just looking at the driving. this thing has barely any suspension going on. there are dampers and springs but especially the rear does exactly nothing. it would need softer oil and softer springs. it has to have some sag otherwise its like riding it on bumpstops all day long which isnt going to do it any favor. with that high of an angle of the whole rearend its also kind of questionable if and how this lower slidy-part of that rear piece is working. is it even working still? or is it forced into the endstops all day long? for any buggy to work nice they are better off beeing lower to the ground but have alot of negative suspensiontravel available so if they get kicked up slightly and they will get kicked up(its a buggy!) there is alot of travel left in the suspension to keep tires on the ground. and also bottoming out on buggy makes them quite more predictable in some ways too. you just need them high enough so the dont ground themselves in a given terrain
btw those rear tires are quite nice for this given terrain. nice bite - very plush - conforms to the ground nicely. you could try different front tires to remove this on throttle understeer but would require to adapt driving style because you would always want a little throttle then to no make it snap turn on you. but tamiya 2wd buggy needs very grippy front in general so that the rear can dive around and the front is consistently tracking the direction instead of pushing around that frontend by throttle. just some suggestions. i call a dt03 my own and had a dt01 in the past. both needed the same treatment to be fast and predictable. grippy front - buggy style suspension setup allowing it to bottom out on frame, locking paste in rear to even furter the controlled sliding behaviour. it will like it. usually a bit harder springs in the front then rear but rear harder oil because of all the weight works fine
Hey 👋🏻 two absolutely awesome comments packed full of awesomeness 🙌🏻 i think you are right about the stance still being too high and the shocks too firm. It still needs more playing with the suspension. I have some Schumacher fronts on my DT03 which transformed the buggy but I worry on this chassis it will just bite and flip round every corner. Despite its high position on the track it still does ok. I have a stock kit to build thanks to Thad and Grayson at Iowa RC so Mini OAG and I are going to get them done and then head to head them on the track to see how much of a difference I have really made! Thanks so much for watching and your great comments 👍🏻
Woah Craig, you didn't hold back on that test run! Great fun, matey! Ahh, the good old Rising Fighter, it's a little so and so when it comes to upgrading! I found it really difficult to get anything to make it handle better, I think I've tried most of the things you have done. The main thing is to get it lower, as you have also worked out. I shortened the front shocks and the rears, put the softest oil in the dampers and the softest springs in my spares box. Finally got it to work a little better, but only a little! Keep fettling mate, you WILL find the sweet spot! Have a smashing weekend, bud!
Hey Mark, some awesome advice from the master dude! I will have another play about with it next year but I am happy with the results. Let’s see how it goes round the raceway next season! Have a good one mate 🙌🏻👍🏻
Nice editing on the run footage Craig! I think you’ve done everything possible to improve handling; it’s been a fun journey to watch! Looking forward to seeing how the different motors change the dynamics!👍😊
Hey Jeremy, thanks for watching my friend 🙌🏻👍🏻 Yeah the handling is tuned at this point and I will likely leave the motors for the Orchard Raceway series to determine. I think we’ll see this chassis get pretty close to the top 4 this year. 🚀
If the hop up made it funner and brings a smile to your face than that’s the main thing! I personally think the hop up you did on this improved its stance if not anything else . I would be pleased with it if it were mine. As long as it still remains somewhat controllable and doesn’t take away from the fun! Great hop up and point made in this video brother!
Hey Robbie, you were right it was 💯 fun! The buggy is still more than controllable on the Orchard Raceway and I think it will do well this season. I have a few more things to tweak which is great. Thanks for watching dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
Hey Thad, she is going to build as much as she can and then we are going to go head to head! Might even get her to start a Mini OAG drives series tracking her development round the Orchard Raceway next season using the Rising Fighter. She’ll have to learn to control this beast 😁 Thanks for watching pal 🙌🏻👍🏻
Hey 👋🏻 it has been a great series to pull this car about and see what happens. There is still lots to try as others have suggested but I will probably hold off a year and then maybe do a revisit series 😁 Thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Great mods and awesome no holds bared testing mate. I did the opposite to my Rising Fighter but once a hopper always a hopper I'm afraid. But, but as you say on of the most fun buggies per pound you can have. Great stuff mate and all the best.
Hey Rob, many thanks for watching my friend! It was a great project and I have learnt loads. Going to use the chassis next as a way of tuning those oil shocks!
