ONce again: Stupid MotorWorks question, and yet another review.

[frizzen]

Went to the evil Wallmart this weekend and bought a Motor Works (black muscle car / pony car thing) in the square package. I searched the boards, but couldn't find anything about my questions.

My turning diameter is like 1.5 - 2 feet. I can't tell if it's under-steer from lack of steering movement, or if I'm overpowering the front traction. Is this normal, or did I buy a bad one? I've managed to get it to over-steer some, and was even able to do ground-loops; so, maybe once I get the motor broken in, it'll be better. (same surface a stock MS will do about 6" circle)

I also have problems with this thing wanting to turn left in reverse. Once again, is it good bad or normal?
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My review of this one.
-Seems to have great power!
-I like that they come with some tires and body stuff.
-I really like the clip-in axle, WITH an extra axle retainer clip to cover it better than the Bit-style. (When I wear it out, less hassle to keep playing)
-Gears mesh kinda loudly, but tolerable. I've had bullets that were much worse.
-The axle is just about 1/16" longer than stock bit, and mine came with white gears. (6 tooth pinion, 7 tooth idler, or = MicroSizer Orange gear)
-Bit-clone stabilizer-bar attachment needs some modification to fit, but should fix turning radus.
-On a single cell, it can smoke my dual-cell semi clone. (fastest I've got)
-Box-stock, it's *WAY* better straight-line acceleration than my MS or other clones. However handling leaves a bit to be desired.
- PCB cover not ment for removal / installation.

Overall, pretty decent. Except for steering!
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Next micro RC will either be: a MotorWorks truck to make into a tow-truck/wrecker, a ZZ RX8 and the "musclecar bodyset", or Awesome RC nitrous bottle car.

[Buzzbait]

This is just my take on the Motorworks steering radius, so take it for what it is. The Motorworks cars have very little vertical travel in the front steering knuckles, and no stabisus. This adds to the wide steering problem, and there’s not much to do about it. But the single largest reason for wide steering is the tire selection. I have a Motorworks truck that came with both soft slicks and hard knobby tires. The turning radius with the hard knobby tires is MUCH wider than with using the soft slicks. The difference is extraordinary. I’ve seen this happen on Bits, but not nearly to the degree that it occurs on a Motorworks.

My best advice is to find the grippiest tires you can for the front wheels, and something hard and slippery for the back. This should theoretically give you the tightest turning radius. You can also change to running on a grippier surface like low pile carpeting. The Motorworks cars excel on low pile carpeting, as they have a higher ground clearance than Bits. Carpeting provides the traction needed for tighter steering.

Have fun with the Motorworks. Once you get the turning radius fixed, it's a great car. Just be careful to get the Motorworks cars with the shorter wheel base. There are ones out there with a longer wheel base, similar to Zip Zaps in length. The ones with the longer wheel base don't play nearly as well as the ones with the shorter wheel base. The wheels are too small for proper ground clearance, and the bodies and chassis are too heavy for the motor to overcome.

[Racer9]

Whatever

[stampede720]

Ive had a motorworks muscle car for a few days but then took it back for a 1/10 scale r/c car It does have awesome torque it flew over the bedsheets with little problems but on asphalt it would flip a lot. I dont think it had great turning but i guess it was topheavy. It did take too many batteries and the controller was 2 small and the charger 2 big. All in all i like my single cell microsizer w/perfection 3.8 better.

[frizzen]

BECAUSE THIS THREAD HAS BEEN DEAD FOR NEARLY 3 YEARS. They've gone through atleast 2 chassis revisions since this post. Leave them alone if you don't have something earthshattering to post in them, or specific to that particular thread.

STOP DIGGING UP OLD SHlT.