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Flysky Noble NB4 – A great left handed transmitter

July 27, 2020 by justin 1 Comment

Disclaimer: I am not left handed, but this is a great transmitter whether you’re left or right handed…

During quarantine I played VRC at least once a week to get my racing fix since all of the tracks were closed. My daughter would often ask if she could try racing as she watched me play. But converting my Spektrum DX3R to left handed operation meant taking it apart to move all the components to the left.

I’d been eyeing a Flysky Noble NB4 because it’s a pro-level low latency transmitter, and it’s killer feature is that it can instantly switch from right to left-handed operation.

Since I wasn’t getting to the track anytime soon, I sold my DX3R and ordered a Noble NB4 with some extra receivers. This write-up will go through some of the features and how I set it up because there are a few things you’ll want to consider.

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: left handed, VRC

VRC Live Server Setup

June 15, 2020 by justin Leave a Comment

There are several great resources out there for setting up a gaming server on Microsoft Azure. This one is specifically for VirtualRC the R/C racing simulator.

If you want to host a race and participate in the race itself, you’ll need two VRC accounts (and possibly paid subscriptions): one for you and one for the race host. You can host a race with a free VRC account, but you’ll be limited to the free tracks and cars – that’s OK too – you’ll surely get a lot of people joining your server if you’re hosting races on the free-to-play tracks.

But if you want the most flexibility and variety, you’ll need to have the full all-inclusive subscription on your VRC account(s).

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: VRC

Just what we need… another class

May 18, 2020 by justin Leave a Comment

Most of the chatter about this video is positive, but the first and last comments in this screenshot are what I want to talk about:

I get mad when I hear things like “just what we need – another class” or that something is too juvenile for them to have fun. No matter how you cut it, RC racing at its core is toy cars. Yes they’re expensive, configurable, luxury toy cars. But they’re still toy cars as much as a $400 magnesium yo-yo is still a skill toy.

Let’s look at the reality and see if can’t all get along or at least agree to disagree without starting a flame-war 🔥

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road

Solar Charging Setup

June 17, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

There’s a place I like to race at in St. Peter, MN called Shamrock RC Raceway. It’s an interesting setup because it’s a turf track set up outdoors in a hockey rink that would otherwise go unused in the summer. Rather than bring an insane extension cord to power my charger from the park restroom, I wanted to come up with a more portable (and green) charging solution.

So I put together this simple solar charging setup:

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road, Fixed Wing, Flight, Rotor Tagged With: battery, charger

SC Rally Testing

April 8, 2019 by justin 2 Comments

To test out my “Spec SC Rally2” class idea, I bought a HobbyKing / BSR Racing body. This thing looks and fits great on my 2wd Slash:

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Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Traxxas

SC Rally Proof-of-Concept

March 25, 2019 by justin 1 Comment

Rally cars are amazing. If you boil it down, they’re basically suped up cars you would see on the road. And they can jump!

There’s a small but loyal group of rally R/C enthusiasts that have seen a number of RC rally cars come and go over the years. For me it began with the HPI RS4 Rally, originally released in 1998. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Cars, Electric Off-Road, Electric On-Road Tagged With: jump, rally, SCT, short course truck, Slash, Traxxas

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