FWD/FF Buggy

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Update time!

I drove the car on saturday... Wow! The car seemed ok: Better damping/spring setup, quicker with the more powerful motor - eventually anyway The car had loads and loads of wheelspin. Also, it seemed to understeer the same or more as the first test - back then I didn't get the chance to push it, so that might contribute to that.

I got a set of 4WD front Proline Caliber tires (with a cut profile) mounted on rear wheels from one of the fellow drivers and I put it on the front end. The understeer was reduced considerably and the car seemed like it had a better aid to put the power down, too. It could be down to the narrower tires. Also, the tires seemed to balloon less. My theory: this may help in the corners, where the inside tire tends to balloon a lot, pushing the car into sort of a roll and losing a lot of drive on the outside wheel.

Another big thing I found out... It's durable enough to jump, and it was very manageable to jump it. In fact, I think this car flew easier and was easier to adjust in the air than my TRF201 was with that (sensorless) motor fitted! I was expecting a tendency to do nose-dives, but it seems the car is pretty stable in flight and can even be flown with the front end as the highest point of the car

I wanted to film and photograph the car, so I asked a good driver to try it out. He showed it was easy to adjust the roll in flight as well - for him anyway, I don't trust myself with trying that sort of stuff

During the testing day I spoke with a lot of drivers about the car and got some great advice. In combination with the test day I got a good list of revisions for this car alone:

1. Do away with the 'swept' driveshafts.
2. Reduce the kickup as far as possible.
3. Revise the front shock system (rocker arms, rocker arm position, deflection/movement of the rocker arm, front shocks perhaps)
4. Add more droop to the front suspension.

Here are some pictures of the car, in and after action:




















It's just one of the 150+ pictures - and I also have 3 videos. So... you can expect a compilation of that soon! While I'm working on that, enjoy the pictures!

Edit: Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2QPP6eNQKo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKl5jOdzxQ&