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GMballistic

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  1. Decided to part ways with this so I can get a cash injection for other things so selling my Infraction V2 as an ARTR on eBay. You'll need a set of tyres, motor/ESC combo and battery/charger to be up & running. Cheaper than a Limitless to buy like that too and with the better diff gears. Hope some of you bid if interested. 😉 Link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325218215873 Note: my drag build thread has lots of pictures of this truck but please note some items have been removed so please look at the eBay pictures as they form part of the description of what you will receive if you're the winning bidder.
  2. Yep all done over 132ft. 😉 Thanks @Stormbringer and @BashingBrian for the good luck wishes. ROSSA is going to be probably the busiest yet going from the number of attendees. I'm running my Typhon and Limitless and hoping to beat my own PB's so nothing WR beating like some of the guys but it's always fun seeing everyone, watching the cars & generally just using the speed run RC's as they were built for.
  3. Sorry should of said, ....that is me in second place. Hence the GM in "GMballistic", ...it's my initials. 😉 I'm running 6S with my Infraction but my speed run Limitless is running 8S so I am curious to see how that would do. No way I am risking it though being this close to the first ROSSA Speed Run Championship of 2022. Only 2 weeks a way now so that's my focus.
  4. It's getting very expensive ~ honestly I think I might just take a break, concentrate on my speed runners as I have an event in 2 weeks to go to and then think about how to approach it afterwards. We are no where near what the Americans are doing as well as some other countries. Seen lots of sub 2 second times for the 132ft using 1/7th scale Arrma's. Doesn't mean we are doing that bad though just nothing world record beating. Here is the UK Facebook leader board: #1 James Rc Dnb, Arrma limitless 6s, 2.18s #2 Gareth Monk arrma infraction 6s, 2.31s #3 Phil Calvert, arrma limitless 8s, 2.45s #4 Matt Willis, Arrma Typhon 4s, 2.65s #5 Paul Baker, Arrma Infraction 6s, 2.65s #6 Jas Sin, Arrma Felony 6s, 2.71s #7 Ben Davies arrma typhon 6s, 3.00s
  5. Today was a mixed bag, ...lot's of fun doing the drag runs but another set of tyres wrecked and a slide into a curb put a downer on it all. That's racing I guess. Just not sure if I'm going to keep doing the drag runs as cannot afford to keep buying tyres this often at over ÂŖ50 a set. New PB, ....and all the "eleven's" I left in the car park. Todays damage: 1 wheel hex rounded, 3 tyres with chunks missing, XLX2 on/off switch broken, battery damaged (still useable), lots of scrapes and a damaged wheel hex. Another wheel FUBAR thanks to a damaged wheel hex.
  6. Well I wanted to pay for them using Nectar points on eBay and the only full set I could get was in 40shore hardness so I ended up going for them. I wanted to get the 25 shore hardness to be honest but like I said was trying to use Nectar points rather than my actual cash. The good thing is that if they don't work out for the drag runs I can at least use them for my speed runs. 😀
  7. New Contact foam tyres to try next. Hopefully they'll work well for launching but won't know until I try them out. They look good anyway which is a bonus.
  8. Should go up there on Fireworks night as it's great watching them all for free, ...loads from gardens and if the Castle has a display on then you can see that too.
  9. Caerphilly mountain panoramic view from a walk with my dog yesterday.
  10. Just read that Ray Liotta has died. đŸ˜ĸ
    Bl**dy good actor and by all accounts a good guy (or should that be Goodfella) too. RIP. 

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    2. GMballistic

      GMballistic

      For those interested: 
      "Goodfellas actor Ray Liotta has died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic at the age of 67. The US star had been on location filming the movie Dangerous Waters", his publicist Jennifer Allen said

    3. Kpowell911

      Kpowell911

      "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster"

