RWD anyone?? [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23]
Messed around with it again today & had too much front chatter from the CVDs that it would cause the front of the chassis to bounce off the ground in full lock on either direction. Even with steering trim turned down below 50%, I couldn’t get rid of it…so I did what any “normal” person would do & experimented if I could get more angle from the front & if more was indeed achievable, how would it do as a RWD chassis?
Answer: a whole lot better than 4WD. Lol. Granted, I only ran test runs in the limited area of my dining room, but damn did it surprise me.
Need to start shifting the weight around as I had the heavy 3s LiPo secured at the most rearward point of the truck to aid in swangin’ her back out as a 4WD, but I figure if I move the battery in front of the trans, it’ll allow me to get a little more angle that’s controllable. Again, not built as a comp drifter, but damn is it fun to swang around somewhat aimlessly.
Running a 11.5t brushed motor on 3s for the time being until new brushless esc arrives. If the Savage XS motor doesn’t work with the esc, then I’ll be picking up a sensored motor since the esc will be a sensored unit from HobbyWing.
I can get a little more angle from the steering, but I need to figure some things out first in order to get all of it.
More test runs to be had tomorrow with some footage hopefully. New wheel setup arrives tomorrow. 2.2 Fly Wheel adjustable offset wheels in white on white. Gonna paint the lip Metalcast red to match the 1.9s & leave the faces white. Need the bigger wheels to “scale” the appearance.
Play around with weight distribution, tire & suspension settings, gyro settings & it should do just as good as the 4WD to RWD converted chassis’s.
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