Video: Gary O's 4 engine "Problem Child" starting up

Gary has some trouble getting all the engines warmed up, but once they all get going, this thing screams.

More information on R/C Speed Challenge 2008

This is what Nic Case said about the event:

Hi Guys

Yes-- the cat is out of the bag.......We will have a speed run in the United States-- on Oct 4th!
We will use ROSSA rules & an Optical Speed trap. This is going to be a blast!
I understand North Carolina is very nice in Oct.
We have a lot of support from sponsors. Thanks to Billy Weeks for handling the race director/Promoter duties...

Special thanks to Tony Lovering (aka AJ/ziggy 12345) for having this site & being the founder of ROSSA...!

R/C Driver has committed to a 2 page article
Extreme R/C is interested

We will have an "International Cup" for the over-all fastest speed ---- Starting at the UK event –
-- and if us Americans can beat the Britt's speed--------- the "International Cup" comes to the USA!

There will be a 100 mph club ------- A special embroidered hat for everyone that breaks the century mark.

We are in the process of getting the details for the "Flyer"------ so, stay tuned.

Speed is Cool
N

More information can be found here.

R/C Speed Challenge 2008 Officially announced! October 4th at Rockinham N.C. - Sponsored by Castle Creations

Picture from the 2007 event

The 2008 R/C Speed Challenge has been officially announced today. It will be hosted at Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina October 4th 2008. It is sponsored by Castle Creations. Click the Castle logo above to get more information about the event. Details are still being ironed out, but the event will happen this year.

More pics of Mutie's GTRe

Mutie has been making some great progress on his twin motor GTRe with A123 cells. This car is amazing. More of Mutie's Schumacher Menace GTRe here.

Gary O's 4 engine "Problem Child"

Gary had this to say about his car:

I have been working on a four engine car for about 9 months now, initially bent on blowing Ziggy's record out of the water and bring it back to the USA. Unfortunately, he's such a nice guy that I'll feel bad when I do eventually set a new one, but only for a minute or two.

The car is based on a couple Associated NTC3's. Some early photos show the NTC3 parts that are pretty much hidden in the finished car...

It's powered by four .21 Picco P9 engines which have proven to be very problematic, living up to it's name....

Read more about Gary's car here

Randy's Spare parts car

This is what Randy has to say about the car:

This is a project I call-Spare Parts. It was built out of parts from many Associated cars.

The chassis is from a rc10
Tranny and arms from a Dual Sport.
Front bulkhead and steering from a rc10b3
Body is from a rc10b3
Wheels are from a rc10b4

I am doing testing with a sidewinder with a 5700 motor, and a trinity 4500 lipo. When its handling well and topped out with that setup, I will swap in my MM and go to 4s lipo. I won't be attending any speed events, unless something comes closer to the mid part of the US. This is just for my amusement. Hopefully I can get some pics to post.

Bikeracer's Speed Bike

Click on the picture for more information

Mutie's Schumacher Menace GTRe

This is what "Mutie" has to say about the car:

I don't know how fast it will go but it is geared for 175mph (will increase if i add cells). hopefully i will get to test it, if i measure current significantly below 100amps and heat is not too bad and all else is well i will add cells for more speed

i have assumed the internal ratio of the menace is about 4:1 (i may be incorrect here )

on paper the ESC's have a maximum power rating of 5kw each, the motors are 3.5kw each and the batteries have a burst power rating of over 400 watts per cell, over 6kw with the current configuration of 8s. Loads of potential for magic smoke.....

I have a 3VC and was planning to use the traction control feature to limit initial stall current (it will enable me to program the throttle advance curve) , does this make sense with brushless motors? Huh?

i will remove the rear wing, thanks ziggy.

i hope the plywood can hold up!