i was told that there is not advantage between damper tubes and fricton plates, so i was wondering which one is easier to tune and which one is easier to maintain.

is there any major differences between the major brands of 1/12's or are they all pretty much the same. i will be racing on a fast technical track, not an oval track

Flat Servo Mounting
 

When mouting a servo flat on a 12th scale, what mounts are you using? And if your not using mounts, (hense using servo tape) when hitting a wall, is anybody expierencing the servo getting "tweaked" as a result of the hit?

Re: Flat Servo Mounting
 

acyrier,

I'm using the airtronics 94145 servo which has mounting ears for either mounting flat to chassis or regular angled servo mounts.

Adam,

I worked on that yesterday and will post pics shortly so you can see it. Thanks again.

pics
 

I'll try to post the pics later today...

pics
 

here ar a couple of pics

http://home.satx.rr.com/rpena/images/IMG_1325.JPG


http://home.satx.rr.com/rpena/images/IMG_1326.JPG


let me know what you guys think..

Re: pics
 

Is that foam bumper touching, or even pressing on the front suspension? That might give some strange results.

I have been experimeting with a Yokomo dampner disk car and an IRS car with tubes. I endend up using the IRS chassis the the Yokomo cross brace and upper/lower pod plates and dampner disks. Each Yokomo piece is twice as light as the IRS components. I like the dampner disks better because it centralizes all of the dampening movement to one place, where as the tubes take the movement across the chassis. Also, the tubes could act differently giving you a an inconsistant feel from left to right.

Overall, the car is much better than the tube car and it improved laps about .4 to .5 seconds per laps, which was bout what 19t touric car was turing, I was .2 slower than the fastest 19t lap of the day.

hope this helps.

here is pic of CEFX body for anyone who wants to see it. It turns very well, but I am not completley sold on it yet. (about the HPI decals................its all I had LOL)

rc12L3 and the rugrat conversion it is

your last post didnt pop up before i replied so might give that a go.
thanks for your help.

ill probably get the rc12L3 and run as it is. Do IRS make a kit them selves or is it just optional parts?

Re: pics
 

The turnbuckles definately look flat on that, is that a Kimbrough servo horn?

You might as well just get the Stock kit. I recommend purchasing an IRS axle with small diff rings. You can buy an IRS chassis, which is thicker has the newer battery placement options, I only did this because the yokomo was so thin. If you are running stock you should try and keep you car as light as possible so you may not even want to change at all. remember that two 12l3s won both classes in cleveland this year!!!!!!!!!! Check John Orr's setup on rc10.com :deathstar

I think some people are trying to get tom complex with these cars (save that for those TC cars LOL)

it will be mod 4cells. might get the chassis, axle and diff rings too, we have to add weight to the cars so we might as well do it usefully.

your help is much apprecited.

next question.

bodyshells. should i get one i like the look of or are they another tuning option depending on what type of track you run on.

Dontfeelthecold- Bodies are very important in 1/12 racing. I'm testing the CEFX body as we speak, but I would recommend the parma speed 8, which I'm about to switch back to. Good Luck