sweet.

My 8ight comes up at 8lbs flat in race trim with a 1515, 4s 5000mah pack, bow ties and a personal transponder.

anyone else know there specs?

thats cool. my 8ight 2.0 comes in at EXACTLY 8lbs also. that is with bow ties, 5s 3850mah, hacker c50 7xl in a tekno 44mm mount, my homemade 3mm carbon chassis, and pers. transponder too.

What's your mah/min range there James?

Against this specific guy I was still faster. I pulled hard out of the corner and when he hit his powerband I stopped pulling (but he didn't catch up) and as speeds increased I started to pull away again.

I guess its possible that particular guy's nitro engine is not running optimally or that particular engine doesn't produce the same hp that your BL system can. This is why I don't like nitro's, they require alot of work to keep them at peak performance.

Power to the ground is advantageous but its more about what you can do with all that power.

It is how you use that power. Also, most nitro engines have almost twice the HP rating that our track BL counterparts have, and yet they are still slower! Don't you love electric torque bands?! :mdr:

i have no idea. how would i figure this out? i have the hyperion charger and i have been told that i can look at how much mah i have used after a race but not sure how to do this. if i knew how to view the used mah after a 10min main then its just simple math to know the mah/min.

My pack (4s 500mah) took a little over 2500mah after an 11 minute run. seems about right.

ryan, did you get my last email?

I agree with the skills.. I'm still lacking in that department.. and for almost a decade already.. haha

ZeroPointBug... You wonder if you are that great of a driver?.. LOL Truth is, the guys you race with just sucks... hahaah J/K

When I race at my track, I have to set it all the way down to 40MP to run.. even that is almost too fast... but the brushless really have an advantage on the oval track.. offroad, not so much.. but that's from our local track.... But it does make a difference.. Tires, Servo and Weight....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCSjK2gzxBE

Listen at 3:08 minutes in.

dude, those drivers are f***ing amazing! they take every corner as tight as possible and perfect every time. that is probably the best video i have seen that displays the skill of the pros. all the other vids i have seen it is hard to tell if they are any better than the average club racer.

so what did he say at 3:08? how many volts are they running on? and the are a "tad quicker" than what?

yeah got your email. just sent reply. started on reply yesterday and got interrupted.

That's a beauty track, I would love to be on that surface for a day!

James, I think he says "just a tad faster than the ICE buggies..." ICE = internal combustion engine. :smile:


Aqwut, NO, nahuh! lol I am not sure whether they just suck or I am that much better, but I do know that on practise sessions I was passing lot's of buggies and truggies and they couldn't keep up. I had the suspension very low, P-3 rockers in rear, the rear skid was almost dragging when on power, crimefighter LPR's, handled wicked anyways. Should gain an even gibber lead once I lower the CoG of it, check my thread on it...

Oh, and James, which model Hyperion charger do you have?

If you have one of the fairly newer units, then all you do is push mode ONCE after the charge has ended, that will bring you to the other screen that tells you mah put into the pack.

if you have one oof the older ones you push that button that you change battery type before charging....