What are some of the benefits of runing rear steer on a car with foam tires. I was told the slower the class add rear steer but the faster the class use a normal set-up to help plant the rear end.

Rowdy I was hoping to see you get some response on this from the Hyperdrive thread?
I normaly run 1/4 degree on shorter tracks that have high traction in stock and 21.5 Lipo in most cases the lower powered cars pick up corner speed.
Rear steer doesent seem to work for me in 13.5 and 19T even on high grip tracks or carpet? possibly because theres enough power to override the drag/bind in the corners or I just havent found a combination that works with it.
Hope we get some more input on this.

Rowdy I was hoping to see you get some response on this from the Hyperdrive thread?
I normaly run 1/4 degree on shorter tracks that have high traction in stock and 21.5 Lipo in most cases the lower powered cars pick up corner speed.
Rear steer doesent seem to work for me in 13.5 and 19T even on high grip tracks or carpet? possibly because theres enough power to override the drag/bind in the corners or I just havent found a combination that works with it.
Hope we get some more input on this.

Thanks for the info, it seems if you are not a regular on the thread or unknown they rather talk about decals. I will put my regular pod back on my 10.5 hyperdrive car.

rowdyjr try the search feature, rear steer has been talk about many times. Think about rear steer as something that drives the rear tires towards the right, not always helpful in fast classes.

FWIW, I run the "faster" classes (not the faster guy though) and have never found rear steer to help my laptimes. If you have ANY straight to speak of you have to mess with your trim and make your car "crab" down the straight...That can't be good???

If you run on a circle, not oval, it may help.

Back in the day of monoball rear suspension you could make active rear steer to over come the "Crab" effect. The car would track straight and would only give you rear steer as the chassis weight rolled into the corner. The old Switchblade, Evolution and now CRC has one coming soon.

I have found it very useful on small tracks especially the slow motors like the 10.5 and 13.5 cars.

If you like a loose car , then run it.

Personnal preference as some racers like the rear planted .


I agree , a slower class like 4 cell stk needs it to not scuff of power
thru the corner.

Thanks guys this is good info

I run 1/2 deg rear steer slugs in all of my KSG cars (.12 nitro, .09 nitro, 17.5 brushless/lipo). All three classes are pretty fast being .09, and 17.5 both run 19T speeds of 5.7-5.9 sec laps on a 365' asphalt track with wide turns. Some times I feel I could get away with not running rear steer in the .09 and maybe 17.5 but it definently helps in my .12. The only time I have gone any higher with my rear steer is when I race a short D shaped track like C&W. Then I like to go up to the 1 deg or maybe even the 1.5 deg in the .12 nitro. A small track like that you need all the help you can get.

hey rod i think it depends on the rest of your set up if it will benefit u or not. try it if u dont like it take it out. i used to run reer steer but last couple of years i have quit using it much

I run rear steer only as a last resort. Rear steer IMOA makes the car to unstable and inconsistant. I do run it from time to time but try to find other ways to make the car turn first.
Jerry

That's what I'm talking real racers helping each other out. Not just replying back if you think that they can get you something.