RC Drift QLD Session

 

It's been a while since I drove with some ol' friends

Although almost ten years have passed. A certain familiarity returned. 

The YD-2 might need some maintenance and a few changes to get it super speed competitive. But as long as I can just rip a good line up front. everything is fun.

I spent a lot of time talking and driving. 

But I did manage to get a couple of shots with Dagul's JZX100

The RC Drift QLD garage looks great

My Addiction FD still looks scale.

With the interior completing the effect.

scenic and action shots limited to... 

one.

a video here

Drift Art DA4

 Drift Art DA4 1/24 Scale RC Drift Chassis

So what are we looking at...  The chassis is a 1/24 Scale RC drift chassis by the company Drift Art. The model is DA4.

Take all the 1/10 drift knowledge and cram it into a small package. In some ways it's even more friendly. Adjustable ackerman. Adjustable wheel base, Flexible install positions. Adjustable track etc etc. 

This is how the chassis comes pre-assembeled, however without wheels, and battery etc. . 

The DA-4 uses Kyosho MiniZ 4WD wheel style and these are 20mm rims from the company BM Hobby. they are similar to Tetsujin adjustable offset wheel rims. 

I have others but the 22mm rims suit a larger car like a R35 GTR 

once these were fitted I moved onto fitting this to the way I needed. The motor can be facing forward / Reverse, rear motor or front motor. with fully adjustable position. 

The Servo is a Drift Art rebranded item and the Standard DA4 mount I changed to a more solid mounting as recommended by the community.   

The RC Surpass, Rocket RC Drift Spec 5500 motor is as big as your little finger. and I matched this to a RC Surpass Kiwami  ESC that is proving to be super smooth. 

Once this was installed, I started the basic wiring. I have a GT55 Racing Gyro inbuilt into the GT55 Racing receiver combo. This should be part of 1/10 systems. This also is super easy to setup and install. I matched this to a hard case GensAce 2s 7.4V 400mah battery. Run time seems ok for now. 

The only thing I didn't realize in my order was the fact that the body mounts are not supplied. I couldn't wait, so I made my own 3d printed velcro mount for the time being. 

And what a useful item these are due to the fact I have soo many bodies. it's probably better initially. as I've already mounted 3 and started playing.

Over the years I have been a mad collector of RX7s

 

And this one just happened to be the first I ripped off the plastic models I have. 

And yes... I have a more than a few. 

into the 70 odd. no 2 alike. 

While they usually sit in a small diorama. With many more still in boxes. It's soo good now to see these moving and drifting.

I collected most of them in Japan when the cost was around 1100~1300yen. So they aren't a big invest. And others were from sooo long ago. Even from when I was in my teens. 

Others were gifts so I'm happy to run doors and share these around. 

And yes. There are some friends with these too. 

And we wont be limited to just Rx7s. the beauty of the plastic models is the variety. 

the even more scale aspects are much more detailed than the 1/10 world and the 3d printing capabilities mean I'm transitioning to an additional hobby that again blurs the things I have loved from an early age.    

 

RC Drift QLD - Dioramatic

 

EVO in the HOUSE!  & The HOUSE IS GREAT!

The guys at RC Drift QLD have an ultimate display case. 

Such an awesome place 

To display my expensive body on my super cheap chassis. 

For great shots. 

Some S15s 

It was also one of the last days on the concrete. 

With the test track already ... P Tile. 



We savoured some RX7 madness. 

And you never know whats underneath any body. 

Yokomo RE-Xtreme RC DRB-REW (Rear Evolution Weight-Shift)  

Still rocking out!

Remember I designed this in December 2015... 10 years ago!.  I would definitely say the layout was way ahead of it's time. 

RC Drift QLD - Session

 

A 3 hour session still feels short. 

But we managed some awesome laps. 

I had to switch to white rims for my tired old man eyes. 

So these yokomo 6 spoke in 17"/18" versions did the trick. 

Keeping my favourite Yokomo was a good choice. 

Good battles. 

My Sakura D6 also just as good in a different way. Stay tuned for completed mistubishi pics.  

RX7 RE-MOUNT

 

I decided to run this again after a few years 

The main reason i hadn't run it, was because the rear of the interior was very chassis specific. 

Anyway thats now gone and that means flexibility

I also magnet mounted the rear wing. previously it was wingless.  

I have these rims, but I change my mind every 5 seconds so it may not show up on track like this. 

Lets Go!

But for now, it's good to go on the YD2-RX rear Motor. 

The YD2 ZX  mid motor and crazy camber receives the Fortune. 

On lock, you don't notice the camber. 

Nor Side on. 

This is a long body with a decent aero effct so will be good to see the YD2 ZX perform.