in Paris I got to go to work, so I have to post the kits on a day where I don't work at post office opening hours.

That rear-rollbar in the picture a few posts earlier, is that a Kyosho rollbar?

I haven't seen any rollbars for the RB5 yet.
I'm most interested

Kyosho ZX5/TF5 roll bar.

We took them off tbh, those pictures must've been taken friday because by saturday Craig was running mine which is much thinner, then the mounts broke and we just stopped running the bars.

Great work with the Car Mate, good to see it on a podium again :thumbsup:


So Fabs will you be coming to see us at the Kyosho masters? :)

When/where is it ?

Edit: sorry Neil this week end I've got a regional near paris.

regional? Paris?
tell me more, Fabs, maybe I might come over and participate

Well Fabs,

We are just outside of Paris in Sucy en Brie.
If you get time pop along and say hello we will be there Friday - Sunday.
Its a huge event well worth popping along for an hour if you can.

It's a race on Maisons-Alfort track, south-east of Paris. A bit like Kampenhout, but half size :bored:. Still a nice track, ask Freud.
We slightly changed layout and put new astro and jumps.
Send me a PM if you want to race here this sunday!:)

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