Ferrari Set review
Part One
Yesterday i say goodbye to 300 polish zloty (80$).
I got red box in return.
Inside the box are:
- red remote controller
- red wrist strip
- super Bit Char-G chassis with 2.2 motor
- 3 Ferrari bodies; Testarossa, 512BB and F40
- extra golden wheel set
You dont fotrget to turn off your controller because there is ON led (instead of GO).
Antenna is the same as in some clones.
Channel selection, useless because there is no cars without controller on the market.
Two mysterious black buttons are conncted to pcb. Hmmm...
Left one is connected to F2 and F2-, right one to the GND1 and VCC. Any ideas what it could be?
New charging plate
PCB with cutted edges, pcb cover with antenna loop.
New chassis is more compact and made of different plastic with particles of metal (i think). Antimagnetic? Here with golden rims.
Bottom view
You can change front wheels fast and without screwdriver.
New rear wheels are the size of old front wheels.
Rear
Front
Tires are made of soft rubber similiar to Scala43 tires but a bit softer in my opinion.
Wrist strip. Well...
Part Two - Bodies
Front view
Rear view
Top view
Side view
Bodies are very detailed and well (but not perfect) painted.
Bodies sits on the chassis to high, especially Testarossa. New zipzaps style? They have to be lowered.
I didn't set white balance properly and ferrari red became a bit too orange.
Part Three - Performance
Frequncy - 40A
Motor - 2.2
Battery - 60 mAh
I performed some tests using F40 body:
1. Charginig
Charging time is 50s.
Self discharging is very low. You can drive a car after 10h.
2. Driving time
Test one - car upside down on the desk
- single charged, forward only - 4m40s
- single charged, forward and left - 3m40s*
- double charged, forward only - 10m46s
- double charged, forward and left - 6m55s*
- triple charged, forward only - 15m02s
- triple charged, forward and left - 8m41s*
*After this time there is not enough power for both motor and magnet.
Test two - driving on the carpet
- single charged - ~2m40s
After this time car is still driving but steering problems appear even at close ( ~50 cm) range.
Steering
Turning diameter on the carpet is 24 cm left and 20 cm right.
Turning on wooden floor is difficult because car slips on it, but when i made nice 180' turn, diameter was 16 cm.
Tires are quite sticky and get dust from the floor very fast and become skates. You can make rubber burning while trying to turn.
Speed
I tested speed on wooden floor (start from sheet of paper) and carpet. Distance was 2 m. In both cases time was 1.8 s. So speed is 1,11 m/s or 3,996 km/h. Scale speed is 256 km/h but should be 324 km/h with F40 body
Range
There is a "bug".
After loosing a range car doesn't stop and continues its ride.
Fully charged (single) car range is 4,20 m
Pros:
- nice bodies and rims
- smaller wheels
- changing front wheels is fast and easy
- good driving time
- good range till it drops
Cons:
- BUG!
- price (in Poland)
- bodies sitting to high on the chassis
- lack of different tires
- mysterious buttons
SCORE 8/10
Miva