I ran my car last night at the indoor carpet track (Fastcats.ca) and was very pleased with the handling and lap times. The scheduled club race was changed to practise only due to the owner and track announcer being ill. This was much preferred to me as it gave me a chance to get a bunch of runs in and get used to the car and find the elusive setup.
I was able to tune my car and reduce lap times throughout most of the night. I was turning laps in the low 16 second range when I first got there and was in the low 15's before I went home with an odd lap at 15.0 or 14.9. Laptimes are announced on a speaker as cars cross the line and I only heard of one other car hitting the 14.9 laps and he is considered one of the fastest at the track. Needless to say I was pleased.
I just need another week or two to get consisten and shake off more rust after a long hiatus from 2wd offroad. (11 years)
Here is the setup I finished with
Front
35 wt, #2 piston, no limiters, silver spring
inside on tower, inside on arm
1-A camber link w/ 1 washer
-1.5 camber
no toe in/out
25 degree blocks
spindles down
3 bump steer washers on spindles
ride height slighly lower than level
Rear
30 wt, #2 piston, no limiters, grey springs
inside on tower, outside on arm
1-B camber w/ 0 washers
-1 camber
2 degree antisquat
dogbones level or slightly lower
Tires
Schumacher stagger rib yellow
Schumacher minipin yellow (inside and outside spikes removed)
Tekin RS w/10.5
geared 25/75
Reedy 5000mah 35C to the front
JR Sport 126MG servo
Spektrum Micro receiver and Transponder mounted on right side.
1/4 oz in each rear triangle
1/4 oz in each front triangle
1/4 oz next to battery compartment just behind front triangles
I adjusted the throttle profile on the RS so it was smoother and I also increased the drag brake to the 3rd light. I hope to have my Tekin Hotwire for my next night so I can change from Dual Mode to sensored only mode.
I will submit another update next week.
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