This past Friday I was able to make it out to the electric race club. It was only the second “Race Day” that i have been there so I was very excited about the night.
Knowing that most of the guys are regulars and have lots of wheel time I was expecting to just be happy to get around the track. And that is exactly what happened.
I raced the qualifiers and was busy making lots of changes to my vehicle. Really.. Just trying to figure what adjustment effects the way a car handles. At first my vehicle was extremly loose in the back end. So I added a bunch of weight on the rear. This helped keep the car planted. Unfortunately.. I lost half the weights during the run and then it made turning one direction much easier then the other.
Another adjustment that I did was lower the ride height. I’m now running 5mm in the front and 5.5mm in the back. The droop was also adjusted to 2.5mm. All these changes where done at once with the help of another guy at the track using his Hudy Setup station.
After making these adjustments the car felt much more planted (without the weights). However it handled quite a bit different which I was not used to. On the night I ended up placing second last. However I had fun and was not really expecting much.
The biggest change I made thought was on my 4pk. I was running my servo speed at 80% and could not make the tight turns. So I raised the speed to 90% (of a .16 200oz servo) and the car turned much butter.. Unfortunately this means I really have to watch how I move the driving wheel, as it will respond 10% quicker then with the other setting. My goal is to be able to drive it at 100%, but I’ll just take it in little steps.
Here the race results
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One other thing that happened, as I was running a qualifier the guy on the mic described my car and said it was a wicked paint job!