Shake down test:
So off we went to Maritime for a shake down test prior to the off road wars weekend.
I left my normal 410 indoor set up on the car and built this onto the DARC chassis,this is the set up I ran ( minus any additional weights)
http://www.petitrc.com/setup/durango...ime2012022526/
The eagle eyed will have spotted I'm running big bore springs on small bore shocks, these are adapted using Core rc adaptors and Durango BB shock bottoms.
The springs are std Durango Dark Blue fronts and Light Blue rears, just put in paint stripper for a different look.
When the DARC 410 hit the track for the first time the first impressions were WOW! For a first run the car went really well, the main things I noticed were:
Improved drive out the corners (extended wheel base has helped this alot)
Superb Balance in the air
Great corner speed
Massive amounts of steering
Smooth predictable handling on all surfaces of the track (carpet, wood,astro)
As mentioned above the car had alot of steering, to chill this out I moved the inner ball stud backwards on the steering rack and dropped the front camber link at the hub (had 1mm under ball stud)
Second run and it was spot on now, the changes made above made the car alot more chilled out for my aggresive style and the laps times improved no end.
For the 3rd run I thought I would add the rear skid plate weight as Jorn and Ellis seem to run this indoors, I prefered the feel of the car with this fitted as it seemed to rotate better on the slippy sections of the track.
Mr DARC with Proto 1 runs no weight in his car but this is just down to personal taste really.
The good thing about the DARC is you can still fit and use the Durango weights on the car to tune to your style so no need so spend out on more parts for the conversion.
So overall a very good first race meeting under its belt with no major problems, then it was onto Off road wars!