Well guys, I recently had a question posed to me about controllers, volts... you know that kind of stuff. It was an excellent question and one that is often over looked and maybe even ignored. However, for your racing enjoyment it is as important as the car. Why? Because the car, controller, driving style and volts work hand in glove. And so the testing began...
I like the "Pancake motors", so for me that includes T-Jets, AFXs, Magna-Tractions, and AW X-Tractions... in particular the T-Jets and X-Tractions... I like that extra traction magnet on the Auto World X-Traction. I will discuss this magnet later.
Another factor to consider are the armatures in the cars all the armatures Ohmed in the double digits. If you are running hotter armatures that Ohm in the single digits the 90 Ohm controller is not your ticket you will need to drop to a lower Ohm controller... but that another subject. If you would like more information on the basics of controllers take a look here.
Another factor to consider are the armatures in the cars all the armatures Ohmed in the double digits. If you are running hotter armatures that Ohm in the single digits the 90 Ohm controller is not your ticket you will need to drop to a lower Ohm controller... but that another subject. If you would like more information on the basics of controllers take a look here.
In the testing, I used the three of the four chassis mentioned above. I also tried to take into account that the individual racing the cars would more than likely be at the beginner or intermediate skill levels. I used a Parma Economy 90 Ohm controller. The video below demonstrates the the behavior of the cars using the 90 Ohm controller and the voltage on the track was between 13 volts and 18 volts.
When watching the video notice the smoothness of the first two cars, the T-Jet and the Magna-Traction. The cars started off smooth, accelerated smoothly, decelerated smoothly and stopped smoothly. The Auto World X-Traction accelerated and decelerated smoothly. The starting and stopping were a little jerky but that was due to the additional traction magnet once it got going it was smooth. Another important note was in all cases I had at least 80 percent trigger pull range to help me control the car. All these factors will help you spend more time actually racing and less time putting the cars back on the track... and as we all know this equates to a more enjoyable and fun time when racing.
For me given my driving style the size of my track and the type cars I like to race the Parma 90 Ohm controller is the best value. Your mileage may vary...
When watching the video notice the smoothness of the first two cars, the T-Jet and the Magna-Traction. The cars started off smooth, accelerated smoothly, decelerated smoothly and stopped smoothly. The Auto World X-Traction accelerated and decelerated smoothly. The starting and stopping were a little jerky but that was due to the additional traction magnet once it got going it was smooth. Another important note was in all cases I had at least 80 percent trigger pull range to help me control the car. All these factors will help you spend more time actually racing and less time putting the cars back on the track... and as we all know this equates to a more enjoyable and fun time when racing.
For me given my driving style the size of my track and the type cars I like to race the Parma 90 Ohm controller is the best value. Your mileage may vary...
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