How many of you would be interested in this? There is a new track that opened up recently that I had a hand in building. It is an electric only offroad track. http://www.turtletraxraceway.com/ We would very much like to get more people up there and racing with us. What do you guys think? Any of you interested or have RC cars you could race with us?
Unfortunately we are not racing any gas classes at all. The 2 most popular classes are a spec class using the Traxxas Slash and Super Stock 2 wheel drive buggy. For those that don't know "Super Stock" refers to the motor used. Pretty much everything else is left open for the class. Spec Slash is basically a box stock class. You buy a > $200 Traxxas Slash, batteries, charger and race. Should cost less than $350-$400 to get one and then you are done. Very little can be changed and most of it is for durability. One straight from the box is as fast as one that has been tweaked to the full extent of the rules. http://www.traxxas.com/products/electric/5805/trx_5805.htm We are also getting more and more 4 wheel drive buggies. Those are running an open modified class. No real rules in that one. All classes are 10th scale.
Sorry. Gas truck racing(the class the RC10GT was in) is all but dead nation wide. There are a few pockets of it here and there but overall its dead. The 8th scale gas classes took over. 8th scale buggy and truggy(half buggy have truck) dominate the gas offroad and dominate offroad in general. There are lots of 8th scale offroad tracks around. We wanted something built for 10th scale electric racing. If you are interested in the 8th scale stuff I can point you to the tracks. They are all over the place.
We are doing our best to revive the electric classes in this area. The owner of the track wants to build a new indoor offroad facility and this track is helping fund that. So the more racers we get the better. The Spec Slash is a great class to run. I really enjoyed it. I run the super stock buggy now. You can get a good used Slash and maybe a battery for less than $200. You would just need a decent charger.
Yeap, all Pepboys have them. Its a cross marketing thing since Traxxas and Pepboys both sponsor the TORC offroad series. They should be right around $200.
I almost forgot. If you want to come by on a race day and give it a try, they do have a couple of loaner trucks you can run in the Slash class. You pay the entry fee($15) and all you have to do is drive. They will charge the battery and everything. They don't have a hobby shop or anything so if you want one you will have to buy it from Hobbytown, Pepboys(for Slash only) or one of the many online RC hobby shops.
ha I still have my Losi XXT-CR. I think my brother has parted out some electronics though for his old HPI RS4 Pro-2
i miss off road RC so much. i cut my teeth on the Kyosho Raider and OG RC10 (gold chassis bling!) back in the day. moved up to a RC10B2 and GT before i quit due to funds. i ran at the Tiltyard in VA a couple times. i've been out of the loop for a long time...what killed 1/10th gas trucks? i thought they were a great time. is it that the 8th scale is not much more expensive for the thrills? good thing i sold my GT when i did :naughty: i'd love to come out for the arrive n' drive $15 thing some time, just to get the feeling back.
Gas truck died because 8th scale is more durable. People were over powering their gas trucks and they just broke a lot. I don't understand why it took off though. To get going in 8th scale will cost you at least $800-1000(if you go cheap RTR or used it can cost less but the RTR's are not always competitive) and that is before your tire and fuel bill each week. You can expect to go through 3-4 complete sets(yes all 4) of tires each weekend and at least 1 gallon of $40 fuel a week. A good engine for 8th scale is $400 as well. 8th scale just cost a fortune. They have electric 8th scale now but they are no cheaper. They are $1000 to build up and you still chew through tires so you still have 2-3 sets of those to buy. If any of you want to read more you should drop by the forums. www.rctech.net and http://www.georgiarcracers.com Those are the forums we hang out at most of the time. While 10th scale is cheaper it isn't cheap. If you want to get a buggy running from nothing up to raceable it will cost about $800 or so. The big thing is that once you spend that all you have to worry about is breaking parts. You really don't eat up tires or anything. I have had some nasty wrecks and so has everyone else and we have very little breakage.
