GT12 Help..

[shinytopman]

Hi Stu,

The green rotor in the thunder power motor gives more torque than the red rotor, hence the reason Mark was stating higher gearing for the green rotor (BTW i think the rotor that is fitted from new is the red rotor. The green you have to buy and fit yourself.)

I think standard practice (correct me if i'm wrong) is to bang the timing on the thunder power up to 35-37 degree's of timing fit and run, then fettle with gearing to suit before going back to the timing.

Temp gun always a handy thing to have can be had quite cheap, but hot to the touch is norm a good indicator. Your quite welcome to grab mine out of my bag if your at Maritime if i'm not there just see Tom.

The h/king ultimates probably arent the best lipo's on the planet but bang per buck i dont think you can go wrong for £19 each and BRCA sanctioned

Have you tried trued down tyres yet?

HTH's
Shiny.

BTW you'd love our new track.

[stucartwright]

Hey Sam
Great to hear from you buddy, and I appreciate the info on the rotors. I couldn't find any onto on them at all, anywhere!!

I will stick with the stock rotor for now and see what that delivers once the new lips come. I think they will be a good addition, but we'll see.

Ive sen the heat guns, and I have looked on amazon, relatively no cost at all so I will invest I think, could be a great addition to my kit for all occasions. I appreciate the offer yours though, your a champ.

Sadly, I am off overseas again tomorrow, and gone for two weeks so I will have the car in the hanger for two weeks, but will be back to maritime the first thursday in june. I certainly love the sound of the new track, and I did take a look on the maritime website, I think they have the new track, correct me if I'm wrong.

I raced last monday at a place in Horsham and they raced 1/16th(18th) buggys, omg they looked so much fun so i have invested in one!! haha.. I wanted more stick time, and as its a buggy I can get out and give it a rip.. they are quicker than the GT12 with the right setup and even lesser cost than GT12 so I think it will help my driving, thats how I'm justifying it anyhow!! Plus I get to run two cars at this particular venue too so I am happy..

Take a look if you've not seen - this is the FB page I found https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caris...66008613433796

Back to GT12.... I certainly hope the lipo's and gearing help the speed, the car feels like its on train tracks at the moment but feel its lacking punch and grunt...

How have you and your lad been getting on?

[shinytopman]

No Stu thats the old track, we made a new track Mon eve last week, Thurs was the first week the track was run.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by stucartwright

Ok thanks.
I'm sensing your sponsored by Vapex...
What's difference between the different rotor colours in TP Motor?

Yes I am but I choose my sponsors on quality and performance.

Red kit high rpm, green is high torque and blue is between.

[mark christopher]

So now your on Facebook join gt12 circuit uk loads of info

The rotor info is on Schumacher site in the spares, lists the torque and rpm,

[stucartwright]

Hi Mark
Nope not on Facebook, the carisma GTB page allows non facebookers to see what is posted unlike the GT12 Cicuit Cars page... Shame.

Will check out the rotor info on the schumi website.

Strange no info on the rotors can be found on the Thunder Power page...

[mark christopher]

GT12 Circuit Cars (UK) is set to public

[stucartwright]

Hi Mark
GT12 Corcuit Cars (UK) may be set to public but you still need an account on Facebook to view the pages. I can view the pictures but not the page itself.

Carisma GTB allows non Facebook account holders to view the pages and all the text and not just the pictures. If you have any say in the matter, would be awesome if you could get the GT12 page set to the same...

Stuart

[mark christopher]

The only settings are to make the group public or so group members only can see posts, its set to public viewing on all my admin settings

[stucartwright]

Sorry Mark, your message didn't make any sense to me when I read it. Can you elaborate or re-type?

My question would be, why make any social media page that try's to attract as wide a audience as possible, especially a hobby that would need to be specifically sort after, members based?

In the interest of the class and hobby, making the GT12 page truly public would give more scope. If the answer is spamming, there is zero spamming on the Carisma site and looks to have a large following.

Stuart

[SlowOne]

Well said, Stu. I'm with the great Groucho Marx on this one - "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

More seriously, how much more valuable would that site be Mark if it were public and we could all share? A lot more valuable...

[mark christopher]

as I said it is all set to public, the other options available is to make it members only can see posts but anyone can view the page, and only members can see the group.. it is set to public. the fact you need to be a facebook member is out of my control, its possible the carisma is a page and not a group.

given the group has over 1500 members its doing pretty well, those who don't want to join in the fun by not joining facebook, and using the options to limit what you see, what others see about you, will have to make do with here.





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[stucartwright]

Not sure you had to fill the thread up with Facebook nonsense Mark. A simple comprehendable answer was enough.

If you are able to remove the Facebook info I think all would appreciate.
Thanks.

[mark christopher]

Its relevant as it explain why you can see some Facebook info and not others, so I'll leave it there thanks

[stucartwright]

Haha.. fair enough Mark... No wonder you love Facebook.

[Danosborne6661]

Back on topic for GT12's, I've just had some under LiPo weights cut if anyones interested for £8 posted

Available in 15g/30g/50g pieces. If you want heavier let me know!

See here - http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167785

[DarkHawk]

Are the white o ring softer or header than the blue ones

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by DarkHawk

Are the white o ring softer or header than the blue ones

There is a guide in the manual, soft to hard, blue white red black

[DarkHawk]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

There is a guide in the manual, soft to hard, blue white red black

Just want to check as the manual says blue, white ,red, black but the set-up sheets say white blue,red,black
so thanks mark for clearing that up for me

[stucartwright]

Hey Chaps
Have a question about spur gears.
I am still running the kit 70tooth, I notice a lot of people run the smaller spur gear, 66 I am guessing seems more popular.

What is the major reason behind this? Is it the increased flexibility of pinions for run out? Or could it be as crude as increased speed?

Thanks in advance...