Kyosho RB5 endurance race report

[°°.°°sicotange°°.°°]

Hello Kyosho fans,

I thought some people might want to know how we experienced an endurance race with the almighty RB5. The race was an endurance of 6 hours in total (3 in the morning followed by a barbecue and 3 in the afternoon) organised by the TRC (Top Racing Club). A 6 hour race is in my opinion ideal to test the car’s strength and capabilities. We raced on a grass track with 2 little jumps and some tricky parts. There were a total of 8 teams consisting of a majority of Associated B4’s.

In the morning we were “surprised” (Belgian weather you know) by some raindrops and in the end a good old shower… Nevertheless, all cars survived the first 3 hours of racing with the first 3 teams having an epic battle for first place. The RB5 ended the first 3 hours second with only 3 laps behind the first team.

After a delicious barbecue the race was resumed and this time the clouds decided to party somewhere else and so we had a sunny afternoon. In the afternoon the battle was still going strong between the first 3 teams (our RB5, a B4 and a Losi XXX). After 1 hour of racing the leader (losi xxx) broke and lost their first place. Unfortunately we soon started to experience cogging and glitches with the Kyosho. We then broke a suspension holder and lost all possibilities to win the race. In the end we still ended third though

The results after 6 hours of hardcore racing:

Winner: Losi XXX with 519 laps
Second: Asso B4 with 500 laps and a bit
Third: Kyosho RB5 with 498 laps

So all in all we enjoyed racing with the RB5. The car was easy to drive, seemed consistent even after 6 hours of racing and most of all it showed it was capable to race with the big boys (Losi and Asso). Below some pics of the event.

[Richard_Griffiths]

Wow thats some life test 496 laps now that would make for good qualifiying at regional.

Nice one

[°°.°°sicotange°°.°°]

Yeah, and the great thing is that the car held up just fine. (except for that suspension holder) I totally rebuilt the car after the race and apart from "terminal" ball bearings the car is still in a good shape.

[Lowie]

Some more pics:

Raindrops, fallin' on my hat ...





The car after the first "rainy" stint
(We mounted Shum Minispikes green in the front, Shum Full Spikes Yellow in the rear ... and this seemed a very good choice on the soaking grass)



All cleaned up, partially disasembled and checked, mounted new tyres and ready for the second stint.


(we) the RB5-team:



from left to right:
Ludo "Lowie" De Greef, Pierre "Matrix" Sleewaegens, Aymeric "Sicotange" Bienfait, Michel "Tamiyaboy" Robijn and François "Mister Brushless" Bukac.


We used:
* RB5
* Atomic Carbon Shock Towers (Thx Jonathan for shipping so fast)
* Tires: rain: Front: Shum Minispikes Green (which gave a tiny bit to much front grip) and Rear; Shum Full Spikes Yellow
dry track: FR: Schum Staggerib yellow, R: Schum MiniSpikes yellow
* ESC: GM ...? Brushless sensorless (but did not run smoothly!)
* Motor: LRP X11 10.5 which we ran sensorless
* Ko Propo Radio with 2.4 Spektrum-module and receiver
* Ko Propo Servo

The setup: (PDF-sheet)
Car ran very safe, but a bit nose-heavy on jumps

AND, pitty we did not take a picture of it, the outdrives and CVD-axles showed NO WEAR AT ALL, after 6 houres of racing! Astonishing!

It was a pleasure to drive this car! It really got me hooked on this RB5