I’ve already posted a teaser on our Facebook and some people guessed it right.
It is indeed a Hotbodies TC-D!
More after the jump.
Wasn’t planning on buying a new chassis this fast but the price was really good. And finding another TC-D for sale isn’t easy. Especially in the Netherlands because if i’m right this is the only one. So i couldn’t let this one pass!
The TC-D is a discontinued chassis but it shares a lot of parts with the Cyclone so finding important bits isn’t difficult. That’s also a reason why i choose a TC-D over other chassis. I have more then enough Cyclone parts laying around.
It really needed a rebuild when i received it but that didn’t really bother me because all the carbon and aluminium parts where in great shape.
Underside is almost scratch free.
Some of the hopups that i had laying around and will be used on the TC-D.
Stripped the whole chassis to clean everything.
Cleaned and mounted the bulkheads and motormount.
And back together again next to my TC-H. Yes i still need to clean up the wiring 😛
When i received the chassis it had Spec-R DCJ’s (V1) on the front. Tijs and Edo both used these but didn’t really had good experience with it so I exchanged those with original Cyclone steel CVD’s.
This chassis will be used to test more % CS then my TC-H till i’m confident enough to use it in competition.
This chassis already had a 45% CS setup when i received it but i wasn’t happy how everything was mounted. So i removed the 42t front pulley and used the 40t pulley it had on the rear. And mounted a stock 39t pulley on the rear, this will give it 42% underdrive.
Setup:
Date: 31-01-2012
Track surface: asphalt/tarmac
Tire: HPI T-Drift
Motor & ESC: Speedpassion 10.5T V1 & HW Justock
Servo: Hitec HS5965MG
Front
Camber: -6 dgr.
Toe: out 1 dgr.
Kick up: + 2mm
Caster hubs: 6 dgr.
Ride height: 5mm
Droop: 5mm
Springs: Speedworks Soft
Bumper weight: none
Sway-Bar: no sway-bar
Shock Oil: –
Rear
Camber: -2 dgr.
Toe: in 3.0 dgr.
Kick-up: 0mm
Ride height: 7.5mm
Droop: 1mm
Springs: HPI Silver
Sway-Bar: no sway-bar
Shock Oil: –
Drive Train
Gearing: front 40T x 13T / rear 39T x 18T (42%)
Front: Front one way
Center: One way
Rear: Spool
Spur: 93T 48DP
Pinion: 22T 48DP
Wheel Offset
Front: 7mm
Rear: 7mm
This is roughly the setup that it came with.
I didn’t try this setup enough to say that this setup works for me.
