[Rookie Solara]

A little off topic here.............this Chicago Thread, we have 2449 replies(after this one, it will be 2450) and 98 pages....I think we should all quit our job now and push this post pass 3000 replies and 100 pages..........(jk)

Both NC tracks threads are having the most viewed# and replies # as well as pages........we are 3rd.

OK, everyone, get back to work............

PS...let see who will get the 100 page post first.....

[T-Racer]

If you would be less on posting you could have had that wall painted. Do all your honey dues and you will be al right to race


DO THE MATH


T-Racer

[xsrwx]

On the 1/12 races at TP Bowl, are the motors restricted to 19t to make it a more even playing field? I thought I seen a post on this but my search found nothing...

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by xsrwx
On the 1/12 races at TP Bowl, are the motors restricted to 19t to make it a more even playing field? I thought I seen a post on this but my search found nothing...

I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

AJ has 2 classes of 12th scale.....First the 19T 12th scale...they didn't called it out 19T motor but all of us agreed to use 19T motor, beside, what is the fun to be the only 1 running the MOD motor or something else when everyone else are running the 19T motor...and like you said, since we called it out 19T, so no one will be extremely faster then the other (at least not like 1-2 second faster).....but if you are not a as good drivers (like me) compare to the ppl like warpainter, Walt or Frank.....they will lap you very easily, but not becase their motor/batteries are faster/better, it is because I am not as good a driver as they are....

Then the other class, the money dumper.....12th scale MOD...for those really good in controling car and have lots of experience on tunning MOTOR and Batteries....they run 8 minutes qaulifiers and mains, super fast but it is quite expensive becasue they are running MOD motor with the tops chassis......those required a lot of tunning and it is a game of money and skills both.

Not sure you are just starting or you are a pro already.....but I found the 12th 19T is not as easy as I thought......not much tunning or money spend on the car, but required a lot of driving skill (in order to catch those fast guy...) but the overall cost are very acceptable.

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by xsrwx
On the 1/12 races at TP Bowl, are the motors restricted to 19t to make it a more even playing field? I thought I seen a post on this but my search found nothing...

I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

AJ has 2 classes of 12th scale.....First the 19T 12th scale...they didn't called it out 19T motor but all of us agreed to use 19T motor, beside, what is the fun to be the only 1 running the MOD motor or something else when everyone else are running the 19T motor...and like you said, since we called it out 19T, so no one will be extremely faster then the other (at least not like 1-2 second faster).....but if you are not a as good drivers (like me) compare to the ppl like warpainter, Walt or Frank.....they will lap you very easily, but not becase their motor/batteries are faster/better, it is because I am not as good a driver as they are....

Then the other class, the money dumper.....12th scale MOD...for those really good in controling car and have lots of experience on tunning MOTOR and Batteries....they run 8 minutes qaulifiers and mains, super fast but it is quite expensive becasue they are running MOD motor with the tops chassis......those required a lot of tunning and it is a game of money and skills both.

Not sure you are just starting or you are a pro already.....but I found the 12th 19T is not as easy as I thought......not much tunning or money spend on the car, but required a lot of driving skill (in order to catch those fast guy...) but the overall cost are very acceptable.

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by xsrwx
On the 1/12 races at TP Bowl, are the motors restricted to 19t to make it a more even playing field? I thought I seen a post on this but my search found nothing...

I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

AJ has 2 classes of 12th scale.....First the 19T 12th scale...they didn't called it out 19T motor but all of us agreed to use 19T motor, beside, what is the fun to be the only 1 running the MOD motor or something else when everyone else are running the 19T motor...and like you said, since we called it out 19T, so no one will be extremely faster then the other (at least not like 1-2 second faster).....but if you are not a as good drivers (like me) compare to the ppl like warpainter, Walt or Frank.....they will lap you very easily, but not becase their motor/batteries are faster/better, it is because I am not as good a driver as they are....

Then the other class, the money dumper.....12th scale MOD...for those really good in controling car and have lots of experience on tunning MOTOR and Batteries....they run 8 minutes qaulifiers and mains, super fast but it is quite expensive becasue they are running MOD motor with the tops chassis......those required a lot of tunning and it is a game of money and skills both.

Not sure you are just starting or you are a pro already.....but I found the 12th 19T is not as easy as I thought......not much tunning or money spend on the car, but required a lot of driving skill (in order to catch those fast guy...) but the overall cost are very acceptable.

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by xsrwx
On the 1/12 races at TP Bowl, are the motors restricted to 19t to make it a more even playing field? I thought I seen a post on this but my search found nothing...

