80LikesDurango DEX210 Thread
10-25-2011, 03:46 AM
#1146
I'm going to try out the Jconcepts ballcups, they come with some of the "bent" ends. I've got a selection of ballends from converting the rest of my Durango vehicles over. My one complaint about the entire Durango line is their weak ballcups, I had hoped the new HD ballcups would be better but I still popped the rear hub cup off three time before I put a losi cup/end on it.
10-25-2011, 04:52 AM
#1147
I'm going to try out the Jconcepts ballcups, they come with some of the "bent" ends. I've got a selection of ballends from converting the rest of my Durango vehicles over. My one complaint about the entire Durango line is their weak ballcups, I had hoped the new HD ballcups would be better but I still popped the rear hub cup off three time before I put a losi cup/end on it.
10-25-2011, 06:03 AM
#1149
2nd Race Night Report In:
Well, I have to say, that my second night of racing on this buggy was 180 degree different than my first night. I had all KINDS off issues on Saturday which lead to my "disappointed" review on Sunday. (which was mostly about the track and my tires anyway) Today, Everything came together.
Track was MUCH better, my brand new tires finally broke in, a few small setup changes, and I got a tad more used to the car, and all of a sudden, this car turned into an absolute MONSTER. This car is EASILY the best RC car I have ever driven. I have never driven a car that was SO aggressive, but SO planted at the SAME TIME... usually, in most buggies, it is kind of a trade off between the two, and you have to find the middle ground..... this buggy is an absolute game changer. Here are some more additional notes after my race tonight:
- I am able to absolutely mop the floor with every other buggy in high speed sweeper stability. Where my B4 would be on edge, right on the line of becoming crazy, The 210 would feel like it was being drug around the track by a huge magnet under the dirt, and can do it significantly faster.
-2 With my medium grip track, forward traction is where the fight is.... the RM4 setup is absolutely golden. Whenever I hit the gas hard, it feels like the entire car gets sucked to the ground
-3 Is anybody elses dex210 as noisy as mine? It sounds just like an 8th scale buggy.
-4 I am more and more impressed with how well this thing jumps. Nothing lands anywhere NEAR as nice as the buggy does. We have this relativly large x-over double, with a decent downside. If you over jump it, both B4s and 22s will bounce, and either skid out, or flip over. Every time I did that with the 210 (hey, it happens), it would slap a little bit, but stays completely composed, and off the buggy goes. AMAZING.
-5 The ballcups still suck major balls... I was lucky that I didn't pop any off during any races, but during practice I did pop one. I was telling my buddies about how painfully easy the cups will pop off, and then they got to witness it first hand. I came over a jump and right as I was downsiding, a turnmarshal walked across the track. I hit the brakes, and ended up hitting the turnmarshal in the shoe at about 4 mph... and it popped a front steering rack ball cup. My buddy standing next to me on the driver stand saw the whole thing and said "holycrap.. you weren't kidding". "I don't make this stuff up", I said. That being said, I just laid off the throttle just a tad in my races to make sure i had no mistakes, and with no mistakes, comes no popped ball cups. That doesn't mean I won't hunt down a replacement set of ballcups for the car...
Overall, I think my setup is already just about nailed for my track, and the car is just amazing. Qualed 2nd tonight, and finished 2nd. I had the lead on the last lap and let the TQ by as he got by me on the inside on the same X-over I mentioned earlier.. I chased him back down and ended up crossing the line exactly 1 tenth of a second behind him.
I just got home from the track and I want to go back! Can't wait to get this buggy really warmed up.
-Cpt
Well, I have to say, that my second night of racing on this buggy was 180 degree different than my first night. I had all KINDS off issues on Saturday which lead to my "disappointed" review on Sunday. (which was mostly about the track and my tires anyway) Today, Everything came together.
Track was MUCH better, my brand new tires finally broke in, a few small setup changes, and I got a tad more used to the car, and all of a sudden, this car turned into an absolute MONSTER. This car is EASILY the best RC car I have ever driven. I have never driven a car that was SO aggressive, but SO planted at the SAME TIME... usually, in most buggies, it is kind of a trade off between the two, and you have to find the middle ground..... this buggy is an absolute game changer. Here are some more additional notes after my race tonight:
- I am able to absolutely mop the floor with every other buggy in high speed sweeper stability. Where my B4 would be on edge, right on the line of becoming crazy, The 210 would feel like it was being drug around the track by a huge magnet under the dirt, and can do it significantly faster.
-2 With my medium grip track, forward traction is where the fight is.... the RM4 setup is absolutely golden. Whenever I hit the gas hard, it feels like the entire car gets sucked to the ground
-3 Is anybody elses dex210 as noisy as mine? It sounds just like an 8th scale buggy.
-4 I am more and more impressed with how well this thing jumps. Nothing lands anywhere NEAR as nice as the buggy does. We have this relativly large x-over double, with a decent downside. If you over jump it, both B4s and 22s will bounce, and either skid out, or flip over. Every time I did that with the 210 (hey, it happens), it would slap a little bit, but stays completely composed, and off the buggy goes. AMAZING.
-5 The ballcups still suck major balls... I was lucky that I didn't pop any off during any races, but during practice I did pop one. I was telling my buddies about how painfully easy the cups will pop off, and then they got to witness it first hand. I came over a jump and right as I was downsiding, a turnmarshal walked across the track. I hit the brakes, and ended up hitting the turnmarshal in the shoe at about 4 mph... and it popped a front steering rack ball cup. My buddy standing next to me on the driver stand saw the whole thing and said "holycrap.. you weren't kidding". "I don't make this stuff up", I said. That being said, I just laid off the throttle just a tad in my races to make sure i had no mistakes, and with no mistakes, comes no popped ball cups. That doesn't mean I won't hunt down a replacement set of ballcups for the car...
Overall, I think my setup is already just about nailed for my track, and the car is just amazing. Qualed 2nd tonight, and finished 2nd. I had the lead on the last lap and let the TQ by as he got by me on the inside on the same X-over I mentioned earlier.. I chased him back down and ended up crossing the line exactly 1 tenth of a second behind him.
I just got home from the track and I want to go back! Can't wait to get this buggy really warmed up.
-Cpt
10-25-2011, 06:08 AM
#1150
Does 4 gear help with forward bite or will it make the the car push more? I may have missed the explanation somewhere.
10-25-2011, 06:34 AM
#1152
Tech Adept
10-25-2011, 06:44 AM
#1153
Too rubbery plastic. dont know better way to describe.
10-25-2011, 06:52 AM
#1154
With the 4 gear, your motor is spinning the opposite direction and while the car may still squat under acceleration, it is not as much. So you have more weight on the front tires. (Motor spins toward the front/up instead of the towards the back/ground, essentially "lifting" the back of the car instead of forcing it down)
It could all be wrong, but that is what I have been able to take away from it all.
Almost acts as if the cups do not go down around the ball far enough. After building the links by the book dimensions, I was using my wrench to do the alignment and every single ball cup popped off just by adjusting them. I attributed that to the tie-rods being tight, but now think that the cups are to blame. Am thinking about trying to heat and bend a long Kyosho end to see if I can make that work in the back. We will see. Still working on setup at this point.
10-25-2011, 07:18 AM
#1155