LMP-E/GT-E endurance event proposal

[Luke]

Well put by Gordon but Steve - what rule would you have rather ~ Upside-Down Magnetic or Magnetic Marshal ..

[Luke]

GG,

The regs are to the point tuning these type slot cars and ...

• • Body (both classes): Body must comply with General item 2. Windows may not be tinted - interior must be visible.
  • Body (LMP-E): LMP cars produced from 1976 onwards.
  • Body (GT-E): GT cars produced from 1982 onwards.
  • Interior: At least head and shelf.
  • Motor (LMP-E): Up to 25K rpm
  • Motor (GT-E): Up to 21.5K rpm
  • Magnets: Upside-Down Rule (UDR) - no added weight ahead of front axle

... looking correct with the 2 rpms but a quick inspection with 2 other parts ...

• • Interior: At least head and shelf.

1. Dose this means no High Impact cars ..?

• • Magnets: Upside-Down Rule (UDR) - no added weight ahead of front axle.

How and where the magnets have to be positioned (with 1, 2, 3 or other) in cars ..?

• 1. Must be positioned in one of the standard magnet locations for the particular model.
  2. All magnets must be positioned ahead of the rear tyres when viewed from the bottom or top of the chassis.
  3. Any stock position or can be modified in positions for the particular model.

Could you throw some light on these things

Thanks,

Luke

[gordon]

Luke,

My mistake in excluding high-impact cars. They will be allowed. (See why we have a forum? One person can't think of everything.) Regarding the magnets, anything not mentioned is fine, so any number of magnets and they can be placed anywhere.

Gordon

[Luke]

Thanks for making these points clear GG and (read how) I recently mentioned that same belief to Arden in my words - that if it wasn't for the FRC forum, we would have been in a quandary for many topics and issues regarding slot car racing ...

Concerning the magnets ... it looks like line No 3. you're going with and see how this structured line of words sounding for an official magnet ruling

• • Magnets: Any number of magnets in stock position or can be modified in positions for the particular model. Also upside-Down Rule (UDR) in effect - plus no added weight ahead of front axle.

My contribution with this slotcar tuning concern.

Luke

[RameshB]

Hi guys , i saw lots of good comments about the about developing a special event with two classes , LMP E AND GT E , the motor and weight positions sounds good, i will like to give it a try next wk and test two cars for this class. thanks bye Ram

[gordon]

Here are the class rules as they now stand:

• Body (both classes): Body must comply with General item 2. Windows may be tinted so as not to reveal the cockpit.
• Body (LMP-E): LMP cars produced from 1976 onwards.
• Body (GT-E): GT cars produced from 1982 onwards.
• Interior: Free but must comply with General item 3.
• Motor (LMP-E): Up to 25K rpm
• Motor (GT-E): Up to 21.5K rpm
• Magnets: Any number of magnets may be used and they can be placed anywhere. Upside-Down Rule (UDR) in effect - no added weight ahead of front axle.

[Luke]

Finally GG,

Who would believe all this time had to go by ~ considering a possible course of action for this type endurance race ..?

This have to be a forum record ... and just days under a year in the fullness of time.

• • Sat. 14th. June 2014 - Tues. 9th June 2015 (10 pages / 97 posts)

Although - it seems it was mostly you and I in the mix of things with this topic ...

Arden - start and stop, Steve - coming or going and classic Ramesh - encouragement ... reviewing the advantages and disadvantages for this sort of one-off event.

Surely there could be no drawbacks and now anyone can go about tuning LMP-E and GT-E slotcars to these specific instructions.

Luke

[RameshB]

Hi guys sounds good ,LMP and GT endurance regs out now its time to build and test, last night was fun thanks to all . Luke T I think you should be called Luke Data , you sure do have a gift here . How you present that info is just amazing to me, such detail. keep it up , bye Ram

[Luke]

Hey Ramesh - thanks for noticing and your compliments

... but you too have a greater gift and you're aka the Professor

How you tune those slotcars is just amazing to me (and others) with such components.

In your case - you can withdraw a bit

[gordon]

Guys, the tests we've done so far indicate that the cars will be significantly faster than my target times of 6 sec for LMP-E and 7 sec for GT-E (almost 2 sec quicker in the case of Ramesh's GT-E car), so I need suggestions as to how to achieve the target times. Perhaps we need to go back to using a Magnet Marshal downforce limit for each class and possibly a minimum weight for the cars. I don't want more than a maximum of .3 sec lower time than the target times.

Let's hear your thoughts.