I haven't taken a charged battery to my "ready-to-run" Typhon 3s Black Friday special yet...
I'm starting to believe I may have gotten myself into more of a pickle than I thought I was getting into... after reading SrC's Fireteam thread, where he found a BUUUUUNCH of stuff wrong with his supposedly ready-to-run car, and Engineer commented about finding his own (rather horrendous) problems with his Fireteam.
This raised a number of questions: how do I know if the factory has made any critical mistakes with my Typhon? What is "shimming a diff" and why would I feel compelled to do this? How can I check into the differentials' oils and how much is "enough" when I (somehow) choose the right weights to replace the missing oils in the (potentially) dry diffs...
And what of the bearings? SrC complained of unshimmed bearings, leading to loose steering. I notice my steering isn't super-precise, but haven't the judgement to know if this imprecision would be problematic for smooth dirt and groomed track minor bashing.
The quality control issues for Arrma appear to be... an issue, which has to be getting worse now that the PRC appears on the brink of social revolt.
How would a basically ignorant noob goofball like me avoid wrecking my new car due to me missing obvious problems? Guys, I know planes like the back of my own hand... can do them in my sleep.
Cars are much, much, MUUUUCH more complex. Like, 10,000x.
I'm starting to believe I may have gotten myself into more of a pickle than I thought I was getting into... after reading SrC's Fireteam thread, where he found a BUUUUUNCH of stuff wrong with his supposedly ready-to-run car, and Engineer commented about finding his own (rather horrendous) problems with his Fireteam.
This raised a number of questions: how do I know if the factory has made any critical mistakes with my Typhon? What is "shimming a diff" and why would I feel compelled to do this? How can I check into the differentials' oils and how much is "enough" when I (somehow) choose the right weights to replace the missing oils in the (potentially) dry diffs...
And what of the bearings? SrC complained of unshimmed bearings, leading to loose steering. I notice my steering isn't super-precise, but haven't the judgement to know if this imprecision would be problematic for smooth dirt and groomed track minor bashing.
The quality control issues for Arrma appear to be... an issue, which has to be getting worse now that the PRC appears on the brink of social revolt.
How would a basically ignorant noob goofball like me avoid wrecking my new car due to me missing obvious problems? Guys, I know planes like the back of my own hand... can do them in my sleep.
Cars are much, much, MUUUUCH more complex. Like, 10,000x.