RC Drift QLD March

 

A fun session at RC Drift QLD. only the second this year. 

Invites to some long time old battle partners. 

Ken Block Tribute Monster Supra was trying some setting for grip. High traction everything. 

Drift Line  in the house. 

Fail crew also in effect. 

Still some settings to dial in, but the Sakura D6 much better than before, just needs to be consistently good rather than sometimes good.  

Fun short session. 

2026 Spec

 

2026 Spec.. For these machines, 2026 is just maintenance and refinement. 

As the electrical components are now more than 15 years old the 7.5T Luxon KG Keyence motors need replacing and the Sanwa BLX Servos are just End of Life. I'd hate to think how many steering inputs those tiny motors have endured.

Everything else seems ok, but there's the odd glitch in there and things have come a long way in that time.  

The $120 Sakura chassis has got a minor upgrades just to get suspension working with more droop and allow the knuckles to turn properly. Basically this chassis should come with a set of 20x2mm spacers as it simply wasn't checked for clearance and tollerance.  And the plastics seem to strip threads easily as the assembly process wasn't great. Steering is good, but it is a very fast ratio so needs some adjustment as it is easy to get understeer from the speed of the front steering. 

I think it will turn out well, just needs patience. 

This old hack body seems to handle ok in its current form. I'm a big fan of the low pressure rear end. allowing most of the air trapped inside to escape and the wing makes a difference. 

Some things you remember from on-road racing over 40 years ago still apply. The rear window may need some tweaks. 

The Supra is on the YD-2RX. 

This chassis is now "hooked up" to the point where it's a noticeable change from it's peak setup widow on full charge then it looses the ability to generate the wheelspin it needs to hold line with the ackerman setting that's dialed in.   I am only using 3000mah so the weight is low but the full charge window is also narrow.

Again the rear is stripped of drag educing activity, an while it will benefit from a splitter. that's yet to be added as the RC Drift QLD track allows me to get the body hanging over the fence. 

I still run a driver on here, but actually it would be heaps better without the weight. 

Even so... 

It's currently a bit quick for social tandem.  So I'll focus on the D6 for that. 

Fun times ahead.

Shocking Maintenance

How often "SHOULD" you maintain your stuff for peak performance. 

-EVERY RUN !!!-

How often do I maintain things... with limited use and no real competitive reason... 

-NEVER comes to mind. 

So I guess it's time. 

Small change to Ackerman. But the top A Arms are really a weak point in this. I will get some alloy uppers just to get less lash as the end of the a-arm there a decent amount of play. 

While these were apart.. 

FRONT - shock piston change. Results are way more responsive .