Carrerista Jamboree Pt 2

28th Dec, Sunday...

Went there to participate in the 23T open race...But there wasn't any due to lack of participants...So the whole event became a practice event and a demo...Some of us even played catching 1/10 RC style...

Managed to get my car steady...Thanks to Nic for driving around in his Cyclone 12, spreading the traction compound on the racing lines...Lolz!!

Didn't manage to squeeze all my stuff into one bag...But at least its lighter le...

Had fun with the drift demo...Shawn and Botak setup a couple of obstacles and we tried to drift through them...Thats to attract the crowd...I felt abit of pressure when I was doing the solo drift demo...Didn't think I could perform all that just now without using a BL motor...

Left the area around 730pm to send Dave for his student exchange programme at the airport...
Now, back at home...11pm...Haha...

Carrerista Jamboree Pt 1

27th Dec, Saturday...

Tio cheat by food industry today...
1. Bryson, Nic and me tio conned by the stall at the event...$5 for fried rice, 2 vege and 1 egg...Daylight robbery...
2. Chicken rice at J8...$5.50 for half the amount of chicken, half the cha-shao and an egg...Crap...

Well, back to the events...
I didn't go around to look look...Maybe tomorrow or wednesday bah...Bring my R35 shell around and take photos...
Lost to Winson and got 2nd...Oh well, mistake on my part...Haha...

First minor scratch on the R35 shell, just below the left headlight...Argg...

Hell, its a super long trip there...I think it cost me $15-20 fuel to and fro...

Nobody check tickets today...So I got 2 tickets for tomorrow and wednesday IF they check...But if we go early, probably they won't check like today...

Parked quite far away from the building...Its nearly a kilometer road march into the building...With a pit bag, HPI bag and a transmitter bag...Totaling 20-30kg...Gonna do some weight reduction tonight...YESSS...

Christmasssss...

24th Dec

Bought a whole chicken from the stall at AMK hub for dinner...Too salty and too small...Zzz...

Test my drift car at SK meet...Seemed to perform rather well, but just cannot accelerate out of corners as well as others...

Got hooked on the korean drama on Channel U @ 10pm...Well, something to do than playing games...


25th Dec

Went for the D-evo compy, though got first, but didn't really feel happy...

Round winning criteria was first to complete 2 laps...If the leader has an accident, he has to let the chaser overtake...I'm fine with these rules, different comp, different rules mah...

What I dun like is, the permission to nudge...My definition of nudging is small bumps to pressure the opponent and not bumps to overtake others!! Thats what some did and put some of us off...

When I did my runs, I try to be further from the track markers so I won't crash, but I also didn't go far so nobody can pass through...Also if the opponent bumps me, overtake and wins the round, I will do the same...Cos I seen too many people tio bumped, overtaken and lost the round...

Went to Cafe Cartel after the compy for dinner with family...Shared Sirloin steak, Ribs and Pork chop with parents...I find their quantity is nice, but quality is something to be desired...

Huh and ermmm...

Took a liking to Vitasoy recently and also due to the 2x 1 liter for $2.50, I got drawn to buying it when I go to the supermarket...Maybe thats why I got a tummyache today...

Had almost the whole of SC gang at LAS drift meet today...Pretty fun with the exception of some pro-wannabe who dunno how to squeeze through a small gap safely...Cannot go thru means cannot go thru...Force thru and damage my car...Zzz...A new crack on the front of the 350Z le...

Received an SMS saying that there's miscommunication between the organising committee of the interpoly, so I'm not a judge in the interpoly anymore...
Situation was, earlier messages state that the committee has been informed, and later messages state that the committee wasn't promptly informed...
The time gap between early messages and later messages were 10 days...Wasn't 10 days enough to inform me if there was a miscomm or anything?
Anyway, I voiced out my discontent...I'm fine with being replaced, but being informed last minute was abit too much...

Subsequently one of the committee members called and apologised...End of the call it made me feel like I was forcing them to reinstate me as a judge...I dun have the intention to do so, but oh well...

Recently - 2nd December '08...

- Just completed my exams...Not sure of anything, but hopefully can pass...

- Went for SGDrifters competition and got into top 8 before being eliminated...Another bump to my opponent that cost me the whole thing...

- Went to BK and practiced after an abscence of 2-3 months since the last HPI at Funan...Running alone is pretty ok...Haven't tried running with people of the same standard...

- The track is pretty flowy and I think a gear ratio of 6 and below should be better...I'm using 6.125 FDR, but using lipo instead of NiMH...I used lipo because I didn't want to wait for the NiMH to complete 1 cycle...Then got lazy and didn't bother to change the battery...

- Surprisingly when I charged the battery, it can only pump in approx 1400mAh before its full...So does that mean that I've only used 1400mAh to complete a full 6 min run without stopping?? I'm kinda surprised at the low power usage...The battery was around 7.6V when I stopped, which is a very safe level...Its warm, but not hot...

- Even though the battery can last long, but the motor can't...I feel the drop in RPM and torque after the 5min mark...Dun think its due to the voltage, but more likely the heat causing the magnetism of the motor to drop...

- It rained soon after and I couldn't practice anymore...Went to Ulu Pandan DM...Though my car wasn't performing well, but didn't really cared...

- Now I know the secret behind the realistic engine sound of Zhirong's car...Very ingenious...Just a simple device at a strategic spot...Would try asap...