Besercoe

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How about some piccies with electronics installed?

TRF4evr

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U can only imagine with a chassis at 82mm most of ur gear will be hanging out......I thought 88mm was narrow enough......u want one a big fella I know u

Besercoe

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Neighbour, go back to your pink bits, nothing to see here for you

So, any updates, pics, testimonials etc
Was speaking to a rc aquantance in Asia doing a magazine review for it, had some pretty favourable comments.

Besercoe

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Some options being released already

http://www.redrc.net/2012/06/arc-r10...-flex-chassis/

I would expect split toe blocks and DCJ Universals to come shortly

cyanyde

Have the car with me already.

First thing I noticed is the motor sticks out from the centre line more than my tc6.1 by a good 4mm... That's quite old skool if you ask me.

And the servo mount bracket design makes no sense. Its so low and will definitely scrape the screw on high roll turns.

Its ultra narrow chassis oddly enough does not really flex much. However, what I am extremely impressed with is its precise parts fitment. Everything feels very tight yet free...

Don't know to try this kit or sell it unused as I am not too impressed with its design.

ioxqq

No worry about the servo mount screw. It will not touch the ground to cause any issue when concerning. I thought the same when building this car.

For the flex, i think this car is designed for modified motor. They have just released the flex chassis aiming for stock racers.

I measured the weight of this car in four corners. Very precious in the weight distribution It is prefect front and rear 50/50. Very small different on L and R. I think we all use different electronics.

Yes, I agree the build quality is very good this car. No exceed play and still smooth, no shim needed. Plastic is high grade. I have no one part that needs replace or broken so far. I have T3 2012, 411, BD5 and TC 6.1. The worst build quality is TC6.1 then 411 then BD5 and the best is T3. This car has T3 build quality level. And their gear diff is so smooth and light weight so far no gear strapping I run 4.5T for over 100packs batteries.

For the performance of what I own:

T3 is the slowest. T3 if you want to make this car turn faster the rear end is not staple. Check it on the TITC 2012 video, Meen's car spinning many times even he used special design chassis. Really something wrong on this car on the design.
After the T3 2012 experience, I changed to 411
411 is runs faster then T3 while able to keep the rear end tight but 411 front is too wide and making the steering reacting is too slow.
then I changed to BD5
BD5 is very good in performance, car is willing to turn and turns fast while keeping the rear staple. This is one best car. Only the down side is the parts are expensive.
then brought tc6.1 for fun ( i didn't expect this car can be as good as bd5)
I was surprised TC 6.1 is at that good performance. Car turns fast and following your steering input. When you overshoot turns then u turning more on the steering wheel. The car just spin/slide a little to back to the right direction while all in controllable.The best performance/money can buy but the down side is the build quality is bad. So much play here and there.. Parts not strong enough. It looks strong only not strong as others. Also, I hate the camber link hooking on the shock tower.
then i got R10
While building this car, already notice this has T3 level of build quality. In performance, car runs as good as bd5 and has a little more turn in then bd5 while rear end is keeping staple. The down side is the body holder shims are easy to lose so I change to Xray for this part.


cyanyde, Run it and tell us what you think.

cyanyde

Ok. Thanks for your input. Will give this car a shot at next weeks race.

ioxqq

This is what I mean on the T3. "T3 if you want to make this car turn faster the rear end is not staple" T2 and T3 12 are having the same issue (I switched from T2). People may not see it happens on low traction but in good traction surface this happens unless your car is push.

check it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9aT8ELN0Lc
at 23 sec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaAOJJ6E6k4
at 52 sec

After starting driving 411 and later cars, I no longer face this kind of thing. So, I'm pretty sure this is T3 design issue.

cyanyde

Here you go..

Edit: Dunno why some pics are upside down... Its upright on my PC.

cyanyde

More pics..

cyanyde

Thanks for the links. Btw, how is the wear on the front drive cups? I wonder why its designed without using the C Caps up front with spool.

Besercoe

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How odd to see that much of the battery and servo hanging over the chassis

Per the servo mount, extremely odd that there isnt a countersunk screw there, would make much more sense, and give an extra 2mm of roll clearance.

What motor is that, never seen it before?

And dont worry about no blades in the spool, many cars run spools with no blades, Tamiya, Yokom and HB all run no blades. They tend to break in a crash then bind up the suspension. Proper hardened cups will last you many race meetings without replacement. I remember i raced a Schumacher at one point, you only had to ride a curb and you would split the blade.

Geberit

Don't think this is a car issue. I't seems to me this is a rear left tire partly unglued or not properly glued?

I saw many T3's live but never happened something like this (ETS, Euros, different Nationals ...) also my friend's run this car, show them the videos and they never experienced something like this!

cyanyde

Same thoughts here on the servo mount. Will drill to fit a countersunk screw.

I hope the cups will hold.

The motor is a Turnigy 13.5T. Not too popular among racers but I like their stuff.

ioxqq

I like to use without the C-blade. Using the plastic blade you always need to change it. If you missed to change and created a dent on the alu cup then you must change to new cup. Or you had a crash and broken the blade, say good bye to the alu cup too.

The R10 steel cup has 4 slots that means the life of it last x 2. I ran over 100 packs batteries with 4.5 and still not need to replace the new cup yet. So, what do you prefer. C-blade or no blade.