23 Mph with RC-10

[soniccj5]

I Know 23mph is not fast for today's R/C market, but I was excited.

Novak Havoc 10.5 BL 3300Nimh

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[drbelleville]

Well I would say that 23MPH is still pretty respectable for a vintage RC10. The Tranny of which originally was not designed to run Brushless. I don't understand the newer generations obsession with speed. I'd much rather a car that was quick - and still handled well.

Just a quick question - did you watch the run time too?

[soniccj5]

I did not keep an eye on the runtime, but my wife said I was outside for 40 minutes. It had plenty of low end punch. Can't wait for another tack day.

[drbelleville]

Thats cool, I plan on adding a lower turn Brushless to my Traxxas TRX-1 runner in the quest to squeeze out more track time.

[THEYTOOKMYTHUMB]

That's about the perfect speed in my opinion. Once they get too fast it takes away from the fun. Plus you need such a huge area to run them that you have to pack a bunch of crap up and go to a big parking lot or something. Not to mention speed=broken parts. It is fun every once in a while though.

[soniccj5]

Thought about putting my 2:25 stealth in to see if I can reach 30mph . My town just paved our street so I have a good stretch of road to open it up.

[nicefrog]

Back in the day there was an unlimited class at out club around the small dirt oval, there was a hornet and a grasshopper running 9.6 volt packs that could both easily do 40mph. We used to drive them beside cars down the street while tuning them for more top speed

[drbelleville]

Back in the day there was an unlimited class at out club around the small dirt oval, there was a hornet and a grasshopper running 9.6 volt packs that could both easily do 40mph. We used to drive them beside cars down the street while tuning them for more top speed

? Beside real cars ?

[treehugger]

Back in the day there was an unlimited class at out club around the small dirt oval, there was a hornet and a grasshopper running 9.6 volt packs that could both easily do 40mph. We used to drive them beside cars down the street while tuning them for more top speed

? Beside real cars ?

thats what im planning to do with my edf car

Paul

[vintage AE]

i agree too, that's a good fit for brushless in an RC10. The locals run 8.5T in the 2wd class, so I have that in one of my vintage racers, which I think is good if you got experience. I also got a mamba max 5700 in a 10T, which is too much. I tried fixing so many parts, but cant seem to get it right. My next runner is going to be 10.5t brushless.

[cl76]

That is a nice set up. I run the same Novak 10.5 with a Reedy 3600 Nimh battery and a 6 gear transmission set up with a 12 tooth pinion and 54 tooth spur. I get around 31-32 mph but I am running 2.2 inch tires all around so my roll out is bigger. I think it is a nice balance of speed and runtime (20-25 minutes). The 6 gear has had no problems with this set up so far.

[soniccj5]

I used my GPS device to get the top speed. I used some computer cable Velcro straps around the battery to hold it in place. I would be too afraid to drive next to a full sized car. What if the radio glitched and the R/C car went under the tires(crunch) ..




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[nicefrog]

Back in the day there was an unlimited class at out club around the small dirt oval, there was a hornet and a grasshopper running 9.6 volt packs that could both easily do 40mph. We used to drive them beside cars down the street while tuning them for more top speed

? Beside real cars ?

Yes lol back then you couldn't jump on ebay and buy a radar gun and civilian gps didn't exist so you just had to drive them beside a car

[soniccj5]

I missed the "back in the day" comment sorry.

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[soniccj5]

Decided to go for another top speed run tonight with my LiPo battery 5000mHa 40C.

I hit 27.9Mph