My first 1/12 car

Post by **soniccj5** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:47 pm

Handled great! The leaders Fastest laps were in the 8s and mine were in the low 9s.

Post by **PlastiZapCA+** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:39 am

I'll be happy just to make it around the track without hitting the barriers.

I've got lots of practice to do.

Post by **tommykart** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:44 pm

soniccj5 wrote:Ordered a Novak club system brushless system for 124$ ESC and motor. Should have all the parts Monday. Then it is time to paint and final assembly.

do you need to buy anything else (ie booster) ? could you give a link to what you purchased, so i can know what i should be looking for in a esc and motor set up.

thanks
tom

Post by **soniccj5** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:11 pm

tommykart wrote:
soniccj5 wrote:Ordered a Novak club system brushless system for 124$ ESC and motor. Should have all the parts Monday. Then it is time to paint and final assembly.

do you need to buy anything else (ie booster) ? could you give a link to what you purchased, so i can know what i should be looking for in a esc and motor set up.

thanks
tom

Here it is.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCATW

Post by **GreenHell** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:33 am

Looks good! What gearing (or roll-out) did you go with for a 17.5? Most of the setup info I've found is for Mod or 13.5.

I just purchased 12R5.2 a few day ago, I've been wanting to get back into carpet racing since returning to the hobby a couple years ago, I can’t wait to get this thing built and on the track.

Post by **RC10th** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:23 am

Awesome, I just bought its bigger brother the 10R5 to convert to 235.

Nice kits but I find they lack info for "novices"

Post by **soniccj5** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 10:08 am

For gearing I ran 76 / 53, but the other guys were running 76/52. I would have tried a 52 pinion if they had them in stock.

Post by **tommykart** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:51 am

Thanks, so then are you running 1S lipo with a booster then?

Post by **soniccj5** » Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:31 pm

1S lipo, no booster.

Post by **losiXXXman** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:22 am

soniccj5 wrote:1S lipo, no booster.

How does that work? I was under the impression that 1s, you had to have a booster, or a receiver pack

Post by **soniccj5** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 4:00 pm

losiXXXman wrote:
soniccj5 wrote:1S lipo, no booster.
How does that work? I was under the impression that 1s, you had to have a booster, or a receiver pack

Not sure, but it worked great for me .

Post by **losiXXXman** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:42 pm

Well...COOL, whatever works! Nice to know

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