Hi there Craig, it seems your conclusion is maybe Tamiya have already factored the the most fun factor per pound into this great budget RC. Your efforts were great, but it’s Tamiya’s way only for this great kit. Looks awesome on the Orchard Raceway. Take care and best wishes to my all 😉😊😁
Hey John, seems to be that way. The oil filled shocks did the most for it as expected. It performs way above expectations and I think it will be up there again next season. Thanks for watching my friend 👍🏻🙌🏻
Good to see your persevering with the RS :) not criticising what your doing at all but sometimes with these very basic Tamiya , bearings, oil shocks and a sport tuned is all you need to do really just because of there design. It’s probably been mentioned already , but getting the whole chassis lower Will help . Look forward to seeing what else you come up with
Hey Andy, thanks for watching. It started out as an experiment to see if the handling improvements on the basic Tamiya really made a difference. The reality is that on the bumpy amateur Orchard Raceway it didn’t, but it was a load of fun! I think the chassis needs some more refinement but there are some other projects taking over now before I start work on the track for next year! Looking forward to see that Raider built dude 😎🙌🏻👍🏻
Maybe you'll try some lighter oil in the rear. The angle of the shocks is better for a car with a bouncing front. The front of your car is very good balanced. Great and very informative video Craig.
Hey Dirk, many thanks for watching and the ideas mate. I think it needs a bit more playing with next season but let’s see how she goes in the next season! Cheers dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
I need to mess around with mine and see what I can do to it. I wonder of hornet or lunch box rear shock mount would help it. I think I have some I can try. It would put the shock behind the rear end which may soften it up some. It has been a fun series seeing what did and didn't help it!
Hey Addam, that was a mod I wanted to try and do but the parts on shapeways were way too expensive to print and ship to the Uk. Maybe one day I will dust it off and give it a shot but would be interested to see how you get on with it 🙌🏻 Many thanks for watching along matey
Much like the Grasshopper, I don't thing the R.F. will ever handle very well. It's just in their nature! As the others have said, lower it down as much as possible, replace the springs with much softer ones and the oil too and it will help quite a bit. It's all good fun though, and their poor handling is part of their charm! 😁
Hey David, many thanks for watching mate. I agree that it is part of the charm and I am pleased that it is more predictable now than when I started. Mini and I are building a stock one together soon and I will really be able to see the difference next year. I will keep tweaking this chassis next year but others are starting to call to me 😁
Hiya Craig!!! Great Video Mate!! Handling & consistency DO make the lap times faster, your on to something buddy. Overall speed wont change (till you put the other motors in) but then you have to think about the handling again, will the buggy handle any better at a greater speed? Might be time to change the shock oil and/or the springs. However, I'm not clear on your goal with the buggy, faster? handling? lower lap times? ATB my friend, to you & yours!!!!
Hey Bob, thanks for watching dude. I was hoping this was going to be faster round the track than stock which I think it is. However, you raise a good point. Faster motor changes the handling so we might be back to square one 😂 end of the day it has been fun and we’ll probably see this little buggy up there in the mix this year again.
The BZ Motor is an RC So & So favorite, so yes wedge one of those in. Maybe whack a cable tie around the entire back end to make the shocks shorter before you tinker with anything permanent. Also you have forgotten something, if you want a car to go fast the must do thing that will have the most impact and naturally increase the speed to make it the fastest out there, is to obviously paint a stripe down the side 🤣😂👍🚙⏪
😂🤣 Now you are on to something!! The BZ motor will give this thing a rocket and maybe we’ll do it for fun before the next Orchard Raceway series. I like the idea of the cable tie to see what happens 🤔 Thanks for watching dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
Nice video series. Are there softer rear springs available? The current springs seem like they are too stiff and cause the rear to be quite bouncy. Looking forward to further updates on this car. 👍🏻
Hey 👋🏻 if I pop the CVAs back on then I can play with the springs using the DF03 set. The aftermarket ones are not as easy to change unfortunately. More handling shenanigans to come methinks 😁 Thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Hey Alex, I think they could. The gear box is solid and if it couldn’t the replacement of the gears would be very cheap. Thanks so much for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
just looking at the driving. this thing has barely any suspension going on. there are dampers and springs but especially the rear does exactly nothing. it would need softer oil and softer springs. it has to have some sag otherwise its like riding it on bumpstops all day long which isnt going to do it any favor. with that high of an angle of the whole rearend its also kind of questionable if and how this lower slidy-part of that rear piece is working. is it even working still? or is it forced into the endstops all day long? for any buggy to work nice they are better off beeing lower to the ground but have alot of negative suspensiontravel available so if they get kicked up slightly and they will get kicked up(its a buggy!) there is alot of travel left in the suspension to keep tires on the ground. and also bottoming out on buggy makes them quite more predictable in some ways too. you just need them high enough so the dont ground themselves in a given terrain
btw those rear tires are quite nice for this given terrain. nice bite - very plush - conforms to the ground nicely. you could try different front tires to remove this on throttle understeer but would require to adapt driving style because you would always want a little throttle then to no make it snap turn on you. but tamiya 2wd buggy needs very grippy front in general so that the rear can dive around and the front is consistently tracking the direction instead of pushing around that frontend by throttle. just some suggestions.
