cowfish_29
10-01-2002, 08:04 PM
I did some stablizer testing today. My setup was:
tires: bit racer medium on front, bit char-g medium in back.
motor: 2.2 (brand new!)
gearing: orange
track: My hardwood floors upstairs. They are pretty smooth but still a little rough (finished pine). a little slipperier than i would like.
First, i used the softest of the red stablizers. This made the car have wide, smooth, kinda squishy handling. couldn't drift the hairpins though.
Then, i used the next hardest, kind of a medium one. The results were about the same, but if i turned let go of the acclerator and then accelerated while turning i could drift at will. Good setup.
The harder red stablizer made the car drift if you accelerated at low speeds, and made it turn sharper at higher speeds. This might be good for technical tracks.
The stock stablizer made the whole thing unpleasent. The car drifted and spun donuts at any and every turn, no matter how long you held down the turn button, just a tap would make it spin. I was all over the track with this little chicken.
Conclusions: I think that the softer stablizers make the cars not turn as sharp because they absorb some of the weight, making the front of the car slide more. With the harder ones, the weight has to go somewhere, so it is being transferred onto the other front tire, creating more grip, and tighter turns.
for all of you who have different stablizers, tell me what you think!
-nick-
tires: bit racer medium on front, bit char-g medium in back.
motor: 2.2 (brand new!)
gearing: orange
track: My hardwood floors upstairs. They are pretty smooth but still a little rough (finished pine). a little slipperier than i would like.
First, i used the softest of the red stablizers. This made the car have wide, smooth, kinda squishy handling. couldn't drift the hairpins though.
Then, i used the next hardest, kind of a medium one. The results were about the same, but if i turned let go of the acclerator and then accelerated while turning i could drift at will. Good setup.
The harder red stablizer made the car drift if you accelerated at low speeds, and made it turn sharper at higher speeds. This might be good for technical tracks.
The stock stablizer made the whole thing unpleasent. The car drifted and spun donuts at any and every turn, no matter how long you held down the turn button, just a tap would make it spin. I was all over the track with this little chicken.
Conclusions: I think that the softer stablizers make the cars not turn as sharp because they absorb some of the weight, making the front of the car slide more. With the harder ones, the weight has to go somewhere, so it is being transferred onto the other front tire, creating more grip, and tighter turns.
for all of you who have different stablizers, tell me what you think!
-nick-