Set-up Station / Tweak Boards Recommendation?

[callawaymax]

I can't seem to decide whether to get the HUDY set-up station or the Integy set-up station.

Have any of you guys out there used either or would recommend one over the other?

Ideally, I'm looking for one to align my SuperMaxx T-Maxx w/.21 conversion, and HPI Savage SS, and a Kyosho Kanai II Buggy.

It seems that the Integy just comes with a basic setup package but with the Hudy one, you have to purchase a setup board, setup decals, droop guages, droop support blocks, etc separately. And the Integy obviously doesn't come with all this extra support blocks and guages (or does it) and I can't figure out if those extra items are what I really need or if it's optional.

Anyone have the inside technical scoop on all this? I don't mind spending the money on the best, but I just want to make sure that I buy everything that I need for the setup job to get done.

 

[FastEddy]

Quite honestly a setup station will be a waist of money for these particular RCs. If you are in the top 100 of the nations elite racers I would say different.

You can gain the same results with an extra set of wheels and a straight 1 x 1/2 board.
I have posted this alignment setup technique several times in the past and will dig up the link for you this evening.

 

[robriguez]

If the technique can be used for buggies I'd like to take a gander at it myself. It was hell trying to get mine to track right and enter corners properly after the rebuild.

 

[FastEddy]

Mount wheels only, no tires on them, front and rear. You can use 2 at a time but all 4 work better.

You need an even flat place to work on.

With the radio on, wheels pointing forward and trim tabs set to 0. Adjust your front camber so both the inside and outside edges of the wheels touch the table.

bounce the truck several times after doing this to make sure you didn't get a false setting.

Do the same on the rear.

Take a strait edge I use a .5 x .5 wood strip, and place it across the front of the truck on the table. It should be long enough to go from the outside edges of both wheels and a bit longer.

Adjust your toe settings until all 4 rim edges are touching the strait edge at the same time. Now you are set to 0 toe.


For toe in, adjust the the inside edges of the wheels to be about 1mm away from the strait edge on both sides. This will give you about 1 degree of tow in.

Don't forget to bounce the truck several times during the process to avoid false settings.

Ill guarantee you that your truck will track near perfectly every time.

This procedure was passed on to me by an old-timer mechanic that did this to 1:1 cars back in the 40s. Trust me, It works and all for the price of 2-4 rims.

 

[callawaymax]

Thanks for the tip Eddy, I'll definitely give this a shot.

 

[SkyMaxx]

Eddy, this is awesome and the timing couldn't be better. I just finished my buggy and need to adjust the camber and toe in. I have not yet glued the tires to the rim. I can use your method to set up my buggy and then glue the wheels...and then the break-in begins...yeah baby.