Getting Some Building Practice
January 7th, 2009 Posted in DB-01, Damage, Durga, TT-01, Templestowe
Its been a while since the last post, but that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been lots of practice. All the cars have been out, and all in all its been a blast. But as with all stories, there’s always a down side, and mine is the cars have copped some damage. Probably the worst has been the durga, and its all been to do with the speed.
One summer day (hasn’t been many) I took the durga out with Michaela’s brother Dave and we had a bit of drive around the local netball courts. Looking at them, I think there is 4 courts, so thats a very large flat area with 8 poles dispersed around the place. So the TT-01 and the Durga went out (we were to have his nitro going as well, but unfortunately that wasn’t to be), and as Dave hadn’t seen the durga in action yet, it was a good way to start going in straight lines to show some of its new found speed. Take it easy i thought, don’t want to damage it, and I’d say i did quiet well for a while. Not really sure what happened next, but i was going in a straight line, then it turned, or bounced or something, and then it was going sideways and hit a netball pole. There was silence. The result is below. Tough little car, but thats the last time it goes to the netball court. Day continued with me driving the M03, and unfortunately the same pole also claimed a suspension arm off the tt-01. Oh well, it was good fun.
Other then that, I had a bit of a practice at Templestowe (TFTR) track again, and that was nice. It was weird driving a track again, as for the last few weeks i have been driving very open areas. Suddenly it was tighter, but you have a purpose, not just spinning the car around and driving as fast as you can in a straight line. I was hitting the curbs a fair bit, but after a while i think i was back in the “groove”. It was good fun and I have to say the track is looking fantastic after they finished it, people should definately go and have a look.
Here’s some pictures of the durga and tt-01 after the netball session:
