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« Reply #75 on: September 12, 2009, 05:28:07 pm » |
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« Reply #76 on: September 13, 2009, 07:13:23 pm » |
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Hi Guys
Just back from the event so here is a quick review just to keep people updated. More reports, vids and pics will follow.
The weather on Saturday was perfect with bright sunny weather and we were off to flying start right away. Kevin Simms blasted the UK record set by Vassmar last year at 104mph with a run of 111mph with his Losi XXXs.
I was concentrating on the rocket car and manages a decent run with 1/2 NOS at 58mph. The car went straight so we were all set for a flying run. Next run saw a craking 117mph much to Kevins dismay.
Kevin also was putting in flying times with his B4 buggy of 94-97mph.
Jay was putting in some really ast times with his 2 cell stock car and was pushing the record right up to 87mph.
The final run with the rocket car on the Saturday was clocked at 107mph.
Ken turned up and concentrated in getting his jet car preapared for the sunday.
Sunday came and it was dry but a bit windy. The times were a bit lower but lots of good times were posted in the 80s and 90s. Keving plugged away all day with his B4 and manged to finall break the 100mph barrier. Jony Bast from Sweden plugged away with his 4cell 2wd F1 car and got 94mph. Andy managed a decent 51mph with hos revo. Tom pennington couldnt better the 75mph he got with his xray 2 cell on the first day. Jay and Time were setting decent times and Allan Waterfall and John Veal were having their usuall too and fro on their IC bikes. John managed to come out on top this year with 85mph.
Then there was the final run with the rocket...
The previous runs were pretty good and I knew the car had potential for more speed. As this was the last run I opened the NOS injector up from 1.5mm to 2mm and the exit nozzle from 8.5mm to 9.5mm. I filled the accumulator with over 16oz of NOZ and pressureed it up to 1100 psi and set it up about 200m firther back than the previous run.
Tom hit the ignitor and I waited a good 5 seconds for the heat to build before I pulled the throttle and off she went. The rocket started slow and at about 1/3rd of the way into the run really took off. The car went through the speed trap and started to vear so I tried a correction but it went over and skidded about 100m on its room.
The guys ran over to the speed trap and read the numbers...
163.58mph and a new worlds record beating the existing record set by Nic Case of 161.76mph last year.
I'm waiting for the videos but hope to post something really soon
Thanks to everybody who turned up and made the event what it was. I'm sure all of you pus many more will be back again next year.
Also thanks to Jerremy at the drag strip who supports our events and does a fantastic job of preparing reviews for mags and other promo stuff.
Special thanks to Tom for his help again and also for the techincal input of Carolyn Chambers without hwhos help I could not have built the rocket car
A full report will be out soon
Cheers
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« Reply #77 on: September 13, 2009, 07:17:10 pm » |
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what about kens turbine?
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« Reply #78 on: September 13, 2009, 07:21:59 pm » |
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45mph. It didnt manage to get full revs of 160k. It was limited to 120K. I'm sure Ken will sort it out and be back next year
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« Reply #79 on: September 13, 2009, 07:24:52 pm » |
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i thought he said he was going to go easy on it, cant wait for next year, i should be able to go as i should be driving .... and if its during the summer holiday....
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« Reply #80 on: September 13, 2009, 07:47:16 pm » |
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Sounds like you all had a good time. I might see about getting a more serious entry for next year. Shame both cars that I own have had records set in the 90's lol.
