Scottish Elises

Amazing control but it made me dizzy.

tut

Wow.

pete wrote:Wow.

It's brilliant I'd rather watch that over the f1 crappy precession every fortnight.. I really enjoyed watching it proper mansel//Senna style battle at 1/10 utterly committed 100% racing

I used to race these 1/10 scale buggies at British championship level. The guys on there are at a really high level mostly salaried drivers for manufacturers. Its much much harder than it looks.

I am in no doubt that's hard! But what a great compo. Best not show the wee lad... eek

dlogan wrote:I used to race these 1/10 scale buggies at British championship level. The guys on there are at a really high level mostly salaried drivers for manufacturers. Its much much harder than it looks.

Is it?

I mean to me it looks really really hard.

pete wrote:

dlogan wrote:I used to race these 1/10 scale buggies at British championship level. The guys on there are at a really high level mostly salaried drivers for manufacturers. Its much much harder than it looks.

Is it?

I mean to me it looks really really hard.

At top level it is brutally competitive. There is a massive performance difference in what joe public can buy over the counter and what the works drivers get handed to them. I was lucky to get a "used" works motor from one of the factory drivers, the motor was scrap by his standards but it was by far the most powerful motor I ever had. I was a factory "assisted" driver for a while, which was different to a works driver in that I never got any parts given to me, just set up info.

Gave that all up 12 years ago, still have all the race gear in the attic.

I think you are underestimating how hard I think it is. It looks INSANELY hard!

I'd just get stuck when the car wasn't moving away from me. I always get left and right confused.

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pete wrote:

dlogan wrote:I used to race these 1/10 scale buggies at British championship level. The guys on there are at a really high level mostly salaried drivers for manufacturers. Its much much harder than it looks.

Is it?

I mean to me it looks really really hard.

At top level it is brutally competitive. There is a massive performance difference in what joe public can buy over the counter and what the works drivers get handed to them. I was lucky to get a "used" works motor from one of the factory drivers, the motor was scrap by his standards but it was by far the most powerful motor I ever had. I was a factory "assisted" driver for a while, which was different to a works driver in that I never got any parts given to me, just set up info.

Gave that all up 12 years ago, still have all the race gear in the attic.

What gear do you still have John? There is a bit of a market/demand for older gear. (My Tenth Technology Predator turned up recently on Facebook after the new owner in south korea tracked me down, it didn't look much different than when it was raced in 1994)
I had a brief foray in 2012 prior to getting back into the karting. Its changed a fair bit in the last 10 yrs, its all about big power now that its lipo batteries and brushless motors. No more skill in driving smoothly and avoiding dumping before the 5 minutes are up. Now its about big commitment on big jumps and not breaking your car in the 5 minutes. I struggled a wee bit with that especially adjusting the car mid flight in the jumps, thats tough.
I sold all my kit though still just got the tools (just in case)

It is mostly touring car stuff. X-ray cars and I may have a Corally hidden away somewhere. There is a predator chassis but not complete..




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Very impressive skills!

Victor Meldrew wrote: There is a predator chassis but not complete..

You didn't give it to some dodgy garage to work on did you?

Dominic wrote:

Victor Meldrew wrote: There is a predator chassis but not complete..

You didn't give it to some dodgy garage to work on did you?

Ha ha... like it..

I used to race at club level when I was in my teens running a Schumacher Bosscat with an Alfa 155 / Toyota Celica GT4 / Just a regular buggy shell on. The main issues seemed to be that there was no standard class structure in my local club, so we had people at completion level building cars from crap / slow spares and entering the beginners race meaning the beginners had no chance, and with a little bit of talent you could just stick in a faster motor and win. Still I enjoyed it for a couple of years.

I revived it a little back in the late 00s with a friend, but using standard Tamiya kit (and my old office with was huge and empty We both ended up with Tamiya Minis which were really good fun.

I'm going to say that it's not quite as hard as it initially looks (having never competed at that level of course) once you get a flow going. It's good fun though, especially if you can find even 1 or 2 people at a similar level to yourself.

Chris