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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 11/27/2006 2:07:53 AM   
bayward


 

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ORIGINAL: P38Lnut

I just noticed this thread...here's where I've seen it before: http://users.pandora.be/elvo/



Thanks for that link P38nut. The site contains a tons good of information.

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 11/29/2006 4:08:00 PM   
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Great job

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 12/26/2006 6:04:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also another place to go for setup advice, and tuning methods, check out www.rc10b4.com and go to B4 setups and look for Charlie Perez setups. He offers many techniques and methods to setting up your car. For instance, settings should be done in this order:

1) Adjust tires and foams for the track. Most important variable.
2) Adjust spring and shocks and shock mounting locations, pistons, etc... to conform to the majority of the track.
3) Adjust camber and camber link to adjust the traction at the various segments of the turn.
4) Adjust caster to gain/lose steering where it is needed, high or fast speeds.
5) Adjust wheelbase to gain lose forward bite/stability, anti-roll bar gets adjusted here too.


I am probably missing a step or two so go check that out for more resources. He talks about the B4, T4, and BJ4 but his techniques apply to all cars.

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 1/28/2007 3:45:33 AM   
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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 2/19/2007 5:14:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the usefull info. I am a complete newby and i would like to know what the infinite number of adjustments on my Swift buggy do so all your info is of great help to me. Only thing is i do know what Ackerman is, i know what camber is but i am at a loss as to castor, Is that adjusted by moving the packers on the top suspension leg from the front to back and vice versa? I say i know what camber is though i don't know which is positive and which is negative. How do i measure all these angles too. On the tops of my shocks there are packers betwen the spring compressing nut and the top of the shock. if i adjust the springs to make them more tensioned then will i have to aquire packers to fill the gaps?
Sorry to blow your mind with all these questions but you seem very knowlegeable and as a complete newby i would greatly appreciate any help.
Thanks
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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 4/6/2007 4:47:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		hello everyone!!! i am starting to get back into RC and consider myself a newb again as i have been out for so long. I have a RC10CE that i am going to try and catch up with the technology of todays cars. I got it working this week and have been messing around in the yard. I plan to take it to the local track and play around. One question that I have that I don't remember how it works is the batteries. what is the differance between 1500 mah and 2400 etc. i want to be able to run competitivly but still keep my run time up because i want the kids to have fun with it too. What types of batteries are being used now? Thanks for all of the help and support.

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 4/6/2007 6:52:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		i notice the timing is discussed in the orig. post, but that is for brushed motors. do the same concepts apply to the brushless motors as well?

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 4/11/2007 1:36:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey thanks that was great for a person just getting back in the hobby. Do you have any recommendation for Batteries. I would rather not spend alot of money but i did buy some orions Heavy duty packs and they were fine untill I bought some SMC's and then I knew knew the Orions sucked. Are there any cheaper batts that work like the SMC without the $?

thanks for the info

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 6/19/2007 11:39:55 AM   
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the difference brtween 1500 and 2400 mah battres is how long a run time u get out of them, basicly the higher the number the more power it stores

i am still a newby my self so please correct me if im incorrect

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 10/22/2007 6:51:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		I think gene hickerson wrote the guide, here is the link to the origional info http://www.cenracing.com/race/setupguide.doc

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 1/19/2008 4:08:16 PM   
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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 3/1/2008 3:18:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi im a new racer and i was wondering if someone might help me, I won some eletric 540 motors off ebay and when i insatall them they make my buggy go faster in revers instead of forward, How do you time the motors they are set at 24+, should I go -24 or some where around there. Im tricking out a cheap Exceed sunfire buggy. I just got a new transmitter 2.4 digital and lipo batters with cut off voltage..and lots of aluminum and composit upgrades.

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 3/1/2008 3:21:09 AM   
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ORIGINAL: craiglugan77

Hi im a new racer and i was wondering if someone might help me, I won some eletric 540 motors off ebay and when i insatall them they make my buggy go faster in revers instead of forward, How do you time the motors they are set at 24+, should I go -24 or some where around there. Im tricking out a cheap Exceed sunfire buggy. I just got a new transmitter 2.4 digital and lipo batters with cut off voltage..and lots of aluminum and composit upgrades.

just reverse your motor leads . if they are adjustable timing you should start out at 0 then advance from there

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 3/7/2008 5:03:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		could u sugest nething about an MRC MT-10M I think my trans or diff is slipping it might even be the slipper clutch..... im new to all this rc stuff if u could help me out that would be great

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RE: Just about everything you need to know about setups! - 3/30/2008 5:59:02 PM   
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