2011 1/18 Open Fall Series Points Champion

[Lawton70]

The 1/18 Open 2011 Fall Series points championship was won by Gregg Lawton using his Exotek R18II, which is a heavily modified RC18R.

SPECS:
Radio:
- Spektrum DX3R.
- Steering expo = 50%
- throttle expo = -40%
- 16ms framerate
- SR3100 receiver

Electronics:
- Hobbywing 25A brushless ESC
- Full punch setting
- 15 degrees timing
- Hobbywing 7800KV brushless motor
- Hitec 65MG steering servo
- Reedy VMX 7.2 volt 1600 mAH NiMh batteries

Chassis:
- silicone capped foam wheels
- Exotek front and rear shock towers.
- front shocks = 50wt using gold springs
- Rear shocks = 40wt using blue springs
- front 3Racing CVD's
- rear stock dogbones
- front exotek 6degree castor blocks + exotek prosteering blocks
- slight front toe in
- adjustable tie rods
- Front diff locked with silicone (spool)
- Rear diff full tight less 1/4 turn
- rear 1 degree toe block upside down.
- gearing 13 pinion / 60 spur
- ride height - 5mm rear, 6mm front
- very slight droop, 1mm
- Exotek GT-Z body
- large side dams on rear wing

[jmeade]

Gregg asked me to post my specs to help gain interest in the class and to share information to lessen the learning curve. All I am going to do is muddy the waters because my car is an almost polar opposite to Gregg's. All I can conclude from this is that driver is a lot more important with our current race format than the car or how it is set up. My setting are in bold lined up beside Gregg's specs. My car finished 3rd in class, only 3 points behind Gregg (yes 3 cars finished within 3 points of each other after 35 races).

SPECS:
Radio:
- Spektrum DX3R. - Futaba Magnum Jr FM
- Steering expo = 50% - NA (not available setting on my radio)
- throttle expo = -40% - NA
- 16ms framerate - NA
- SR3100 receiver - Futaba R123F

Electronics:
- Hobbywing 25A brushless ESC - Mamba Micro Pro
- Full punch setting - Medium Punch
- 15 degrees timing - High Timing
- Hobbywing 7800KV brushless motor - Reedy 7000KV
- Hitec 65MG steering servo - Hitec 65K
- Reedy VMX 7.2 volt 1600 mAH NiMh batteries - Rhino 1250mAH 30C LiPo

Chassis:
- Exotek R18II - Stock Rc18R with homemade fiberglass stiffener plate
- silicone capped foam wheels - Stock Rc18R Rubber
- Exotek front and rear shock towers. - Stock
- front shocks = 50wt using gold springs - 50wt, Stock (blue) springs
- Rear shocks = 40wt using blue springs - 50wt, Stock (blue) springs
- front 3Racing CVD's - Stock dogbones
- rear stock dogbones - Stock dogbones
- front exotek 6degree castor blocks + exotek prosteering blocks - Stock front end
- slight front toe in - Moderate toe out
- adjustable tie rods - adjustable steering links, stock caster links
- Front diff locked with silicone (spool) - stock diff, set VERY loose
- Rear diff full tight less 1/4 turn - stock diff set loose
- rear 1 degree toe block upside down. - ditto
- gearing 13 pinion / 60 spur - 14/60
- ride height - 5mm rear, 6mm front - Front: 9.5mm, Rear: 11.5mm
- very slight droop, 1mm - not available on stock chassis
- Exotek GT-Z body - AE Niteline
- large side dams on rear wing - ditto