by LloydL » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:26 pm
The first timed runs of the class 2 (RTR class) cars.
These cars were run yesterday almost as they were when they first arrived, apart from sime minor fettling. When I next run them, probably on Monday, I will devote much more time to each car, adding or moving weight to get the best possible time.
1 Citroen Roland Carrera GO No timed lap yet.
Carrera GO cars with the standard pin guide, as on this one, take a lot of experimenting with weights, to get a good lap from them. Previous experience has shown this to be difficult with the original tyres fitted. But I do not give up easily and still hope to get a complete lap out of it next time.
2 Porsche Steve SCX Compact 26.71
Even with no weight added, this car seemed to suit the Little Monte track straight out of the box, and I am sure there are even better laptimes in it, time will tell!
3 Citroen Peter SCX Compact 30.26
This car bottoms out on some parts of the track but has potential for a quicker lap.
7 Citroen Leo WRC 32.37
These WRC cars are a joy to drive. Very smooth and quick but seemingly unable to get round the hairpin turns on the uphill bit. When compared with rhe SCX Compact cars, the WRC cars have very limited guide movement, which causes deslotting on every tight turn. Having opened one to have a look inside, this would be easy to remedy with a little trimming. I was able to complete laps with both of the WRC Citroens
8 Citroen Joe WRC 28.82
Much the same comments apply as to car no7, but this one did a slightly better lap. So much potential here.
14 Ford Fiesta Steve WRC No lap yet.
I can see no reason why I can get the 2 Citroen WRC cars, with careful driving, to do complete laps, and not this Fiesta! Fabulous car to drive but it absolutely refuses to go round the tight turns. The same mod as suggested for the no7 car would make all the difference!
I did run my 2 Carrera GO Mini Countrymans, but did not complete any laps with them. As it was late in the day by then, I didnt think that it was worth trying to improve them.
I do believe that most of these cars will improve their times in the next session with a little work.
Regards, Lloyd.