Dial in the sunshine and grip shall be yours.
Hello All !
This sunny May weekend has proven to be an excellent opportunity to spend more time at the track. The Giulia and Minikast were both out in force… Nice dry track, LOTS of grip and hardly anyone else to share the track with (we guess people took advantage of the 3 day weekend and travelled places… well… TeamVebra took advantage of that.)
MINIKAST – Small Summary 
The MiniKast is now in her “perfect” condition. It’s a brushed setup, 15T HPI Firebolt, a reliable and lightweight ESC (Viper 12R) and Lipo Power. She’s a real pleasure to drive. With a dry track and her new Shimizu (Med Front / Soft Rear) she’s probably doing her best lap times ever.
our GIULIA – ‘Medium Summary’ 
Well, the Giulia has kept us busy this weekend. At first the handling was “ok”. Not great. She then started behaving in a rather funny way; whenever a small “*ock-up” would occur, she would suddenly behave as though we’d set the trim +25 Right or +25 left. So much so that even finishing the lap was difficult. After some investigation and with some input from fellow LMCC members we realised that it was the servo-saver playing tricks. Not sure how to describe this but, basically, it would lose the 0 position (after some collision) and remain at an incorrect +15 or +20 position. THE SOLUTION… as per suggestion heard at the track, we super-glued the Tamiya Servo Saver together. It’s now one big block of plastic and won’t shift around anymore. Success…. The second session with the Giulia saw some major improvements.
- The 3Racing Shocks were fitted with the Tamiya Blue (Medium) springs. The 3racing springs are too soft.
- The ride was raised (by a fair bit) with great results.
We were left with some understeer but we know we should expect that from this layout. Otherwise, the Shimizu and the warm track improved the grip a great deal and it proved to be a fun little M03 !
Thanks for reading us and stay tuned for more TeamVebra updates!
Astoria
