Archive for the 'Learn Stuff' Category

Figure Out Your Final Drive Ratio

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Gearing your car correctly is a basic way of tuning your car for the course, or to change how you want the car to react when you’re on the throttle. You can set up your gearing for low-end torque to give you that punch coming out of a turn, or you can set it for [...]

Guide: EPA / Dual Rate

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

You may have heard of the terms “EPA” and “Dual Rate”, but have no idea what they mean, what they do, and how they affect the way you drive. Although both are similar and do relate with each other, but they both different things that can help you fine tune your vehicle and your driving. [...]

Li-Po Balancing, Explained

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Forum member Sil40SX asked what Li-Po balancing is, when and how it should be done. Basically Li-Po “balancing” is done for the same reason we put Ni-MH batteries on discharge trays – to bring all cells to equal voltage. But what exactly are you doing when balancing a Li-Po pack? Basically Li-Po “balancing” is done [...]

Quick Pros/Cons of Li-Po Batteries

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Li-Po’s have been around for awile now. There are differences between running Li-Po compared to regular Ni-MH and Ni-CD packs. These differences should be known if anyone is looking into upgrading to Li-Po technology. Blog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare via MySpaceshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itSubscribe to the comments on this [...]

This Brushless Motor is Equal to…?

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

A brushless motor setup seems to be the way to go for both RC street drifting and RC drift competition. The advantages of zero-maintenance and not-fade power curves are perfect for that extended drift session, or to give you the extra punch to win the tsuiso battle. However, when it comes to choosing a brushless [...]