Maintaining a doughnut
07-31-2007, 11:06 PM
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Maintaining a doughnut
Hey. I pretty much know what I'm doing when it comes to drifting, but I seem to be having trouble doing doughnuts endlessly. The most I've ever done is 3 but it tends to shift in different directions rather than around a stationary target
Right now, I'm sorta aiming for skills like that scene in tokyo drift where the RX7 drifts around the two girls sitting in the tuner
Right now, I'm sorta aiming for skills like that scene in tokyo drift where the RX7 drifts around the two girls sitting in the tuner
08-01-2007, 12:14 AM
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RE: Maintaining a doughnut
work your throttle and use the steering to open and close the circle as needed
you have to keep a close eye on the car so it doesn't get away from you.
I started by working large circles then tighten up them up as I got better
you have to keep a close eye on the car so it doesn't get away from you.
I started by working large circles then tighten up them up as I got better
08-01-2007, 03:10 AM
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RE: Maintaining a doughnut
I just managed to do 6 cycles around one fixed point. But then I sorta ran out of room.. But I'm just glad I did it.
Although I'm really aiming at doing doughnuts with the car face to face with the target. Thats like my goal so far.
And just to check if I'm actually doing this right, I'm not supposed to maintain the same amount of throttle right? I need to give it some boost every now and then.
Although I'm really aiming at doing doughnuts with the car face to face with the target. Thats like my goal so far.
And just to check if I'm actually doing this right, I'm not supposed to maintain the same amount of throttle right? I need to give it some boost every now and then.
08-02-2007, 10:06 AM
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RE: Maintaining a doughnut
The trouble is that a real car has different physics, so doughnuttin' a RC car is more difficult, as it has not clutch etc. If you use a RWD RC car you can doughnut easily, but if you use a 4WD it just doesn't work too well. More so, when you use a really high powered high quality chassis 4WD, it'll do spins on the dot, using the middle of the chassis as it's turning point. This can reach rediculous speed, but looks un-realistic!
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08-21-2007, 10:25 PM
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RE: Maintaining a doughnut
Throttle control. Depending on the radius, you might not even need to touch the wheel much. But, it's a gymkhanna excersise in control, so it'll take time.