I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

AJ has 2 classes of 12th scale.....First the 19T 12th scale...they didn't called it out 19T motor but all of us agreed to use 19T motor, beside, what is the fun to be the only 1 running the MOD motor or something else when everyone else are running the 19T motor...and like you said, since we called it out 19T, so no one will be extremely faster then the other (at least not like 1-2 second faster).....but if you are not a as good drivers (like me) compare to the ppl like warpainter, Walt or Frank.....they will lap you very easily, but not becase their motor/batteries are faster/better, it is because I am not as good a driver as they are....

Then the other class, the money dumper.....12th scale MOD...for those really good in controling car and have lots of experience on tunning MOTOR and Batteries....they run 8 minutes qaulifiers and mains, super fast but it is quite expensive becasue they are running MOD motor with the tops chassis......those required a lot of tunning and it is a game of money and skills both.

Not sure you are just starting or you are a pro already.....but I found the 12th 19T is not as easy as I thought......not much tunning or money spend on the car, but required a lot of driving skill (in order to catch those fast guy...) but the overall cost are very acceptable.

[Walt]

Originally posted by Rookie Solara
Agreed.........I just want to know what are those batteries called? And just in case we are going for 8 minutes 19T, that will be the option......

Here's an on-line chart of all the different battery sizes available... I still think that those little batteries they are using are 1/3AAA's, if I had to guess. http://www.powerstream.com/Size_SLA.htm

[xsrwx]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Rookie Solara
[B]I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

Rookie, That was a typo...I meant the 1/18th scale racing at TP Bowl. I must admit I am a total noobie to the RC scene so please be patient while I ask my silly questions.

Thanks..

[Walt]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xsrwx
[B]

Originally posted by Rookie Solara
I think you were mistake the track at AJ....Tinley park cannot race 1/12th there, they race 1/18th micro in winter only...and summer time, they race outdoor nitro....running 12th scale outdoor is possible, but not the best thing to do.

Rookie, That was a typo...I meant the 1/18th scale racing at TP Bowl. I must admit I am a total noobie to the RC scene so please be patient while I ask my silly questions.

Thanks..

Most of the guys racing 1/18th scale at TP are using the 'big block' motor (Graupner Speed 300). It's a good motor with enough power for this size track, and the motors are dirt cheap.

I have also run the Orion Elite Coreless modified motor in my micro, and I actually like that motor better, but it is about 4 times as expensive, so I'm sticking to the Graupner Speed 300. Just don't be fooled by the 'special' big block motors labeled for the Micro RS4... they are just Graupner Speed 300 motors with a new label, and twice the price. You may have to talk to the RC Airplace guys at your local hobby shop to get the Graupner Speed 300, and it should be just a tad over $10 (and will last a pretty darn long time)

[T-Racer]

Howard

are you on drugs or what with all the dumb post. no wonder you wife will not let you out of the house. she afried you might hurt yourself.


T-Racer

[Walt]

Originally posted by T-Racer
If you would be less on posting you could have had that wall painted. Do all your honey dues and you will be al right to race


DO THE MATH


T-Racer

Funny... I always thought they were "honey do's", as in, you have to 'do' this and that, not "honey dues", as in you have to pay your 'dues' before you can do something... I guess you learn something new every day...

Tony: I forgot to take the Micro results off the PC on Tuesday... I will try again to remember next Tuesday, but it might be a good idea for you to just spend the $25 or so (32 meg at Best Buy for $25, for example) and get one of those USB flash drives so you can pull the results off each week and e-mail them to me. I am really pressed for time on Tuesday nights, so it's going to be difficult for me to always be able to get the results, plus, I spend time trying to find the results where you would know exactly where they are.

Those USB memory sticks come in handy all the time anyways.

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by T-Racer
Howard

are you on drugs or what with all the dumb post. no wonder you wife will not let you out of the house. she afried you might hurt yourself.


T-Racer

Well, try to use 56K at home, and try to tell them to work, then you know how I feel....

Also, I told you I have to push the post to page 100, let see who will get the page 100 #1 post....maybe today, maybe tomorrow.

xsrwx........when you have any 12 or 18 or 1/10 nitro question, just ask here, someone will be more then happy to answer, just don't ask something like RC submarine or RC bicycle...can't afford those fancy RC toys from Radio shack...

[warpainter]

the only honey dews i know of are mellons well i think they are

[T-Racer]

honey dews honey dews honey dews

[thunderbt3]

rookie is rippin on my ntc3 rtr u gotta start somewhere

does anyone know when hop up parts are coming out for the m18

im really intrested in getting one and race it, ill probalby be running it mostly up and down my hall in my dorm.

or maybe i should wait for the m18 rtr (there ya go rookie haha)

[thunderbt3]

what do u guys think is the cost of running 1/18? like for everything (car, electronics, support equipt)? I'm all nitro, never touched anything with the electrics so ill need chargers and motors and all that good stuff.

