lambdapriest
RCTalk Racer
Took the carpet buggies racing last night. It didn't go well!
My schedule doesn't make it easy to get to club races, so I decided - "hey, if I can't race often, I'm going to make the most of it - I'll run 3 cars. More track time = more experience = get good faster!". This may have been a mistake.
I had a tough time switching between my 21.5 2wd, 17.5 2wd, and 13.5 4wd. Never felt comfortable with any of 'em. For practice, I try my best to do timed 5-minute runs on a fresh pack, then switch cars - and I felt like I was adaptable enough to do well, coming in to last night; but I suppose that with the added pressure of a race + traffic, I just... wasn't ready for it.
Anyway, so - the real question - how can I start identifying the difference between a skill issue and a setup issue? I don't like the idea of "blaming the car" - but setup can truly make or break a race day, and I still don't know what I'm doing. Still trying to learn how changing the different parameters on the car can impact its performance. What should I look for?
(Sorry if this is a bad question. I'm sure that some good advice would be, "focus on getting good with one car before adding a second and third", and I plan on doing that, too.)
My schedule doesn't make it easy to get to club races, so I decided - "hey, if I can't race often, I'm going to make the most of it - I'll run 3 cars. More track time = more experience = get good faster!". This may have been a mistake.
I had a tough time switching between my 21.5 2wd, 17.5 2wd, and 13.5 4wd. Never felt comfortable with any of 'em. For practice, I try my best to do timed 5-minute runs on a fresh pack, then switch cars - and I felt like I was adaptable enough to do well, coming in to last night; but I suppose that with the added pressure of a race + traffic, I just... wasn't ready for it.
Anyway, so - the real question - how can I start identifying the difference between a skill issue and a setup issue? I don't like the idea of "blaming the car" - but setup can truly make or break a race day, and I still don't know what I'm doing. Still trying to learn how changing the different parameters on the car can impact its performance. What should I look for?
(Sorry if this is a bad question. I'm sure that some good advice would be, "focus on getting good with one car before adding a second and third", and I plan on doing that, too.)