Back from the office everyone-

Kev- Well you see it sort of goes like this, if you place the shim under the front pivot ball then it turns into the corner more but if you place it under the rear pivot ball then it turns in more, no that's not it, it turns in less, wait...but if it turns in less then you want more so you raise the pod and get less traction but then you have less forward bite to so you lower it again and then you....LOL! Now when's that tee time again?LOL

DaveS- Glad to hear you have a Trinity 12th scale. I could send you an e-m of the complete setup just zip your e-m to me again at [email protected]. Concerning the damper tubes I did have to trim them somewhat. I would suggest that you pull them out of the tubes, leaving them attached to the upper plate. Then with them being straight and next to the tubes flex the pod side ways until the t-bar bottoms against the chassis plate (it should do this). Next mark on the plunger where it goes beyound the end of the tube and that's how much you trim. I MAY get up there in August and run a couple of times with you. I'll let you know if and when.

Trinity Switchblade 12
 

Does anybody know where I can get specs for Trinity Switchblade 12

Thank you

Nick

"Tiger".....now thats more like it thats the Dave I know and remember from all the nights at the track and at the dinner table talking about this and that and me still not listening:lol: Hey did you know that Octoberfast is the first weekend in Oct 4-6.....thats not too far away. You better hang up the clubs for a while and gets to turning a wrench and not worrring about how many strokes it took you to make the par 5. See ya on the links:rolleyes: :D

Hi all!
I just joined the ranks of 1/12th owners! The car is a used Kawada M300RSR, 6 cell and looks kinda like an Associated panner.

Here's a picture:
http://www.kimochi3d.com/misc/m300.jpg

I went through most of the thread (40 pages whew) and well only thing I wanna ask is the roll out for a 23 turn modified motor. I was gearing it at 100/20, I think it's quite undergeared.

The 1/12 is amazing to drive. Eats up 1/10 nitro TCs on the straights and infield. I wonder what'll happen if I put a 14x2 in :D

It isn't really set up yet. Using it exactly the way I got it from the previous owner. Car seems to be like my 414 though, lots of steering on-power, and understeers off power, making it quite stable, and not tail happy at all.

The kawada allows the angle of the upper arm to be changed, from +5, 0 and -5 degrees, and also allows shims to be used to adjust the castor. No idea about how they will affect the car's performance yet, only run 3 packs through it, and it is really a rocket down the straights!

Back to the regular programming....

Regards,
Alvin

Alvin, the car looks great. It sounds like you are way undergeared. I think you could probably gear it so your rollout is around a 45 but i'm not too sure, I don't have much experience with 23 turn motors see what other people have to say about your gearing. That car looks very similar to an Associated 1/12 scale and you could check out their site, www.rc10.com, for set up information. You might also want to find the newer Associated VCS center shock for smoother opperation and easier rebuilds.

tink avink1 is referring to tis pg... http://www.rc10.com/racerhub/other/gearing.htm#RC12LC

Well guys golf season looks over for me since I just messed up my right shoulder today. It's throbing right now and I just took 3 Migrane Exedrin. LOL!

Pulled it in the second round at hole 3 after making par on holes 1 & 2. Hopefully it will be healed by late Aug. so that I can play 18 before the end of my season but I'm not sure. I can still hold my arm up somewhat so that I can drive an rc car (LOL!!!) so I might start practicing now.LOL!!!

nnick- What do you mean by "specs" for the trinity car? Do you mean setups? If you mean setups the general is:
3deg caster, -2deg camber,

.20 front springs (assoc.) with slight droop (space between spring and e-clip),

.74" T-bar (thick) for carpet and .63" T-bar (thin) for asphalt, no shims under T-bar pivot balls,

Green Spring for center shock with 30weight oil and 1/4 of thread collar position,

Trinity Red Stuff in damper tubes,

Tall ball studs for front arm linkage (high roll center) on carpet and Medium balls studs for front arm linkage on asphalt I would guess,

Tall ball studs on steering blocks for steering linkage if servo is mounted down on chassis plate (decreases bump steer),

servo centered on chassis, servo mounted on chassis plate (gives more steering but you don't have to have this).

