Did Worksop yesterday. Car finished the day looking the same as it started which was a bonus. Drove like someone who'd never seen an RC car before let alone driven one (taking a wheel off my RC10 3 seconds after the start of the very first round must be a record and knocked my confidence a lot). This version of my Durga (there are about 12 parts off the original car) had never turned a wheel before the first 4WD qualifier so every lap on the main straight was at granny speed while I tweaked the steering trim and then it was a case of babying it round in case the diff started slipping.
Changed the motor twice (from 5.5 to 7.5 then to a 6.5L) and lost count of the number of pinion changes. On the plus side, finally having the guts to totally ignore the LRP gearing recommendations paid off as I ended up with a motor I could touch at the end of each heat instead of something that could set off a fire alarm
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Needed to tighten up both diffs and swapped springs but finished my final one place up from where I started and my laps got better each time albeit I was still slooooowww (first lap 37.5 secs down to a best of 31).
I ran the centre one way and I think it transformed the car, made it feel a bit more chuckable - now I just need to find out what I should do with it
after I've lobbed it into the corner as I only got it right a few times
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Respect to Ian Clamp (hope I got that right) who ran his Durga in the 2wd class minus its front driveshafts as the 4wd class was full up, and he still beat me (anyone wanna buy a B4?).
I ran the rear shocks with 2 thin black o-rings and 2 red ones so I could revert back to CVD's but I think that was a bit (OK a lot) too much so I'll take them all out and go back to the dog bones for the next round. Also, the centre belt rollers are causing me "issues" so they are coming out too.
Nice to see some other Durgas out for a change, Ian Robertson's was going very well (shame you went home, you missed a raffle prize fella).
29-09-2008
Tamiya
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