Recent content by DerikX Racing

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    Car bouncing off the rails, need help

    Yes, about a ½” in front of the rear wheels
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    Car bouncing off the rails, need help

    The fenders seem to be clearing just fine. I will try different wheels and axles, if that don’t work I guess I will scrap it and start over.
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    Car bouncing off the rails, need help

    I’ve built hundreds of cars yes, but sometimes I feel like I don’t know what the heck I’m doing. By no means am I an expert, that’s why I’ve spent so much time on this site.
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    Car bouncing off the rails, need help

    I have a build that is driving me nuts. It is running nice and smooth on the tuning board and drifting just the way I want it to. But once it is on the track it is bouncing back and forth killing the speed. What causes this?
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    Mid America Race Videos

    I’m not trying to call foul; I know I didn’t take advantage of the rules. I just want to know how it compares. I’m really struggling with oil and I’m trying figure out if I’m gaining any ground. I’m not feeling to great with “zeebzob” showing a 0.05 difference. I only ran the Pro division...
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    Mid America Race Videos

    First, thank you for posting this. I had a hard time watching this on Saturday with the kids. I have a couple of questions. [list type=decimal]How do the times on this track compare to the league track?I was running on 2 gram cheetah v.3 with 4 wheels mounted and averaged 2.9765. I noticed...
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    Indiana Museum Race

    Here is the car that had the League and DD4H on it. I wish it would have performed better. Next year I will do full fenders with a steel roll cage. This is post-race, it did look better. Left rear is what hit the wall the wheel was moved to the left front.
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    Indiana Museum Race

    Wish I would have had the chance to talk with you. I wasn’t really making myself known as I was trying to be a fly on the wall to see if they would say anything about the league. The guy that was accused of cheating was using Cheetah’s, same wheels I did. You can’t tell me that the other “Pro...
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    Sealing Balsa??

    What kind of CA do you guys use? I have some Insta-cure that is for RC cars and I it is kind of a pain to use for something like this. Guessing it’s the wrong type for this application, but not sure what to get.
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    2014 Standings

    So bummed I missed the race. New baby in the house and we had the mother in law in for a month. She is gone now so I won’t feel so bad when I disappear to the basement. Looking forward to climbing the board. John, Do you know when you will be getting more Tuning Board Cover Graphics in?
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    FEB 22> Car Count.. & Senders??

    1 for sure, hopefully 2 SS
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    New Unlimited car

    That is just bad azz looking. I need to dip into the unlimited class, looks like fun. Everyone be prepared for a lot of questions.
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    KPendle Racing 2014 cars are ready to race

    Nice looking cars, I need to get me one of those tuning board sheets. Glad I looked at this; I didn’t realize it was coming up so quick, time to get to work.