There's even more info throughout the posts so if you go back I think tire diameters and rear axle cam heights have been discussed along with axle spacing, radion install setup and tweaking the car plus other odds and ends. Hope this helps.

Alvin- Your Kawada looks nice. I personally believe that the Kawada car has some niffty features and I think you will really enjoy your car.
Make sure to check the rear axle spacing if you haven't already so that it's equal from centerline of the car (draw a line back from the pivot ball screws to the rear pod). From the centerline mark you make on the rear pod bottom plate the width should be the same on both sides. This will keep the car from pulling or acting tweaked. Also, have you mounted the receiver on the left side to balance out the chassis or are you puting the transponder mount on that side and puting the receiver behind the servo? BTW, what tire traction addative do you use on your foam tires and how's it working for you (I'm assuming you run asphalt)?

DaveL- Ok, stop killing everyone out there with your gas car racing and get your SpeedMerchant out, or are you out playing golf to? LOL!!

ozone, i was talking about the actual chassis set up, but the gearing should help out too.

Oh nooo say it ant so "Tiger".......you must be too old to play the old mans game:lol: :lol: . You better stick with some thing like Chess thats more your speed these days;) . Anyway Sorry about the shoulder but maybe now we dont have to hear the weekly golf outing updates from you:ha: :ha: ....sorry I could not help myself. Well maybe I will see you at the track now and not hittin golf balls at my car as I drive by the range.

Kev- As RobK would say..."Oooohhhh Nooo Dude" golf balls will be waiting for you as you pull into Venture's parking lot once the shoulder heals up. LOL, LOL!!!
I actually need to contact Rob to see if he wants to go to Venture this Tuesday or Thursday since I have to go up to the office again.

Timmy H. made the show at the Nat's in TC Stock. Congrats to you Timmy. Also Paul L. was sitting fourth, of course the results are already in by now but still congrats to Paul as well.

Cool I cant wait to dodge golf balls


Speaking of the Nats did you see Scotty made all the mains TC stock, TC 19t spec and Won 12th scale stock and TQ'ed.....not too shabby I must say.

Kev- Actually I saw him in the TC stock main but missed the rest. Congrats to him to, the brat (I can say that to him because he's younger than I am, hehehehe, just kidding... about the brat part the rest unfortunately is true). Just talked to Rob and we are going to run up at Venture this Thursday night. If you don't have to work you should show up it would be great to hang out. Jason C. from up in Minnesota just e-m'ed me about some thoughts on a 12th car. He's been wanting to run the class again for almost a year now so it looks like he's finally getting back to it. 12th was his favorite class back in the day and since he just came back to the hobby a year ago he's been pining for the chance to run again. Man 12th really is catching on!

Avink1, Ozone: Thanks! Seems from the chart I am supremely undergeared. the 14T runsn 75/21 = 3.57:1, i'm @ 100/20 5:1 on a 23x1 LOL!

darnold, yes I believe I will throughly enjoy this little baby! I may want to pick up a corally or associated too. I live in singapore, and at least can get mail order of these two brands from rccarinternational/towerhobbies. The CRC stuff looks VERY good :)

Thanks for the tips. I will mark my car accordingly when I'm back tonight. The receiver is on the left side of the car; i believe you can see some left over mounting tape; the receiver is shared between 3 cars!

I don't run traction additive on my foam tires yet, but I know a guy running some kind of sun tan lotion on the tires. Makes them really grippy! Anyhow, I run usually at night, among nitro tourers. The grip without the traction compound is simply fantastic (well at least compaing to my tourer w/sorex tires :sweat: ), wonder if it'll traction roll with traction compound hehe :)

darnold:
What I mean by specs is the specification of the car. ie 4cell sadle/6 cell stick, 6cell sadle, chassis is made of frp or carbon, is there a carbon one, do the batteries have straps - like corrally - or you should use tape to hold the batteries - like associated etc.

I wouldn't asked this question but unfortunately I couldn't find those info elsewhere

Things like that


*****Edited
Trinity has just updated their site and added info for 1/12



Thank you

Nick

what makes this car different from the 12L3? It looks remarkable similar. . .( as in alike. . .)