How do I slow my son's car down?

[peetbee]

Hi, I need some advice on how to slow my son's RC18T down. It's got the kit motor and esc with an old Acoms stick transmitter.
At the moment it's still way too fast and I want to slow it down, does anyone have any ideas how I could do this?

[sosidge]

Two thoughts...

1. Build a custom 4-cell pack (2/3rds the power of the standard 6), all the electronics should still work as usual.
2. Since you are using a stick transmitter, one trick I have seen before is to put a small self-tapping screw in front of the throttle stick, and adjust it as a travel limiter. Although I know someone else that did something similar for their grandson, and their grandson soon realised that pushing the trim forward made the car faster again!

[peetbee]

Thanks Tigs, give yourself a shinysorry!
I'll try the adjustable screw idea first I think, cheers.

[sosidge]

Originally Posted by peetbee

Thanks Tigs, give yourself a shinysorry!

No need to apologise - obviously we both spend far too much time watching kids TV!

[peetbee]

Far too much, sometimes I think CBeebies is the only channel we can receive!

[Edd]

not to be too nosy but how old is your son, and is he particularly smart just in case he does figure out whats stopping him from going so fast. maybe you could teach him not to drive too fast?