by gascarnut » Mon Jun 25, 2018 11:30 am
Right, here are the full results from yesterday's qualifying runs. I ran each car for a few laps to get my controller set up, then ran a 1-minute heat. When I de-slotted, I stopped the timer to re-slot the car and then continued.
This Proxy has a fairly large spread of times from top to bottom, a bit more than I have been seeing in previous series visiting PMCC.
A few general comments so far:
1. There is a wide variety of chassis designs, from full-blown scratchbuilt cars of brass and wire to home-made lexan sheets, to "Strapping tape Specials" to almost stock non-podded frames.
2. Quite a few cars suffer from having guides that are way too shallow in the slot, and often the same cars have a lot of play on the guide mounting. This does not bode well for racing.
3. Some cars are losing their brakes. Perhaps they did not have too much to start with, but this will also be detrimental to good lap totals.
4. A lot of cars suffer from some form of chatter. In some cases this is a matter of play in bushings, in some cases the taping of the chassis is either insufficient or in the wrong place.
5. Some tires are showing signs of the long series, bodies have been rubbing and re-profiling the sidewalls. Some tires now have sharp edges, perhaps due to wear, perhaps they were not rounded off to start with. Either way, this causes chatter and unpredictable slide on my track.
6. On my track, rubber tires have an advantage over urethanes, although some well-prepared urethanes can be competitive. Air system wheels also help here.
No cars suffered any damage in the trip from NZ, and all cars ran fine during their qualifying, apart from one where the motor popped out and had to be re-glued into its pod.
Round 10 qualifying 1-20.PNG
Round 10 qualifying 21-39.PNG
Racing will be Saturday June 30, starting around 1:30pm PDT. There will not be any streaming, but I will try to update the results in as close to real time as I can.
Dennis