My RC Hobby. A blog about my hobby, which includes On-Road, Off-Road, Slot Cars, Planes, Robotics and modeling. Also anything else Electronic that's fun to play with.
For this weekends racing, the initial plan was to get in club racing over at Scottsdale RC Speedway, but because of the amount of rain we recieved Friday night and Saturday early morning hours, SRS decided to not hold their normal Saturday night racing schedule. Since SRS was closed my friend Dean from Wolfpak Racing and myself decided to head down to Tuscon to check out Competition Hobbies and their indoor track. We left around 10am in the morning and arrived down in Tuscon just before noon, thanks for driving Dean.
My pit area.
I really liked the layout, they have both a dirt track and a carpet track, and for today's racing they were running on both tracks. I also like the fact that the had a large amount of pit areas, both single pit areas along the outside wall as well as pit tables on both sides of the tracks, great layout.
My first look of the layout, very nice.
Both Dean and myself entered the Pro-Lite 13.5 Short Course class, at first we were both going to run 13.5 buggy and Short Course but decided to only run the trucks instead. Below is the race results:
Round 1 (6 min heat):
Frank 10 Laps - 6:22
Dean 11 Laps - 6:07
Round 2 (6 min heat):
Results were not posted for some reason for round 2, but for myself I know I did bad, the truck kept shutting off when hitting the jumps, and I doubt I got in more then 5 laps. I changed the position of the power switch, and no more issues for the rest of the day.
A-Main (6 min main - 11 Drivers):
Frank 10 Laps - 6:23 Finished in 9th place.
Dean 12 Laps - 6:29 Finished in 7th place.
It was a great day of racing, and I feel that for our first time at this track we did okay. I look forward to coming back down to this track for the KBRL series on December 17th. Next week, if mother nature doesn't rain on my parade again, I will be at SRS for Friday night and possibly club racing on Saturday night as well.
Its been awhile since I got any slot car racing in, but Friday night I dusted off the cars and got in some great racing over at my friends garage (WolfPak Racing).
I have been thinking about getting a 2WD Buggy for a long time now, and I have been narrowing down what I think I want and have come to to opinion that this might be my best choice. So for the moment I'm 90% sure that I will be getting a Losi 22 for my next RC.
Here is a review that Horizon Hobby's did about the LOSI 22.
Here is a breakdown of some of the specification for the Losi 22.
Mid and Rear Motor Mounting Options: Depending on your driving preference or track conditions, the 22 will deliver the configuration you need. For the first time, TLR is providing both rear- and mid-mount motor configurations in a single kit.
Complete Kit: Build the 22 from the ground up so you know and control the entire assembly process to your exact specifications.
2.5mm Hard-Anodized Aluminum Chassis: The precision-machined 7075-T6 2.5mm aluminum chassis is hard-anodized for increased durability and a great look.
12mm Big Bore Shocks: Smooth the ride, tame large jumps and tune suspension performance with these over sized shocks with bladder compensators.
Adjustable Front Kick (20-25°): The 22's front end has best-in-class clearance that allows for improved handling. It gives you more clearance when you enter and exit steep jumps. Plus it's tunable via a shim from 20 to 25 degrees.
Adjustable Caster (0, 3, 5, 10°): The 22's caster can be adjusted in 0-, 3-, 5- and 10-degree* increments via the spindle carriers. (*NOTE: 0-, 3-, and 5-degree spindles are optional.)
Specifications:
Wheelbase: 284-288mm
Width: 9.9 in. (250mm)
Weight (Approx): 3.4 lb. (1,550g)*
Chassis: 7075 aluminum plate w/radiused sides and built in front kick-up
It was another great day of racing, this time it was round 2 of the KBRL series at Fear Farm RC in Phoenix, AZ. Myself, Dean and Dragi from Wolfpak Racing, and our friend Ernest all met and shared a pit tent together down at Fear Farm. This was my first visit to Fear Farm and was impressed by the setup and crew that ran the event.
Setting up in the pits getting ready for round 1 of qualifying.
