I like it, I think I may have to buy one.

I'm still waiting on the Destiny and Yokomo to come out. Need to add them to my collection.

For those who are curious, I did a VBC Lightning 12M Rear Pod video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=480ui9KVXiw

There was an unexpected "happening" during the video.

You're hard core Ed. Lol. Hope all is ok.

I do all my videos in one take. That said, I didn't want an earthquake to disrupt the process.

The apartment jolted and swayed slightly, however, you can't see it in the video. My area wasn't severely affected, however, an hour drive north of me is a different story.

It's the sound of Godzilla waking up to fight Biolante.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTnf...m-upload_owner

For those who are having difficulties mounting a 1/12th scale body.
I hope this video is of some help to those who are having some body mounting issues.

This video is fantastic, a huge help for me. Thank you kindly for making it available.

You're quite welcome.

are the 1s specific motors 'better' than their non 1s counterparts?

Yes and no.

Spec motor pan car racing is different from other forms in that there is less speed difference between your straights and corners, we carry more speed but dont have the 2s power to get us down the straights. Because of this the low end of the motor is not as important as it is in, say, touring car or especially offroad where corner speeds are much lower and require the motor to have effective low-end torque to pull the car out of the hole. It's almost like oval racing, in a way, but is its own blend.

Overall, any motor that is a 'good motor' and makes good power on 2s will be a decent 1s motor, but when running 1s you may want to try a few more degrees of timing, a different rotor, or something along those lines to have it be optimal. One thing that I found was that a few older motors that I ran 2s with that were smooth and seemed to be able to 'wind out' a bit more and stretch the speed at the end of the straight made great 1s motors, smooth and high RPM for the voltage. The D4 1s was found to be just a great motor overall, the Team Scream 1s probably is as well, but is their own blend they found through testing. I don't own either of these motors, but have seen them go pretty fast in 1/12 scale.

Anybody out there who can confirm/deny or agree/disagree that the roll center (center of the ball itself) of the current Team Associated pivot ball used for links and center pivot is 3 mm from the base of the pivot ball (including the shoulder)? Put differently, 3 mm up from the carbon plate the pivot ball is mounted to.

Part number is #4637.

2.965mm

(Pivot ball measured at 4.67, Shoulder at 1.26, calculate from there)

I just measured a Zen Racing pivot ball, it is 2.778mm to the center. The Zen balls are reported to be 0.2mm lower than AE. Zen also sells AE balls that have been lowered 0.6mm, if you are looking for the lowest roll center.

What u thinking about Chris?