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lipomax · 02.17.2005, 08:45 PM

Garmin makes the GPS. I use GPS - but you have to maintain that top speed for a good 2 seconds to truly register your speed. I also have a Bushnell radar gun - very accurate but sometimes gives some weird numbers. I'm also using Eagletree - but it doesn't take into account for ballooning of tires so I have to approximate how much they balloon by checking occasionally with the GPS. My emaxx has both GPS and Eagletree on at the same time. I use the temp gun, and I also use the temp gauge built into the eagle tree.

Promod: what tires did you use on the 70 mph emaxx?

BTW, I've gotten my XXX-SG+ going over 60 mph with 6 cells. FDR was still 10:1 and tires were 2.625 inches. It could have gone faster, but I didn't want to put a pinion larger than 15 teeth. Too bad that motor and car is gone now... I wonder if it would be possible to go 70 or 80 on 6 cells.... for that matter, I wonder what the record for 6 cells is.

I think a 1/12 with a 1515 5 turn with 6 cells could probably hit 80 mph. You'd have to drive it on a mirror smooth surface though - something that just isn't available around my house. My TC4 has to be jacked up just so I can drive it in front of my house.

Now I've hijacked this thread again.

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lipomax RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 191 Join Date: Feb 2005	02.17.2005, 08:45 PM Garmin makes the GPS. I use GPS - but you have to maintain that top speed for a good 2 seconds to truly register your speed. I also have a Bushnell radar gun - very accurate but sometimes gives some weird numbers. I'm also using Eagletree - but it doesn't take into account for ballooning of tires so I have to approximate how much they balloon by checking occasionally with the GPS. My emaxx has both GPS and Eagletree on at the same time. I use the temp gun, and I also use the temp gauge built into the eagle tree. Promod: what tires did you use on the 70 mph emaxx? BTW, I've gotten my XXX-SG+ going over 60 mph with 6 cells. FDR was still 10:1 and tires were 2.625 inches. It could have gone faster, but I didn't want to put a pinion larger than 15 teeth. Too bad that motor and car is gone now... I wonder if it would be possible to go 70 or 80 on 6 cells.... for that matter, I wonder what the record for 6 cells is. I think a 1/12 with a 1515 5 turn with 6 cells could probably hit 80 mph. You'd have to drive it on a mirror smooth surface though - something that just isn't available around my house. My TC4 has to be jacked up just so I can drive it in front of my house. Now I've hijacked this thread again.