pacific17

what do you mean by its not legal? the kit is not legal to race or just the gyro? im planning to get one and race it in the 10th scale class in the indoor track near my place.. thanks..

Lunchboxer

I don't think gyro would be legal in racing, but it depends on your local club rules, I guess!!

pacific17

oh.. so its only the gyro.. i thought the kit is illegal..

Lunchboxer

What class are you planning on racing in, though??

Lunchboxer

From today's bash!! F103GT chilling w/ friends...

scottywilkes

hehe nice mate. I got the original tamiya F103 F1 car. Its seen better days but it really flew when it was runnin.

this is it


OMG its naked


i reallu like it but tyres are hard to come by (note the front tyres lol) and it is super fast. I have no engine for it at the moment or a ESC as i think i fried the ones i had in it. I had a 15 turn team orio pilot and a Mtroniks 11 turn ESC

rcluke

hey, scottywilkes & Lunchboxer,

nice 'rides',

i might have to just invest in one of these F103's.

what are they like to drive guys?

rcluke

rcluke

hey guys,

i found a nice f103 f1 car u myt like, as ur nxt project lol,

although it is already made, but it looks in minted condish.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamiya-Lotus-1...QQcmdZViewItem

rcluke

[]TEX[]

The C11(silver) is a gem of a car. I had the most fun driving that one.

Lunchboxer

Since I am bashing w/ my Courage body set now.. I figured that I need a real shelf queen....

Impulse buying.. terrible....

Lunchboxer

Even though the nice shelf queen body has been bashed pretty hard at the track.. it still looks pretty nice.. so I am setting it up to run a touring car body..

This is F103GT after all, it was meant to run a TC body when it came out initially...

That's the 3Racing body posts and upper (SSG) and lower bracket for the bumper..

The bumper is the Tamiya short bumper for TB-02 (and other touring car, they are all very similar..)

nickd

Very nice I like the carbon fiber.
What body have you decided on?
I went home for the weekend and played with the 18t with the gyro (mine came as well)
Its amazing is all i can say. I running it in my 18t, which is 18th scale 4wd car, running 1/10 scale wheels and slammed to the ground. with the gyro I can accelerate and break in a straight line finally, it is amazing, this is the first time I have actually been able to get it up to full speed, it adds a new level of control. I like the fact that you can change gain so easily, you should deff try playing with that. If your buying more shelf bodies I suggest buying a Ferarri , (says that as I look at my 5 foot ferarri flag on one wall and my 6 foot long Ferarri f1 car on the other wall. lol)
Your thread is making me really want another 1/10th scale thats all I can say.
Nick

Lunchboxer

Post a pic of your gyro setup.. let's take a look!!

No idea what body to run yet.. probably just a bash body.. maybe my old Skyline GT-R body from the TB-02 or the body from my current TC4 FT.. ha ha!!

[]TEX[]

Did you drive the 103 with the NEO yet?

C'mon I want details...

Lunchboxer

Yeah, only on my slippery parking lot, though...

It is very quick, obviously... I also dial down the gain to about 60%.. I am about to go out and test it again..

I tried to dial down the punch control but my Sphere is acting up, wouldn't let me go into setup mode.. Argh!!! [:@]

Lunchboxer

It is pretty darn fast.. (probably due to gearing, LOL, as I just run the stock gearing..) Temperature is so cold now that motor temp is probably not an issue.. I even got a heatsink on it!

Anyway, would really like to try it on the track.. maybe I will go this Friday.. I am taking Friday off.. and my gf is working.. hee hee.. should have both Mamba-ed TC4 and the Neo F103 there..

Although it sucks that my Sphere is acting weird and wouldn't let me dial down the punch control.. wa!!

Lunchboxer

Here's some pics w/ the Sphere + Neo 1-Star in the F103GT...

Scary fast... (at least in the straight!)

I need to put some fresh X-Pattern Belted tires on the back (as I am running the old set from TB-02) and test it at the track.. should be pretty interesting!!

Gyro gain now set at 60%.. almost no "headshake" now.. but really should test it at the high traction track to see what this thing can do..

Lunchboxer

Oh yeah, re-program the Sphere ESC to "low traction" mode..

So this thing is all about electronic tuning, I guess.. LOL.. low tractoin / punch control on ESC and gyro assists in countersteering.. LOL.. pretty high-tech, eh?!

This is the Neo 1-Star here..

Lunchboxer

Tight tight fit!! Uses the thin double sided tape so the Sphere would fit in there!!

Almighty ODST

Man lunchboxer...do you ever go to sleep?

Lunchboxer

LOL, I know..

I fell asleep and got up at 3AM.. so I figured that I'd do some RC stuff..

Lunchboxer

I think I need to get a lower profile heatsink..

The body post position fits my Skyline GT-R perfectly.. I think I should touch up some paint on that body and run that as my F103GT bash body!!

Interesting, eh?! RWD touring car..

[]TEX[]

isn't the skyline a 4wd though?

That's a nice set up there for sure LB. Also nice that you can dial in the ESC like that too.

Lunchboxer

Yeah, a real GT-R is AWD.. but there are some Skyline that's RWD.. (non-GT-R version)

But yeah, might need to get a 350Z body for the RWD platform just to make it more "correct"..

Lunchboxer

Yeah, the ESC let you dial the punch control..

I am sure your Novak has similar feature as well...

The advancement of electronics.. LOL!!

I can't wait to run this setup at your track...