So i've raced 2 races with her, first time at Slough (rwmcc) and 2nd time at Herts (hnmc)
Please note i try not my make my reviews biased! so here it goes...
Positives:
First race wasn't all too well, my engine had a failure (well it didn't start at all) so had to swap it out and missed 1 round of qualifying. 2nd round of qualifying was my first time out with THE CAR, i was very impressed with the amount of steering it had and its build like a tank! i crashed a LOT, but THE car's attitude was " Crash me all you like, i aint going nowhere! "
Its got a LOT of corner speed, its brilliant! very fun to drive,
Its a smooth car to drive, once i figured out the correct setup for Slough it felt balanced and very smooth!
Bodyshell works superb! keeps all the crap out but around the ackermann its a little too small,
Very light car, can be good for some tracks bad for others?
Negatives:
I really don't like the shock boots, they are very very weak, my Team Associated rc8.2e had the same problem but they lasted a little longer,
The orange washers which fit under the chassis are too much of a tight fit, meaning the first time you install them they instantly get scratched around the corners and the orange peels off a little.
The instructions aren't clear on which way to put the brake cam and levers,
My throttle linkage was too short (maybe a one off?) other people haven't had this problem.
and had a couple of weak screws, again maybe a one off?
My 2nd race at Hert's wasn't brilliant! as i arrived i noticed i had the setup the car up totally wrong for the track and it wasn't good, If i had the correct setup it would have been amazing!
In my opinion,
This is a fantastic car and has the potential to win a lot of races and maybe the world championship in the future! but at the moment it needs work, like a lot of cars... No car is perfect. Kyosho's don't like to be handled aggressively,Associated screws are made of cheese, Losi's wear off to quickly etc etc
and considering this is a fairly new company,they have done a brilliant job! its truly a engineering masterpiece, with that Thin chassis and sexy looks!
I need to revise my setup and hit the tracks again and get a lot of practice, because this car is TOTALLY different in handling from my previous cars.
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