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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.
Team Corally shared a detailed explanation of how to create clean, strong solder joints, a core skill a racers need.
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!
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.
XRAY and Anthony Atack provide this great overview guide to setting up on-road RC touring cars. It's a little old, but the setup info is just as relevant now.
Table showing shock oil weights and how they compare across different shock oil brands.
How can you improve the forward traction of your RC car?
Infinity's Viktor Wilck demonstrates how to check the tweak on a 1/10 touring car without the use of a tweak station in a few useful, easy-to-follow steps. A great guide for between-race maintenance.
Learn the basics of Ackermann and Bump Steer, particularly how they apply to RC touring cars, from XRAY's ace Alex Hagberg.
Great overview of basic alignment aspects of the suspension, from toe and camber to caster and steering axis inclination.
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