ROAR Off-Road Fuel Nats

PeterV · #1 05-02-2005, 09:57 AM

Click back to the index page for the story www.rccaraction.com then come on back to post your deepest feelings.

PeterV · #2 05-02-2005, 10:04 AM

Remember this quote from the Losi Champs story? "Cavalieri's Sirio-equipped RC10GT was the truck to beat in the Factory Nitro Truck class, but he gave up the win to Team Losi's Adam Drake after Adam exploited his Triple-XNT’s quick-change wheel feature to move into the lead with fresh rubber as Ryan’s GT slowed due to worn tires." Sounds like Associated got the message!

death_rx78 · #3 05-02-2005, 12:07 PM

maybe a new prototype Rc-10 gt???

who knows???

OutFrontFrames · #4 05-02-2005, 12:25 PM

Thats all? No details or other pics... I believe the long awaited New RC10GT will just be a running change rather than a new truck.. Congrats to Tebo tho..

PeterV · #5 05-02-2005, 02:01 PM

Hey, this is the internet--there's always room to add more stuff later! When Kev gets back from covering the race, we'll get some pics up. He phoned-in the report we have now.

OutFrontFrames · #6 05-02-2005, 02:36 PM

I see thats why it was kinda short.. lol.. cool then I look forward to reading about it. tell him to get some spy shots of that AE truck.

gizmoguy303 · #7 05-02-2005, 03:28 PM

It's about time Associated updated the RC10GT!

However, it looks like the GT still can win at the big races.

RC10racer89 · #8 05-02-2005, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterV

Remember this quote from the Losi Champs story? "Cavalieri's Sirio-equipped RC10GT was the truck to beat in the Factory Nitro Truck class, but he gave up the win to Team Losi's Adam Drake after Adam exploited his Triple-XNT’s quick-change wheel feature to move into the lead with fresh rubber as Ryan’s GT slowed due to worn tires." Sounds like Associated got the message!

I was thinking the exact same thing. I can't wait until they release those new hubs for the GT. Not like I'd ever need to use them during a club race (I wouldn't notice the difference to much anyway), but it sure beats screwing and unscrewing those little lock nuts everytime I want to put some new tires on my truck. They've had those quick release rear hubs on the 1/8 scale on-road cars for ages, I wonder why its taken so long for engineers to realize it might be a good idea to use on other cars as well.

Do you think anyone got a picture of Cavalieri making the airborne pass over pavidis? Thats probably my favorite way to pass someone, but I rarely get the chance or opportunity. Certainly the coolest kind of pass out there

bluer6rocket · #9 05-05-2005, 04:56 PM

Theres a video of it on rcamerica.com

soreloser · #10 05-05-2005, 08:44 PM

The truck Tebo ran did not have any upgraded parts on it from the factory that I saw. Word was his dad custom made the adaptors and used a serpent lever to hold the rims on. They did use the Losi plastic hex and wheel adaptors along with the Losi wheels since they were already designed to mate to each other. they were simple in design and worked very well. I would not be surprised if an after market company didn't try to make adaptors for all the GT owners out there to make this possible if AE doesn't introduce a new truk with quick change themselves.

gizmoguy303 · #11 05-05-2005, 10:10 PM

Here is a picture of the homemade quick-release unit used by Tebo:

They were custom made by Bruce Tebo. More information about this is available here.

Aluma · #12 05-06-2005, 08:58 AM

I saw the qualifiers on saturday...I was like...wow. I even got sunburn that day despite the overcast weather.

Anyone know if someone in the 1/8 buggy class ran a mayhem?