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  • More parts, more racing with the ARC R10

    So, after a nearly two months without turning a wheel, I finally got the ARC out of the garage this month for two rounds of the CWIC. But I put a few new bits on it first. First job was to get the nasty Tamiya blue off the car. These parts were re-anodised for me…

  • CWIC Rds 3&4 – 11th November 2012

    In brief… Mini Formula Adding the wing to the Blitz GTi shell made the straight line stability a lot better. The track had a long, fast sweeper which meant I needed to gear up to 22/33, and in Round 2 I started to get some traction roll which I solved by reducing the shock length…

  • CWIC Rds 1&2 – 21st October 2012

    I’ve been really looking forward to this series – great racing, great company and it DOESN’T RAIN (unless the roof of the old sports centre gives out, I remember a couple of buckets were needed last season)! Here’s this years fleet… I do like to have matching schemes, so I painted up a fresh Blitz…

  • Blew up my motor and ESC – lets have a look inside!

    Pushed the gearing too far in 17.5 Blinky last night at West Wilts Model Car Club – it’s a small carpet track, very twisty, not much of a straight either, and 4.1:1 with the Vampire 17.5 at maximum timing was too much. Cue a smoke-bomb after 3 and a half minutes! Entirely my fault, because…

  • BRCA Clubman’s – Cotswold – 9th September 2012

    My woes started on Friday… Went up to the track for a little pre-race practice, prepped the tyres, switched on the car, put it on the track, walked away – and it lurched forward into the grass at full throttle. Turns out my old 3VC has finally given up the ghost. A HUGE thankyou needs…

  • 17.5 “blinky” – first impressions

    Let’s be blunt – on a big track like Cotswold, it’s slow. But the pleasure of blinky racing is not the speed, it’s the superior throttle feel. And slow cars mean much closer racing for those of us with average driving skills. Here is the motor I have chosen… At £65 RRP and widely available…

  • Understanding the (older) Hobbywing ESC settings

    I’ll now try and explain what all the software settings for the v2.0, v2.1 and Xtreme Stock ESCs actually mean. This post is a combination of what I have read from other reliable sources and the results of my own testing. I’ll start with the “Supercharged” software, currently on versions 930STOCK and 930MOD. Overview There…