hey everyone

[grahamo]

hi everyone, i'm back. who would have thought 6 years ago, when i left racing i'd come back. i guess when rob beniston asked me to come and join him again as he had just started back, i knew i couldn't turn down the offer, so i hit ebay hard and 300 quid later, i had a race car. i've been back now i'd say nearly 3 months and i've enjoyed most of it, i'm still a bit lazy, and don't know as much as i should, but that will come with time, thanks to everyone who has helped my back into the sport, and lent me bits and bobs whilst i build up a collection of spares, theres too many to list but i know who you are and you know who you are. been hitting sharley and west bridgeford pretty hard to get a bit of practice so hopefully will be making the bottom of the A final before the end of the season with any luck.

a couple of outstanding issues with the car to solve, i have an orca speed controller and motor thats sort of underperforming at the moment, excelleration isn't mega dispite good gearing and it doesn't hit a great top end speed. i've knocked it up to the top possible settings using the built in software but its still not great. the car is handling well and thats the only thing letting it down and i know a couple of people who agree with me, any chance someone could gives us a hand with it?

its an orca Q speed controler with an orca rx2 13.5t brushless motor. now i've browsed the website for help but i've come to nothing thus far, i've heard i can update my esc with new firmware, which could make a difference and i could also use a hobbywing setup car (the 15 quid one from rc cod) to set it up better but i can't really find any of the data required to do so.

i know dene said he'd lend a hand next race meeting, but i'd like to know myself too i guess. i'm trying to do more of the work myself, and handing my car over less to others

thanks

[Graham D]

Hey Graham,

First welcome to the forum ;D,

2ndly as far as the speedo goes theres probably not much to learn other than that all new speedos having timing advancing on them and for most of them you need to update the firmware on the speedo, theres nothing special about this and without spending £15 for something you will probably only use once, the only thing you can do is hand the car over for 5 mins get it updated are getting on with the racing ;D

I did the same, I passed my slowwwwww tekin to the Captain, 2 min update and boom I had rocket fuel onboard.

Just get someone to hook it up get the update done and the rest of the stuff is the stuff you really need to learn, ie setup etc.

Good Luck

[Big Paul]

Welcome also. Graham D is right about not spending£15.You could down load the software onto your laptop if you can be bothered to cart it about . Nearly all the Tekon/gm guys are always changeing there set up's.It's always nice to have options.

[Big Paul]

Here you are Graham
www.orcarc.com/en/download.asp
all you need now is the 2 to1 program box there's one one the bay £11 posted.

[neil]

welcome to the forum graham. Was a surprise seeing you back! All the old faces returning.

[Browny]

Wont be seeing his face for a while then Neil.....

[neil]

not for a while no.

[grahamo]

sorted out the slow motor with a quick tweek to the endbell, flys now, just got to get the setup tidy again now, handled so badly last friday

[Browny]

Just keep an eye on motor temps dude