A big thankyou

[Chris Elworthy]

Would just like to say a big thankyou to Roger, Steve, Simon, Chris and the other lads from Bury who helped me with my car yesterday. It has been 5 years since I last raced and despite the frustrations I experienced with my Durango diff (I didn't complete a race!) the support I received was truly brilliant. Once the car was working correctly (Thanks Steve) it felt very good so can't wait to get back into the groove when im back from Holiday.

Thanks again to everybody at Bury Metro

Chris

[Br00kie]

Hi Chris

It was a pleasure to help, really glad things went ok in the end. My only real worry is it looked faster than mine when it was done

Steve

[Chris Elworthy]

Haha! Sometimes helpfulness can come back to bite you!
The at does feel very well balanced straight out the box and apparently the manual is wrong so I have the front pistons in the rear and vice versa. I would probably say its one of the nicest handling buggies I've ever driven, I'm a touring car racer really so my dricing style doesnt usually adapt to buggies so well but I'm excited about the capabilities of the car.

Thanks again Steve, hopefully I can return the favour one day.


See you soon

Chris

[losichris]

Originally Posted by Chris Elworthy

Haha! Sometimes helpfulness can come back to bite you!
The at does feel very well balanced straight out the box and apparently the manual is wrong so I have the front pistons in the rear and vice versa. I would probably say its one of the nicest handling buggies I've ever driven, I'm a touring car racer really so my dricing style doesnt usually adapt to buggies so well but I'm excited about the capabilities of the car.

Thanks again Steve, hopefully I can return the favour one day.


See you soon

Chris

They are very nice in kit setup at Bury. But i would play about with it, and maybe take it to Southport to test it on some proper bumps and make changes from there.

[dougher]

Hi Chris,

I've been reading your messages on here as I'm in a similar boat to you - wanting to return to racing! I used to race a losi xx using nicds, imagine my horror realising these don't really exist anymore, and that motors are now brushless! Anyway, I quite like the idea of coming to Bury, but don't know anyone there, or don't have any kit myself yet - was thinking of 4wd - anybody got any thoughts on this?!
Cheers
Sam

[tisher]

Sam get yourself down to Bury on a Sunday and have a chat with the lads they are all friendly bunch they will give you advise on whats best to start with

[Si Coe]

As someone who used to race a XX myself I can safely say stuff is a whole lot easier now. Brushless motors are pretty much fit and forget - no skimming, brushes etc required. Lipo's too are much less hassle than NiCd/NiMHs - they don't need discharging and you can run one pack all day. Its never been simpler!
We tend to have twice as many 2wds as 4wds, but we generally have enough for a full 4wd heat. The popular choices are the Associated B44.1 or the Durango DEX410 at the moment.
In 2wd the Durango DEX210 seems to be the car of choice, but the Losi 22 and Schumacher Cougar SV2 both go well too.

[dougher]

Thanks for the replies, I must admit, I like the idea of easier, can't believe you can run all day on one battery now, that's amazing! And no skimming motors, too good to be true! I'll be coming to bury in about 3 weeks after my hols!
Cheers
Sam

[Si Coe]

You can't quite run all day - it does need recharging but because it doesn't need discharging first you can just top it up after each race.

[dougher]

If they've had a full charge, then one complete 5 min race, how long would you say they take to top up? I imagine this depends on a lot of things like the track, the motor etc etc, but a ball park figure would be useful.
How many packs would you recommend for a race day including some practie runs? So sorry for having so many questions, a huge amount has changed in the last 15 years!
Sam

[losichris]

you'll get 2 , 5 min runs out of a pack of say 5000's If you only do 1 run then id say a 20min recharge time is needed. 3 packs per day will do 1 practice 4 rounds and a final.

[dougher]

would you recommend running a pack only once a day rather than re charging one pack three times? I've noticed the packs are nearly £100! Thanks for the info, very much appreciated
Sam

[Si Coe]

I've got several packs, but they generally tend to live in the car ie one pack stays in my DEX210, one in my BMax etc. That means I normally use just the one pack each meeting.
However it is a good idea to have at least one backup pack in case something goes wrong. Doesn't happen often but better to be safe/

You don't need £100 packs. I've just ordered some Turnig Nano-tech 5100mAh 65C saddles from Hobbyking for £30 which will work fine. Lots of people running cheaper sourced packs at club meets, you just can't use them for regionals.

[Howler]

I only have one pack, top it up between races and that's never been an issue.

[dougher]

Its so great you only have to have one pack, and don't have to fork out an arm and a leg for it, things really have changed. Once again, thanks for the advice :-)