What does Caster do in RC car?
Caster is used to add or detract from your RC car’s directional stability and its setting depends on the method of drive your RC car has. This means that a front-wheel-drive RC car will have different settings from a rear-wheel-drive model.
Why do RC cars have toe in?
Adding Toe In will decrease steering into a corner, but add steering out of a corner during acceleration. Toe In will also stabilize the car under acceleration. Toe Out will increase steering into a corner, but cause the car to wander a little on the straights and in bumpy sections.
Can caster make a car pull?
Poor camber and caster alignment can cause your vehicle to “pull”, and can cause tire tread to wear unevenly. Toe in won’t cause your vehicle to pull, but it can cause extremely fast tire tread wear.
How much camber Should an RC car have?
Camber is adjusted by lengthening or shortening the top wishbone. You should start with 2 degrees negative on the rear and . 5 to 1 degree negative in the front.
What does anti squat do RC?
By adding anti-squat, your vehicle becomes more stable and transfers less weight to the rear. This usually, but not always, means the vehicle will accelerate faster and more throttle input can be used.
What does camber do to a RC car?
On the rear, Camber affects two things. In a straight line, maximum acceleration is achieved with 0 degrees of Camber. Adding Camber reduces forward traction slightly, but you will gain cornering grip.
What is better toe-in or toe out?
Generally the rule of thumb is that more toe-in increases understeer and more toe-out increases oversteer. However, with modern cars, especially race cars with independent front and rear suspensions, there is another effect on handling.
What will negative caster do?
Negative Caster – If the line slopes towards the front of the vehicle then the caster is negative. Negative caster will allow you to steer less around turns, but may cause you to drift if you are driving straight forward.
Can caster be adjusted?
One way to adjust caster is with an adjustable arm. In the case of a MacPherson strut system this can be in the form of an adjustable tension rod that holds the lower arm forwards or backwards in the wheel arch. The screw can be adjusted to move the wheel forwards or backwards adjusting the caster angle.
What is less caster supposed to do?
Less Caster will give the car more front bite into corners and make it react quicker to steering inputs. Less Caster will also make your car feel a little more twitchy.
How do I adjust the caster on my RC suspension?
Some cars change Caster by placing small clips on the upper suspension arm hinge pin (this applies to pivot ball suspension vehicles). Either way, most cars use 0, 2, 4 or 6 degrees of Caster as an adjustment. Back to the RC Suspension Tuning Guide.
What does 0 degree caster mean?
Caster is the angle of the steering block kingpin as it leans toward the rear of the car. There is more to it than that, though. Caster is also directly affected by Kickup. If you have 0deg Caster blocks and 2deg of Kickup, you really still have 2deg of Caster.