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- From: bobwo@ecs.comm.mot.com (Bob Woodhouse)
- Subject: Second Race Observations
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 11:41:11 GMT
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- Hello,
-
- I recently participated in my second 1/10-scale, electric, off-road, 2WD
- buggy race. It was dissappointing that there were only three cars in the
- "superstock" class, and I was the only one who stayed for the main, which
- I declined to run. I will henceforth participate in the "modified" class
- to avoid this kind of problem. Apparently, almost all of the modified
- cars run 6 cells (a superstock class requirement) anyway.
-
- A mechanical breakdown list which may be of interest to CougarII owners
- includes 1) yet another popping off of a lower ball cup on the front
- shock from the ball on the A-arm and 2) a blown ESC fuse caused by the
- seizing of the transmission. Item #2 is of particular concern due to
- the fact that a total disassembly of the transmission revealed only
- minor dirt and no apparent cause for the transmission to seize. More
- frightening is the fact that at various times with the tranny either
- in or out of the car, this symptom would re-appear and then disappear
- after I rotate the shaft for a while. I believe that the problem is
- not inside the diff. Experimentation to find the cause is difficult
- due to the intermittent nature of the problem. The cause for some
- additional grittines that I found in the drivetrain turned out to be
- that the 'L'-shaped pins that hold the rear hub carriers to the rear
- A-arm were turned such that htey scraped the inside of the wheel rim;
- this was easily made right. Any comments about problem #2 would receive
- much consideration.
-
- As far as Cougars go, I followed the Huttoesque advice of using the
- Airtronics 94143 servo and have not been disappointed (although I
- may not be an experienced enough racer to know that I should be
- disappointed). It mounts in place so nicely (a challenge on a CougarII
- car), can easily be bolted in place, and gets all kinds of comments from those
- who stop to look inside -- it has proven to be quite a conversation
- piece, especially from other Cougar or ex-Cougar drivers.
-
- I noticed that some of the drivers pulsed their triggers so that they applied
- either no or full throttle, but they would do this rapidly to achieve some
- intermediate speed. Many drivers, including me, did not do this. Are there
- any thoughts on the matter?
-
- Of course, I had my second Tamiya/Kyosho connector meltdown. I went out and
- bought some 'Sermos'/LiteSpeed/Anderson Electrics (whatever you wish to call
- them) connectors. For the sake of easily obtaining extras or replacements,
- I considered only Dean's and Sermos'. I think the Dean's look nicer when
- carefully assembled and are certainly smaller. The Sermos are infinitely
- more easy to solder, however.
-
- Good Day,
- Bob Woodhouse
-