Nic Case's car ran out of radio range after his record setting 161 mph run. His car hit both walls of the drag strip before coming to a stop. Here are some pics of damage.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Nic's Car after his 161 mph run
Nic Case's car ran out of radio range after his record setting 161 mph run. His car hit both walls of the drag strip before coming to a stop. Here are some pics of damage.
New R/C speed record 161.76 mph by Nic Case
New video footage from the run
Previous video
Nic had this to say about the run:
Shawn Palmer @ Schumacher ----- Supported me from he beginning!
Nick Maslowski for loaning me key equipment
Steve Rodgers @ Flight Power for great batteries & the help in he pits & retrieving the car
The People at Castle ------ great electronic equipment
Josh Tyler & Lou ----- for all the help during testing !
Steve Neu ------ building a great motor
All the people at RC4WD ----- for machining some great wheels !
Greg H & Freeman T --- for the support
Rob Donelson --- Brainstormer
Matt Shumaker --- Brainstormer
John Trino Brainstormer
Shawn Palmer--- Brainstormer
Frank Amestoy--- Brainstormer
Josh Reese— Brainstormer
Mike Ogle— Brainstormer
Brad Williams— Brainstormer
Bill Chaterlea --- Brainstormer
Robert Crysel Brainstormer-- & machining help
Ray Lathrop---- Brainstormer
Tony Lovering--- Brainstormer
Billy Weeks & Steve Earwood --- For having the event at such a great facility!
Thanks
What a Rush!
Nic Case
Nic's equipment and setup:
Car: A Schumacher Mi-3 was used as the base of this car. The wheelbase was modified (mostly to have more room for equipment) to 550mm & the width was narrowed 25mm.The Mi-3 is great platform to build from because it was able to accommodate 6mm wide belts & is very strong, efficient & tunable. By using belts, torques from the motor dose not affect the direction of the car during acceleration & deceleration.
Batteries: The batteries are FlightPower EVO 30’s. Two, 6 cell packs are plugged together in series, to be used as a 12 cell powerhouse. These packs are high quality & able to discharge at over 200 amps!
Motor: A Neu 1521 1y was the motor of choice. The Kv n this baby is
1577, has a 5mm shaft & it’s calculated that it produces somewhere
between 8 and 11 Horsepower.
ESC: The ESC is a Castle Creations Phoenix HV-110. I like it because it’s easy to set-up and has a great customer service. It handles the 12s set-up, is very easy to program & has a very smooth braking routine.ESC settings Zero timing, 40% super slow brake.
Gearing: 75 x 40
Radio Gear: The radio I used is the Futaba 3PJ with the FASST 2.4 GHz module. During my testing, I have not tried any radio that had more range than this piece of technology from Futaba. Radio settings = F- ATV 74% B – ATV 78%
Gyro: Futaba GY240 helps the car sow down in a strait line.
Body: The body was custom made, inspired by the JCB DieselMax.
Tires: The tires are also custom made. The wheels are cnc machined by RC4WD. The tire compound is a vulcanized natural rubber.
Car Setup: I used spools front and rear. Schumacher yellow springs 150wt oil rear. Schumacher purple springs – 150wt oil front.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunny's Rustler ready for 100 mph +
Traxxas RustlerThunder Power 6s
Castle Creations Mamba Monster Brushless Speed Control
Medusa Research 50mm 3300kv brushless motor.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
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