Exvee-Ohwan

Not enough to justify the cost or wasted time of moving over to a new chassis. I've not timed it (though maybe one day I should), but I've done laps with my mosly stock TT-02 and my son's Type-S on a concrete skate park and I was hard pressed to say if one was quicker. The differences become more apparent on a carpet race track with race tires and tire prep, but equally a lot of clubs segregate the S variant cars anyway to keep the racing fair. The real advantage is being able to go out and just drive the badword out of the stock TT02, safe in the knowledge that in the unlikely event you break something it will be cheap and easy to replace. I've had hours of fun and practice time out of mine without worrying about driving it in horrible conditions or hitting anything hard. Conversely I'll be building up my own Type-SR kit over Easter with host of hop-ups. That car will never drive on anything but a prepared track as I'll be too scared to wreck it and it's going to get limited in class eligibility anyway. It will be interesting to see how much (if at all...) faster I am on track with that car and it will just be nice to have a high spec car, but arguably I don't need it.

Nope, new shoes and it’s good to go.

Yep - me too! I think I've put more packs through this car than anything else I've owned since building it. In value for money terms it's the best RC I've ever bought.

I did wonder if the stock TT02's limited steering angle would be an issue for me (I was toying with the idea of deleting the D15 steering-limiter from the build, but in the end kept it), especially as my local race track is quite tight and ultimately caters to MTCs and GT12 cars, but can happily say I have zero issues getting round the track. If I pick a bad line I might lose some time around a very tight corner and it can help at times to provoke some oversteer, but this is all just race craft and not TT02 specific. Out in a car park or anywhere with open space it's a complete non-issue altogether. I'd definitely say run it stock and see how you get on.

Thanks all, I will stick to tools for now.

Quoting my own post... I took a punt in the end and put in an order that came to around £160ish, so well over the threshold. PJ charged me tax at the point of order so I braced myself to get double charged by HMRC. According to the tracking info the parcel got checked by customs, but went through without any additional levy, so presumable the online declaration that PJ filled out was all in order. Sample size of one and all that, so caveat emptor.

I think I clipped a kerb on this occasion. In general this car has been pretty good in terms of retaining dogbones, think I can count on one hand the amount of times I've lost one.

Went out for my semi-regular lunch time hot-lapping session and dropped a dogbone within 5 mins. Typically today I didn't bring any tools, ordinarily I'd undo the upper arm so I can slot it back in. I've heard of people popping the dogbone back in without taking anything apart, presumably flexing the plastic by force to get it in, which makes sense in principal since that must be the means by which it fell out. But I faffed around for a good 5 mins or so and couldn't work out how to get it back in without exerting what seemed like mechanically unsympathetic amounts of force. Is there a trick I'm missing?

When you fitted the pinion to the motor shaft, did you align the grub screw with the flat side of the shaft? When you apply throttle, check in order: * Does the motor turn * Does the pinion turn * Does the pinion mesh with the spur * Does the centre shaft rotate * Do the drive shafts rotate * Are the pins secured in the axles and wheel hexes

There is still some play once the wheels are on. Everything feels smooth when spun by hand so I don't think there is any binding.

Wow - been a while since I updated this thread. A busy work month has meant I've not had the mental capacity to translate anything into meaningful into a post. Since my last post the budget TT-02 has had a total of one race outing. Yep, one solitary day comprised of 4 x 5 min heats, which was its first time ever on track. A combination of other commitments or the track being fully booked has meant I've not been able to get back since, though I'm booked in for tomorrow. For its first time on track it did okay, no breakages and was consistent yet very tail happy, to the extent that one of the race directors said 'you need to tame that back end mate' post race. On power its pretty composed, it tracks nicely and doesn't wander down the back straight at speed (not sure if the reversed arms caster-mod is helping there) but the lift-off oversteer is at early 90s hot-hatch levels. A lot of fun but not the best for lap times. On the subject of lap times, I checked some of my previous race times when I've been borrowing my son's Type-S and there is only a marginal difference between that and my TT02. Some of that will be down to my lack of experience and track layout I expect. Anecdotally I'll say the Type-S feels more planted and has a more progressive transition between the extremes of it's handling. After that first race I set about tweaking my setup to tame the extremes of its handling. I splashed out on some harder springs for the front, some shims and a tie-rod upgrade for the steering. The springs really weren't my first choice, but they were very cheap. As well as shimming the arms I also added some onto the shafts to get rid of the huge side to side play on each wheel. In retrospect I wonder if I should have added them from the other side (pushing the shaft onto the dogbone rather than pulling it out to the wheel if that makes sense): The lack of track time hasn't resulted in a lack of driving time however. Whenever I can I get out during a lunch break to do some laps at a local park, so I've put a good dozen or so packs through it by now I think. Concrete blocks and steel railings make for unforgiving crashes, but despite that the only breakage has been a stripped thread on one of the front uprights. I'm not reckless with this car, but equally it gets driven pretty hard and I'm impressed by how much it soaks up. Needs a bit of a clean and the diffs are a bit noisy so will be stripping it down today for a clean-up and inspection.

No experience running a channel, so these tips are skimming the surface... YouTube applies a sub-par compression codec to uploaded content below 1440p. If your cameras are native 1080p output you will want to consider upscaling your exported file to 1440p or higher to get YouTube to apply their superior codec to the video. Davinci Resolve is a studio quality editor with a free version, the output is limited to 4k60 but that should be ample. If you're doing any recording of CAD or PC apps for videos on design, OBS Studio is the goto - also free. You can clap to sync the audio from your offboard lav mics with your video. Patreon is an online funding platform making it safe and easy for fans of your channel to, essentially give you money. You'll get a range of views on this I expect, on the one hand it's a straight up way of asking people to fund your endeavour. Some people might be happy with that if the content is good. Others might see this as the cynical begging of strangers who owe you nothing to pay for your hobby. I have no real bias either way, but I've never donated to anyone's Patreon and I very much doubt I ever will! Getting the tone right is essential I expect so that you don't alienate any viewers.

I reckon you'll have a great time doing it. I'm very much a beginner, but I've already established that I like a car that is lively and engaging to drive vs shaving every last second from my lap time.

I very nearly couldn't resist, but perhaps fortunately for my wallet they have sold out this morning. I'd have loved one, but I just have no use for it. There are no classes I can race it in near me and I already have an XV-01 waiting to be built. Nonetheless, that didn't stop me hovering over the Complete Checkout button thinking 'buy it and figure out what to do with it later, you know you want to...'

Sorry, yes I see you'd made that clear in your other posts and I just hadn't read them properly! My son runs a TT02S and his is really planted. I don't think he's ever had his traction roll, where-as my stock TT02 does on occasion. Setup wise I think his is built up as per the manual but I'll double check. We both use the same tyres (Contact A30s).