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Things are starting to come together. Am gonna do some testing tomorrow to see how it flows with the new jump etc. Getting it in usable shape for the small stuff I own has been a challenge. Those 1rc cars are awesome....but they are so low it has to be like tennis court flat.
Some of it going to be suspension tuning and tire choice to get the kind of control you are after. If you have over steer issues the first and most free solution is to knock back the dual rate and give yourself less steering.
What car is it? Tires and suspension plays a roll in it as well as the weigh bias. My Bandit has no weight on the front and doesn't turn as good as a stadium truck for example.
It's my backyard truck, fms f100 1/10 scale:What car is it? Tires and suspension plays a roll in it as well as the weigh bias. My Bandit has no weight on the front and doesn't turn as good as a stadium truck for example.
Down the rabbit hole you go.
With that truck there, I would turn down the dual rate to take out some steering and put in ....practice more than anything. Getting reaction times, and throttle control working together before you start doing too much to the truck.It's my backyard truck, fms f100 1/10 scale:
Thread 'RC Car/Tires for grass'
Thats basically a stampede. With that said to help mone handle better I took the battery out of the top of the chassis and zip tied it under the chassis to lower the cog. If you do that make sure it doesn't bottom out on the battery.It's my backyard truck, fms f100 1/10 scale:
Thread 'RC Car/Tires for grass'
https://www.fmshobby.com/products/fms-1-10-ford-f-100-monster-truck-brushless-rs
Thanks for all the replies, I apologize I don't want to hijack the thread, it's sort of the same theme but a little bit different . I trimmed down the throttle and especially the steering , and I am able to create nice figure eights in the backyard now . When the weather cools down a bit here in michigan, i will give it another try at the local track. Not a very expensive truck but one of my faves. ! Some very nice tracks in this thread that people are building or have built at home gamma I'm a little bit envious comma and if I owned my own home, I'm in a condo now, I would probably try to build my own period I love the pictures !
I own a brushless f100 from fms. You should be able to get it around a dirt track on stock suspension and tires. Maybe knockdown the throttle to something that let's you complete laps at the track. Everytime you pull 5 consecutive laps, bump it up 5% until you get comfortable at that new speed. It's a 2wd truck. Throttle in a corner is useful, but too much can cause that backend to come around. Practice is gonna be huge. Until you can at least get around the track consistently with some kind of rhythm it's hard to say if you need to change anything about your set up.
I have been trying to get this 1 to work in a way that its a place to do light testing of mods, and a way to use this stuff without traveling ..or track fees. This current design is pretty good.
Agreed. Spinning out is due to too much throttle. It always takes me a few laps to get into "the groove" and settle down on both the wheel and the trigger. I try to never let completely off of the throttle, as my Buggies handle well under power, but I try to make small corrections on the wheel and no nailing the throttle unless that Buggy is lined up straight ahead (or it will spin out!). I don't like restricting my steering, because sometimes I need to make tight turns, so it's "give it just enough" to aim it where I want it to go. In a typical lap on the Club's off-road track, I probably only hit "full throttle" once or twice a lap for no more than one second (down the straightaway), or a quick burst to build up speed before a jump.
