TRANSMITTER SPEED SERVO FUNCTION
 

Hi,

I just wanted to know if the PRO racers take advantage of the "Speed" Function to limit the power output of the steering servo since todays servos are really fast and can make handling a little more difficult. I heard that Exponential is not recommended since it lies to you.. but speed function keeps a constant speed insted of an exponential function.

Any recommendations?

Im not exactly a pro but I have been racing for a very long time so I will give my input. I use both speed and expo functions frequently. Its actually kind of silly how many people would get better laptimes if they had a slower servo or a lower speed setting. Then again, most of those people are the ones who would probably drive worse just knowing they didnt have the "best" servo available. It really becomes a mental game when it gets down to the last milliseconds.

Expo is great for softening the steering right around neutral, but there is certainly a trade-off because that travel has to be packed into the rest of the steering movement, which is why you may hear some people say it lies to you. Speed can have a similar effect of making the steering feel softer, yet it will not suddenly turn violent when you crank the wheel to full-throw. I usually set my speed and D/R first for tight corners where I use full steering throw, then use expo to finialize the feel for faster corners and small corrections.

Thanks for your tip!

Edited my last post because I said I set expo first then speed and D/R, but actually I start with D/R and speed because they can affect how the expo works. The expo is a good fine-tune tool when you just need a certain area of wheel or trigger movement to be more or less sensitive.