Tamiya MF-01X - 2024

[@poorboysrc]

Great stuff, Freddy. I know it wasn't what you were expecting, but hey, at least you got out and had some fun, and met some cool cats in the RC community. I appreciate you participating in this year's SRC and hope to see you back again in 2025!

[@FastFreddyRC]

Thanks Fil! I'll definitely see you in 2025! Hmmmm...I wonder what the chassis is going to be next year? :)

[@RCBirds]

Willkommen auf der Autobahn. Hope you'd fun driving at this speed. Congrats to your results.

[@FastFreddyRC]

Danke Dirk! Sorry I never made it your way...we only went into the tip of Germany and ended up spending time in Friedrichstadt before returning back to Copenhagen. But I hope to go back soon (FYI...the Volkswagen in front of me were the friends of mine in Denmark who moved over so I could try it out..was surprised that northern Germany had a no speed limit section)

[@RCBirds]

@@FastFreddyRC everythings fine. Juli's always for us a buisy month, at least 6 birthdays. Maybe next time. I'm happy that you hadn't complained about another car tailgating you and demanding overtaking at that speed 😉.

[@FastFreddyRC]

@@RCBirds wow...6 birthdays is a lot! As to speed...to be honest the one thing that was missing while I was over there was road rage. I was pretty impressed with the driving over there.

[@coygtrc]

Well, Freddy, it was a bit disappointing; but at least, you had fun 🌞 And the body is still in great shape ✌ Maybe Lipo next year ? 👍🤝

[@FastFreddyRC]

Yes it was. Have to say every run has given me 2 or 3 more mph on each run so just getting 1mph was a bit of a bummer. But you are right about the body...which I'm happy about. However, maybe it would have been some epic crash footage if the car had gone faster and the body had been destroyed lol

[@AddamsPlayground]

I do think the battery is holding you back. With the higher gearing it is needing more amps to get it spinning up to full speed and the 2000mah NiMh pack just won't dump out the needed juice fast enough. That is my guess at least. On 2s it should hitting in the 40s but it came back without any damage and you have a great looking MF01X in the collection. Mine is its own trophy with all the battle scars all over it but yours does look a lot better all shiny! LOL! Take care Freddy!

[@TamiyaTalkRC]

That 48dp pinion didn't do you any favours, mate. It's very close to 0.6 module but different enough to create drag . And as Addam said, a higher mah battery would've sustained full voltage for longer. But hey, could've, should've, would've, right? Haha Still good runs, mate, and at least the car is still pretty 😊

[@FastFreddyRC]

No it did not. lol - it just sounded completely wrong too. But that's ok...it was a learning experience for sure. I'm still stoked I got 31MPH out of it. And you're right...I'm so glad it still looks good! Could have been a whole lot worse :)

[@rivierarc]

Found out yesterday with that Phase2 car that ludicrous mode made things hot and that was about it. Probably brushed in standed mode is better...? I am going to do a video (when I have time to sit and strip things down) to do runs with the same motor & pinion but use the standard and speed gears in both normal and ludicrous. If i can be bothered that is 😂

[@allanjohnsen1034]

Could be a bottleneck issue ... the higher gearing maybe needs more torque ... if the motor doesn´t have enough it can not provide its peak rpm. Could also be a battery bottleneck or an esc current limit.

[@FastFreddyRC]

Hmmmmm….those are all good points…thanks for that. It did sound like the gears were racing on that last run but it also sounded like the car could have done so much more. I’ll have to look into this.

[@Paul__FC]

First comment!!! I burned out all my electronics with "Luda" and I'm out. Be careful.

[@FastFreddyRC]

Oh no!!! But yeah…I guess that’s also another thing to think about. I don’t think I’m going fast enough for those thoughts to worry me but then again…I might be getting into the upper range of what the NiMH system can handle.

[@JoevsRc]

Congratulations on your 31 mph. I ran 17 mph on my nimh with the stock motor. You did great!