29 Mar 09

Been sometime since I last updated this blog...Its nearing the exam and time to stop playing much...

Been thru afew competitions these few weeks...Some good, some bad, but its all the experience that helps...Something is wrong with the electronics on the 416 though, has some kind of glitches that I didn't think will affect alot...But it has cost me today haha...

Learnt something about weight balancing on Saturday from Kerk...Its interesting to know how these stuff affect the overall car handling characteristics even though every droop, ride height, camber, roll center, etc has been done...

Currently my left ratio is 92% while the right is 91.9%...This ratio is the weight of the front wheel divide by the rear wheel on each side...The cross weight is around 50.5% and 49.5%...Which means my car is quite balanced without any diagonal pivoting...
Took me an hour or so to sort out how to do the balancing nicely...

Overall, I'm quite happy with the hardware performance these few days, but not really satisfied with the electronic components...I suspect its my capacitor on the ESC is spoiled...Maybe I should swap my receiver with another one or swap the esc to a brushed one...