Losi XXX-S
#7591
KEVIN K:
did the overall feel of the car change, like more inital steering, a tendency to oversteer... etc.
would this mod require additional tuning to the car?
did the overall feel of the car change, like more inital steering, a tendency to oversteer... etc.
would this mod require additional tuning to the car?
#7592
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Racer....when you run this mod you have to cut the droop screw holders off of your front bumper.....it move the inner hinge pin into it. Yeah the over all feel of the car changed but maninly on steering exit. Now I have only run this on foam tires if your running rubber tires Im not sure how this will work but give it a try and let me know.
#7593
Tech Apprentice
roll centers
Ok i'm a little confused??? which is the high and low? is it the short one the low roll center and tall ones the high roll center??
#7595
yep
tricklosi- the shorter roll centers are the low ones, the descriptions match the name alittle.
tricklosi- the shorter roll centers are the low ones, the descriptions match the name alittle.
#7596
Tech Apprentice
Cool thanks....i know it was a little stupid but there's no doubt now, thanks...
#7597
Tech Initiate
Ok when I drove the car with the 2r block in the front it gave the car more steering and it just felt better on corner exit. Now what this mod does is two things one is it narrows the front track a bunch and changes the drive shaft angle. Your wheel base is also slightly changed as well. I was told once by a very well respected person in RC that the drive shaft angle controls on power traction at that end of the car. Example....if the front CVDs are angled towards the back of the car they will have less on power traction and if they are angled towards the front they will have more on power or forward traction. I dont know I cant speak for why Losi did that but I would think it had something to do with making the car easy to drive for everybody or something like that.
If pins are parallel car seems more neutral. Other cars have no angle...
Thanks again,
EddiRossi.
#7598
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Eddi....I think that the biggest effect from going to the 2R block is the change in front width more then anything. But I have no way to prove any of this the only way would be to try a slightly shorter front arm with a 2F block in the front. And There is too many other factors that come into play when a car rolls like camber location, castor, rideheight and so on its hard to say that the Pin angle causes any abrupt changes......that would require a test team and I dont think that what I did or have done is something that the factory has not tried once before. I dont know if I answered your question or not.
Ok on some cars you dont see the pin angle per say but you do see the drive shaft angle and I think that is close to the same thing as pin angle. Pin angle might also have something to do with the way the suspension "packs" up or down in its movement?????
Ok on some cars you dont see the pin angle per say but you do see the drive shaft angle and I think that is close to the same thing as pin angle. Pin angle might also have something to do with the way the suspension "packs" up or down in its movement?????
#7599
Tech Initiate
Kevin K, yes of course you answered my question, thanks!
You are right when say too many things change when the car rolls...on my local track, a very fast one, were we race foam tyres on asphalt, in the last race I had my car very twitchy through the corners. To reduce car roll I brought the droop (not on the gauge, the effective droop I mean) down to something around zero: car was awesome!
Anyway I' ll keep on testing and playing with different tech solutions on the XXX-S G+ : it' s so enjoyful!
EddiRossi.
You are right when say too many things change when the car rolls...on my local track, a very fast one, were we race foam tyres on asphalt, in the last race I had my car very twitchy through the corners. To reduce car roll I brought the droop (not on the gauge, the effective droop I mean) down to something around zero: car was awesome!
Anyway I' ll keep on testing and playing with different tech solutions on the XXX-S G+ : it' s so enjoyful!
EddiRossi.
#7600
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Cool man post what you come up with in testing.
#7601
R/C Tech Elite Member
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Originally posted by jkerr0043
Why not just hang onto the Losi just in case? Need to recoop some $$$?
Why not just hang onto the Losi just in case? Need to recoop some $$$?
The Yok SD I'm going to be building will be one of a kind All I have to say is red and gold should look good together
#7602
Originally posted by Kevin K
Racer....when you run this mod you have to cut the droop screw holders off of your front bumper.....it move the inner hinge pin into it. Yeah the over all feel of the car changed but maninly on steering exit. Now I have only run this on foam tires if your running rubber tires Im not sure how this will work but give it a try and let me know.
Racer....when you run this mod you have to cut the droop screw holders off of your front bumper.....it move the inner hinge pin into it. Yeah the over all feel of the car changed but maninly on steering exit. Now I have only run this on foam tires if your running rubber tires Im not sure how this will work but give it a try and let me know.
Kevin, thanks, will try it out next week... have an upcoming big race and i dont want to upset my setup for the moment, but thanks for sharing this mod, i defintely would like more exit steering on the losi.
#7603
Originally posted by EddiRossi
To reduce car roll I brought the droop (not on the gauge, the effective droop I mean) down to something around zero: car was awesome!
EddiRossi.
To reduce car roll I brought the droop (not on the gauge, the effective droop I mean) down to something around zero: car was awesome!
EddiRossi.
what do you mean by effective droop?
#7604
Tech Champion
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Originally posted by Randman
Yea, just usin the cash to buy the new car, I didn't lose much on the Losi at all, so it's not all that bad.
The Yok SD I'm going to be building will be one of a kind All I have to say is red and gold should look good together
Yea, just usin the cash to buy the new car, I didn't lose much on the Losi at all, so it's not all that bad.
The Yok SD I'm going to be building will be one of a kind All I have to say is red and gold should look good together