Ask Paul Lemieux, RC America/MOTIV/Gravity RC
#421
Tech Regular
Thanks guys , sorry i let you downLOL.
Thanks ED, sometimes it wasnt so pretty but in the end it was good.
Hi again, I do use servo tape to hold my battery in. I use a 5mm wide strip going across the battery at the very front of the battery and at the very rear.
This way the chassis flex's perfectly underneath. Keep the serfaces clean and it wont come out, dont use too much servo tape, otherwise you will never get it out. .
Thanks ED, sometimes it wasnt so pretty but in the end it was good.
Hi again, I do use servo tape to hold my battery in. I use a 5mm wide strip going across the battery at the very front of the battery and at the very rear.
This way the chassis flex's perfectly underneath. Keep the serfaces clean and it wont come out, dont use too much servo tape, otherwise you will never get it out. .
And i do not think you letting us down, i have really enjoyed to
watch and see you and of course all others driving the A-main.
I have to wait for a chassis like you, in the meantime I had a response from Xray that they are looking seriously for this chassis to make this as a option part, i hope they dont wait to long.
Regards YGM.
Ed
#422
Thanks Paul for your response.
And i do not think you letting us down, i have really enjoyed to
watch and see you and of course all others driving the A-main.
I have to wait for a chassis like you, in the meantime I had a response from Xray that they are looking seriously for this chassis to make this as a option part, i hope they dont wait to long.
Regards YGM.
Ed
And i do not think you letting us down, i have really enjoyed to
watch and see you and of course all others driving the A-main.
I have to wait for a chassis like you, in the meantime I had a response from Xray that they are looking seriously for this chassis to make this as a option part, i hope they dont wait to long.
Regards YGM.
Ed
Cool, i think that they will do something like it for sure, they had chassis at the worlds that looked very nice but i did not have time to test it all. so we will see.
Thanks. Paul
#423
Hey Paul,
Your Worlds setup sheet looks pretty empty, could you check it out, again. **Never mind, I guess I caught you inbetween working on it.
Whats a DNA wing look like compared to the other PF wings, is there a pic of this wing somewhere that a person can see what it looks like, AND why do you prefer that wing? Is that for asphalt, carpet or both?
Thanks, and thanks for your last response, exactly what I was looking for.
Your Worlds setup sheet looks pretty empty, could you check it out, again. **Never mind, I guess I caught you inbetween working on it.
Whats a DNA wing look like compared to the other PF wings, is there a pic of this wing somewhere that a person can see what it looks like, AND why do you prefer that wing? Is that for asphalt, carpet or both?
Thanks, and thanks for your last response, exactly what I was looking for.
#424
Hey Paul,
Your Worlds setup sheet looks pretty empty, could you check it out, again. **Never mind, I guess I caught you inbetween working on it.
Whats a DNA wing look like compared to the other PF wings, is there a pic of this wing somewhere that a person can see what it looks like, AND why do you prefer that wing? Is that for asphalt, carpet or both?
Thanks, and thanks for your last response, exactly what I was looking for.
Your Worlds setup sheet looks pretty empty, could you check it out, again. **Never mind, I guess I caught you inbetween working on it.
Whats a DNA wing look like compared to the other PF wings, is there a pic of this wing somewhere that a person can see what it looks like, AND why do you prefer that wing? Is that for asphalt, carpet or both?
Thanks, and thanks for your last response, exactly what I was looking for.
I think that wing has just a touch more high speed steering. it is the wing off of the protoform DNA Foam or Dna rubber body. I have run it on asphalt and carpet but i am more likely to use it for asphalt.
#426
suspension material stiffness is a totally different thing but i have not been able to test it that well lately.
#428
Hi, I wouldnt really change anything on my car but i think that my cars have well ballanced set ups right now. If your in the situation where your car works when its cool but dose not work well when its hot, then i think your set up is off in the first place. with good tires and a cool track almost every set up will work decent, its when the track is hot is where the set up flaws really show.
But i would thinka softer chassis and suspension when the track is
really hot could be better in a lot of cases. I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less.
But i would thinka softer chassis and suspension when the track is
really hot could be better in a lot of cases. I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less.
#430
He said to move the shocks in on the arm, and theres only one hole with the stock ones. Whats the difference with the two hole arms though, is both holes in a different spot or just one?
#431
#433
Paul's quotes:
" if you go with the outside holes the car just becomes stiffer, the shock has more travel that way so the car will drive much more direct. "
"I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less"
which makes sense, the leverage comes from the distance from the tire to the shock mount:
outside hole, arm has less leverage thus stiffer
inside hole, arm has more leverage thus softer
" if you go with the outside holes the car just becomes stiffer, the shock has more travel that way so the car will drive much more direct. "
"I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less"
which makes sense, the leverage comes from the distance from the tire to the shock mount:
outside hole, arm has less leverage thus stiffer
inside hole, arm has more leverage thus softer
#434
That being said, the arm change is Huge also but atleast you know your simply increasing or decreasing the moovement of the shock threw travel the suspensions travel, thus resulting in the car being stiffer or softer, "spring and oil".
jays post below should help when broken down like that.
Paul's quotes:
" if you go with the outside holes the car just becomes stiffer, the shock has more travel that way so the car will drive much more direct. "
"I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less"
which makes sense, the leverage comes from the distance from the tire to the shock mount:
outside hole, arm has less leverage thus stiffer
inside hole, arm has more leverage thus softer
" if you go with the outside holes the car just becomes stiffer, the shock has more travel that way so the car will drive much more direct. "
"I would moove the shocks in on the arm to make things sofer instead of changing the oil and springs, that should work the tires much less"
which makes sense, the leverage comes from the distance from the tire to the shock mount:
outside hole, arm has less leverage thus stiffer
inside hole, arm has more leverage thus softer
Thanks for the breakdown.
#435
I would like you guys to know that im not saying that the two hole arms are always better.
I honestly think that in many cases the one hole arms are the best. At the Worlds i used the 2 hole arms but their were reasons for that.
high minumum weight and big tires, if that race is 1350G minimum weight and normal size tires i most likely would have had one hole arms on my car.
I honestly think that in many cases the one hole arms are the best. At the Worlds i used the 2 hole arms but their were reasons for that.
high minumum weight and big tires, if that race is 1350G minimum weight and normal size tires i most likely would have had one hole arms on my car.