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Originally Posted by Steve.T
How did it go at the weekend?
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It went OK.
The worst thing is that the car is a bit noisy! Don't like a noisy car. Looks like it's the front gearbox mesh being is a little tight. All metal diff ring and diff pinion, so getting it really quiet might be a struggle.
The car handled OK. Being in saddle configuration makes it a bit on the heavy side for driving indoors on a slippy floor. I might re-configure it to shorty layout for the next round.
In round 4 of the qualifying I got into a barrel roll after the big double jump and thumped a brick wall at terrifying speed. Broke the lugs off the top of the gearbox that hold the shock tower and snapped the front top deck. OUCH!
I bodged a repair for the finals which held up OK, but the car was a bit weird.
Overall though, quite happy. Different driving technique for the middle diff which involves staying on the power as much as possible at all times. ie into a corner as neat and calm as you can, then start giving it power as soon as possible to keep it pulling out the corner. definitely feels different to the slipper. Still not sure it's actually any better though....
There's a good forum on RC Tech on this car:
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...oad-buggy.html
And some further pictures of may car have made it onto PetitRC:
http://www.petitrc.com/setup/prracin...1/SB401_Jimmy/
Thanks to those of you who are interested in the car!
Jimmy