- Awesomatix A700 - Steve Fowler - RC Niagara Indoor - 08.01.2012 -


Weekend 2 of testing!

Saturday I was back at Lou's Speedway (very high traction), I was trying some changes with springs and dampening to get a better idea how the car reacts to the changes. I went to 1000cst in the rear gear diff, which helped with a bit more on power steering. Next time I want to try moving the battery to R1 or F1 to have a bit more weight forward (the rear end was dragging to much even with only 1.5* of rear toe).

I managed to get TQ with a run that was 0.5 off of my best run on the layout, but my setup last week was a lot easier to drive. In the final, I had some tough luck, my spur nut had loosened off (maybe I didn't tighten it enough initially, but it's thread locked now to be sure it won't happen again).

On Sunday, I had a chance to try this car on a lower traction track. I ran the car with no timing for both classes, boosted and blinky 17.5 rubber touring car (it's kind of a square track, so you don't loose much time on the smaller straight, it's a very technical layout). I decided to start with Ivan's ATS setup, which worked very well in the morning, but had to stiffen up the suspension later in the day once traction came up a bit. I was very happy with this setup: it's has a lot of off power rotation, on power steering, mid corner stability, and was very agile through the chicanes. It was very easy to put where I wanted. (setup attached)

I managed to get Tq and win both mains. In my non boosted main, there was a lot of contact with lapped traffic (to the point that my shoe gooed servo loosened, and my fan got knocked off and dragged), but had no issues with breaking any parts.

Next week I'll be trying some reactive castor, a smaller wheelbase, and and some different battery positions. I'm also going to start off at Lou's with my setup from RC Niagara. I plan on making an order soon to get a second gear diff as well as the IAS.

The more I drive/work on this car, the more I enjoy it!

Steve

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