Making Steering not as sharp

laanguiano · Post by **laanguiano** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:38 pm

Well Most people want to turn sharper but I actually want to find out what helps in making your bit NOT turn as sharp.

Thanks guys and gals

Post by **CaboWabo** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:50 pm

different tire compounds should help in this area

cowfish_29 · Post by **cowfish_29** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:25 am

yep, harder front tires, like bit racer tires in the front.

i was thinking though, what if you popped the steering coils out and put spacers between them and the chassis? this would make the steering radius bigger, therefore making it not turn so darn sharp. good for my style of driving...i gotta try that soon

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:16 am

good idea cowfish - just gotta make sure those spacers still allow the magnet to attract.

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 9:02 am

plastic washers.

hue35 · Post by **hue35** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 11:12 am

cowfish_29 wrote:what if you popped the steering coils out and put spacers between them and the chassis? this would make the steering radius bigger, therefore making it not turn so darn sharp.

What I have done to get the same results, is make the magnet wider. At radio shack, the RE magnets exactly half the width of a Bit magnet. If you use three halves, the magnet sticks out further on each side which lessens the travel... larger turning radius.

hue35

payaso · Post by **payaso** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:11 pm

hue35 wrote:
cowfish_29 wrote:what if you popped the steering coils out and put spacers between them and the chassis? this would make the steering radius bigger, therefore making it not turn so darn sharp.
What I have done to get the same results, is make the magnet wider. At radio shack, the RE magnets exactly half the width of a Bit magnet. If you use three halves, the magnet sticks out further on each side which lessens the travel... larger turning radius.

hue35

Exactly.... No fuss, no muss

silla

bdebde · Post by **bdebde** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 2:57 pm

payaso wrote:
hue35 wrote:
cowfish_29 wrote:what if you popped the steering coils out and put spacers between them and the chassis? this would make the steering radius bigger, therefore making it not turn so darn sharp.
What I have done to get the same results, is make the magnet wider. At radio shack, the RE magnets exactly half the width of a Bit magnet. If you use three halves, the magnet sticks out further on each side which lessens the travel... larger turning radius.

hue35

Exactly.... No fuss, no muss

silla

Yep, works great, easy to do

SuperFly · Post by **SuperFly** » Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:32 pm

I prefer adjusting the tire compound (harder tires), because that way you get a tight radius when going slow, and the understeer from a harder front tire opens the radius when going faster. The grey ribbed tires from Tomy and MS work pretty good, but I can't say I've come across the ideal front tires yet. Hue35 and I used to race on my office floor (smooth, painted floor) without front tires at all, just riding on the rims. Worked great.