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- From: mgwheele@crockett.ecn.purdue.edu (Matthew G Wheeler)
- Subject: Re: how do I tune a 12lw
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.155149.7733@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:51:49 GMT
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- In article <milo-250193195254@mielo.dorm.rutgers.edu> milo@dorm.rutgers.edu (Jim mielo) writes:
- >I recently sold my rc 10 and got a new rc 12lw
- >
- > This being my first pan car with a T plate ( ran a Lynx II), I have no
- >idea how to tune it. I'm running the tires in the box but have a set of
- >green dots I plan to put on when the old ones are shot.
- >
- > I understand the concept of increasing spring rate on the rear to get
- >over steer, etc.
-
- I know very little about R.C. cars, but I have studdied vehicle dynamics
- quite a bit. It seems to me that the overstear characteristics of a car
- depend more on C.G. location and front/rear tire characteristics than
- on suspention spring rate. Does this jive with the experiences of the R.C.
- car guys out there. Maybe changing the spring rate of the rear suspention
- changes the effective coeficient of friction of the tires? If so I don't
- see it. Please explane.
-
- Matt
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