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That Falcon has the coolest story behind it. Almost 3 years ago, I was driving up the road with my wife and kids and saw the yellow plastic on top of 1 of my neighbors garbage cans by the road. Of course I made the wife pull over so I could hang out the window and grab it off the trash! Tossed it i...

looks nice...I started doing some of the work that was mentioned in that article to my Astute...

Didn't get very far but there's always time again to bring it back out and complete the build - just need to get one of those Kamtec bodies and I'm set

tecnica2001 wrote:The Rules will Remain the same, Pre 1994 Vintage Cars, Using 17.5 Brushless Motors or 24T stock brushed motors.

24t or 27t motors??

hmmm...this might be do-able this year

need to check things over with the wife and get the Astute and Falcon finished

ok - so, do we have a date for next year's event?? :D I know I'm definitely going to do EVERYTHING in my power to get out next year - really want to see how my old Tamiyas will run :) Especially the astute against all the RC10s :lol: Looks like you all have a great time and things can only get bette...

looks like it was an awesome time - man, i'm majorly bummed that I wasn't able to make it I hate it when plans changed at the last minute :evil: But I'm making plans for next year's :) this time a hotel and not staying with friends (who then move and leave you up the creek, blah, blah blah) Love all...

Man...I'm sooo bummed I couldn't make it up there for this race

Oh well, hopefully there will be a 2nd Vintage Nats - that one I WILL BE THERE!

The one thing I forgot - If you're running IFMAR/staggered starts, its alot easier for the announcer to call out "car 1 - go", "car 2 - go" etc - especially if there are non-local guys running... plus it kinda helps on the starting grids :) 1 goes first (duh), 2 then 3 blah blah ...

i think a lot of the times, the numbers are more for the announcer/spectators to see what car is where...if you're running a personal, the numbers aren't as important since you normally can't have a PT fall out of your car

Thanks Kaybo. Do people still mount them to the underside of the body? If so, am I right on the hole size, 3/16"? most of the time yes...sometimes people get "fancy" and make up a lexan holder that's attached to the chassis - but mostly I've seen them attached to the body itself... 3...

Are transponders the same as they were back in the early 90's? That is, should I drill a 3/16" or so hole in my body and bring along an extra body clip to secure it? How are they mounted now? Same deal - personals are the only things that are different :) The biggest thing about the new transp...

I've been looking into the brushless thing myself, here is the link to the roar approved list http://www.roarracing.com/approvals/brushlessmotors.php I'm still undecided as to what to get. I'd like to go tekin but they don't have an approved motor. The Tekin motors should be ROAR-approved in time f...

Another thing I didn't see mentioned here, is that your esc MUST be able to handle a voltage cut-off...LIpo DO NOT LIKE being completely discharged while running...I think the one that was originally mentioned will do lipo cut-offs, but I figured it was a point to be made... for a 2cell lipo pack (7...

I wanted to know, are these going to be 5 min heats?? the reason I ask, is because I'm planning on running 3300 mah nimh batteries, they're in good shape and hopefully with the brushless they'll last me a bit longer :D I know the last time I ran off-road (about 2 years ago), I was running 3300 batt...

what radio are you using now?? if its a Airtronics FM, I should have 2 more sets that you can borrow

I'll be running DSM - which is a savior for guys with similar situations like yours