143LikesAwesomatix EP Touring Car (A700 Shaft Drive)
02-11-2013, 11:42 AM
#3016
Tech Fanatic
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Short update in my blog.
Did some proper testing on Saturday and ended up with a pretty nice car.
On Sunday there was a club race where I TQed had the best 5min run and lap record (faster than 1/10 ic cars)
More in my blog
JD RACING BLOG
I've also posted a short video. I start to push after the 3rd lap until later on I step on a paddle of water and spin off bigtime!
In the video I run old tyres and laptimes are around 20.3 - 20.5. Next day I did 19.7 on new tyres.
Short update in my blog.
Did some proper testing on Saturday and ended up with a pretty nice car.
On Sunday there was a club race where I TQed had the best 5min run and lap record (faster than 1/10 ic cars)
More in my blog
JD RACING BLOG
I've also posted a short video. I start to push after the 3rd lap until later on I step on a paddle of water and spin off bigtime!
In the video I run old tyres and laptimes are around 20.3 - 20.5. Next day I did 19.7 on new tyres.
02-11-2013, 11:52 AM
#3017
I need to make some measurements on my droop settings and will post it soon.
Briefly I will mentioned that again I ended up using ball diff, full tight by hand force (I am not Arnold but it still is quite tight) and 1.000 cst Hudy oil. The diff has stayed consistent and smooth after more than 20 runs. It is incredible.
Std shocks and springs of original car, L chassis, Motor moved forward by adding 3mm shims between motor case and motor mount.
More details on the set up sheet.
Track had medium traction yet the car never felt unstable.
Briefly I will mentioned that again I ended up using ball diff, full tight by hand force (I am not Arnold but it still is quite tight) and 1.000 cst Hudy oil. The diff has stayed consistent and smooth after more than 20 runs. It is incredible.
Std shocks and springs of original car, L chassis, Motor moved forward by adding 3mm shims between motor case and motor mount.
More details on the set up sheet.
Track had medium traction yet the car never felt unstable.
02-11-2013, 12:27 PM
#3018
Congratulations Mark !
I was able to "watch" your race on LiveRC via live laptime streaming. Nice win!
Cheers,
Jake D.
I was able to "watch" your race on LiveRC via live laptime streaming. Nice win!
Cheers,
Jake D.
02-11-2013, 12:48 PM
#3019
Thanks Jake. Forgot the race was on LIVERC. At some point in that race I decided that race pace wasnt important anymore. Plenty left in the tank to turn fast laps if needed.
02-11-2013, 06:30 PM
#3020
Congrats M. Dawson ! Many more wins to go..... It's the best chassis design ever.... Anyway to get a real car designed like that with a porshe type flat six engine ?????
02-11-2013, 09:49 PM
#3022
02-11-2013, 10:33 PM
#3023
ROAR Carpet Nats!
I wanted to get a headcount of how many Awesomatix entrants are registered for ROAR Carpet Nats. If you are entered, please let me know and your the class you are entered. Thanks.
02-11-2013, 11:26 PM
#3024
Setup from Mark Dawson is here now: http://awesomatix.com/download/
Please see the roll centers and camber gain picture also.
Please see the roll centers and camber gain picture also.
| + YouTube Video | |
02-12-2013, 12:10 AM
#3025
Congratulations Mark!!! 
02-12-2013, 04:26 AM
#3026
Tech Fanatic
I need to make some measurements on my droop settings and will post it soon.
Briefly I will mentioned that again I ended up using ball diff, full tight by hand force (I am not Arnold but it still is quite tight) and 1.000 cst Hudy oil. The diff has stayed consistent and smooth after more than 20 runs. It is incredible.
Std shocks and springs of original car, L chassis, Motor moved forward by adding 3mm shims between motor case and motor mount.
More details on the set up sheet.
Track had medium traction yet the car never felt unstable.
Briefly I will mentioned that again I ended up using ball diff, full tight by hand force (I am not Arnold but it still is quite tight) and 1.000 cst Hudy oil. The diff has stayed consistent and smooth after more than 20 runs. It is incredible.
Std shocks and springs of original car, L chassis, Motor moved forward by adding 3mm shims between motor case and motor mount.
More details on the set up sheet.
Track had medium traction yet the car never felt unstable.
Please note low roll centers, floating top deck, longer wheelbase, forward battery position and asymmetric front dampers.
02-12-2013, 05:58 AM
#3027
02-12-2013, 01:04 PM
#3028
I've been experimenting with the rc crew chief software & I wanted to know your thoughts on setups with camber loss. I notice both John and M Dawson's setups have a small amount of camber loss, as do a number of setups for other chassis - do you think it is desirable to have some camber loss, particularly in the rear which seems most common?
02-12-2013, 01:26 PM
#3029
Tech Fanatic
Hi Oleg,
I've been experimenting with the rc crew chief software & I wanted to know your thoughts on setups with camber loss. I notice both John and M Dawson's setups have a small amount of camber loss, as do a number of setups for other chassis - do you think it is desirable to have some camber loss, particularly in the rear which seems most common?
I've been experimenting with the rc crew chief software & I wanted to know your thoughts on setups with camber loss. I notice both John and M Dawson's setups have a small amount of camber loss, as do a number of setups for other chassis - do you think it is desirable to have some camber loss, particularly in the rear which seems most common?
At some conditions you can get more benefits from such very low roll center despite of some camber loss.
You can compensate this camber loss by means of the increasing of initial camber. For example in John's setup the camber loss is compensated by 2 deg initial camber.
I think that it is very important to have the optimal actual camber on the outer wheels at the stage of maximal side roll ( the stage of maximal side traction). And you can acheive this optimal camber even with the negative camber gain at correct adjustment of the initial camber.
