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royalfluffybee.bsky.social
For the second time ever, I had the chance to paint an rc car! We love Gups in this house. The car smells suspiciously of strawberries....

@riskofraingame.bsky.social
#riskofrain #rcracing #oopsonlygups
September 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
ripvanwinklecampgrounds.com
Nothing brings out friendly family competition quite like race day at Rip Van Winkle Campgrounds!!!
#RipVanWinkleCampgrounds #RCCars #RCRacing #FamilyFun #CampingLife #CampgroundLife #OutdoorAdventure #ThingsToDo #familycamping
August 29, 2026 at 2:03 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
One platform, one season, no swapping. MR-03, MR-04, or MA-020, which one and why? Curious how many people pick the platform they already own versus the one they'd actually choose cold.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Car turns better one direction than the other and the setup sheet says both sides are identical. Set it on glass and press the front of the chassis down. If it rocks diagonally, you have tweak. Beginners chase it with steering trim. Club racers shim it out first.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Car will not rotate on entry. Do you soften the front or stiffen the rear first? Most people have a default they picked years ago and never questioned. Which end do you reach for, and why that one?
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Sway bar or no sway bar on your Mini-Z? What changed the day you added or pulled one, and did it actually match what you expected?
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
You built the car tight and now, three months in, screws are backing out on their own. That is vibration walk, not a bad first assembly. Beginners tighten once and forget it. Club racers re-check torque as a between-round routine.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
A ball diff feels perfect on smooth RCP and slips under power the first time you race on carpet with any bump in it. Gear diff or ball diff on carpet, and what made you switch?
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Droop is the setting nobody writes on a setup sheet. How far the front drops at full extension decides how quickly weight arrives at turn-in. Set it before you touch spring rate. Springs cannot fix travel the car does not have.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
If you cannot feel a tuning change inside three laps, it is not a tuning change. It is a placebo you paid for. A fair amount of the setup advice passed around the pits fails that test. What is the change everyone swears by that you have never actually felt?
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Car cuts out mid-corner, comes back on its own, and everyone at the track has a different theory about why. Signal loss on a Mini-Z has a short list of real causes, and most of them are not the radio.
https://minizmods.com/guides/mini-z-glitching-and-signal-loss/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
The car wanders down the straight and you have trimmed it twice. Hold the front wheels and wiggle them. If the servo horn moves before the tires do, that is linkage slop, not trim. Beginners chase it with trim. Club racers take the slop out first.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Half the club cars running oil dampers would be quicker with them off. A damper you cannot explain is worse than no damper at all on flat RCP. Are you running them, and can you say what they actually changed?
#MiniZ #RCRacing
August 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
The car turns in fine but washes wide holding a line mid-corner. Before you touch springs, check king pin preload. Cranked down, the front cannot load progressively. Beginners leave them at full tension from the box. Club racers back them off.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Running an MR-04 and still setting it up like an MR-03? The chassis wants different things from the T-plate and the rear end. Here is the platform-specific version.
https://minizmods.com/guides/mr-04-platform-guide/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
You are clean through the corners but the car trips or skates crossing the joins between RCP sections. That is ride height, not grip. Beginners run the chassis as low as it goes because it looks fast. Fast guys leave enough gap to clear the seams.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
When you started, what about racing surprised you most. The thing that was nothing like you expected.
https://minizmods.com/articles/buy-someone-elses-mistakes/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Cold track plays softer than warm track. Your setup that worked last week is overtuned today. Add compliance when the track is cold. Remove it when warm.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
You're waiting for the breakthrough. New motor, new servo, the perfect setup. But speed is built from fifty tiny consistent changes. Boring is fast.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 27, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Setup that crushed it on one track, then completely failed on the next. What was the lesson. Why did that transfer so badly.
https://minizmods.com/guides/ma-020-awd-setup-guide/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 26, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
Every fast racer keeps a setup book. Most racers write in it and never look back. Reading your notes between heats beats making the same mistake twice.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
One tuning change that made you realize you'd been doing something wrong the whole time. The moment when the car finally made sense.
https://minizmods.com/articles/youre-not-practicing-youre-just-driving-in-circles/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
When plastic fails, you hear it. Cracks, flexing, obvious deformation. Aluminum fails quietly and breaks catastrophically. Plastic parts force you to understand your car's limits.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
What's the cheap upgrade nobody expects to work that completely changed your car's feel. The budget win that surprised you.
https://minizmods.com/guides/how-to-true-and-glue-mini-z-tires/
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 23, 2026 at 9:00 PM
minizmods.bsky.social
A strong driver beats a weak driver on stock setups. But a weak driver on a perfect setup loses to a strong driver on a bad setup. Development matters more than hardware.
#MiniZ #RCRacing
July 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM