which tc has least drive tran resistance
08-14-2012, 10:04 AM
#1
which tc has least drive tran resistance
As I ask in title . Looking for the.tc with least resistance . My photon has perfect bearings all thru I even checked just the belts no cvds and it feels like its gummy belts loose or not . I have no question if my car has a issue I know it don't (I have had and been around 15 photons and they all have resistance very similar to mine . My new at the time cray t2-009 was 4x more free than these cars just wasn't as easy to set up.
Unbiased opinions please . I feel its in the photon belt to pullie mesh and yes I've had the low friction also with little change.
Unbiased opinions please . I feel its in the photon belt to pullie mesh and yes I've had the low friction also with little change.
08-14-2012, 05:45 PM
#6
actually spiining for 2 seconds wheels of ground is normal for belt cars. why dont you do a push test on the ground, fully loaded and see how far it goes. Also set the belts loose becuase the photon has big pulleys. my old kawada SV-10 has 16-36 pulleys and its still one of the smoothest belt drives around.
08-14-2012, 07:08 PM
#11
Least resistance at low speed or high speed?
08-14-2012, 07:10 PM
#12
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I had a Yokomo SD-CGM car that was insane. Had everyones mouth drop at Snowbirds with it. Next inline I had a TC3 that had about a minute of free spin. For belt cars it was a Losi JRXS type-r or Corally Phi. Think it had to do with big pulleys in the car.
08-14-2012, 07:26 PM
#13
Its like this the photon has 20/40t pullies but I think the profile of the teeth kill it overall .
Running 25.5 vta is touchy it seems . This car was a monster when we was racing 21.5 I placed in the a main at several large events and won a few as well . But now that the 25.5 open gear is it I seem to be way down on HP to the ground compared to
lol I get pulled on a 100' strait by 6-9' and out accelerated by 2-4' every corner it has no punch . Even allowed the great one to drive it and he, even tho able to better my lap times by .1, still couldn't touch his (his was a full second faster every lap ....) set up is not the issue . He runs a AE6.1 and 2 others run X-ray 2011s and they have same rip top speed . I've tried a wide range of gears different esc profiles different battery's no change ....
My car on stand withOUT tires or motor will not free spin at all but is smooth as glass with astroglide on it lol all bearings r fresh belts r loose as possible cvds r lubed lightly
Remove a belt and it will spin 5-10 sec after u role spool/diff same with spur but put new/old belts on and it goes dead still.
Running 25.5 vta is touchy it seems . This car was a monster when we was racing 21.5 I placed in the a main at several large events and won a few as well . But now that the 25.5 open gear is it I seem to be way down on HP to the ground compared to
lol I get pulled on a 100' strait by 6-9' and out accelerated by 2-4' every corner it has no punch . Even allowed the great one to drive it and he, even tho able to better my lap times by .1, still couldn't touch his (his was a full second faster every lap ....) set up is not the issue . He runs a AE6.1 and 2 others run X-ray 2011s and they have same rip top speed . I've tried a wide range of gears different esc profiles different battery's no change .... My car on stand withOUT tires or motor will not free spin at all but is smooth as glass with astroglide on it lol all bearings r fresh belts r loose as possible cvds r lubed lightly
Remove a belt and it will spin 5-10 sec after u role spool/diff same with spur but put new/old belts on and it goes dead still.
08-14-2012, 09:21 PM
#15
Its like this the photon has 20/40t pullies but I think the profile of the teeth kill it overall .
Running 25.5 vta is touchy it seems . This car was a monster when we was racing 21.5 I placed in the a main at several large events and won a few as well . But now that the 25.5 open gear is it I seem to be way down on HP to the ground compared to lol I get pulled on a 100' strait by 6-9' and out accelerated by 2-4' every corner it has no punch . Even allowed the great one to drive it and he, even tho able to better my lap times by .1, still couldn't touch his (his was a full second faster every lap ....) set up is not the issue . He runs a AE6.1 and 2 others run X-ray 2011s and they have same rip top speed . I've tried a wide range of gears different esc profiles different battery's no change ....
My car on stand withOUT tires or motor will not free spin at all but is smooth as glass with astroglide on it lol all bearings r fresh belts r loose as possible cvds r lubed lightly
Remove a belt and it will spin 5-10 sec after u role spool/diff same with spur but put new/old belts on and it goes dead still.
Running 25.5 vta is touchy it seems . This car was a monster when we was racing 21.5 I placed in the a main at several large events and won a few as well . But now that the 25.5 open gear is it I seem to be way down on HP to the ground compared to
lol I get pulled on a 100' strait by 6-9' and out accelerated by 2-4' every corner it has no punch . Even allowed the great one to drive it and he, even tho able to better my lap times by .1, still couldn't touch his (his was a full second faster every lap ....) set up is not the issue . He runs a AE6.1 and 2 others run X-ray 2011s and they have same rip top speed . I've tried a wide range of gears different esc profiles different battery's no change .... My car on stand withOUT tires or motor will not free spin at all but is smooth as glass with astroglide on it lol all bearings r fresh belts r loose as possible cvds r lubed lightly
Remove a belt and it will spin 5-10 sec after u role spool/diff same with spur but put new/old belts on and it goes dead still.
For my TC6's...I take all the bearings and remove the outside shields and clean them with brake cleaner. Then I take Mr Wrench (white grease) and soak them overnight. Then I put them back in with the open in towards each other.
Another thing I do is clean my pulleys as well as soak my belts in Ragu.
I sand the inside of the hubs that the bearings sit as well and light pack them with white grease(AE).
also I keep my car rolling all the time its on the track