How to set up the V12 part 2

Ok so your car is now ready for action but we seem to be twitchy in corners and on the straight . . .
well you did set up the toe angle didnt you?
whats toe angle then ?

To adjust toe angle on the front of your car you will need the turnbuckles if you dont have them then you need a pair dont bother with the others as its hard to set up with out

Toe in will generally result in increased stability on the straight, but it will increase drag. 1 to 2 deg

Toe out will improves cornering ability, but can make your vehicle twitchy on the straights 1 to 2 deg

again this only needs to be about 0 to 2 deg max any more and some thing is not right on your car

Also I cannot stress enough on a Good steering servo. . .
No matter how much you set your car up a good servo is the way forward and I mean some thing like the hitec 225mg as seen below in my car its £20 and its the 1 thing that you will be glad of.. . . . Also note the turn buckles

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Under the wish bone you will see some white plastic and a silver washer . .

The white plastic just lifts the wishbones up a little further so not to true the tyres even smaller and when they do wear down I can take them off and still have a good tread left on the tyre .
The silver washer is the crude way to have Castor whats castor. . . wel lthat will be in part 3

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Ok Gear ratios

Right click on the picture and then click PRINT

Mardave 32dp

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and 48dp

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Part 3 next

does that servo only work on analogue systems as i have just gone and got one and it wont work with my core 2.4ghz handset?

should work on any TX RX its a servo . . . works on my 35meg and 2.4 possable dud servo try it in another channel

Nice gear charts Gaz can you bolt that on you set up sheet?

I have photto copied loads of set up sheets that gazza done just see me trackside for your free copys everyone

yes mate, cracking setup advice for the mardave. cannot wait to see the difference at the local meet. looks like its a duff servo btw as iv tried it on another system. so its gonna be going back

keep us posted Robbo

Gazza wrote:should work on any TX RX its a servo . . . works on my 35meg and 2.4 possable dud servo try it in another channel

yup it was a dud servo, got a replacement and it works superb

Nice 1 Rob

Notice any differance ?

Gazza wrote:Nice 1 Rob

Notice any differance ?

iv not had chance to try it on track yet, but the movement is much quicker . i will let you know how it goes

You sorted the servo & tried it yet Rob

yes, cracking little servo for the price. very impressed. no excuses now for my poor driving skills

Front End Droop

racing 12th pan cars we run a little droop circa 0.5mm

do the Mardave's need some??

No we dont bother with it. .. just washers under the front wish bone to give caster to your prefard choice and thats it

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Under the wish bone you will see some white plastic and a silver washer . .

The white plastic just lifts the wishbones up a little further so not to true the tyres even smaller and when they do wear down I can take them off and still have a good tread left on the tyre .
The silver washer is the crude way to have Castor

Gazza wrote:Part 3 next

Must be an epic.

Folk have been waiting since your post in Sept 2010 for Part 3 or have we missed it?

LOL no been a little busy playing with me GT10 car and sorting a few things out as Me Dad went in to Hospital as well so have other things on miy mind at the moment

Ill get round to it soon