    4. Yrkoon

      Yrkoon

      dang, rip 😞

  11. I'm running 6S. The "RC Drag League UK 1/7 1/8" (#RCDLUK78) on Facebook race over the 132ft. Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1118696538867901 I could try doing it to the 188ft distance but then it starts causing issues with finding a decent location which I don't want to do as that's the problem with speed running I have which is finding a safe suitable location. At that distance my Infraction would be probably clocking 80+mph odd.
  12. It was a bit yep. It did take a while to get that time though, ...I did loads of hits where I didn't even bother taking a screen shot of the result as wasn't happy with how it went. First time I've hit LVC on my lipo too in a long time as well. The damage was to the wheel nut as well as the wheel spokes. Still could of been much worse.
  13. In my head I was like; "it's not stopping, it's not stopping, IT'S NOT STOPPING!!!!! Letting go of the brakes and turning away was literally my last second ditch attempt at not wrecking the Infraction for the day. Was small part skill and large part pure luck honestly. I'm going to keep using the GRP as straightened the spokes out and it's still round so should work fine. Just need to check over the whole thing properly when I've a second free in case I bent anything I haven't noticed or some screws have come loose. Looks okay at the moment though thankfully.
  14. Went out today with the Infraction to test the new S1 GRP tyres, tweaks made to the XLX2 set up as well as a new car park to run in. Straight from the off it was going much better, ...the tyres got very sticky with just a few seconds warming them up and the car park had a much cleaner surface for drag racing down. Only downside was the useable area was quite short and not as wide as I'd have liked with some curbs to smash into. Managed a new PB of 2.41secs which has put me at the top of the FB 1/8th/1/7th UK drag racing leader board so pleased with that. Not sure how well you can see the "Eleven's" but was pleasing to see.😁 Not so pleasing was this set though which was me basically hard on the brakes at 50-60mph odd trying not to hit the curb. I failed. ☚ī¸ At the last second I let off the brakes and turned hard left so it ended up being a kind of glancing front end/side hit. Think it caused less damage that way thankfully. Definitely came home with some battle scars today but also a new PB and I definitely enjoyed it. Just need to check all my geometry/suspension settings and repair the front splitter then do some more runs after that to see if I can improve on my time further.
  15. That's nuts @YOUR_DJ Seen them done before with motorbike engines in them but not like that.
  16. Welcome aboard. Great to see you've come up with your own mod to get your RC moving. Hope you have a lot of fun with it.
  17. @BashingBrian yes I saw that he'd clocked 200 thanks. 😏 Amazing achievement.
  18. Thanks and glad you enjoyed reading it. RC drag racing is so small here in the UK. Seems more like small groups doing it together or like me on your own and sharing/comparing results via social media & FB groups. I enjoy speed related stuff so wanted to try my hand at this. Easy to find spots to do it too as you only need around 50 metres of clear tarmac. 😉
  19. Brilliant. I'll see how I get on with the ones I've ordered now but those R1 tyres sound great. 😉
  20. R1 are "Rain tyres" but not sure how the compound compares to "S1" which GRP list as "XXSoft" (their softest non-rain tyre). GRP have changed their tyres now you're right but plenty of old stock still floating around to get through before all the new tyres are available everywhere instead. The tyres I've bought AFAIK are the older items still. Hopefully they'll hook up better than the Hoons I've been using. 😏
  21. Got it all set up and running. First thing is; this is definitely going to be harder than I thought. Saturday runs. Initially I set up the XLX2 "Start Power" at low with "Punch Control" set at 0% (so disabled) but this turned out to be a mistake. Trying to control the power/wheelspin off the line was seriously hard even with the power turned down on my Spektrum remote. This resulted in a lot of side ways action and some very scrubbed tyre walls ~ best time for the 132ft that day was 2.95secs@48mph. Came home a little deflated so did some adjustments to the XLX2. This time I changed the "Start Power" to Medium (as I am using good batteries) but altered the "Punch Control" to 70%. Sunday runs Even like that the power this motor can give combined with the XLX2 is insane but I was definitely starting to get somewhere as made some straight passes. I beat my PB which was good but then play ended after one of the wheels came off. I actually managed to find the wheel and nut but typically I didn't have my wheel wrench so used my Swiss Army Knife to fix it back on. Ran again but the wheel came off and then I noticed the wheel had rounded the hex ~ not sure if that happened the first time or second but it was game over for today. Full set of GRP S1's (softest compound) on order to try next and putting the XLX2 on maximum "Punch Control" to see if that helps me leave the line cleanly.
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