Originally Posted by Martin Crisp

I don't have my car in front of me so this will be by memory, but here it goes

Tires: Solaris

Front:
Camber -2
Springs: 324
Shock oil: 70 assoc
Shock position on arm: middle
Shock position on shock tower: 3 from outside
roll center settings:
- arms : Medium low
- upper links: inside shims 2mm, no outside shims
Upper link was located in inner most hole on camber plate
toe out: 0.5 deg
droop: 1.5mm (measured by the difference between the car at rest and when the car is lifted up to the point when the tires are just about to come off the setup board.)
ackerman:
- front hole in steering knuckle
- all the way forward on center steering assembly.
Spacers on hing pins : 2mm forward
Track width spacers: 0.5mm all the way around



Back:
Camber -2
Springs: 306
Shock oil: 55 assoc
Shock position on arm: middle
Shock position on shock tower: 1 from inside
roll center settings:
- arms : Medium high
- upper links: inside shims 3mm, 2mm outside shims
Upper link was located in inner most hole on camber plate
Track width spacers: 2mm on front, 3.5 on rear
toe in: 1.875 deg ((3.5 - 2)/0,8)
droop: 2.5 mm (measured by the difference between the car at rest and when the car is lifted up to the point when the tires are just about to come off the setup board.)
Spacers on hing pins : 2mm backward

The I did not try this setup until the last round of the triple A main, and it finally gave me a good amount of steering, but the car rolled too much, and I lost time in transitions. The steering was mainly achieved by going from 2mm to 3mm of spacers on the rear inside upper link, but with the droop settings so high, the car rolled too much and wanted to keep turning the corner on exit. If I had one more run, I would have gone to between 0.5mm and 1mm front droop and 1.5 mm rear droop.

Also I don't like the fact that I reduced the rear toe so much to get the steering, as this hurt my ability to get on the power in mod on exit of the corner, and also contributed to the car wanting to keep turning as it finished the corner, so I still need to figure out a combination that allows me to run at least 2.5 if not 3 degrees of rear toe. More time and I will figure it out

Originally Posted by Martin Crisp

Well, it was a great learning experience for my new ride. I love the adjustability of the photon! I think I needed just a little more time to get the steering I wanted, but it was getting close in my very last run of the mod and 17.5 expert a mains. I think I had too much droop as the car was too lazy in transitions in a couple of critical corners, but the balance was good.

Yeah I really was hoping there would have been a 13.5 class as the 17.5 is a little slow for my liking, but I figured I needed as much experience with the car as possible.

Originally Posted by RC MARKET

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LIGHT WT. GEAR DIFF. MAINTANANCE KIT (PRO STOCK ED.)

Originally Posted by DriftDreamer06

anybody stock this in the US?

Originally Posted by Fastfreddy74

Hi Martin, i wrote down your settings in a setup sheet, let me know if it's all right.
(btw, i didn't know if you were using sway bars or not, so i left the stock ones)

Cheers!

Originally Posted by hana166

Hi I'm really interested in how the top drivers work out the oil weights to use

Is there some generally accepted wisdom on selecting oil weight for a particular track layout or track surface

Or is it a matter of getting the weight transfer ideal for your approach to driving the circuit (driving style)

Originally Posted by yokemad

Hi guys
What cvds u usually use with spool?
Can I use 44mm steel tamiya cvds...
And is there any parts you advice to carry with me all the time such as rear uprights etc...
Thanx in advance

Originally Posted by cpatel529

Couple questions:

1. What length universal bones are people running on the front and rear of their Photon? I noticed that A-Main Hobbies sells a 43 mm and a 44.5 mm length aluminum version. Apparently there is also a 46mm version as well (is this the steel one).

I generally run 2mm of track washers on each side for the front and the standard wheel hexes.

I am looking to purchase the LiteModz CVS and not sure if I should order the Photon Front or Photon Rear for the front of the Photon. The LiteModz Photon Fronts are 46mm and the LiteModz Photon Rears are 44mm.

http://www.litemodz.com

2. When running boosted 17.5 is it recommended to run the aluminum, steel or composite spool outdrives?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Chi

Originally Posted by locked

This is Toronto's "FastCats Depot" summer club racing in the Home Depot parking lot.

+ YouTube Video

This is just a fun practice race of us slower guys. John on the mic always makes it fun.
There's also RROL out in London Ontario and Durham Radio Control Racing Club.

I don't know of any indoor tracks nearby, but would very much like to.