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Holger did you come to ATX yet? We are on North Lamar – Kings Hobby Shop -check the website schedule. Mark L
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Sammy with MontroseGreat looking track Holger! We are in Austin, 330km (180mi) South of Dallas, 330km West of Houston. Club track is in Kings Hobby, appx 7km North of downtown Austin on Lamar Boulevard. We practice Thurs evenings 18:00-21:00, race on Sat 12:00 to 15:00. You may be able to borrow a spare car if you want to enter the race. We have races 13-Aug and 20-Aug.
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Sammy with MontroseLance – re the race control software – yes it randomizes as a suggestion, but Steve can over-ride it (we do that to have a specific person race first so they can leave early if they have a family obligation et al.) So – if its allowed – and you do enter two cars – you can be setup to race different cars in different heats. But more manipulation may be needed, depending on how many people are entered.
Least complicated solution – race different cars on different days.
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Sammy with MontroseLance & Marty we will have this on the agenda for the June 25 meeting. Lance that is a day for Modern Touring car (I forget if you have one) but come up to ATX anyway so we can see you!
My 2-cents ($2.84 in todays money) – you can Build and Race more than one car – But generally not on the Same day. It is a little confusing to competitors and marshalls, but as your experience should show will be most confusing to you – since for each race you would have to mentally adjust to the performance of the different cars and the related controller settings. So, if it’s a day we only have 5 racers (our bare minimum) perhaps we could add the 2nd car under a 2nd racer name for another $5 fee.
However, that situation can be seen as a little unfair b/c one racer is having twice the fun and does not have time to marshall, so everyone else marshalls more than ‘their fair share’.
Again – we will add to agenda for June 25.
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Sammy with MontroseThe SVQ chassis has a flimsy nylon sleeve glued inside a thin ring of carbon-fibre. The guide rocks because the sleeve is not thick enough to give a tight fit with the typical shaft of a Slot.It or ScaleAuto guide. With the added mass of the stainless chassis and the power of the long-can motors it’s not hard to break this flimsy Guide-Boss. Preventative or restorative reinforcement can be done with a metal patch. (1) Alejandro has CNC’ed some aluminum plates appx 2mm thick that can be bonded to the top of the carbon-fibre. Dremel to fit – keep some ‘wings’ to reinforce the strut area.
(2) I have used some 1/24 brass tongues (1.5mm thick) with brass tubing soldered together into a patch I bond with epoxy to the bottom of the chassis (it can also be bonded on top). The tubing is 5mm (6/32) outside diameter (4mm – 5/32 ID) – by 4mm tall. BTW the guide becomes incredibly smooth in its sweep and has no forward-back rocking.
Again, Dremel to fit and keep some ‘wings’ to support the struts/suspension arms. When mounting below the chassis, paint the bare brass with nail polish or enamel to prevent shorts, (do not paint below the guide b/c it will bind).
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Sammy with MontroseMarty, I am on the fence. In spite of my generally horrible skills I enjoy the track, like the guys from Tyler, and altho it’s a long day – like to hang around and drag race (and I have new car to try…) and talk to some of the friends I have made up there.
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Sammy with MontroseNEXT TIME WE RACE THESE
Based on our experience I request we consider these changes in specs:
- We use the aluminum ScaleAuto motor pod (to prevent carrier strut breakage).
- We allow Slot It (PA20-AL) or Slotting-Plus (SP02195) F1 hubs.
My experience with the AllSlot hubs is that the threads in the hub for the grub screw seem to strip easy (I have three pairs of AllSlot wheels where One of the pair has stripped threads). The PA20s have a solid hub so no more need for o-rings and the weirdness matching tire diameters during truing when the tire pushes down into the airhub channel (even when o-rings are present) and marbles itselft to death.
PA20s have a 12mm dia rim, 14.5mm diam nub, 11.5mm wide with a 6mm wide nub/nib. The AllSlots measure the same with a 7mm nib. The NSR 5020? tires have a 7mm nib-slot but seem to fit tight and centered on the PA20s. Maybe some glue or one o-ring could be used if they were to slip.
The SP021950s (aka. SLPL40114512 ) use a 2.5grub. They are spec’ed at 14.5dia-nub at 12mm wide rim. I used these on a custom project and they are durable and good looking wheels.
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Sammy with MontroseThe AllSlot Formula GP rear body post is only connected to the engine cowl with three thin stips of plastic. In a hard crash if these crack the body can jam on the crown and lead to extreme problems. Damage can possibly be prevented bonding piano wire (5/64 or thinner) to join the back of the post to the body and to reinforce the other bridges to the wing-T. A wire on the bottom of the wing-T can be used to prevent flexing of the wing-mount.
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Sammy with MontroseAry et al. – can we consider allowing the ScaleAuto 1/32 plastic pod (SC-6523) as an alternative to the Slot.It pod? This pod seems to have a more solid area around (below) the bushings and maybe it will be less likely to crack. It costs $12 in the US.
https://www.professormotor.com/product-p/sc-6523.htm
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Sammy with MontroseThe Slot.It long-can inline motor pod we are using has a gap below the bushing carrier and a medium size leading strut and tiny trailing strut. The mass of the steel chassis can easily break the struts in a hard crash (and can bend your axle). This happened to Marty, Dave and I. To prevent the struts from cracking, remove the rear axle and fill the little triangle gap under the bushing with Epoxy or Bond-IC. DO NOT use CA/superglue. ShoeGoo may work …. Realize that this is a preventative patch and has not been tested yet.
If you use Bond-IC you must cure it with its UV light. Epoxy needs to cure overnight. Wait until the material has cured before re-assembly otherwise you may either get some in the bushing carrier or weaken it with axle lube. Good Luck!
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Sammy with MontroseBlank template located at: Tech Log Template
Instructions:
Don’t edit the blank template – download it for your specific series.
Update racers and inspection criteria per your series.
WHEN ENTERING Data – strike thru people not racing. Add guests (Alex/railgun, Max M, Roy, Austin etc. )
Optionally – Upload either the sheet or the image as part of the race results.
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Sammy with MontroseA drill chuck for the Dremel grinder is installed. It can handle very small bits and bits up to appx 1/8in//3mm. Extra collets are also added, JIC a small bit spins in the chuck – the collets may grab better.
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Sammy with MontroseIn the minutes it was incorrectly stated that the new Formula GP chassis needed the offset motor pod – that is not true – see Ary’s post on the new chassis for all the details.
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Sammy with MontroseThe Avant Slot Subaru Impreza is listed in the acceptable model table. It is an AWD with a long can inline motor and impressive engineering. It looks like a change of the guide and the rear wheels/tires are the major mods needed. I just want to confirm that these cars are legal for the Touring Series and what if any mods are needed (to convert from rally to touring -other than remove the Navigator).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Avant-Slot-51007-Subaru-Impreza-N14-Global-Rally-4×4-11-Limited-Edition-1-32-/111717435476
https://www.google.com/search?q=avant+slot+subaru+impreza&biw=1440&bih=771&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib34eZk4TKAhWBZCYKHbQhCTsQ_AUIBigB&dpr=1#imgrc=Ex6udCGA_mFjiM%3A"... get on your bad motor scooter and ride!"
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