How does weight impact drift performance?
06-01-2007 | 09:37 AM
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RE: How does weight impact drift performance?
I am no expert in drifting (more of a newbie) but according to my personnal experience a lighter car is a lot easier to control the drift. You can make a heavy car drift with extra power but it is a lot harder to control...
I drift with either my Nitro RS4 18ss or with my Electric sedan. I use both drift hard rubber tire or ABS pipe.
The Electric is an old Kyosho TF-2 carbon fiber chassis with Novak sport ESC and 13T motor. It is significantly lighter than the RS4 and is a lot easier to control drifts. It will drift well on the drift tires or the ABS although ABS is like driving on ice. ABS will allow you to drift at low speed.
This statement is made only according to my personnaly limited experience. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong and to give us all tricks to improve our drifting abilities.
I drift with either my Nitro RS4 18ss or with my Electric sedan. I use both drift hard rubber tire or ABS pipe.
The Electric is an old Kyosho TF-2 carbon fiber chassis with Novak sport ESC and 13T motor. It is significantly lighter than the RS4 and is a lot easier to control drifts. It will drift well on the drift tires or the ABS although ABS is like driving on ice. ABS will allow you to drift at low speed.
This statement is made only according to my personnaly limited experience. Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong and to give us all tricks to improve our drifting abilities.
06-01-2007 | 06:15 PM
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RE: How does weight impact drift performance?
Im no expert either, and I agree with beavenx
A lighter car is easier to control, when the weight is down enough I add a little more up front (bumber) to help fine tune my control.
I like to drive with 2 different styles, I use a 27t on slick surfaces with abs or harder tires and a Brushless with HPI super-Ds or Yok HG type d on black top or rougher surfaces.
the slower car gets into the tight turns better, and it just perfect for the street in my neighborhood, I like the brushless for wide open parkinglots for big drifts.
Also Im prolly going about this all wrong, but the more power I add the more I stiffen the shocks in the rear.
hope that helps a little, and if your in Phoenix you should come out and drift with us sometime, I can show you a few cars with the different types of setups and oh ya...we carry drift parts in hand local in phoenix too.
A lighter car is easier to control, when the weight is down enough I add a little more up front (bumber) to help fine tune my control.
I like to drive with 2 different styles, I use a 27t on slick surfaces with abs or harder tires and a Brushless with HPI super-Ds or Yok HG type d on black top or rougher surfaces.
the slower car gets into the tight turns better, and it just perfect for the street in my neighborhood, I like the brushless for wide open parkinglots for big drifts.
Also Im prolly going about this all wrong, but the more power I add the more I stiffen the shocks in the rear.
hope that helps a little, and if your in Phoenix you should come out and drift with us sometime, I can show you a few cars with the different types of setups and oh ya...we carry drift parts in hand local in phoenix too.
