137LikesTeam Associated RC10 B5m Mid-Motor & Rear Motor Thread
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01-01-2014, 08:04 AM
#481
i assume the diff is bigger?
i use gear diff cause of ease of mantanence and i race outdoors.
or do you think they will be making another diff with the rtr.
i use gear diff cause of ease of mantanence and i race outdoors.
or do you think they will be making another diff with the rtr.
01-01-2014, 08:26 AM
#482
Maybe...it does hit the turs a little Bette, IMO. The MM cars are limited to high bite, astro turf, and carpet. Indoor tracks are not very popular in my area. RM motor will be here to stay and continue to be the most popular, IMO. Look at the post and view count for each.
01-01-2014, 08:29 AM
#483
Mid motor is here to stay. It definitely works better when traction is really good but its pretty incredible how fast a mid motor car can turn period. There are 2 reasons why people try mid motor, don't like it, and then switch back right away. Set up and driving style. You have to be patient. Set up is a little harder. Once your car is set up properly you have adapt your driving style accordingly and for some that's harder than setting up the car. All you need to do is drive a real mid-motored car....you'll feel it right away.
01-01-2014, 08:39 AM
#484
PDF of all lap times.
Ragarding the A-main, First, Second, Fifth, and Sixth were all running mid-motor. On a med-low traction, tight indoor course.
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01-01-2014, 08:40 AM
#485
Also, I really think AE is getting it right. I preordered a RM B5 and it was cheap! I'm a total Kyosho fanboy and in terms of RC I can afford whatever I want and I'm here to tell you I'm tired of paying nearly $500 a roller. F that. Kyosho stuff is better quality, no doubt but after Tower coupon the B5 was a hair over $200! I could by 2, paint, and tires and I'd still be spending less than on a K-Car roller! Last, the B4.2 is still competitive. The B5 should be better.
01-01-2014, 08:43 AM
#486
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You can get away with the mid-motor on less than ideal track conditions it just takes some tuning on the car and also tunning of the brain. A lot of people keep saying mm is only good for this or that and the pros are only going to run this to promote it. Their wrong. Pros run to win.And as we've seen even if that means not having a production made car.
But what most people are not realizing is you need to drive most mm cars different than you do a RM. I know a lot of people have driven RM for many many years and it is like learning to drive all over again for me when I went mm but has been a fun and really rewarding process learning something new.The new and having to learn a new way is tough for a lot of people and makes them have a bad taste. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks but can be rewarding.
If you go mm be patient learn the car and driving style.running 3 packs or even one week with a new kind of car isn't necessarily going to be long enough. Some pick it up quick some others like me it takes alittle longer.
But what most people are not realizing is you need to drive most mm cars different than you do a RM. I know a lot of people have driven RM for many many years and it is like learning to drive all over again for me when I went mm but has been a fun and really rewarding process learning something new.The new and having to learn a new way is tough for a lot of people and makes them have a bad taste. It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks but can be rewarding.
If you go mm be patient learn the car and driving style.running 3 packs or even one week with a new kind of car isn't necessarily going to be long enough. Some pick it up quick some others like me it takes alittle longer.
01-01-2014, 09:00 AM
#487
looks like a tight fit for rx and esc
01-01-2014, 11:02 AM
#488
01-01-2014, 11:07 AM
#489
TLR just went through this with the 22. I recall there being lots of problems and many went to the 12 ball gear. Hard to tell how much the extra 2 diff balls contributed. I am of the opinion that the majority of their problems were caused by the choice to save $$ and spec cheap chrome-steel balls (I also think they believed 14 balls would let them get away with this) and a flood of newer racers coming from SCT racing without several years of experience with ball diff's.
01-01-2014, 11:16 AM
#490
The ball diff in the DEX210 uses 3mm balls, and uses 14 of them. It's the single best diff I have ever run (too bad about the rest of the car), and it's "tuning window" didn't feel any different. Actually.. i think it might of been slightly more forgiving. Im excited to hear that AE went with a 14 ball diff. I assume it will be 2.4mm ?
01-01-2014, 11:26 AM
#491
For example, here is a race at my local track recently... All mid-motor cars you will see. But we have probably 10x the traction. If you put the surface from your track, with our layout... mid motor cars wouldnt' be able to make it around the track. RM would dominate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJc9qbQg73A
01-01-2014, 11:31 AM
#492
cant you put something on the track to break it in?
01-01-2014, 11:39 AM
#493
A lot of 22 people are buying the XXX diff gear so they can run only 12 balls. Doesn't mean 14 won't be good-erer on the B5 but the TLR diffs definately have some problems.
01-01-2014, 11:49 AM
#495
Well, I would guess the AE team will be running the b5...I dunno if they have production run RM or MM cars though. But it would be a good race to show off the new car. Hopefully, cav and maifield get some solid wheel time before the reedy if they have b5's