Sunday, August 15, 2010

BLITZ R09 - PrePainted via RC-MUSHROOM.COM

Hi Guys,

After having some more testing at my Club Championship, the Zytec Shark Fin was GOOD but not as good as the Blitz R09, for some reason i find the Blitz body a much more stable body for the Motonica. I dont mind the Zytec but i feel its more forgiving at times and you have to really fight to keep it pointing in the right direction. Well since i love PINK, www.rc-mushroom.com have pre-painted body shells that look Awesome if your lazy like me. Here is another Body i painted, but the only part i painted was the PINK, the Green/Blue flames had already been done and makes the job rather easy to finish off.

Also another new change in the car was the NEW GRP tyres, keep in mind that you will need to change the rear end track width as you gain extra 3mm tyre width each end of the car, So wider tyres more grip faster times - HAPPI HAPPI

Recently in the last few months my times have gone from 18.4 per lap down to a PB of 17.4 - so things are working good and Holding onto 3rd in the Club Championship.

Keeping in touch
Frankie

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Zytec Shark Fin Body - PINK IT IS!

Hey Guys,

Back for a short time, still going strong in Club Championship with some close racing for the end of year final placings. In the mean-time painted another body, this time its the New Zytec Shark FIN, must say it was a nice body to drive with pretty stable and FAST! O'yeah its PINK again =)

Enjoy

Monday, March 29, 2010

Team Motonica P81

Hey Guys,

Getting busy lately with RC hype here in Australia, coming up soon we have the State Titles in South Australia and its starting to build up to this event. Over the past few weeks i have been helping a new member the family of Motonica a good friend of mine Scott. His car is the Yellow painted body and i too have been busy with the new stealth look in Black.... I'll report back soon with more updates.

Cheers
Frankie

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Blitz R09 - Painted Body

Monday, February 22, 2010

Motonica P81 - SETUP SHEET

Hello Motonica FANS

I thought id post some new information on my blog, been a while since i got into some more tips etc etc... The biggest help i have had is from Driver Robin D'Hondt he has been so good in helpping me improve my car to achieve my personal best laptime of 18.5

Here is a link to my setup which got me my pb of 18.5 Setup Sheet Littlehampton South Australia

The setup is great for on power steering for some weird reason running very hard front and rear swaybar and the new position of the Blitz R09 body 25mm forward measured from the centre of the bumper gave my car very good on power turn in, the only issue i had was sometimes car tend to push / understeer in tight corners.

Below is come photos of my new improved setup - yet to be tested but will post the setup sheet very soon....

In the meantime please enjoy the new setup photos that i have provided:

Before i used WHITE mugen springs / Will try Silver Motnica if too much loss of grip i will go back to the White Mugen softer spring...

New Added Novarossi 2015 Exhaust Pipe - Also using a 6fin medium conical manifold

Removed the Carbon front top deck stiffners for possible more added steering in tight 180 degrees corner. I used some nice Titanium screws to fill the black holes.

Normally i run the front top arm cradle 2mm shims up front towards the car, this time ill test Robin D'Hondt's technique shims 2mm on the back so the cradle tilts downwards as shown in the diagram.

Top showing removal of the carbon top deck stiffners No.2 - this will rob you of steering. Also ackerman is still the same as previouse up front holes, but on the top deck, move the shaft back towards the car to add more steering.

Below on the bottom arms front, shim large single or 2 shims up front of the car, make sure also no binding is on lower arm pins, must be free movement at all times. Best way to check is remove shocks and test for equal movement on both arms.

Notice the Swaybar position 90 degrees upright, very hard setting worth a test, if too much understeer back the blade 45/65 degrees

New Novaross1 2015 Exhaust Pipe 0n Car, soon ready for another Round in Championship... Stay tuned for results in future.

another angle of the front of the car... i really love this car, its like a FERRARI Italian Quality!

Photo of top arms shims - testing a new position for next race

Saturday, December 26, 2009

It's WAR - Camo Paint Scheme with a Differance!

Hey Guys,

Today i attempted my very first airbrush body - i wasnt sure what to do as a design, so i thought why not go for a camo style with my usual Pink colours that i tend to use on a regular base!

The lines arnt so clean and sharp but its not bad from a distance and with a combination of 3-4 colours will look pretty good in the end!

Here is some pictures of the progress, still got the pearl silver to apply and white backing!

Monday, December 14, 2009

3-Racing Automatic Tire Truer

New Early Xmas Presant i got Today! Its a perfect tool for any driver that needs a all in one unit to true tires!

Main Feature:

Regular Spped for fully-automatic truing
Sanding Edge adjustable
Tyre width adjustment
Transparent portective cover
1/10 touring adaptor included
Fuse overloads protection
Connection cable for 12V power source
1/8, 1/12 scale adaptor optional

New Feature:

Internal power supply
Carrying handle
Extra light-weight protection box
Long-life dust container

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Setup Sheets - Test & Tune

Test & Tune - Littlehampton South Australia - Motonica P81

This is a setup i have chosen to fine tune the P81, its very standard with a few minor changes. To view the PDF please click this link: KODAKHODAK-P81SETUP2009.pdf

Monday, December 7, 2009

Motonica P81 - Test & Tune Video

Hey Guys,

Finally the Motonica P81 got on the track for some engine and car testing. The first time to drive a 1/8th was NEW to me but being a previous 1/10th tourer racer, i found the car rather nice to drive with little track time. The video your about to see is located in South Australia - Littlehampton raceway, this is our Club Track and more details on our club can be viewed at : http://www.rrcsa.org.au/

Todays test was more on engine test, as i had issues with top speed on the Novarossi Basic Engine N.21-7T after some chats with fellow racers we thought we try a few things out, the first was a new crank in the engine and the crank i used was my new JP 21 P7L Modified, this engine was only just recently purchased so i thought id take the Crank out and test it in the N.21-7T. The other change i also made was a new Novarossi 6 FIN Conical Medium manifold and WOW it made a big differance with both new parts in the engine.

It came alive up top and giving some more bottom end. The car itself had a few handling issues but todays test was getting the engine right. Have a look at the video and enjoy and i hope to have some more videos in the near future.