i call a dt03 my own and had a dt01 in the past. both needed the same treatment to be fast and predictable. grippy front - buggy style suspension setup allowing it to bottom out on frame, locking paste in rear to even furter the controlled sliding behaviour. it will like it. usually a bit harder springs in the front then rear but rear harder oil because of all the weight works fine
Hey 👋🏻 two absolutely awesome comments packed full of awesomeness 🙌🏻 i think you are right about the stance still being too high and the shocks too firm. It still needs more playing with the suspension. I have some Schumacher fronts on my DT03 which transformed the buggy but I worry on this chassis it will just bite and flip round every corner. Despite its high position on the track it still does ok. I have a stock kit to build thanks to Thad and Grayson at Iowa RC so Mini OAG and I are going to get them done and then head to head them on the track to see how much of a difference I have really made! Thanks so much for watching and your great comments 👍🏻
Woah Craig, you didn't hold back on that test run! Great fun, matey! Ahh, the good old Rising Fighter, it's a little so and so when it comes to upgrading! I found it really difficult to get anything to make it handle better, I think I've tried most of the things you have done. The main thing is to get it lower, as you have also worked out. I shortened the front shocks and the rears, put the softest oil in the dampers and the softest springs in my spares box. Finally got it to work a little better, but only a little! Keep fettling mate, you WILL find the sweet spot! Have a smashing weekend, bud!
Hey Mark, some awesome advice from the master dude! I will have another play about with it next year but I am happy with the results. Let’s see how it goes round the raceway next season! Have a good one mate 🙌🏻👍🏻
Nice editing on the run footage Craig! I think you’ve done everything possible to improve handling; it’s been a fun journey to watch!
Looking forward to seeing how the different motors change the dynamics!👍😊
Hey Jeremy, thanks for watching my friend 🙌🏻👍🏻 Yeah the handling is tuned at this point and I will likely leave the motors for the Orchard Raceway series to determine. I think we’ll see this chassis get pretty close to the top 4 this year. 🚀
If the hop up made it funner and brings a smile to your face than that’s the main thing! I personally think the hop up you did on this improved its stance if not anything else . I would be pleased with it if it were mine. As long as it still remains somewhat controllable and doesn’t take away from the fun! Great hop up and point made in this video brother!
Hey Robbie, you were right it was 💯 fun! The buggy is still more than controllable on the Orchard Raceway and I think it will do well this season. I have a few more things to tweak which is great. Thanks for watching dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
Cool hop up and run, awesome run video
Cheers Duke! Thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Super cool driving😎 👌 big like and full support 👌 👍
Many thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Can’t wait to see what you and mini do with your next rising fighter 😁
Hey Thad, she is going to build as much as she can and then we are going to go head to head! Might even get her to start a Mini OAG drives series tracking her development round the Orchard Raceway next season using the Rising Fighter. She’ll have to learn to control this beast 😁 Thanks for watching pal 🙌🏻👍🏻
This has been a good one to experiment with nice job
Cheers Brent. I have enjoyed the project from start to finish (except for those leaky shocks!!). Thanks for watching dude 👍🏻🙌🏻
@@theoagrc lol that happens to me all the time to it was fun to watch you take a budget kit and make it your own
Love the new stance even though it made no improvements to the handling. It’s all about having fun!👌😊
Hey 👋🏻 it has been a great series to pull this car about and see what happens. There is still lots to try as others have suggested but I will probably hold off a year and then maybe do a revisit series 😁 Thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Great mods and awesome no holds bared testing mate. I did the opposite to my Rising Fighter but once a hopper always a hopper I'm afraid. But, but as you say on of the most fun buggies per pound you can have. Great stuff mate and all the best.
Hey Rob, many thanks for watching my friend! It was a great project and I have learnt loads. Going to use the chassis next as a way of tuning those oil shocks!
