Thanks to Shawn for organizing the event, Fai for filming and PN for sponsoring the lucky draw prizes. I've been wanting a foam car stand for a very long time now, so I was very happy when I won one
This was the setup I was running for the race, if anyone's interested. It was definitely not the fastest car there that day (that award would go to Herbert ), but it was predictable and fairly easy to drive consistently.
Chassis MR03
- 98mm wheelbase (tried 96mm, but experienced traction rolling)
- stock board, FETs etc.
- Reflex Racing alloy top cover
- ~0.75 gram of weight added to center tunnel on underside of chassis (thanks Santino)
Body Ferrari 360GTC
- wheel wells drilled out to fit 98mm wheelbase
- front splitter/lip trimmed, leaving ~1mm left
- window under roof was cut away
- front raised ~2mm for clearance and back lowered
Tires Front
- Kyosho 30 deg slicks
- worn down from one prior weekend of racing Rear
- Kyosho 20 deg radials
- worn down from one prior weekend of racing Tape
- Route 246 tire tape (this tape is amazing… no more folding/rolling of the tire sidewall like with other tapes)
Rear End Reflex Racing 94-96-98 adjustable wheelbase motor mount
- set at 98mm
- set at lowest ride height Reflex Racing medium FRP T-plate Reflex Racing disk damper (from multi-option rear end)
- Oil: none (attracts too much dust)
- Top Spring: medium
- Bottom Spring: hard
- disks & plate were sanded using very worn 600 grit sandpaper PN Racing dual spring center shock
- Springs: silver ones it came with
- Preload: none
Front End Reflex Racing adjustable front end
- Type: long kingpin setup, with stock arms & pin
- Springs: standard PN Racing MR02 white springs
- Camber: 0 deg
- Caster: 0 deg
- Roll Center: raised 0.8mm (using MA010 shims) Ride Height
- PN Racing lowdown knuckles
- 1 thick + 1 thin stock plastic shim
Drivetrain Handout PN 50T… didn’t do much to it (probably why it wasn’t especially fast), except:
- “broken in” for 5 mins at ~40% throttle
- oiled the bushings PN Racing 64p light weight ceramic ball diff
- Spur: standard one that comes on the PN Racing 64p ball diff
- Pinion: 13 tooth (64 pitch)
- set as loose as possible (right before spur would slip) Reflex Racing ball bearings
Batteries
Peak 900, Atomic VP800
Total weight was ~177 grams. I was down to 176.xx grams after a few qualifiers (tires wearing down?), which was the reason I added 0.75 grams of weight.
Last edited by pomme de terre; 2011.12.05 at 07:17 PM.
As for F1, this is the setup I ran and have been running for the MC3 F1 Points Series (except for the points series I've been using an X-speed).
Chassis MF010 SP1
- came with an ASF board
- black SP chassis
- Mantis V2 front bumper (with stock nose/wing)
- transponder mounted internally where the crystal would go for AM F1's
Tires Front
- Kyosho 30 deg (grooved)
- worn down to slicks from several race weekends Rear
- Kyosho 20 deg (grooved)
- worn down to slicks from several race weekends Tape
- Route 246 tire tape
Rear End Route 246 alloy motor mount with disk damper
- set at second lowest ride height
- Oil: none
- Top Spring: hard
- Bottom Spring: hard Kyosho rear shock
- Spring: stock
- Preload: 3x washers it came with Kyosho carbon fibre suspension plates
- Side springs: none
- two screws closest to motor mount on chassis side were removed
Front End Kyosho yellow (hard) springs Kyosho stainless steel kingpins Route 246 alloy knuckles
- Camber: 1 deg Kyosho plastic tie rod
- the one with the most toe in
Drivetrain PN Racing 43T motor Kyosho ball diff
- Spur: stock one
- Pinion: stock 8 tooth
- set as loose as possible (right before spur would slip) Kyosho ball bearings
Batteries
Peak 900, Atomic VP800
Controller Settings
I don't usually use any special settings with the MR03, but I do with F1... Dual Rate
- 85% (the F1 has too much steering as it is) Throttle Punch
- Forward: 50%
- Reverse: 30% (to help with that damn reverse delay)
No other curves or anything
Total weight of the F1 was ~210 grams the last time I checked... so not light be any means. No weight reduction has been done besides aero bits falling off the body from crashes
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