[cool_cars]

Azimov,
I agree, I'm not sure the quality of the pots seem to be the issue either now, but rather the value of the pot. 10kohm variable resistor is a common, easy to find value. Makes sense that RS would use a common value, easy sourcing and cheap. What I'm thinking though is that the value is a little too large and with the fix makes it too sensitive. They probably realised it too so they tried to "fix" it. When the pot is wired stock and depending on where the pot is positioned, it's almost like they're trying to fake a smaller value, maybe around the 5K range. The blue and green wires tied together cause the stuttering in the center, basically causing the servo to hunt for a moment due to the small variance in the return of the steering wheel. I'm thinking if I dropped the value to a halfway point, say roughly 7k to 8K, it might sill have a good throw on the servo but not be so sensitive in the center and the stuttering would still be gone as blue and green are still separated. The other thing I noticed about this fix/mod is that to reach full left or right, the steering wheel has to only be turned about half way. In stock setup, it's almost full throw of the steering wheel in relation to full left or right turn of the car. That does make the steps more noticeable too. This is all just theory though until I can test it further. Hopefully this weekend.

Although I'm happy with the way my cars drive, I'm curious to see if a mod can be reached that would provide a good result that everyone would like.
1. elimination of the stuttering
2. equal steering to both sides
3. reduce the sensitivity a bit with better centering

RS may or may not ever reach this and why should they. They have to pay people to find a solution and then fix or replace/phase out thousands and thousands of cars plus change prodution. That's alot of money. Plus, it's a $25.00 car and like I said before, for a child, it's fine.

I can understand if someone has a car that is stock with a little stuttering in the center and equal turning (Basically a good car). Why fix it? I almost thought that about the Savanna too. But curiosity got the best of me on that one. My point is, what if no one thought of the dual cell mod, the fet mod or all of the other mods for the cars? We may be on the brink of a nice break through mod for the SE or maybe not. I really like the car and I can see some excellent potential with it. The fet mod is something I'm also considering with these. Anyway, I appologize though for the length of my posts. It's just alot of ideas I'm trying to share and hopefully it'll help someone with a bad car.

Azimov,
Have you looked at your cars, just to see how they were wired, maybe at least comparing the better ones to the bad ones? I'm just curious to see if you've found the same situation as I found between the Savanna and the Audi. Or anyone for that matter? It would help with us trying to determine the bad from the good and the solutions one can take on these. Well, I'll check back in couple of days, hopefully with more results. Later all