reggy72 Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 Ok, slightly less epic fail then lol I'll settle for EPIC SUCCESS then..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I'll settle for EPIC SUCCESS then..lol I'll let you have that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 few short videos, short due to battery flat on the go pro, shame as it missed a massive crash that wiped out the go pro. 1st video showing the venue in question, nice tarmac velodrome, in car, and the next a asked a cyclist to film it doing a lap before the cycle club started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 and a few pictures with my Son, more paint now removed after the big crash at the velodrome and the go pro housing is badly cracked, starting to get proper filthy now with battle scars, love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottyboi Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Nice car mate. That track omg it looks awesome Edited April 28, 2013 by Scottyboi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 just brought a new go pro housing, the camera is fine and the housing did its job but is now pretty damaged, the cable ties on the silicon tubing across the top of the rail burst, but the framework is fine, took a massive knock to the front as it flipped, that's moved some of the powdercoating but its fine once again. On reflection there is quite a step from the flat surface to the curved transition, I got it wrong at full pelt and paid the price, other damage is a slight bruise to the TR rear shock brace and the upper part of the rear offside shock is a little scuffed.the side pipe got away without a mark upon it, result!I've pranged Baja's before on this part, and it has cost money before to correct the damage, the rail is beastly and is fine, tough as hell in comparison. When it happened my initial thought was **** this is going back to roofchopper for repair work, but credit to Dennis these are like tanks. Best 5th scale I've ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marder 78 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 the sr is looking mint.great colour choice on the cage, also surprised how well the tank came out . I found with my 27.2, it really shined around tank 5. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 the sr is looking mint.great colour choice on the cage, also surprised how well the tank came out . I found with my 27.2, it really shined around tank 5. gotta agree mate, the 27.2 has plenty of torque, but will rev up really high too, I'm into my 5th tank of fuel now and its really starting to loosen up, even with my high gearing I can spin the wheels on grass or tarmac with ease, the plasti kote paint on the tank is pretty good to be honest and see's to be reasonably tough and not effected by fuel spills either. all in all I'm really pleased with how this car has come out, and impressed with how it goes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 I had some Killer RC LED's leftover from Norcoforever's 5T so I thought I'd try and a mount a pair onto the sandrail without resorting to expensive custom mounting brakets, a few nuts n bolts, and a little cutting and drilling I've mounted two bright blue LED's, they look pretty good too, also new Hostile slicks to the rear(could do with some fronts shortly) and a new Go Pro camera chassis after destroying my original last weekend. Still need to sort out the undertray, its ready but have not had the time to pick it up from powdercoat, could have done with it this morning after hitting a slightly raised curb(more paint now gone at this rate there will be none left) Here is another short, but a lot longer than my two previous video's, video of it outside my work, you can see the ROK sysmteer doing its business pretty well in this shot, along with curb prang and the worlds lowest speed rollover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walters Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 good video mate i like your flip flops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 good video mate i like your flip flops cheers fella, yeah suitable footwear I think not with 25kg+steel heading towards your feet, I also have now set up the rear camber, so it now holds better in a straight line and turns in a lot better, and have a full set of sandpaddles on the way from a forum member for some beach runs. Thinking that in the future once its ready for a re-build that a may go for a rat look, with bare metal chassis, but coated in some way to prevent rust, any ideas on this would be more than welcome, or maybe chromed??, dunno yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walters Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 (edited) you can use clear lacquer powder coat that way you will see bare metal and wont rust Edited May 4, 2013 by walters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babylon Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 What sort and size of rod do they make these out off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Not chromed. Get it back to the bare metal, let it get a lil bit rusty then go with the clear lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 What sort and size of rod do they make these out off. the tube is 10mm dia and the wall guage is 1mm or 1.2mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babylon Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 So it's hollow tube and not solid rod, Thought it was something like 5 or 6mm solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 So it's hollow tube and not solid rod, Thought it was something like 5 or 6mm solid. if was 6mm bar mate it would weigh too much, as it is its amazingly tough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 More importantly, nice Caterham. Is that yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 More importantly, nice Caterham. Is that yours? yep. well and my fathers too, doesn't get used a great deal, but fun when either has the time to take it on those sunny days for a spin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Garf Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 nice video would it be better to mount the go pro behind the shock tower so you don't kill it in a bad roll over also top work dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 not a bad idea Dan tbh, its very exposed on the roof, the upload quality to photobucket is poor too I've noticed, when watching in 720p on my lappy it looks great, watching from the links on here its a pixelated mess tbh, maybe youtube would provide a better quality playback?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(-:AD:-) Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 yeah, youtube is better. looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 same video, but now on youtube here is the link, quality seems a lot better than photobucket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 Just got back in from a few evening runs, few vids now up loading to youtube, which I'll link to this thread once they're done(will take a while) one is a much better speed run in that velodrome, managed a few times to get it up to full beans, but poor light on one of the banks made it difficult to see, the only point of reference was the Superbee LED glowing away letting me no it was facing the right way, heart racing stuff when at full pelt, it hits the sides its game over, next up there is a 70's concrete skate park that I use to frequent in the 80's when I was a teenager, haven't been here in over 20 years and it is a lot tighter than I remember, but I had a bit of a laugh carving across the banks and whipping it around a bowl and up a spline ramp once or twice too. Once they're on youtube I'll put them on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reggy72 Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 1st vid velodrome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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