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Offline steamer

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #990 on: July 28, 2015, 09:50:24 PM »
SecretSquirrel SVO would be the skunkworks engineering group  for Team Hog racing.....   8)


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« Reply #991 on: July 28, 2015, 09:51:20 PM »
This Saturday's race in New Hampshire is supposed to have "Big 1/8th scale air".....sounds expensive.

New motor will be here tomorrow.....

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« Reply #992 on: July 28, 2015, 11:31:49 PM »
The bus will be there to pick you guys up  8). Was the fridge stocked properly last time?  Gotta keep the team happy :whoohoo:.  Don't downplay the SecretSquirrel,  I think he's on to a money maker,  just saying  :lolb: :ROFL: :lolb:.

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #993 on: July 29, 2015, 12:19:24 AM »
Yo, Big E, put some Yoo-Hoo in the fridge for William. You got that over there in Springbucket don't ya? Maybe some moon pies and RC cola as well  :lolb:

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #994 on: July 29, 2015, 08:27:07 AM »
Quote from: steamer on July 28, 2015, 09:50:24 PM
would be the skunkworks engineering group  for Team Hog racing.....

Why is it whenever I hear the term "Skunkworks" I get reminded of a certain engineering team who got so engrossed in their work that they would work on things solidly for days without a break or going home and as they had not changed their clothes/washed for days they got called the "Skunkworks team". Some nicknames you can never get rid of  :LittleDevil:

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #995 on: July 29, 2015, 06:22:13 PM »
I never comment on how bad my son smells after a race,   so I suspect he reciprocates about me!


No yoohoo.........Kitkats!!!       Two kitkat bars takes 0.47 seconds off his lap time!
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« Reply #996 on: July 29, 2015, 06:48:10 PM »
And at the end of the day.....we're racing toy cars.....if we're not having fun doing it then there is something definitely wrong with us......


SSSVO is taking g on a new project.......stay tuned!
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« Reply #997 on: July 29, 2015, 09:11:56 PM »
Which side of the KitKat does he like best  :shrug: :lolb:

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« Reply #998 on: July 30, 2015, 12:30:19 PM »
I don't know....they don't hang around long enough for me to see....and I'm not getting my fingers that close!!!!

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #999 on: August 02, 2015, 06:39:41 AM »
Hey Dave,

It's time for my annual check-in to see if you guys are behaving yourselves here.  In my last post I was made aware of your RC thread so I read a little bit of it tonight - up to page 7 and then skipped to page 64. It's getting late here and it appears I need several days to read the whole thing.

You've got quite a dealy-wig going on with your son there. I will say that I have been in your shoes with my own son as he was growing up. I supplied the know-how and money and he supplied the skill. This went for both RC cars and planes as well as piano. For the piano, I dived into music theory and he dived into playing the darn thing. Guess who was better? Not me. But I digress..

I assume you've moved on from the Slash? Haven't caught on to what model you guys are currently racing but if MIPS is sponsoring it must be something nice.

For myself, Some time ago I talked my older brother into buying a Rustler along with myself so that we could spend some time together now that we are both retired. He was reluctant at first but it didn't take long before he wanted to move up. We bought the  Losi Ten SCTE trucks next and had a ball with those. Now it's on to the Losi 8ight-T E 3.0's which are substantially more expensive - $2k before its all said and done - but they are a nice buggy. All we have to do now is keep'em on the track and hope we don't get beat by the teenager with the Tamiya Grasshopper.

I did make a crappy video on YouTube with the Rustlers. Maybe I'll post a link when I get more time.

There's a lot to know about these cars as you've illustrated. Surprises a lot of folks.
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Re: At the track.
« Reply #1000 on: August 03, 2015, 03:38:30 AM »
Hey Trout.

YUP    MIP Pro4mance kit on the SCTE.  We run Hobbywing SCT Pro ESC and 4 pole, 4700 kV motor.   The buggy is a Losi 8ight 2.0...we call "ol Lazarus".....Also running the SCT Pro ESC, but 4S and a very large 1900 KV Hobbywing Buggy Motor.

Looking to get in 4wd 1/10 buggy.  Gonna go with the Xray XB4

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« Reply #1001 on: August 03, 2015, 05:39:42 PM »
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« Reply #1002 on: August 11, 2015, 11:47:49 AM »
And the new motor in the Pro4 is well......wait for it...
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4qkpfWtg2g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4qkpfWtg2g</a>

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Re: At the track.
« Reply #1003 on: August 11, 2015, 02:29:12 PM »
Well....
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« Reply #1004 on: August 11, 2015, 02:38:54 PM »
As we say down here; "That's hauling a$$"  :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:

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