I am racing in the Pro-Lite 13.5 category with my HPI Blitz in the KBRL Series, and it is a blast. There is a bunch of great competition out there in this class and in today's racing that was very evident. For round 2, there was 39 in the Pro-Lite class, my friend Dean from Wolfpak Racing decided to dust off his SC10 and join in on the melee that is the Pro-Lite racing.
Here is the results of the first two rounds of qualifying for myself and Dean:
Round 1 Qualifying: Pro-Lite 13.5
For round 1 my goal was to try to get 9-10 laps, and I ended up getting 9 laps, and finished 9th in the Heat. I did manage to record some round 1 Pro-Lite action on my phone, will be ordering a Hat Cam soon, so this will improve the quality and the number of videos I will be posting in the future.
Round 2 Qualifying: Pro-Lite 13.5
I made some adjustments to the truck for this round, with the help of Dean and Ernest, and it seemed to make a huge improvement to the truck. The Blitz felt great driving and I almost pulled off getting 10 laps, although I still seem to be over steering in the turns and spinning 180's, I feel that some slight changes in my setup and more practice will help with this. I ended up getting 9 laps and again finishing 9th in the heat.
With 39 entries in the Pro-Lite 13.5 category, there ended up being 5 mains for the category. It seemed that 11-12 laps was the goal for round 2 to qualify for the A-main, myself and Dean qualified for the E-Main, Dean started the E-Main in 2nd and for myself in the 5th position..
E-Main: Pro-Lite 13.5
For the E-Main I did not do as well as I had hoped, and ended up finishing in 4th place. I slight mishap in my driving got me tangled with Dean in the last minute of the main and we both lost 5-6 secs, or I think he would have easily gotten 10 laps (he missed it by 2 secs), and I feel I would have gotten 9 laps (I missed it it by 4 secs).
Dragi from Wolfpak Racing, and Ernest and Myself in the background.
Ending thoughts:
Even though I did not finish the way I had hoped, I had a blast racing with a great group of drivers. I want to give a shout out to those of you that I talked to while at Fear Farm, and want to thank those for giving me advise on ways on improving both my driving skills and my truck. I have not been racing for very long, and it always amazes me that the people in the RC hobby are so friendly and always seem to not mind helping out other people.
The next round of the KBRL series will be at Scottsdale RC Speedway (SRS) on November the 26th, the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I am really looking forward to the round, as SRS has changed is layout for the Arizona State Championships on Nov 18-20. Can't wait to see and race the new layout, I will probably go next weekend to get in practice and club racing.
I raced in the first round of the KBRL Racing Series on Saturday, the first round was at Canyon Vista RC down in Tuscon, Az. My friends over at Wolfpak Racing joined me down in Tuscon, they had two drivers entered into the racing league as well. Although the drive was long to come down to the racing, it was well worth the trip, as I had a blast down at Canyon Vista, the layout and facility was great and the group at Canyon Vista was the best.
Myself (sitting) and Dean from Wolfpak Racing. Sorry for the picture quality.
The day started off great, although the weather did play a huge factor in things as the day went on. So here are some of the results of my racing:
Heat 1 Racing:
Laps RaceTime Fast Lap
Frank Lilly 7 5:10.519 39.647
Round 2:
Laps RaceTime Fast Lap
Frank Lilly 8 5:20.403 33.743
There was a rain delay finishing round 2 of the heats. The rain let up a little and they were able to complete round 2. Another rain delay happened before the Mains started. The afternoon felt great after the rain, it brought the temps down and it felt great outside, I don;t know about anyone else, but I love the rain.
Dean's Buggy from Wolfpak Racing
C-Main:
For the C-Main I'm not sure what happened. I don't want this to be an excuse as to why I finished where I did, but I feel with the rain I made a wrong tire choice, and had huge traction issues. Below is the results for the C-Main.
I am looking forward for round 2 of the KBRL series, it will be held at Fear Farm in Phoenix, Az. Not sure if I am going to be making any changes for the truck for the next race. But will get in some more practice time before the next race.
