Almost Enough Speed…
Did all my mini fiddling work? Yes, almost!
I raced tonight, and instead of being 3 or 4 laps down off the pace, I was only a lap down. I made the A, by the skin of my teeth, hurrah.
A little room for improvement though… I managed to trash the motor I was using whilst cleaning it, not sure what I did, so I was on motor 2, which wasn’t quite as quick in testing. So I’ll revisit the motors again and do some running in etc.
And, the track was very tricky, lots of chicanes etc, and I think my slow servo isn’t cutting it… I might have to try the fast Futaba one out of the touring car to see what difference it makes, if it’s noticeable I might have to get a quick servo for the mini.
Tyres, in the final I was struggling with understeer, fronts were Express, and bald, and rear M grips. I’ve got some new Express but not on rims, so I’ll mount them up and try them on the front, with a veriety of rears to see what’s working.
Springs, I’m running it pretty hard, I think I need to soften it up a bit to let it roll a bit, and hence grip a bit more. A couple of times I was getting the diff spinning up in a tight corner.
All in all, good stuff, and a little more room for improvement, I’d be frustrated if there was nothing left to try!
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