kb525

Yea id suggest loosen up the diff first. Then work on making the front suspension stiffer.

Rick Vessell

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Don't narrow the front track, this will only increase steering. Don't loosen the diff too much either as this will increase rotation in the corner also.
Try:
stiffer front springs
heavier lube on the kingpins
shorter rear shock to reduce rear droop (less off power steering)
lighter shock oil
higher front ride height
sauce full rear tire and only half or less of front
move your tie rods to the inner holes on the servo saver, this will smooth out the ackerman also

F N CUDA

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All of the above help settle down my car when tires are no help anymore.
We've even been widening the front track width with shims to smooth it out as well as the 3.5 offset front spindles.
When all else fails, a tiny bead of super glue around outside edge of tire tread/contact patch.
I've been to the point where a medium front compound is too much steering and a bit firmer is useless so I've had good luck with the CA glue.
As said above, the higher front ride height (motorboat), light shock oil and super free rear articulation, short top deck and FRP chassis for excessive flex etc. all help on the crappy surfaces.

k_bojar

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got that ordered...

i'm guessing guys are using airplane monokote for the wings? and i guess there's a green close ot the tamiya color?

i hate all the newbie questions, but last one i did was ferarri red and i painted the wings white - which, conviently enough, flaked off from collisions and i'd like this one to actually look (AND STAY) nice

6376vette

I've used the super glue trick before and it does work to get you through a crappy race night but it is just a band aid. There is a permanent fix to the handling problems. Keep searching for it and it will eventually show itself. I had a bad traction roll problem. Turned out to be too low of a front roll center not enough camber too stiff of a rear end and too much traction compound up front. Keep looking. There is an answer

6376vette

You said you tried all of the recommended tires but which tires were these? Is there another 109 at your track that is hooked up?

All of the f1 chassis seem to like different tires. The tires from a 104 103 109 and fgx will all be different to get that car hooked up.

kneedeeppow

585??? dang that sounds like a whole bunch of fun

ShadowAu

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Ok so narrowing the front is a bad idea... copy that...

I am not sure how much stiffer I can get the front - I already have Associated .024 springs in the front and Tamiya Anti-Wear on the kingpins.

I've not tried traction sauce yet as I've never really liked using it so I need to buy some to try it.

I should've said "tried most" as I realised today there is a Shimizu combo I haven't got my hands on yet.

I've first tried the kit foams and a couple of variations that were reported to work for people, but because rubber is more popular here I've now switched to rubber and I've tried the Ride B front and A rear combo... There is the Shizimu combo that I am hoping to get but to be honest unless they are something spectacular I am not expecting a massive improvement from them as the current balance between the front and rear is just too far off.

Everyone else is using F104's (and Tamiya tyres I believe) though I think there is one guy showing up soon with an F103... no one else is using an F109 at the moment.

I am starting to suspect I may just have things wrong at a fundamental level... my last F1 was an F103 but of course that was a t-bar car and now I am using a link car... I've gone through the majority of the F109 thread and I thought I had my act together but maybe not

NiMo

Just a thought, but have you checked the rear arms are not binding up with the pivot ball?
Some of us found the kit length (for the arms) to be ½mm too short so made the rear side to side movement bind.

6376vette

Shimizu tires are awesome and hook up really well on the f109. We have a guy running the super soft tires on carpet and his car is glued. I do not know anyone running the ride tire but they are supposed to be really good.

Before you order the shimizu tires definitely try the traction compound. This seems to make a ton of difference on the f1 cars. It may not be necessary in the hot summer months but it is a big help with colder track temps. Try doing a full rear tire first. If the car develops a push then try 1/4 to 1/2 a tire up front to go with the full rear. I bet you see a huge difference.

6376vette

Be sure to put the traction compound on the inside part of the front tires and not the outside. I made this mistake once and it wasn't pretty.

Pro10noob

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It kept flipping over??
Try just the rear and nothing at the front and work your way from there.
Better start with some understeer and work your way from there, then a oversteered car.

regards Roy

6376vette

Bingo. Instant rolling f1 car. Really bad considering that there is a garage door just outside of the sweeper apex. I hit that door a couple of times. We call that ringing the bell. I did get to test the durability of the fgx rabbit conversion though. A very tough chassis.

BUCKSHOTRC

WILL A F104 MCLAREN OR F60 BODY FIT ON MY 103 ?

k_bojar

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possibly - as long as you don't cut out the side pontoons

or if you want a mclaren body to fit your F103, shoot me a PM - I have one I that i was going to use, but not going to use it anymore. its NIB, well opened back, but everything is untouched just wanted to look at the directions so i pulled it out