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eap9
10-20-2002, 03:29 AM
Hello Monty!

What can I say, I've won three row now in our major Boxstock 12 series race using your RTR. There are 2 races left and if I win the next one, I would wrap up the series even with one race left.

It was a difficult race overall because everyone came prepared with new blueprinted motors and new full out RTRs. I was not even the fastest this time maybe a tenth of a second slower but the car's consistency in all the lanes was what spelled the difference and also some luck avoiding several crashfest. In the end, I was 15 laps ahead of the second placer. My son, did not do too well this time as his car got caught in some of the crashfest although, as a saving grace, his motor was faster than mine this time.

Before the race, I pulled down the motor on my car and had the arm trued and the magnets zapped. After break-in, the motor was pulling over 4 amps at 3 volts.

However, what I noticed after track testing is the motor lost a bit of torque so I had to gear down from 9/38 to 9/39.

Regards,

Enrico

10-21-2002, 03:41 PM
Enrico,
Its the nature of the beast that the competition will tend to sneak up on you.

Since you are dealing with arms that were brand new when you acquired them, it may well be time to rebalance them.

Its also fairly normal for arms to act as if they are higher timed as the comm is cut to smaller diameters. This may account for the slightly lower gearing working better.