Hey Longfury, found this today during my Web surfing at work and thought you might enjoy. http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2009-06/radio-controlled-car-makes-world-record-run The World's Fastest Remote-Control Car A shrunken speedster revs up After a motorcycle crash, Nic Case found a safer, but still thrilling, hobby: building radio-controlled cars. At 161 mph, his latest just smashed the world record. The 46-year-old eked out extra mph any way he could, including adding an 11-horsepower R/C motor and a 12-cell battery pack normally used in hobby airplanes. He made sure his handcrafted carbon-fiber chassis would generate enough aerodynamic downforce to keep the vehicle on the track, and he designed an all-wheel-drive system to further increase traction. He also used a high-frequency receiver to ensure that he never loses control of the car. So far, Case has raced it only twice, and he thinks he has a good shot at his ultimate goal: 200 mph. "The car's got more," he says. "I left a lot on the table." How It Works Time: 6 months Cost: $4,000 Handling: The car has no brakes, so Case dials back the power to the motors to decelerate. To prevent flipping, he added a gyroscope-based steering-correction system normally used in remote-control helicopters. Tires: Case designed oversized tires to improve the airflow beneath the vehicle. Instead of relying on glue, he had the rubber vulcanized to the aluminum rims, "It's one less thing to fail," he says. The H2Whoa Credo: DIY Can Be Dangerous We review all our projects before publishing them, but ultimately your safety is your responsibility. Always wear protective gear, take proper safety precautions, and follow all laws and regulations. Three More High-Speed R/C Racers Traxxas 4-Tec Rather than start from scratch, Jack Cecil decided to rebuild an off-the-shelf R/C car. He upgraded the batteries on a one-tenth-scale racecar and fitted it with foam tires. After changing the angle at which the body sits on the chassis, lowering the rear to reduce drag, Cecil tightened the suspension. He also adjusted the angle of the front tires, which increased speed but hindered stability, so he added fins at the rear to keep it steady. The result: He's squeezed 111 mph out of a car designed to do half that. X5 Nick Maslowski's background in aerospace engineering is apparent in his flagship car. In the back, tail fins reminiscent of a jet's vertical stabilizers prevent fishtailing. He gave the car front-wheel drive for better control, but there was too little aerodynamic downforce at the front. Above 80 mph, the nose would lift and the tires would blow out. After tweaking the translucent plastic body to boost downforce, Maslowski hopes his tires will hold up past the vaunted 100mph mark. "I'm right there,"he says. "The car's got enough power." Problem Child Gary O'Connor's gas-burner has four engines that drive two transmissions and turn a single center shaft. To create the body, O'Connor taught himself how to vacuum-form carbon fiber by watching instructional YouTube videos. The result is not perfect, he says, but it's lightweight and strong, and it helped the car surpass 93 mph.
This is relevant to my interests. How many people are involved with this already? I know I'm coming late to this dealie.
I used to be a boss with my XX CR back in the late 90s. Used to kick ass up in Rome, I just put enough of the working parts from it and my old XXT CR together to have something to wear the house dog out with, miss the dirt track racing
We get a good 10-15 racers regularly. We are racing this Sunday, July 19th. Sign-ups end at 11am and racing starts at 12 sharp. Even if you can race with us this weekend, you should drive up and have a look and talk with some people anyway. I will be up there. You should come out. The XX is a little long in the tooth but I know a guy that gets along pretty well with a RC10B3. It would get you going till you could nab a new or used buggy. 10th scale electric buggy tech has not changed much in the last 5-7 years. Only the motors and batteries have changed. Much lower maintenance with the modern stuff. Once you have a more modern buggy it would be smart to invest in it eventually. They try to keep the schedule updated on the site. I really hope some of you guys start joining us on a regular basis. :sx:
This is a link to another forum that has local racing. I post there as well. We organize most of the racing for the area on this forum. http://www.rctech.net/forum/georgia-racing-77/ I am Rfury there.
I wil make sure to bring out my Black Foot and Lunch Box Too bad I dont live in GA anymore I would revamp the RC 10T. Its the old school version, but raced stock back in the days in TX.
:rofl: Those are collectibles now. Some will pay pretty good money for those if they are in working order.
They all work still. I was looking at racing the RC10T again , then started reading about how people collect them.
Yeah, parts are non-existent for that stuff. Modern tracks, even though built for 10th scale, are much more demanding on the car than they were when it was built. There are lots of good used buggies out there on ebay and RCtech. The Losi XXX-CR, Associated RC10B4 and the Kyosho RB5(my 10th scale ride) are all super competitive and can be bought fairly cheaply. The other good option is the Traxxas Slash as we run a spec class with it and you can be competitive with it out of the box with no changed what so ever. They can be had for cheap used and not that much even when bought new. I would tell any of you to come out and at least watch. We run on Sunday(19th) this week and Saturday(25th) next week. I will hand my transmitter to almost anyone and so will most of the guys there if you want a test drive.
I have a Slash a rc18mt, Losi 8, and couple planes and heli's. How far is that track from athens. Do y'all run stock motor and 7 cell or2 cell lipo
Slash is box stock. We run 6-cell NiMH and 2s Lipo for batteries. The address is on the website. http://www.turtletraxraceway.com/contact.html The track layout has changed. We race on 8/2.
Just wanted to bump this. Turtletrax is having a charity race for a local free clinic in the Rome, GA area. The race is August 29th. Every dollar collected in race fees goes to the clinic. There will be door prizes/raffle as well to generate more funds. I would like to invite all of you to come out. Even if you don't have a RC car to drive you can donate money if you wish. I am sure we can find you a car to drive if you want to try it out. This race is in memory of the brother of one of the racers that made this track possible. His brother passed away in January. They are also racing this weekend on Saturday the 22nd.