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Old 18-04-2011
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The Kyosho Lazer FS2 showed how good of a chassis it really is at the Stotfold national this weekend.
I bet there were loads of drivers with best results throughout the meeting.
Ellis Stafford and the car were great all day and to say the least, Ellis was unlucky to have the car stop whilst leading for the overall win.
Well done to Lee Martin for taking the win and Ellis finishing second.
In my opinion you guys were the class of the field in 4wd this weekend…... Both RudeBits drivers of course!!
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Such a shame for Ellis. The FS2 really is an amazing car, hopefully the doubters will now see the light and give one a go .... sure they won't be disappointed.

Gutted to miss this event, glad to hear the FS2 showed it's metal
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Old 18-04-2011
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Hope E will post his setup - sounds like he was ballistic!

Massive shame that his car just stopped whilst leading
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I was gutted for Ellis.

What is more upsetting to me was it was the only kyosho failure i saw all weekend!!!

Still from a Kyosho view it was great for me to see drivers in nearly all finals. everyone i spoke to seemed happy and was getting great results.
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Do we know what stopped Ellis' car? So unlucky as the cars are normally super super strong and reliable.
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Such a shame his car came to a halt.. the final leg would have been so close... Ellis for me was the quicker looking car.. they left all the others miles behind!

Good result regardless of the outcome... All Kyosho cars looked ace when going round.. be interesting to see how many we will now see at the next national at RHR

The failure to me sounded like the rear gearbox... my guess it will be the crown gear.. another set of gears in there and some shimmige it will be 'reet!
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Rear crown gear! Not sure why it went as I have it meshed tighter than it said in the manual but it may have been something to do with the massive smash I had with the car at EPR the week before after half a lap when the car ended up in 2 bits , but I guess I will never know.

Was a good close race up till that point though and pretty happy with the car for teh first time outdoors in the dry, shame it may be the last

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Rear crown gear! Not sure why it went as I have it meshed tighter than it said in the manual but it may have been something to do with the massive smash I had with the car at EPR the week before after half a lap when the car ended up in 2 bits , but I guess I will never know.

Was a good close race up till that point though and pretty happy with the car for teh first time outdoors in the dry, shame it may be the last

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Noooooooooooooooooo!!! be such a shame if it will be the last...at least you will have car to fall back on if things dont go to plan!!

On the car.. best way is to mesh it all up ive found is to do it without the center shafts in the car.. i rebult Colin Mays gearboxes on saturday, diffs etc and did it this way and added another 0.2 in there sometimes you get abit of forward and backward play in the shaft the crown gear goes on.. also ive had this shaft wear where the bearing is seated which causes play and chews the gears.. ANother tip.. all the screws that hold the gearbox top on, 6 i think.. just nip them up tight.. ive found if you over tighten it can cause abit of drag and it doesnt run as free..

What happened at EPR? i guess your chassis went?? accross the front (by the front rear hinge pin holder??) or by the rear hinge pin screw holes?

Stick with the K Ellis.. you know it makes sense! lol!!
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Any chance to see your setup Mr E?
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Unlucky with the gears Ellis,mine are on their 3rd season now!

A great result none the less ... any chance of the setup?? I'm massively happy with my FS2 now, VAST improvement on the car I had at Petit.
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Rear crown gear! Not sure why it went as I have it meshed tighter than it said in the manual but it may have been something to do with the massive smash I had with the car at EPR the week before after half a lap when the car ended up in 2 bits , but I guess I will never know.

Was a good close race up till that point though and pretty happy with the car for teh first time outdoors in the dry, shame it may be the last

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Ellis, If it was your last drive then i just want to say thanks for putting a Kyosho on the podium for the first time in years at a national.
I understand X-factory involvement for you is pretty special and we have to be grateful for you raising our expectations of what the cars can do in the Uk.
I hope you enjoyed using the car as much as us k fans have.

On a seperate Note welcome to the Orion team
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Any chance to see your setup Mr E?
RudeTony, RogerM, Nick ... Is it possible to see the setup?
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I think my base setup is in the big bore setup thread... will have a look. If not then I will post the next time I'm in the same place as my car.

I think you will find plenty of differences between the 3 of us as the big-bores are still very new so it would be interesting to see all together.
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RudeTony, RogerM, Nick ... Is it possible to see the setup?
My set up is on petitrc..

Im running this weekend at the Batley NW Regional..

A few changes.. no chassis stiffner... 60g Rudebits Spine Weight..Front shock length back to 20mm for droop..

Re-done the rear shocks.. Standard BB Pistons are 5x1.3.. ive done 5x1.4 pistons with same oil (AE 27.5) and feel much better on the bench (a little less pack...) so will see how they work...

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