Bianca & Ms.Bianca

As if this Yokomo S13 + Addiction aero wasn't looking good, sometimes you want to show off a bit more.

underneath, her name is Bianca.

DRB-REW Front Servo Test

It's a DRB, The rear Evolution Weight Shift Conversion has 5 servo locations. Time to test the front bulkhead position.

With so much flexibility in the DRB-REW chassis, it takes to test all the options.

DRb left position, DRb right position, DIB position, GRK, DP, all good, but I left the last minute addition till last. 

This will actually work better with the stock wipers, but the DP wipers were installed. I'm using a sanwa SRG-BLX mounted upside down between the bulkhead and a Wrap up next Nervis Servo horn.  

Ackerman is unchanged. It's actually not the final setup I want, but good enough for a quick test.

Steering geometry on these long wipers is super fast so the long servo horn is even faster, I'm down to one of the slowest rates on the servo. so we shall see how it goes.

DRB-REW Tune

There are always more than one way to achieve a result. 

 DRB-REW... Rear Evolution Weight-shift.

 Larger battery used with a stronger rear spring.

Black machine is using the older style front bulkheads.Wrap up next upper arms accomodatedby the REW Type C Towers and Support. Forward position arms with extensions providing the sweep. 

Silver REW using V2 front setup with Yokomo DIB and DP RWD parts. DP Long wipers providing an incredible range of sweep. Short battery used with a lighter rear spring. 

So do they handle the same? Well they have a very different feel to drive but on track results are remarkably similar.  Strengths and weaknesses to both.

The black machine is a little more rigid thanks to the V2 Hyper drive bridge and the black chassis is .15mm thicker. Rear setup is also quite different and gives a slight active camber traction advantage.

SSG lower plate... Alloy rear arms and geared drive.

CSG lower plate , plastic OD rear arms and Venom belt drive.

The same....not really... I think there are are about 30-40 differences between these two chassis. 

The most noticible is the trailing rear link suspension. Something inherited from a donor chassis.

Quite Effective.. You will notice a much larger contact patch on the rear tyres compared to the SSG chassis setup. Grip is up on this chassis, so I'm finding dialling more power to compensate.

Both cars running 7.5T which is about 40% too much. But I love the ability to blast at will. Never running out of the ability to break traction, even at higher speeds. But you have to control that power with finger restraint... hehe.

Loving the DRB-REW. Quite satisfied with my creation.  

RE-Xtreme FD3s Spirit R

95% complete, but good enough for a photoshoot.

All the rotary labels in effect on this machine.

RE-Amemiya, Fujita Engineering Feed, R-Magic, Knight Sports, Sexy Style, Pan-Speed, C-West, Satoru, Veilside, Bomex, and some extra sponsors for good measure.

Yokomo and Tamiya feature with Kazama, Sanwa, Keyence, RC926, Top line, Spice and other brands I support.

A few of my own brands of course RE-Xtreme, RE-AU, .RSG. and a few shared stickers along the way.

it's all very busy but that keeps life interesting.

I have 3 tasks that remain.

LED install,
Brake ducts to replace the fake fog light sticker.
Rear Wing (rear support)

and I'll be happy.

I can't wait to get this thing into some tandem sliding.

Interior, there's a custom dash and rear parcel shelf with tower bar and a full 6 point cage. 
My driver is based on a Tamiya Wheelie body and 4wd driver's head with custom sunglasses.

he likes to look out the side, but the head position is fixed. Rear wing is a Yokomo "Cusco" item with Custom Kunnyz style end plates. I need to make a small wedge to mount the lower section more securely and increase angle slightly.

HPI details like exhaust, intercooler and mirrors add to the realism, while the street jam diffuser is a great complement to FD3s styling. Very similar to RE-Amemiya or Craft Company's rear diffuser.

All in all, I'm very pleased with the result.

RE-DIB 275 OD 2.0

RE-Xtreme Yokomo DIB 275mm Long Chassis is ready for shakedown. Take in it's glory.

First job today was to re-wire the Keyence Tachyon ESC. The space in the 275 with the short battery makes electronics so easy to place for a clean install.

 Nice and tidy.

I love how narrow I've been able to get it. I need a longer steering turnbuckle buckle.

I cant wait to try it out.

 Battery was just size. but difficult to slide in. so I raised the deck by a couple of mm with the only spacers I had. after that the belt was touching, so i had to get a little creative.

I've got a few belts to try, 1.5 and now 2.0. I plan to overdrive this a bit more. so I'll be adjusting a few more things in the future. Smaller pulley up front and larger one in the rear.

Yep it's long.

Mark X has arrived and will be trimmed soon.

a few surprises in store with this one.

RE-DRB 1.8CS SSG HT OD - Chassis

So I collected some missing pieces to finish off the DRB chassis. Basically I needed a Keyence long brush-less motor cable.

Above picture was a work in progress.

In my shakedown the other day, the esc and servo were on the same side. Not ideal for balance. So now I have everything where it should be. Left side has the Sanwa SRG-BL servo, centre has the Sanwa RX-461 Receiver and Right has the Keyence Tachyon ESC. I'll get it one the corner weight scales next time I'm at Max One to check how close it is.

I added a bigger battery release pin in blue to match the chassis and tidied up as best I could.

Eventually I'll re-wire some more things and change the battery plugs. I hate wires...

It's really small without the bumper at the moment.  I think it looks great!

Maybe I'll try and modify a rear street jam diffuser eventually for the rear, and a soft bumper up front, but right now it's pretty close to complete. Springs will be next. Longer and Softer. I might stick to white colour though.

I've mounted the Tamiya Super GT-D RX-7 which is a super small body. I added some Spice TE-37 SL in Bronze Metallic. More on these later.

Enjoy RC Drifting!

Ok, Well this post is about satisfaction. I have my RE-R chassis to a point where it's a lot of fun. 2~3 hours of driving today was fun. This Celica Supra XX has has about 7 hours of running at this unforgiving circuit and only a few scars.

The steering arms, were the final step in making this capable and complete. The remaining possible tuning is purely cosmetic. Titanium screws and turnbuckles, alloy suspension arms and castor carriers will not be added. For me, this is enough for my D-like RE-R Drift package conversion.

I bought some Top Line "Mars" N-Model Wheels in +9 offset today and some nicely curved top line "Moon R" carpet tyres. They really look good and work well.

I didn't take the RWB FDPorsche today, which was a shame because this green one was doing some nice laps.

A few guys out to play is always good. The white wheels really help visibility. I can really see what angle they are at all times. This is actually quite useful and necessary at a dark circuit like this.

I managed to find some quiet time for a few shots on the expressway section.

I must get a driver for my bodies, it always looks a little fake without.

But I imagined being on an overpass taking these pics. Three levels down.

Or maybe a helicopter in chase.

I leave you with the Knight Rider flashing LED. It's too cool! But driving is more fun.

ps, sorry for the crap iphone shots.

D-Like RE-R - Under the hood! Part #5

I have new knuckles. Well old ones actually. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Arigatou!

Too much?

Enough. Can't wait to enjoy this! Everything is coming together.

Here is the screen for the telemetry, You can get real time data or a logged session.