2005.08.01, 12:56 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: West Jordan, Utah
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can't wait to see the pics and videos, let us know when you get them up.
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2005.08.01, 05:53 PM
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
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Okay, so has anyone thought further on wether to do wide L or mini-96?
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2005.08.02, 12:44 AM
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
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Hey Dustyweasel, i know what can be done with some of those grey mats. You should check out the thread "BANKINGS" and look for briankstan's postings on what he's done. Kinda lakeshore meets RCP, but i think it's a great idea and a way to add elevation changes and spicin up a layout.
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2005.08.02, 01:11 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Glendale, Az.
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Yes- the gtg was really a good time. I arrived at 6 to a monster of a monsoon coming in. I got outta my car with a huge grin as I pointed to the blackness and insane mile-per hour winds that were knocking over trashcans n weak trees. Dusty and I hung out in his garage as the water came-hard and mostly sideways (yes this is a weather report As 7 approached he moved his cars outside and we decided to set up his homebrew track-when Saiyan pulls up...now we had four and it was on - rain or not 9 (garage build!). Saiyan broke out his new wide L (the first RCP I had ever seen in person)-and we got to putting it together (lots of work, but pretty fun and easy). My impression of the RCP....wow-very nice on all levels. The monsoon cooled things off a little (which is a bonus) and we got to racing. As Saiyan mentioned we had 4 cars, but 2 had crystal cross over and incidently my brand new mr-01 has a XMOD crystal in it (stock out of the box).... very interesting. The racing was fun and uninterrupted.
I think all of us are sold on RCP and now a big decision - do we each get mini96's (Saiyan selling his wide L) or do we go with L's and have huge tracks...tough call-wish i could run on a 96 for testing The width of the L was really nice and made racing 3 cars so easy-so i am a little worried that the 96 will be too narrow but as Saiyan mentioned the benifit of the 96 is that each of us would have a nice technical solo track for home/practice. Cant wait to race again!
DM.
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2005.08.02, 01:38 AM
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 863
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Wind, rain, thunder… it could only be another GTG for the Phoenix club, Mini-AZ.
As if the mini-tornado of two weeks ago weren’t enough, this time we had driving rain to go with it. So, we got clever and moved into the garage. Too bad Z’s aren’t water proof, true road racing with wet tires and all would be fantastic.
Don’t let the brightness of the photos fool you, it was dark out. As such, in my cluttered and single-lamp garage, the only action photos are ‘action-blurred’(tm). But it’s a cool effect. You can distinctly see the three driving lines as the Focus, WRX, and R34 fight for position.
This was our first run on RCP and we are SOLD! The pieces are top quality, fit together smoothly, and assembled in about 15-20min (we forgot to time it).
My custom track was a nice idea and with lots of time and effort would have worked, but why do that when RCP fit the bill. I figure it’ll be easier to attach custom wall elements to an existing track than to make a whole new one.
I rolled some video of a couple races:
ftp://ftp.rainbowstudios.com/misc/LightItUp.mov
ftp://ftp.rainbowstudios.com/misc/Mc...cus_Subaru.mov
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2005.08.02, 03:38 AM
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Here kitty, kitty, kitty
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 863
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I’m still researching the Wide L vs. Mini-96 idea. Here’s another example I threw together.
Just spit-balling ideas, this would be kind of a fast loop with some tricky points. Variable turns, couple different chicanes. Interesting bit is the 135deg turn. This would need two Mini-96’s and one expansion set (I think).
The second image (unmarked) would be if we went full wide with expansions in all lanes. Doesn’t look as interesting, does it.
I’m inclined to go with the Mini-96. The Wide L was fun but I never had to use the brakes, and could hold DM’s Focus full-on if I held the line well. I think the M96 will be more challenging, requiring braking and precise cornering, which is what all of us indicated is of greater interest.
If any sections are too tight, or we race with novices, we can use the expansion packs. I think the key here is that for nearly the same money and a few less inches, you get twice the corners and scalability.
Can anyone tell me the exact lane width of the Wide L and Mini-96? I mean the actual driving surface, from inside wall-to-inside wall. We measured the Wide L while it was set up. I forget the measurement now but it wasn’t 33”. I think it was 28”, which would account for 2.5” wall thickness on either side.
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2005.08.02, 03:46 AM
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#52
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
Posts: 1,800
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After having watched the vid with my lighted r34 police car in it, I will definately resolder the leads for the working police bar.
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2005.08.02, 04:07 AM
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
Posts: 1,800
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Ya the extra tile in the layout (2nd pic) simplifies it too much. You could almost do a perfect circle. The dip at the top is basicly gone.
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2005.08.02, 11:57 AM
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#54
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: West Jordan, Utah
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If you guys are up for a little driving, we are having a GTG in Cedar City, Utah on satureday Sept 3rd. we will have 4 to 6 racers or more there. Your welcome to join in.
We will be running on a RCP Wide track, at least 3 wide L tracks and some extra tiles.
Brian
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2005.08.02, 10:20 PM
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#55
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Glendale, Az.
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Boy that would be fun-Team Valley of the Sun Meets the Cedar City Racers....
Checked out the distance tween our cities:
http://maps.google.com/maps?spn=4.21...ty,+Utah&hl=en
The biggest challenge for me personally would be Vegas-specifically driving through Vegas and not losing 4 days of my life as well as a substantial amount of my savings
I can see matching car bodies with team colors....yea.
dm.
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2005.08.02, 10:43 PM
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#56
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: West Jordan, Utah
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that's the long way, try this way
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/m...city&2s=ut&2z=
you won't even have to go through vegas and loose all your money and its 3hrs. shorter.
Brian
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2005.08.04, 01:49 AM
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#58
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
Posts: 1,800
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Well the MR01 is race ready now with a fresh chassis, servo gears and the new Lancer body. It was the servo gear that moves the steering rod that busted 4 teeth on it. I also put a small megatech antenea on it to try out. I put some wight racer rims on it for now until i get the other ones in. Between the wife and daughter distracting me, it took me roughly an hour to completely change out the chassis and servo gears. It's lookin pretty sweet now for an MR01 . I'll post pics of it tomarrow.
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2005.08.04, 05:00 PM
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#59
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
Posts: 1,800
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Here are some befor pics of the MR01.
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2005.08.04, 05:02 PM
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BooYa!!
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Glendale Arizona
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Here are some after the renovation and repair. It's now ready for some more 'punishment'.
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