FM-1e at Extreme Park racetrack

So... I managed to almost run the FM1-e, at a local electric R/C car racetrack today! What did it feel like?! It was strange. After racing a 4wd buggy all day long, I was too strongly influenced on the hard way of driving the buggy, especially since I was using the very same transmitter a stick-type Futaba FF3. The bike was really easy to run straight, but it definitely needs lots of practice so that one can get used to it and run it smoothly. Mind you, even running a 10-year old Tamiya 1700SCR battery and a Trinity S-Spec stock motor, it was REALLY fast, very quiet and it would brake consistently -locking its rear wheel and leaving BLACK lines on the tarmac. What amazed me with the GPR tires is that the bike would stand on its own, needing no helping hand, after it had crashed! And boy... I crashed about 50 times -again, who's counting? - in a 5 minute session. That was the duration of the Tamiya battery.

Turning the bike from side to side meant one has to be VERY smooth, and I realized that I ran the ATV at almost no servo movement, so that the transition would be as smooth as possible. Maybe I should have experimented a little with the EXP button. Maybe next time.

Speed was really good, and was easily comparable with the 1/10 touring cars which were running hot motors and batteries, while the FM-1e was on standard gearing.

Final impressions? I need to practise a lot! The bike would be easier to handle, I believe, in a 1/5th track, which is way wider and even its hairpins are a lot wider. On this tight track, it proved to be a handful. However, with practice, I believe I could manage to slowly complete a complete lap without having the bike FALL or CRASH after every 20 meters of running! Anyway, I enjoyed it and so did all the spectators, who gave me a good laugh, whenever I crashed... which means I had them laughing consistently for the whole 5 minutes of my being the hero of the track!
Not bad, huh?!


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