Re: When an Engineer… Part 2

[TOYO]

Much appreciated Betty, GOD will surely turn you into a sunbeam, anyways’ have finished some serious testing on the race track…..BRILLIANT, there appears to be nothing this chassis can’t be applied to,it took some practice getting used to being able to reduce the power coming into a corner to avoid a broadside (too much weight over rear wheels)and using little or large amounts of steering when required, half of the track was in the rain but it made no difference to the PT as even in a slight four wheel drift and the front tyres breaking traction steering was as precise as in the dry. I fitted an adjustable turning circle limiter to the steering link and modded the transmitter to stop reverse motion being activated on what ever wheel is on the inside of the circle and this immediately gave the car high speed predictability, it did however spoil it’s spectacular ability to be driven accurately in reverse and curtailed it’s prowess with snail pace obstacle courses on the kitchen table…damn,damn,damn. It is however blighted with poor endurance, on a double charge only 60 laps were completed, but considering what the circuitry must be doing to allow such wide variations of performance it is, I feel an acceptable limitation. Have said that, I will consider building another with both motors turning in the same direction. How does’ it compare? The Enertecs are serious little cars with oustanding endurance/speed and are highly suited to a long slow curve circuit, what the Xtreck lacks is far outweighed by its’ ability to tackle anything, fast, slow, tight, broad, wet or dry and importantly, the fun factor.
Build em’? narrr…same old story, too expensive too fragile too GOD damn fussy about their environment….get a mini-z.
Can’t wait to see a proportional BCG!!! but as for modding, will it require a complete rework? I’m certainly interested.