Mike, please give us the Sphere settings that you used!
Thanks - Paul

KO VFS1 Pro ESC
 

Has anyone used the KO VFS1 Pro ESC in their 1/12th scale car for stock motor racing?

To this point, I have been using QC2s exclusively; but, I won this ESC in a drawing at Las Vegas.

Any basic setting you can advise me of would be most appreciated. Gotta figure out the programmer tool too.

od? Crashby? jrrc? One of you must have ;)

Bill

Perhaps this will help: http://www.kopropo.com/vfs_help.htm

anyone with any thoughts on this post ???

Try these settings. Put throttle travel to maximum (150 on KO Propo Helios) and set brake to 100 on setup. Reduce push brake to 90-95% on the transmitter. Set Mode 1 = 2, Mode 2 = 3, Mode 3 (initial brake) = 2, Mode 4 (automatic brake) = 2 (medium). I used 23/98 with 1.84" Jaco two stage tires. Also try value 3 for modes 3 and 4, depending on your track size. The Nats track was flowing, so not much automatic brake was needed. You may also want to use thinner wire to the motor.

This is called droop and its a good thing. Leave it alone. If you built the front end perfect the spring should line up with the slot for the e-clip that retains so it is not loose and it is not compressed (Pre-loaded).

12L4 19T setup
 

Any suggestions on setup for a stock 12L4?


I am building a box stock 12L4 and will be running on new Ozite w/ a 19T.

How is the stock 12L4 setup or is there another one people would suggest to start with? AE's site doesn't have much...

Mike L...is there one on your site you could suggest for a stock 12L4?

Thanks for posting your setup, Mike!

I noticed from the pictures that I have seen that smaller gauge wire might make for a cleaner application. Did you reduce the size of your wire to the motor and if you did, was there any noticeable loss in power? In addition, what size wire did you use?

Thanks!

Please excuse my newbe questions. What will different size spurs do for me?

I heard that there was a bad batch of Sliva shocks out. Are they the best shock to have. I had one that I couldnt get to stop leaking.

How much lower should I true my front tires then my rears?

Thanks

Spurs: Just like TC, bigger spur is less top end, smaller spur is more, for the same pinion.

Get the CRC dura shock, similar to the silva, but have been issue free as far as I know. I generally start with a .1" split front to rear, but I run the old school front-end. New schoolers will probably need to go lower.

ML - So you ran the Sphere in fwd/Rvs mode? (mode 1 = 1).

Try the Cleveland 2004 setup. Ask others at your track for 19T gearing. You can use larger tires for a lower traction track.

Mike - When will you have your 2005 nats setup on your website?

Yes, I reduced the size of the wire. There was no noticeable loss in power. The purpose was to maintain a free and non-tweaked rear pod. I used 16 gauge wire, Team Associated #3737.

Mike

That is exactly what I was planning on doing! I use 16g wire now but was unsure how it would effect the brushless system.

Thanks!