Originally Posted by
Granpa
Thats not it. It's when you post something that's fundamentally wrong. I don't know what your motivation for posting on this thread is, but mine is to help some of the newer guys get a fundamentally good start in this hobby of Mini racing. Sure guys like you who have a lot of experience can do stuff that the more inexperienced cannot. Here's something I've learned from the experience of trying to help out maybe hundreds of guys at the track. The simpler you can make things, the more quickly they progress.
The first thing you really have to have is a "square" car. You want a car that is mechanically set up. Yes, I understand that you can use your radio to square up a car, but every really good racer I know, starts out with a good mechanical set up then works from there. Also I've found over the years that people learn at their own rates and force feeding them info gets you nowhere. Quite often they aren't ready for the info yet and will not process it properly or in one ear and out the other.
I'm also on this thread cause I learn a lot. There are certain people who post here that always have a contribution. It's always fun to read the posts of guys who started out with me and of others who I might have helped a bit when they got started.
I get myself in trouble with you, cause I'll give my input if there is something fundamentally wrong with your advice -----in my opinion. I've found you don't like this and have taken it personally and have been quite nasty about it at times. I don't deal in personalities, for the most part, but with ideas, techniques, etc. I went to a personal level with you once and for that I'm quite ashamed of myself and do apologize to you and to the guys who might have read those exchanges.
Unfortunately the servo splines and how they align to the servo prevents this. I can't remember the last time the horn perfectly lined up to my servo 90 degrees. So already the setup is not perfectly square. I don't prefer it, it's just the way it is and it is not a big deal as it can be compensated elsewhere (sub trim and EPA).
Apology is accepted and I don't plan on arguing with you either. It's been the 'I'm better than you because I race at a Tamiya track and you only play in your little toy track' attitude that I got me ticked off at times. I do envy that you are near Tamiya's track and I think that's great. But you're forgetting that I too have thousands of hours experience racing TC and M03's, maybe not TCS and while I may not be fully up to date with the current electronics due to my long hiatus, I do understand how RC cars and trucks work, how demanding racing is on your car, the driver, and even the driver's spouses.
My experience says that these minor imperfections is not something that will make or break your race especially when the goal is achieved another way. Plus, we're not talking about a huge mis-alignment in degrees here, well within the tolerance of the steering system. It's not a big deal.
But then I do agree a newbie may not know what is considered a 'big deal' and what is not. That area I need to be careful on my posts. Like me not gluing my tires on the inside lip on some of my tires. Experience tells me which tires will not grip well enough to come apart from the wheels in certain driving conditions, but a newbie may not know what that threshold is.