Yesterday I ran the TCX in 17.5 blinky. It was a pretty thin class, as most of the top guys ran other classes. Nevertheless, the car was really fast! The car was good through the slow stuff, and amazing through the fast stuff. I qualified 2nd (in the only qualifier) and won all 3 finals. Here is the setup: TCX_Chas_Egan_2012_DEC_15 <— totally awesome!! Power and speed from the Thunder Power 17.5 was great, but motor temps were still only in the 50s… so more to come from that department. A few weeks ago, at the Nationals, the car was a bit nervous in the rear. Since then I have changed a...

We started day 4 where we left day 3…. waiting for the rain to end. Jordan Cullis was still keen to strike a deal to get my silver HPI spring. He offered to trade a Reedy Sonic 4.5 mod motor for them (crazy!) but I declined as I’d probably never use it. I asked if he’d give me a TCXX gear diff, and he bit. … And then, with nothing better to do, he and Sandy offered to make my TCX weapon (that’s correct, “weapon” is now an adjective). They tore it apart, checked my dampers (and adjusted the lengths), fixed where I’d over-tightened the damper mounting...