Road to Glory. The journey for gold medals and sexy women

[KevTrem]

We had a mock race day up at p1 yesterday. I qualified 3rd out of 9 but wound up breaking in the a main while in 3rd place. Only ran the mcd rr5 but it just doesn’t feel right. It pushes on corner entry and then snaps loose on the exit making the rig very unpredictable. I was about a half second slower per lap than the fastest guy who was running my old losi 5b I sold him

Could that be down to diff oil's or even brake bias?? Or just general set up with suspension and geometry??

It's probably a lot more sensitive on asphalt that dirt or grass.

 

[MonsterAir]

The joys of diff tuning

 

[misterleon]

Whatcha break?.... Any video?

Broke the steering knuckle. It was a quick fix just needed to swap the left and right around

Could that be down to diff oil's or even brake bias?? Or just general set up with suspension and geometry??

It's probably a lot more sensitive on asphalt that dirt or grass.

The diffs are grease filled so no tuning for that, it seems that the problem is a mix of suspension setup and geometry

The joys of diff tuning

Haha mcd requires diff replacement

 

[KevTrem]

Broke the steering knuckle. It was a quick fix just needed to swap the left and right around

The diffs are grease filled so no tuning for that, it seems that the problem is a mix of suspension setup and geometry

Haha mcd requires diff replacement

So if they are greased filled what's to stop you using silicone diff oil like the other 5th scales?? You should be able to tune them.

 

[misterleon]

So if they are greased filled what's to stop you using silicone diff oil like the other 5th scales?? You should be able to tune them.

My understanding is that the gears inside of the planetary are designed to turn. Locking them or trying to prevent them from spinning as freely will damage the diff or burn up the oil. This is by no means a fact but that’s my best educated guess based off the information I have

 

[KevTrem]

My understanding is that the gears inside of the planetary are designed to turn. Locking them or trying to prevent them from spinning as freely will damage the diff or burn up the oil. This is by no means a fact but that’s my best educated guess based off the information I have

Fair enough fella, was just a suggestion.

Your probably going to have to try and adjust the steering, suspension, toe, camber and brake bias to get it to handle how you want. Or even a softer grippier tyre compound.

 

[misterleon]

Fair enough fella, was just a suggestion.

Your probably going to have to try and adjust the steering, suspension, toe, camber and brake bias to get it to handle how you want. Or even a softer grippier tyre compound.

Yea that’s the plan. Haven’t had much track time with the mcd and when I do have time I don’t want to spend it changing things like camber instead of ripping through tanks of fuel. These rigs are way more sensitive to tuning adjustments than the losi so it requires a bit of a mindset shift. Lol

 

[KevTrem]

Yea that’s the plan. Haven’t had much track time with the mcd and when I do have time I don’t want to spend it changing things like camber instead of ripping through tanks of fuel. These rigs are way more sensitive to tuning adjustments than the losi so it requires a bit of a mindset shift. Lol

Think your gonna have to sacrifice a couple days hard running for a proper tuning session, taking notes as you go and only changing one thing at a time until you have it handling how you want it.
Other option and this sounds daft, maybe your driving it how you would an offroad vehicle, maybe its you that needs to adjust to onroad driving.

 

[misterleon]

Think your gonna have to sacrifice a couple days hard running for a proper tuning session, taking notes as you go and only changing one thing at a time until you have it handling how you want it.
Other option and this sounds daft, maybe your driving it how you would an offroad vehicle, maybe its you that needs to adjust to onroad driving.

It’s an off road track. The xr5 is on road the rr5 is the off road buggy

 

[KevTrem]

It’s an off road track. The xr5 is on road the rr5 is the off road buggy

For some reason I though you where tuning the XR5, my bad.
I've thought you where crucial with his onroad rig, sorry.
He has the XS5

 

[Markcarr]

On road scares rob

 

[misterleon]

On road scares rob

Build a track in Suffolk county and I’ll buy an f1 tomorrow

 

[Markcarr]

Build a track in Suffolk county and I’ll buy an f1 tomorrow

Then sell it to me on Wednesday

 

[misterleon]

Well as work slows down finally the racing journey continues… @MonsterAir air, me and a couple other guys are making the trip up to Connecticut to battle some proper racers on July 11th. I haven’t touched my mcd’s since April so I gotta do a bit of refresh, refit and make sure they start Oh well I’ll keep y’all posted

 

[MonsterAir]

Finally. After all those hybrid part orders I thought you ran outta gas money or something, you haven't been down at track Yup I plan on making the trip as well

 

[Seandonato73]

Sounds like he's gonna have to borrow his old 5ive to race

 

[misterleon]

Finally. After all those hybrid part orders I thought you ran outta gas money or something, you haven't been down at track Yup I plan on making the trip as well

Haha work is taking over my life again I’ll be down there eventually

 

[misterleon]

Got them thangs out today to make sure all was well. Haven’t given them any love for quite some time. Needed to replace the power switch in the w5. My rr5 needs a bit of a cleaning, but they are ready to run for Sunday’s race in Connecticut.

 

[MonsterAir]

Race Ready!... Me, not so much. Waiting on parts to get in. Hoping by thurs to have everything fitted/fixed/tuned and ready

 

[misterleon]

Took Jim and Pam out for a short tuning session and oh boy are they ready to rip