ToraKitsu

Here's my tiny stable of drift chassis.

#1 is a Losi JRXS-Type "R," modded to drift.

#2 is a Tamiya TA05 VDF, which is a first edition. I had this chassis assembled long before anyone here, in the states even knew what a VDF was. It cost me, all-up, shipping included, $270. Look at what they cost now! This chassis is CS'ed, at 1.60.

#3 is a Tamiya TA06, also modded to drift, but with an RSector carbon chassis conversion kit. Both the JRXS-R and TA06 are geared exactly the same, and use the same tire combos, so they both drift very similarly.

#5 is a shot of an ABC Hobby Genetic, modded to drift, and the electronics were somewhat "downsized" so it could all fit below the upper chassis plate. It works, and can run for 15 minutes on that tiny Lipo!

#6 is a Traxxas Ford Fiesta body that was a straight-fit on the Genetic, if I used 10mm offset wheels.

#7: Here is a comparative shot of the JRXS-R and TA06 side-by-side, to show their design similarities to each other. They are not twins, but enough design points are shared, that make them very similar in operation. Unfortunately, the JRXS-R is no longer available, which is a shame, since it could give both the Tamiya TRF417 and X-Ray T4 a run for their money!

subadubaru

yeah just a tiny collection! Wow you are not joking when you say the JRXS-R and TA06 are similar! but when i see current Ta06's i see that the shock placement is very different, is there a reason for that?

ToraKitsu

The TA06 comes with two shock set-ups - either standard stand-up placement, or F1 style (the RSector conversion also allowed this). I prefer the stand-up style, because they are easier to tune, and react to adjustments much more consistently. The F1 style looks cool, but is difficult to adjust properly.

subadubaru

oh ok thats cool! i can see how the lateral push style shocks would be beneficial in a grip race but not for drifting

ToraKitsu

Actually, it introduces more "sway," unless the chassis is lowered excessively, to combat it, or sway bars are used, and in the case of F1 style suspension, sway bars are a necessity. Stand-up shock arrangements sometimes do, too, if extra-soft springs are used, but that is easily corrected simply by swapping them out for slightly stiffer springs, and no other adjustments.
As much as I fiddle with my chassis, suspension adjustments aren't something I like to spend a lot of time on.

ToraKitsu

Here are a few improvements I made over the weekend!

I had some time on my hands, so decided to do some re-arranging of the ABC Hobby Genetic's chassis, since I was working with all my other "M" class chassis.

When compared to the pics above, you can see the Genetic's electronics on the left side have been reversed, and the LiPo is a 2S, rather than the 3S that was mounted before. The reasons for this are: The Motor is now a 17.5T Speed Passion Stock-Spec, which is MUCH more suited to drift, than the 6.5T that was in it. It's also sensored, so it is smooth, too! The Genetic is still rather fast, RPM-wise, so it can still gymkhana, with HPI A-drift tires, so this combo works well.

I also mounted the ESC on a carbon plate from another carbon chassis conversion that was not used in that particular chassis, and it worked well here, since there isn't much in the way of chassis to servo-tape the ESC to, since the left side of the Genetic's chassis is cut out, since the left side was the battery side, in stock Genetic layout.

Lead weight had to be added, because of the weight shift re-arranging the electronics. Not much....maybe just 1/2 oz. but it all went up front, and stabilized the Genetic during swingouts and transitions.

This new layout works better than before, if only slightly, but better, nonetheless!