Electronic drift stabilizers?
#1
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 8,054
From: Virginia, Near DC, USA
One of my vehicles stubbornly refuses to stop oversteering and spinning-out in corners, and it's a mini so my tire selection is basically nonexistent. I don't mind if it slides around, I just want it to finish the turn and continue traveling forwards. I'm thinking of trying a drift stabilizer unit, inserted between the receiver and the steering servo, to catch and correct oversteer faster than I can. But before I spend money on a drift stabilizer, I want to confirm: Do drift stabilizers actually do what I think they do? I just want to be able to turn the steering wheel and have the vehicle do its best to turn however sharply I tell it to, without spinning around backwards.
Also, if they do what I think they do, can anyone recommend a good unit to use? The only one I know about is the one sold by HPI. I guess there's the AVC receiver sold by Spektrum too, but since this vehicle is RWD and the AVC receiver is designed for AWD vehicles, I'm not sure AVC's built-in throttle control would help or just make the problem worse.
Also, if they do what I think they do, can anyone recommend a good unit to use? The only one I know about is the one sold by HPI. I guess there's the AVC receiver sold by Spektrum too, but since this vehicle is RWD and the AVC receiver is designed for AWD vehicles, I'm not sure AVC's built-in throttle control would help or just make the problem worse.
#2
Tech Apprentice
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 93
One of my vehicles stubbornly refuses to stop oversteering and spinning-out in corners, and it's a mini so my tire selection is basically nonexistent. I don't mind if it slides around, I just want it to finish the turn and continue traveling forwards. I'm thinking of trying a drift stabilizer unit, inserted between the receiver and the steering servo, to catch and correct oversteer faster than I can. But before I spend money on a drift stabilizer, I want to confirm: Do drift stabilizers actually do what I think they do? I just want to be able to turn the steering wheel and have the vehicle do its best to turn however sharply I tell it to, without spinning around backwards.
Also, if they do what I think they do, can anyone recommend a good unit to use? The only one I know about is the one sold by HPI. I guess there's the AVC receiver sold by Spektrum too, but since this vehicle is RWD and the AVC receiver is designed for AWD vehicles, I'm not sure AVC's built-in throttle control would help or just make the problem worse.
Also, if they do what I think they do, can anyone recommend a good unit to use? The only one I know about is the one sold by HPI. I guess there's the AVC receiver sold by Spektrum too, but since this vehicle is RWD and the AVC receiver is designed for AWD vehicles, I'm not sure AVC's built-in throttle control would help or just make the problem worse.
#3
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when I started drifting I used version 1 of the HPI Dbox. After a couple days I turned it down to 80%, after a week 50%, after a month I sold it. It did what I needed it to do. Help me learn to drift! when I had the concept of drifting, it was passed on to another noobie trying to learn.
#4
Tech Regular
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 451
all the hpi drift box is is a gyro. i had an old cheap heli gyro kicking around so i tried it on my drift car and it worked as advertised.
my recommendation, go look for the cheapest gyro you can find. i paid $15 for an old (but new) eflite one, it was for the blade cx heli.
my recommendation, go look for the cheapest gyro you can find. i paid $15 for an old (but new) eflite one, it was for the blade cx heli.
#5
Thread Starter
Joined: Mar 2014
Posts: 8,054
From: Virginia, Near DC, USA
I ended up getting a Futaba gyro. I don't think I'll be getting rid of this one, because the vehicle it's in just doesn't have good enough grip to drive smoothly without it.




