Ask Paul Lemieux, RC America/MOTIV/Gravity RC
#1502
Aluminum vs plastic
Hi Paul, wondering what your thoughts are on plastic knuckles and rear up-rights vs aluminum? notice you use mostly plastic, is there a difference in handling that you've noticed? Thanks
#1503
I have always wanted to use alum., but if Paul is using plastic it must be good
#1504
Tech Adept
Snowbirds
Great Job Paul on your first big 12th scale win at the Birds. Everyone else might get mad
when the Paulie juggernaut starts taking down 12th races like you have with sedan races.
Congrats,
Mitch Witteman
when the Paulie juggernaut starts taking down 12th races like you have with sedan races.
Congrats,
Mitch Witteman
#1508
Hi All, Im back for a few days before i go to the winternats.
Yup, lol.
Hi. Their is a difference in handling between the plastic and aluminum stuff. I have tested with the aluminum parts but rarely found it to outperform the plastic pieces. I would say that on most tracks you will have more traction with the plastic pieces. That being said though the car would normally be easier to drive with aluminum caster blocks.
Thanks.
Hi Mitch. I was just talking about you down at the birds, wondering with someone when we would see you again at some races.
Thanks!. talk to you soon.
Thanks Eric.
Hi Nathan. Both Alex and i use the ECS shafts in front. even the other car manufactures it is pretty common now to have them.
Thanks Ian. I was as surprised as anyone lol. Everything ran great.
see ya!
Yup, lol.
Thanks.
Thanks!. talk to you soon.
Thanks Eric.
Thanks Ian. I was as surprised as anyone lol. Everything ran great.
see ya!
#1509
Hey Paul,
First off, good show at the Birds this week. Both cars looked great, nice showing for Xray and Gravity between yourself and Alexander. I was wondering where your 12th ended up at for setup? Were you running as soft of a car as the Associated guys were this week? Lastly, what compound of tires did you end up on? In the main your car looked dialed! Thanks in advance.
First off, good show at the Birds this week. Both cars looked great, nice showing for Xray and Gravity between yourself and Alexander. I was wondering where your 12th ended up at for setup? Were you running as soft of a car as the Associated guys were this week? Lastly, what compound of tires did you end up on? In the main your car looked dialed! Thanks in advance.
#1511
Hey Paul,
First off, good show at the Birds this week. Both cars looked great, nice showing for Xray and Gravity between yourself and Alexander. I was wondering where your 12th ended up at for setup? Were you running as soft of a car as the Associated guys were this week? Lastly, what compound of tires did you end up on? In the main your car looked dialed! Thanks in advance.
First off, good show at the Birds this week. Both cars looked great, nice showing for Xray and Gravity between yourself and Alexander. I was wondering where your 12th ended up at for setup? Were you running as soft of a car as the Associated guys were this week? Lastly, what compound of tires did you end up on? In the main your car looked dialed! Thanks in advance.
I was actually super stiff side to side in the rear with Wolf green springs, they are way way stiffer than any other side spring i have ever seen used. In the final i used soft tires all the way around and my car was very good, but Alex also had pace to win, he tested and liked the Medium compound all the way around even better but i was too afraid to change.
I used 52mm ecs's in the front, i'm not sure which ones Alex used though.
Thanks!
#1512
Tech Regular
Hi Paul,
Firstly congrats on your result last week....amazing that the best drivers win whatever class they run......typically Moore, Jefferies and Harper walk away with the 12th here in the uk when they decide to 'play'!
Quick question regarding anti dive on tc, firstly, when would you run it? And as I posted earlier, I've recently had success running with anti squat on the rear, how do you think the car would behave with dive on the front and squat on the rear....I'm thinking about 0.5mm on each.
Cheers
Mark
Firstly congrats on your result last week....amazing that the best drivers win whatever class they run......typically Moore, Jefferies and Harper walk away with the 12th here in the uk when they decide to 'play'!
Quick question regarding anti dive on tc, firstly, when would you run it? And as I posted earlier, I've recently had success running with anti squat on the rear, how do you think the car would behave with dive on the front and squat on the rear....I'm thinking about 0.5mm on each.
Cheers
Mark
#1513
Tech Regular
iTrader: (1)
HI, Thanks! The week went really well for the team.
I was actually super stiff side to side in the rear with Wolf green springs, they are way way stiffer than any other side spring i have ever seen used. In the final i used soft tires all the way around and my car was very good, but Alex also had pace to win, he tested and liked the Medium compound all the way around even better but i was too afraid to change.
I used 52mm ecs's in the front, i'm not sure which ones Alex used though.
Thanks!
I was actually super stiff side to side in the rear with Wolf green springs, they are way way stiffer than any other side spring i have ever seen used. In the final i used soft tires all the way around and my car was very good, but Alex also had pace to win, he tested and liked the Medium compound all the way around even better but i was too afraid to change.
I used 52mm ecs's in the front, i'm not sure which ones Alex used though.
Thanks!
#1514
Hi Paul,
Firstly congrats on your result last week....amazing that the best drivers win whatever class they run......typically Moore, Jefferies and Harper walk away with the 12th here in the uk when they decide to 'play'!
Quick question regarding anti dive on tc, firstly, when would you run it? And as I posted earlier, I've recently had success running with anti squat on the rear, how do you think the car would behave with dive on the front and squat on the rear....I'm thinking about 0.5mm on each.
Cheers
Mark
Firstly congrats on your result last week....amazing that the best drivers win whatever class they run......typically Moore, Jefferies and Harper walk away with the 12th here in the uk when they decide to 'play'!
Quick question regarding anti dive on tc, firstly, when would you run it? And as I posted earlier, I've recently had success running with anti squat on the rear, how do you think the car would behave with dive on the front and squat on the rear....I'm thinking about 0.5mm on each.
Cheers
Mark
I tested anti squat and i felt like it made good forward traction but once you spun the tires off the corner (easy to do in mod) it was more out of control, pro squat was more controllable when spinning the tires in modified but anti squat had more steering in the center of the corner than pro squat. in the end i ended up back at flat rear pins.
Hope that helps. Thanks
Im not 100% sure but i think these are them
http://www.lefthander-rc.com/catalog...acturers_id=18
Part number Wm10114
Thanks.