[Walt]

Originally posted by thunderbt3
what do u guys think is the cost of running 1/18? like for everything (car, electronics, support equipt)? I'm all nitro, never touched anything with the electrics so ill need chargers and motors and all that good stuff.

I've tallied up these costs before for my brother and for a friend, so here's what I came up with (I assume you have a radio):

car (micro RS4): $80
ESC (SPY): $60
steering servo (HS81): $18
ARM chassis: $13
big block motor: $15
Motor plate: $8
Pinions (3): $12
Battery packs (3): $65
tires: $14 (will last for several weeks)
charger: at least $50, as much as $190

So, about $335 if you get a cheap charger (potentially the biggest ticket item). And eventually you'll need a ball front diff, but the stock HPI front diff lasted me for at least a dozen race days, so you don't necessariliy need it right away.

By comparison, you could get into 1/12th scale for:

car: $140
ESC (quantum sport): $80
steering servo: $24
motor: $30
Pinions: $20
battery packs (3): $100
tires: $35
charger: $50-$185

About $480 with a cheap charger.

[Rookie Solara]

Thunder....

I saw this on TV...just for you.....

M18 Mastercard Commercial....

car (M18): $100
ESC (SPY): $60
steering servo (HS81MG): $20
regular micro motor: $15
Battery packs (3): $30
tires: $20 (will last for several weeks)
charger: at least $50, as much as $190

............learned NOT to buy a RTR RC car from Radio Shack....

.................... PRICELESS

[T-Racer]

well howard did you paint

[T-Racer]

I saw this on TV...just for you.....

M18 Mastercard Commercial....

car (M18): $100
ESC (SPY): $60
steering servo (HS81MG): $20
regular micro motor: $15
Battery packs (3): $30
tires: $20 (will last for several weeks)
charger: at least $50, as much as $190

............learned NOT to buy a RTR RC car from Radio Shack....

.................... PRICELESS

[thunderbt3]

blah blah blah, i once did have an Xmod from radioshack, returned it the next day cuz it was so slow...........ill be howard #2 or howard's mini me and u guys can all make fun of my ntc3 rtr all you want (from radio shack i might add) hahaha

im leaning towards micro more than 1/12 and ill probably go for a more high end charger just incase if i ever get into electric touring and ill probably be using it to charge/cycle my rx/tx batt's

do u guys know if they make a glow plug adapter for chargers? maybe i could cycle the batt in my glow ignitor and make it perform better, who knows?

ragin' azn

[warpainter]

micros are nice but 12th is better. with 12sacle you have real tracks to race on and rules to follow unlike micros were you have big blocks racing against stock motors and some guys running 5 cells and some running 7 cells. stock cars racing against full blown race cars, now dont get me wrong i like racing micros but to me its more like a free for all, now i havn't been too htop so i cant speak for there program, but tinley is more like a zoo a smokey zoo that is,but they are both cheap to run in comparison to 10 scale sedans

[Rookie Solara]

Originally posted by warpainter
micros are nice but 12th is better. with 12sacle you have real tracks to race on and rules to follow unlike micros were you have big blocks racing against stock motors and some guys running 5 cells and some running 7 cells. stock cars racing against full blown race cars, now dont get me wrong i like racing micros but to me its more like a free for all, now i havn't been too htop so i cant speak for there program, but tinley is more like a zoo a smokey zoo that is,but they are both cheap to run in comparison to 10 scale sedans

Ha ha, fixed the wall........and I need a WALL-painter to Paint the wall..........
I just granted my permit for tomorrow race.....YAHOOOO....so see you guys tomorrow...
Well said Tim...........Micro is very much like BB, 6 cells and wide chassis........if you are running stock motor and 5 cells, you are not going to far....12th scale, you will starting with 19T motor, 12th scale car like RC12L3 or SB12 and 3300 cells.........even my 10 years old Novak ESC still does the job....so it is very much CONTROLLED more then Micro or Touring cars....

Thunder....start with Micro, then you can consider 12th scale or TC for your next option....but in summer, NITRO TOURING all the way, no other choice.

Tinley Park is a better TRACK to go to race mico, if you can handle the drive from Carol Stream to Tinley.....but there are no pressure over there cause there are always a newbie class there, but there are also some fast guy for you to challenge...

HTOP should be closer, but more like a beginner class cause the track is still new, they need more time to experience things....track is very similar to TP and they have lap counting system as well...(TP use the latest AMB system which is the best system that every major RC race use in the world)

Anyhow, get your ass out sometime and at least check out those track.....you won't race unless you actually see the action, then you will start racing....

[Rookie Solara]

Last post of PAGE 99.......and guess what I will do next...?