Hi there Craig, it seems your conclusion is maybe Tamiya have already factored the the most fun factor per pound into this great budget RC. Your efforts were great, but it’s Tamiya’s way only for this great kit. Looks awesome on the Orchard Raceway. Take care and best wishes to my all 😉😊😁
Hey John, seems to be that way. The oil filled shocks did the most for it as expected. It performs way above expectations and I think it will be up there again next season. Thanks for watching my friend 👍🏻🙌🏻
Good to see your persevering with the RS :) not criticising what your doing at all but sometimes with these very basic Tamiya , bearings, oil shocks and a sport tuned is all you need to do really just because of there design. It’s probably been mentioned already , but getting the whole chassis lower Will help . Look forward to seeing what else you come up with
Hey Andy, thanks for watching. It started out as an experiment to see if the handling improvements on the basic Tamiya really made a difference. The reality is that on the bumpy amateur Orchard Raceway it didn’t, but it was a load of fun!
I think the chassis needs some more refinement but there are some other projects taking over now before I start work on the track for next year! Looking forward to see that Raider built dude 😎🙌🏻👍🏻
Maybe you'll try some lighter oil in the rear. The angle of the shocks is better for a car with a bouncing front. The front of your car is very good balanced. Great and very informative video Craig.
Hey Dirk, many thanks for watching and the ideas mate. I think it needs a bit more playing with next season but let’s see how she goes in the next season! Cheers dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
Hey...slow-motion! Love it bud. Good stuff as usual my friend.
Thanks dude! Hope you are all doing good? 🙌🏻
@@theoagrc We are hanging in there bud. Getting cold here ( I hate the cold...lol).
We are seeing loads of wet weather at the moment which means running cars are out! Plenty of content to keep going into the new year thankfully!
The number one rule, have fun 👍 ive a grasshopper 2 black edition and i love taking it out racing. Yeah it wont win, but its a lot of fun 😁
Hey Richard, this model has provided hours of fun for very little money. Great first RC for people to build. Grasshopper 2 black edition you say…. 🤔
I need to mess around with mine and see what I can do to it. I wonder of hornet or lunch box rear shock mount would help it. I think I have some I can try. It would put the shock behind the rear end which may soften it up some. It has been a fun series seeing what did and didn't help it!
Hey Addam, that was a mod I wanted to try and do but the parts on shapeways were way too expensive to print and ship to the Uk. Maybe one day I will dust it off and give it a shot but would be interested to see how you get on with it 🙌🏻 Many thanks for watching along matey
Much like the Grasshopper, I don't thing the R.F. will ever handle very well. It's just in their nature! As the others have said, lower it down as much as possible, replace the springs with much softer ones and the oil too and it will help quite a bit. It's all good fun though, and their poor handling is part of their charm! 😁
Hey David, many thanks for watching mate. I agree that it is part of the charm and I am pleased that it is more predictable now than when I started. Mini and I are building a stock one together soon and I will really be able to see the difference next year. I will keep tweaking this chassis next year but others are starting to call to me 😁
Can you stick the hornet tyres on mate . They are good .
Would be interesting to see how this goes against a hornet actually Craig 😊👍
Ha ha! Trying to get me into another purchase again dude 😂 I have some Schumachers to go on at some point 👍🏻
Hiya Craig!!! Great Video Mate!! Handling & consistency DO make the lap times faster, your on to something buddy. Overall speed wont change (till you put the other motors in) but then you have to think about the handling again, will the buggy handle any better at a greater speed? Might be time to change the shock oil and/or the springs. However, I'm not clear on your goal with the buggy, faster? handling? lower lap times? ATB my friend, to you & yours!!!!
Hey Bob, thanks for watching dude. I was hoping this was going to be faster round the track than stock which I think it is. However, you raise a good point. Faster motor changes the handling so we might be back to square one 😂 end of the day it has been fun and we’ll probably see this little buggy up there in the mix this year again.
The BZ Motor is an RC So & So favorite, so yes wedge one of those in. Maybe whack a cable tie around the entire back end to make the shocks shorter before you tinker with anything permanent. Also you have forgotten something, if you want a car to go fast the must do thing that will have the most impact and naturally increase the speed to make it the fastest out there, is to obviously paint a stripe down the side 🤣😂👍🚙⏪
😂🤣 Now you are on to something!! The BZ motor will give this thing a rocket and maybe we’ll do it for fun before the next Orchard Raceway series. I like the idea of the cable tie to see what happens 🤔 Thanks for watching dude 🙌🏻👍🏻
Nice video series. Are there softer rear springs available? The current springs seem like they are too stiff and cause the rear to be quite bouncy. Looking forward to further updates on this car. 👍🏻
Hey 👋🏻 if I pop the CVAs back on then I can play with the springs using the DF03 set. The aftermarket ones are not as easy to change unfortunately. More handling shenanigans to come methinks 😁 Thanks for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
Hi never had one of these can they handle a brushless set up
Hey Alex, I think they could. The gear box is solid and if it couldn’t the replacement of the gears would be very cheap. Thanks so much for watching 🙌🏻👍🏻
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