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« Reply #81 on: September 13, 2009, 08:26:54 pm » |
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Wow, 163. Congratulations on the new world record! Hope it will last longer than November (the US event). I'm Jacob from Saturday by the way  Think I will go for the stock record next year, not sure yet... |
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« Reply #82 on: September 13, 2009, 08:53:38 pm » |
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Well done Tony arwsome run see if you can get the 200 next year. I think i will bring ear plugs next time, the sound your rail makes is "BADBOY" im so chuft with my record of 87.98 mph " Im hooked " Ill be back next year hopefuly pushing that record up some more it was grate to see everybody and i lernt a lot like how to hurt my knee jumping out of the way of trucks thanks again everybody for a top weakend  |
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it must go quicker than that
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« Reply #83 on: September 13, 2009, 09:39:03 pm » |
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Well done Tony arwsome run see if you can get the 200 next year. I think i will bring ear plugs next time, the sound your rail makes is "BADBOY" im so chuft with my record of 87.98 mph " Im hooked " Ill be back next year hopefuly pushing that record up some more it was grate to see everybody and i lernt a lot like how to hurt my knee jumping out of the way of trucks thanks again everybody for a top weakend Yeah.....Once again, sorry about that. <blush> Well I guess that's what ya get when you try to time a 10lb Monster truck on pizza-cutters, with more glitches than a second-hand Dell laptop, driven by a gung-ho newb! I've certainly learnt my lessons: 1) Get a thicker bodyshell - 5mm should do it 2) Don't use a weedy antenna - I'll be using a titanium tube next year. 3) Try to remember where the timing gate is. Guess I'll have to try harder next year or I'll get the reputation of being the guy who goes over the line on anything but 4 wheels. If anyone caught some footage of my pitiful attempts I'd be very interested to see it. A good editor could put it all together and make a good farce out of it! LOL Seeya next year. Cheerz! Andy / Rootz |
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« Reply #84 on: September 13, 2009, 09:43:25 pm » |
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Firstly, I offer my thanks to Tony for organising the event. Cheers! I personally didn't come expecting any records with my circuit racing car, and achieved that goal quite successfully with a rather pedestrian speed maximum of 60 MPH dead. My main aim for attending was to see peoples' cars and check out the atmosphere at the event, which I personally thought was really fun, friendly and well worth coming back to on a regular basis. So there's a very good chance I will be engineering an unlimited electric vehicle for next year which will have serious sights on 200 MPH. Now, who knows where I can get bulk discount on crates full of LiPos? |
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« Reply #85 on: September 13, 2009, 10:18:20 pm » |
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Contact www.robotbirds.comNice guys and will give you a bulk discount, especially if you go in store. |
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« Reply #86 on: September 13, 2009, 10:35:05 pm » |
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Firstly, I offer my thanks to Tony for organising the event. Cheers! I personally didn't come expecting any records with my circuit racing car, and achieved that goal quite successfully with a rather pedestrian speed maximum of 60 MPH dead. My main aim for attending was to see peoples' cars and check out the atmosphere at the event, which I personally thought was really fun, friendly and well worth coming back to on a regular basis. So there's a very good chance I will be engineering an unlimited electric vehicle for next year which will have serious sights on 200 MPH. Now, who knows where I can get bulk discount on crates full of LiPos? Here! :-) http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=317&curPage=9&v=&sortlist=Cheap as chips and bomb-proof. Allow 2 weeks for delivery. Good luck with next year's speed record attempt. I'm sure that, whatever you come up with, it'll be thoughtfully designed, beautifully made and fasssst!! BTW. Big brushless motors: http://www.astecmodels.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=867Also Tenshock motors from http://www.heathsrcmodels.co.uk/ They're a bit pricey though - £140ish. Cheerz! Andy / Rootz |
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« Reply #87 on: September 13, 2009, 10:49:42 pm » |
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Thanks for those tips guys. Frankly, those Turnigy batteries are almost unbelievably cheap. A decent 12S battery from Hyperion is going to be 4-500 or so, but with these you are looking at $170! I think I might buy some and test them in my race and basher cars to see what the performance and durablity are like.
Looking forward to it already - peace//
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« Reply #88 on: September 14, 2009, 04:28:10 pm » |
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Has anyone got any photos they can post up on here yet.
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« Reply #89 on: September 14, 2009, 04:53:06 pm » |
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I only got a couple. The red nitro bike (sorry didn't catch the driver's name):  Ziggy after the run: "What was the speed?" Jon Cryer: "163!" *crowd cheers*  |
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