I using MA for semi-everything for now lol. Quite hard for speed tbh. Got problems landing sometimes.

One MA did parked at TU that Sunday. Hanging jaw setup.

Try to cut some holes in the MA chassis to allow a little bit of flexing. That will help a bit in terms of landing from jumps.

There are Indonesian and Chinese racers who play by their own rules and produce chassis from the scratch material.
But as for us, we generally follow Tamiya rules for fairplay and competitiveness. so even if our Tamiya cars are reinforced with FRPs or CFRPS, we still follow a certain kind of limitations. Absolutely no homebrew chassis allowed.


1. I chatted a bit with a Japanese racer (who is a bit fluent in English), and according to him, most racers will use sliding dampers if they race on 5-lane circuits (Tamiya sponsored tourneys,
Japan cup, Autumn cup) due to the size of the circuit, and the vibrations/shock it produces when cars are racing. Sliding dampers not just help in assisting corners for max speed, but also absorb the shock when 2 or more cars running side by side. In 3-lanes curcuit, there's actually more shock and vibrations on the wall especially when racing in tandem mode, that most of the time running sliding dampers doesn't even do much besides slowing down the car down, so they go for simpler setup, a.k.a fixed position bumpers. My words might not be very accurate about this because I can't find the chat log, but that's kind of the general idea about it. This is just the person's opinion though, not 100% fact.

2. Use normal wheel as opposed to one-way wheel unless you're racing technical with slower motor limit. Large or small doesn't really matter (well it does but...), overall diameter is more important if you're looking for top speed (largest diameter possible) or max stability (smallest diameter possible a.k.a low ground clearance). It's your choice depending on your car overall setup as well as the track condition.

3. Never played italian, cannot answer this.

4. Tire trimmings as well as shaving off some chassis part is quite common these days.

5. The 3 mentioned chassis are best for technical, out of the box. But AR chassis is also not a bad choice for super speed with modding limitation imposed (no sotong tyres, no chassis cutting).

6. Lap timer.

This post has been edited by soulfly: Jan 31 2015, 01:18 PM

can you roughly point out which area needs holes. wouldnt want to cut out the wrong parts

Start with the 4 quarters. Left & right nose + left and right tail

sound really less people into MA chassis

I really confuse about semi-speed and semi-tech, shouldn't it same?

curious on the landing issues as spoken, tried mine, first time run track with jumping ramp, it fly straight off the track ......... second try today by adding rear brake+alot damper .....



At least no fly too far this time, but still, the landing really a bit weired .....

First of all, hi fellow yonku enthusiasts!

An 'aged' newbie in this hobby. I used to recall my childhood memories playing these mini 4wds (back in 1996). I stopped playing somewhere in 96, after an 'accidental' spring cleaning by my mom, and my old car kits were MIA.

Then after that, I gradually see the decline of the hobby. I used to remember that Sogo and Selayang Mall had the biggest track (with the loop changer), but I guess the interest died, and only a hand few hardcore players/shops remain (well, back then internet was not as big as today). so little info could be obtained on the whereabouts of places to play or buy mini 4wd stuffs.

Late 2013, I started to know that the scene was still pretty much alive. So i started to rekindle with my "old" hobby. i bought my first 2 sets of car kits from TU, Sonic & Magnum Saber (were my favourites back in 96). Then i never looked back. Purchase after purchase, I think i'd dare not to calculate the accumulative amount of the stuffs i bought, for the sake of my safety from my 'Home Affairs Minister'. lol.

But now, its quite sad to see that the scene is beginning to die out. Lots of shop has begin to closed its doors. Well, there are maybe they have their own reasons, and i managed to chat with a few store owners. Mostly because of the lack of racers coming in, and slow sales.

The 'seasonal' hobby is the best term at the moment.

So thread admin/orang kuat, it would be great if you could update any great places to go and play right now. FYI, Elements in Kajang has also closed its operations.

May the mini 4wd scene will not die out. Hoping for another great comeback. Cheers~!

make a hole under each battery slot
just a rough idea



your landing is weird due to the center damper placement.
in my opinion, that is the worse damper placement to use.
always set your dampers nearer to the front wheels, or far back (same line with your brakes).

This post has been edited by soulfly: Feb 1 2015, 09:09 AM

[quote=soulfly,Feb 1 2015, 09:06 AM]
make a hole under each battery slot
just a rough idea

i think its around the same with this video. Modification

Thx

Laju ke potong banyak banyak tu? + damper heavy....

This post has been edited by AF21: Feb 1 2015, 08:05 PM

1. got. just that S2, MS, VS dominates the race organized
2. setups
semi tech
keyword : light & flex
semi speed
keyword : reinforced
3. my M4WD intuition tells me that you need a hanging damper system. doesn't matter if you choose hanging jaw or bird's cage hanging damper. or, you can simply extend the damper close toward the front wheels using a cut FRP popsicle stick or just buy the side damper plate (for AR)
you did mention about "alot damper" may I know by how much?

My setup for semi speed race this morning.











Anyone having successful ma chassis setup for below bump? 2 out of 15 try berjaya lepas bump. 2 yg lepas tu pun first lap, lg 2 lap ke laut. ask other racer, semua ckp double shaft x sesuai untuk semi speed. The must be someone in this world successfully setup ma chassis for semi speed.

That braking system

there was 3 damper placement, a pair at front, pair at center, block damper at back, feels like the rear damper slam the brake during touch down.....

Potong untuk kasi chassis lembut sikit. Absorb impact masa landing. Lekat macam cicak.

MA/AR actually best for 5-lanes.
Smaller chassis usually performs easier on 3-lanes.

Kasiii pecahh itu track
fark la this week SPEED game la pulak.
demn, need to re-do my VS Speed.
LOL

hahaha AF21 mana rempit minggu ni?
minggu lepas aku pishang truk kat Melaka nye game. Top16 both cars. pantekkk!. hahaha

maybe your track bukan belanja kot?

Saturday, ThunderDash. TTB 12:43, I clocked in at 12:44 pastu time card habis. nak beli time card tapi Chot tak kasi sebab lagi 15 minutes time cut which I am totally fine by it. so, bungkus la. hahahahahaha
at the moment I'm going with a new setup. RnD much. so kalau tak dapat parking tu faham faham je la
New Gen. AKD Ver. AF