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Post by Reuben on Nov 21, 2010 18:44:24 GMT
I know its early to have one of these threads up.
But I fancy a week off from all this stressful high power racing.
So who wants to put in a 17.5 and go for a bit of fun round bashley?
Ill be there 17.5...
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Post by Mike V on Nov 25, 2010 14:09:42 GMT
I hope ure planning to race on the 28th and not tomorrow reubes!
iPhone weather states snow for new Milton but I'll be there for some 17.5 fun if it's drivable
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Post by shaun207 on Nov 27, 2010 8:46:46 GMT
how many are thinking of coming racing , im thinking of it but im not sure at the minute
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 27, 2010 11:14:11 GMT
me and martin should be there
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Post by yellowshark on Nov 27, 2010 14:36:53 GMT
Same class as Sedgey for us
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 27, 2010 17:49:50 GMT
i'll be 17.5 unless anyone can be persuaded to do 13.5...
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Post by Reuben on Nov 27, 2010 18:13:58 GMT
just soldered in the 17.5  . you can run 13.5's if you want - it will be more amusing when I go past and your sideways |
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Post by shaun207 on Nov 27, 2010 18:15:08 GMT
ill be coming over weather permiting , ill be doing 17.5t but may have done 13.5t if someone fancyed solering a motor in...
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 27, 2010 18:20:44 GMT
just soldered in the 17.5 . you can run 13.5's if you want - it will be more amusing when I go past and your sideways cheeky tosser! if you're not up for the power of 13.5 i understand reubes... |
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Post by yellowshark on Nov 27, 2010 23:33:30 GMT
just soldered in the 17.5 . you can run 13.5's if you want - it will be more amusing when I go past and your sideways cheeky tosser! if you're not up for the power of 13.5 i understand reubes... Cheeky, I should say so and he was the guy the other week who wanted us all to run 10.5 at the next Sunday meeting. Obviously needs a dry grippy tack with new tyres to control a car ;D Solder? save the planet guys  ; I have just plugged in a 17.5 (new territory for us) but we can swap a motor (sorry engine) in 30 secs so happy to do 13.5 or 10.5 |
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 28, 2010 15:38:35 GMT
after being the top qualifier in Rd1, Rd2, and then being 2 tenths faster than anyone in F1, and F2 and then a 14.79 second lap 3 tenths faster than anyone else.. and finally finishing 3rd  a frustrating and tiring day! oh and the ambient eventually got up to 1.5 deg C |
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Post by yellowshark on Nov 28, 2010 19:16:35 GMT
Oh yeah, XRAY TQ and take 1st 2 positions in Stock A final. Remarkably fine day, almost making it out of sub zero temps. Close qualifying with Schumacher feeling a bit cocky after the 1st two rounds, only to see an up and coming young XRAY driver venturing into 17.5 for the first time take the honours, tee hee. Sedgey did split the XRAYs though. So Craig, Reuben, Sedgey and Mike fought it out in the A final. Final 1 saw Craig keep the inside line into the first bend with Sedgey sportingly backing off only to be cynically and brutally taken out by Reuben (aka Mr. Dastardly). Which left Craig to drive off into the distance although at half way point Reuben was clearly hauling him in but ran out time. So 1& 2 for XRAY. Final 2 saw Sedgey going for it around the outside on bend 1, didn’t make it but got Craig on bend 3 with Reuben going through too. Sedgey and Reuben continued to move off into the distance as Craig entertained the spectators with an enthralling display of roll-overs. Six in all during the race all executed with admirable precision and style. A coming together on lap 10 between Sedgey and Mr. Dastardly saw Mike move into 2nd as Dastardly moved into the distance. Then an impressive 32 second 11th lap by Sedgey saw Craig rolling over into 3rd place. So the T3’11 finally taking the honours and Mike getting a good 2nd. Checking the timesheets though showed that the pirouetting had disguised the brilliance of the gearing and ESC changes made by the Team Campbell pit crew before F2. Being 0.4 behind Sedgey and 0.2 behind Dastardly on best lap times there were now four hundredths splitting the XRAYs and the Schumacher. F2 was followed by the highlight of the day as Matt decided to see if the Schumacher would fly as well as it drove. Personally I think that if he had sort of lobbed it into the air rather than throwing it AT the ground it would of gone further but one must say a 12-15 metre distance before it hit the tarmac was a good effort. So up and ready for final 3 with everything to play for with the Xrays leading the rankings. Craig got clean away and Sedgey trying to take him on the outside came of worst when Dastardly nudged him on the inside. Reuben got Craig on the run down to the tyre and a mistake on lap two saw Craig drop a few seconds off Reuben but just managing to get back on in front of Mike. But then little by little Craig reeled Reuben in and by lap 11 was applying serious pressure. Then on lap 15 Dastardley’s bottle went and entering the straight drove onto the infield to see Craig drive off in to the distance followed by Mike, both doing 20 lappers, not bad given the conditions. Another off on lap 16 by Reuben saw Sedgey get the satisfaction of recovering from his first corner off and take 3rd. So a great day's racing with the T2' 009 showing itself to be the car to beat |
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 28, 2010 19:49:36 GMT
Xray; Slow and Consistent congratulations  Schumacher; Fast. |
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Post by Reuben on Nov 28, 2010 20:29:55 GMT
Can I just add that I was using the 009, not the T3'11 and yes a cold relaxing day where I did nothing to the car, I had uneven droop for the finals and a dodgy diff - but IT was to cold to care so just put up with it anyway - wait till its warm and the T3'11 is out - then you will be scared! |
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 28, 2010 20:32:07 GMT
me and Craig reserve the right to being scared, at any point, whilst you're keeping it planted through the pack Reubes |
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Post by Reuben on Nov 28, 2010 20:32:18 GMT
oh and I did like the read Pete, very entertaining  and completely un-biased. tee hee |
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Post by yellowshark on Nov 28, 2010 23:34:51 GMT
Can I just add that I was using the 009, not the T3'11 ...., I had uneven droop for the finals and a dodgy diff - but IT was to cold to care so just put up with it ! Yeah I know Reubs. If F3 we had a front tyre off the rim, one of the ecs drives was shot, the Tekin had defaulted into dual mode and a rear bearing was shot and hidden in the transmitter muff Craig had inadvertently knocked the throttle EPA down to 90%. I am sure otherwise one of the 009s would have done a 14.6 in F3. Nonetheless a very impressive time by Matt Sorry Reubs, I just assumed you had the '11. even better. So the Schumacher got whapped by two 2 year old XRAYs then ;D |
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 28, 2010 23:44:13 GMT
yeah the 12 month old schumacher, setup for indoors |
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Post by yellowshark on Nov 29, 2010 0:08:36 GMT
Wondered when you were going to throw that one in Matt ;D Probably made it edgey and difficult to control but fast - glad to see you had good brakes too. |
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Post by mattsedgley on Nov 29, 2010 0:20:50 GMT
lol nah it was easy to control.. pure pilot error whilst trying to get my Mit in the correct place.. it's a pain in the bottom when you've got a coat round your wrists also!
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. you can run 13.5's if you want - it will be more amusing when I go past and your sideways
; I have just plugged in a 17.5 (new territory for us) but we can swap a motor (sorry engine) in 30 secs so happy to do 13.5 or 10.5
and completely un-biased. tee hee