The inimitable Joseph Quagraine explains jacking forces, roll center, and what it means to drive "in the track" vs "on the track."
The Hall Bros tackle anther core concepts in RC car setup - bump steer!
The Hall Brothers explain two critical car suspension geometry properties and how they affect your car's handling.
RCCrewChief explains suspension camber and camber gain and how they affect your RC car's handling.
Broc Champlin, Schumacher Factory Driver, explains how he sets camber and ride height to get the best all-around handling, with a focus on racing on hard, smooth (slick) surfaces.
A free sample from JQRacing's Invisible Speed Online course, this video explains the physics behind anti-roll bars and how to apply them to racing. A must-watch!
Ever have trouble getting the perfect camber angle because the hexes tweak after you get the axles set? Alexander Hagberg of XRAY has the solution!
TLR's Frank Root explains the basics of setting ride height with a focus on 1/10th scale 2WD, but it's applicable to any off-roader.
Ty Tessman shares off his secrets for ensuring that his car's ride height is exactly where he wants it
This is a meaty one, so pull up a chair! In this video, learn about suspension inserts and how toe (inboard & outboard), anti-dive, and sweep affect a car's handling, with Alex Hagberg, tuning expert from XRAY.
Is your sway bar really set to the same setting on left and right? Check out this video from McTips to see how to make sure your tweak is really set properly, especially for on-road cars.
Here's a quick explainer of how caster impacts pan cars, and specifically 1/12th scale pan cars. It's focused on the XRAY X12 '21, but most of the content applies to any pan car.
Alex Hagberg of XRAY talks through track width, its impact on handling, and how to set it via hexes or suspension mounts.
Max covers everything you need to know about shock tuning with a focus on off-road racing, including linear vs progressive vs dual-rate springs, the effect of lighter or stiffer springs and how the springs affect your handling over the bumps.
When should you move the axle/hub up or down? Or in or out? Ty explains his strategy in this video.
Learn the basics of camber and toe with TLR's lead product designer!
This is the best explainer we've seen on roll center yet - check out these great videos from Max Mört that get into the racing physics of why roll center does what it does. He focuses on off-road, but the principles work across all types of racing. Oh, and get comfy and make some popcorn - these two videos clock in at over 27 minutes.
Max Mört takes us through these fundamental settings, and why they do what they do.
XRAY's Alex Hagberg explains how to tune the front damping in a pan car using oil on the kingpins. The video is made for the XRAY X12 '22, but applies to any pan car that uses the traditional kingpin setup.
Max Mört gives a great, in-depth explanation of how wheelbase adjustments affect off-road RC cars and how to use it in your tuning to optimize weight transfer and turning ability.
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