Limited Mobility Racing

Rules of VTA, the chassis

insulinboy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:48:53 +0000

The Chassis rules are quite simple. All four wheel drive 1/10^th scale chassis are legal. Most people (including myself) prefer to run the older chassis as there cheap and still competitive at the slower speeds. The Associated TC3 and TC4 seem to be the best choice as far as the chassis go and I myself run a TC3 (of course I run a TC3 in super stock rubber touring car as well. I just like them, there simple). The general consensus from what I can tell is that the best car to run is a shaft drive car rather than a belt drive car. The shaft drive cars tend to put the power down faster where the belt drive cars will slip a little at first. The lower power motors don’t have enough oomph to compensate for the power loss in the belt stretch as the higher power motors do.

In short your best bet is to find a used associated TC3 or TC4 there not highly sought after except in VTA, and there all over the place. Everyone has one laying around somewhere so there cheap.

Rules of VTA, let the bodies hit the floor

insulinboy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:45:35 +0000

The bodies are another part of VTA racing that must strictly be adhered to. Bodies are restricted to late 60’s and early 70’s American pony car also referred to as Vintage Trans-Am bodies, hence the name of the class. The Most popular bodies are the Ford Mustangs and Chevy Camaro’s, but the Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda is also an approved body.

HPI,
Parma, and Pegasus all make VTA approved bodies for this class of racing. HPI makes a 1970 Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda part number 17510, a 66 Ford Mustang GT part number 17519, a 65 Ford Shelby GT-350 part number 17508 and a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro part number 7494.
Parma makes a 69 Z28 Camaro part number 10143, a 70 Boss Mustang part number 10141, and a 70 ‘Cuda part number 10113. Pegasus also makes a 70 ‘Cuda part number PGH4002, and 70 Mustang part number PGH4003, as well they make my favorite of the VTA bodies, the 1970 Camaro SS part number PGH4001.

Rules of VTA: Motors and Batteries

insulinboy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:57:46 +0000

The rules of VTA racing are fairly simple. You’re restricted to older style motors and batteries or a newer sub standard motor and a newer style battery with gearing restrictions.

Your allowed to run a 4 cell pack of NiMh (nickel metal hydride) batteries with a 4600 mah limit, with either a 27 turn stock type brushed motor, or you may run a 17.5 stock type brushless motor. If you so chose to run a 7.4v lipo (lithium polymer) battery that you must run a sub stock 21.5 brushless motor. Currently the only Roar legal 21.5 motor is the Novak SS21.5 pro brushless.

When running a brushless lipo setup with the 21.5 motor you are restricted to final gear ratios no lower than a 4.2 final drive ratio.

VTA, what is it?

insulinboy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:01:44 +0000

VTA, or Vintage Trans-Am Racing is a form of RC that uses older technology to make racing a little slower and easier for most beginners to get into the sport. It allows for older technology to be competitive so that you can also get into RC much cheaper than jumping into a normal 1/10^th scale foam tire touring car.

VTA also allows for the use of only a specific group of body’s that you’re allowed to run. What would be considered a muscle car era Trans-Am body. Ford Mustangs, Chevy Camaro’s, and Dodge Chargers are the primary examples of such.

Not your average Saturday

insulinboy — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:10:30 +0000

So it’s Saturday, typically a day that would be spent at Nexus Racing. I go and take pictures and race my R/C car there. Today has not been a typical Saturday however so I have no pictures to share, not really any R/C related stories to tell either. Well, one. I got torn into the car just enough to realize that last weekend I broke an aluminum axle shaft that’s going to run me twenty four dollars or so to replace.

My brother had a few seizures and so I had to leave the track (and strand Gene, I’m so sorry) and go so that if he was sent home he would have a ride since my mother can’t drive. I’ll go through some old photos and try and dig up something R/C related to type about this week I promise. Maybe a write up about vintage racing, and its rules. Until then, live long and prosper.

And so it starts….

insulinboy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:27:32 +0000

Early October 2007 I was working in a convenience store when I slipped carrying a heavy piece of equipment to the back so it could be cleaned, my slip resulted in the compression fracture of the T4, and T5 vertebrae in my spine. While I was out of work from my injury I had a 1976 Camaro project going on and my best friend joked that I should name my race team “limited mobility racing” and my logo could be an old man drag racing a rascal scooter. Fast forward to a little more than a year later now and the name seems to have stuck.My name is Adam and I will be your guide into the world of R/C racing. I will try and help while I learn as to what is what in the R/C world since I myself am fairly new to it as well.

I’m 26 years old and have worked as a mechanic, I run my own photography gig, and I’ve done bits and pieces of writing here and there. I hope to educate you all as well as educating myself in the world of Remote Control Racing and maybe in a little tidbit of photography, motorcycles, and drag racing along the way.