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The Drake explains how to set the throttle rate control (aka throttle strength) on your ESC. His example is a Hobbywing 1/.8 speed control, but rate control applies to all modern ESCs at all scales.
The Drake continues his great series of setup tips with this explainer of anti-squat, and how to use it to tune off-road RC vehicles.
Team Corally shared a detailed explanation of how to create clean, strong solder joints, a core skill a racers need.
Rear toe is a critical tuning tool to help lock in the rear end of your off-roader. Continuing his excellent series of setup tips, the Drake walks us through his approach to tuning with rear toe.
Yet another great explainer from the Hall Bros, this time with 10 great tips on how to improve your car's setup so it'll handle bumps better.
The Hall Bros give a great explainer about adding weight to an RC car. Learn why you might want to add weight and how the placement of the weight and the front-rear weight balance will affect the handling of the car.
You gotta love RC pros who are happy to share their knowledge. The Hall Bros are back with their latest great explainer vid, this one called "Literally Everything I Know About Springs," and since almost all RC rely on spring-based dampers, it's useful for almost all types of racing!
The Drake provides another great build video, this time explaining in detail how to build a set of shocks the right way for off-road use, either 1/10 or 1/8 scale.
Boomslang Suspension provides this fantastic explainer of how the angle of your shocks affects the actual damping characteristics they provide. If you really want to understand shock angles, this one is a must-watch.
Table showing shock oil weights and how they compare across different shock oil brands.
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