I know that driver and chassis tuning makes or breaks it, but after watching a lot of vids the DA really changes directions well and can hold alot of angle without spinning out. I’m curious if you can give us comparisons on which chassis can hold the most angle, change directions easiest etc, your last comparo vid was great btw. I’ve had a DRZ-MS for the last 4 months, maxed out on tuning and while I enjoy my Atomic, I can safely say my car will not drift like the DAs that see posted on RUclips. I’m curious for your feedback since you have experience with just about every small chassis on the market. I want to be able to throw the back of the car into a corner with a lot of angle and hold it for longer distances, my DRZ won’t do it and I believe it’s due to it’s steering setup won’t let me get enough angle for a few reasons I don’t have time to explain here. Thanks in advance for your reactions on this…
@@GarageMiniRCUK awesome thank you! The one thing I haven’t tried yet Is reversing the pod; I’m running 106mm but I also had it at 98mm and it was worse actually. I’m eagerly looking forward to see what you come up with, thanks again!
@@darthamidala I have the DRZ v3 as well and from what i have experienced the main components to get it to drift like you want is weight balance and most importantly tire selection. With the motor forward my weight balance is 40/60 f/r and it drifts pretty well in both directions and crosses over pretty well provided there isn't too much traction. If the tires don't match the surface i'm driving on it can't get very much angle at all because of too much grip. When the motor is in the back it will swing like crazy and you can get insane angle but again if you don't have the right tires it won't be controllable. It will either carry too much speed and not hold the drift properly or spin out constantly. It can be made to work well in either configuration with the right amount of grip though the main difference i found was speed. Motor forward maintains a higher speed while drifting and rearward can do the slower high angle drifts easier but it is much more sensitive to driver input and tire selection.
Thanks for this info! I have the motor in the forward position (I haven’t tried switching it around yet), and so far I’ve used the stock kit tires, LS1 and currently a set of 20mm wheels/tires I got off Amazon. The surface I’m drifting on is some pretty slick porcelain tile, slipperier than my hardwood floor in the other room. I’m glad you told me that I should be able to get slower drifts with the motor at the back; basically my car is great on throttle medium to high speed drifts, but if I try to “back it in” (as Chris Harris says) and throw the car into a drift, it doesn’t like that. Plus slow speed drifts it wants to catch and spin. But ON throttle, med-high speed she’s great! I’ll try reversing the motor and see what happens!
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I know that driver and chassis tuning makes or breaks it, but after watching a lot of vids the DA really changes directions well and can hold alot of angle without spinning out. I’m curious if you can give us comparisons on which chassis can hold the most angle, change directions easiest etc, your last comparo vid was great btw. I’ve had a DRZ-MS for the last 4 months, maxed out on tuning and while I enjoy my Atomic, I can safely say my car will not drift like the DAs that see posted on RUclips. I’m curious for your feedback since you have experience with just about every small chassis on the market. I want to be able to throw the back of the car into a corner with a lot of angle and hold it for longer distances, my DRZ won’t do it and I believe it’s due to it’s steering setup won’t let me get enough angle for a few reasons I don’t have time to explain here. Thanks in advance for your reactions on this…
Ok its a mission!👌 i have the drzv3 . Have tried reversing the rear pod ? I will see what i can do ,what wheelbase you using ?
@@GarageMiniRCUK awesome thank you! The one thing I haven’t tried yet Is reversing the pod; I’m running 106mm but I also had it at 98mm and it was worse actually. I’m eagerly looking forward to see what you come up with, thanks again!
@@darthamidala I have the DRZ v3 as well and from what i have experienced the main components to get it to drift like you want is weight balance and most importantly tire selection. With the motor forward my weight balance is 40/60 f/r and it drifts pretty well in both directions and crosses over pretty well provided there isn't too much traction. If the tires don't match the surface i'm driving on it can't get very much angle at all because of too much grip. When the motor is in the back it will swing like crazy and you can get insane angle but again if you don't have the right tires it won't be controllable. It will either carry too much speed and not hold the drift properly or spin out constantly. It can be made to work well in either configuration with the right amount of grip though the main difference i found was speed. Motor forward maintains a higher speed while drifting and rearward can do the slower high angle drifts easier but it is much more sensitive to driver input and tire selection.
Thanks for this info! I have the motor in the forward position (I haven’t tried switching it around yet), and so far I’ve used the stock kit tires, LS1 and currently a set of 20mm wheels/tires I got off Amazon. The surface I’m drifting on is some pretty slick porcelain tile, slipperier than my hardwood floor in the other room. I’m glad you told me that I should be able to get slower drifts with the motor at the back; basically my car is great on throttle medium to high speed drifts, but if I try to “back it in” (as Chris Harris says) and throw the car into a drift, it doesn’t like that. Plus slow speed drifts it wants to catch and spin. But ON throttle, med-high speed she’s great! I’ll try reversing the motor and see what happens!