Hinckley Radio Control Car Club

These cameras record onto a micro sd card. The cards are rated by class. For a class 6 card, the minimum write speed of the card is 6mb/s. With a class 2, the rate is 2mb/s. You'll find with class 2 cards (for these cameras), the footage will skip, because the card can't handle the rate the camera i...

These seem to be all the rage lately! I think they're a copy of the Muvi cameras which retail for about £50.

Bought one myself actually! Anyone else looking to get one make sure you get a Class 6 memory card for it, anything less and you'll find that the footage 'skips' a lot.

Hi Dean, I'd heard a lot about the X12 running very hot, and profiles 7 & 8 on the SPX (which I run) being unsuitable for it. Apparently it feels quite like a brushed motor too with a fair bit of drag brake? Some of the US drivers were saying it requires a different driving style because of this...

Thought I'd bump this as I know some people are thinking about moving from 13.5 to 10.5. What's the best one to go for? Are the new lrp/nosram stock spec's noticeably better than the likes of GM and Speed Passion?

I think it'll be the esc that makes the difference Ian. What the latest esc's do is increase motor timing on the fly, like having a second gear almost. I've seen it with craigs, one minute I'm level with him on the straight and next he's gone! Unfortunately I couldn't make last Saturday and can't ma...

The way I've justified it to myself is that I'm going to need a new ESC at some point so I may as well buy it now :lol: Hopefully the motor I've got will be quick enough with a new esc and lipo! I think I'm going to go for the new Trakpower lipo, they've not been out that long but I've heard good th...

I think Gibbo is running similar, although he's using some trinity thing that's geared a bit differently to the nosrams etc! Tried everything I can with the kit I've got, just going to have to buy some new bits I think! Keep at it Ian :wink: (I think you're higher in the championship than me at the ...

Dale, I think they're 30C which is why I thought I would see a difference if I upgraded to 40C. I thought if I stayed with a reputable brand the ratings should be about right. I think the BRCA only test things like dimensions etc too, they don't test whether or not the stated performance of the batt...

Cheers for the reply dean! After seeing the new TrakPower dark series lipos I cant think of a good reason not to upgrade!

Changed the ESC settings on Saturday, motor timing is already increased. Car felt a bit better but still not as quick as I'd like. It looks as though it's down to the kit I'm running. I understand the latest ESC's (LRP SPX, GM 120 etc) seem to give an increase in speed over the older stuff like my s...

Hi guys, My car feels as though it's lacking a bit of speed on the main straights etc so I've thought about making a few adjustments. I've only done the basic setup on my esc (LRP Sphere 07 spec) and havn't adjusted the timing on my motor (Nosram Storm evo). I think I've got the gearing pretty much ...

That's what I was thinking Martyn, I know that with nimh the charger made a big difference to the performance of the cells, wasn't sure if it was the same with lipos though.

Decided to cancel the v-balance order in the end and go for the new core UDC-30

I've been using an Orion Advantage Charger (Lipo one) for a while now. It doesn't have a built in balancer and I've been waiting around 5 months for apexmodels to send me the trakpower v-balance I ordered! (Apparently there's none in stock anywhere). I'm thinking about changing to a different charge...

Sorted it now.

A few people on Saturday mentioned it was worth getting some of this, but I can't find anywhere in the UK that sells it?