I am again and again impressed what kind of competitive platform Kyosho provides with the MR03… quite aged however capable in the right hands… this is actually the good news for 1:28 racing: it is more about drivers‘ skill than money spent on the latest and greatest
I too am very impressed with MR03's. I know the MR04 looks just like the MR03 and from what I heard, its slower than MR03 but the throttle and steering got better vs the MR03 so I plan on getting that as well. I don't think I need the speed, I do like to have a more precise steering, similar feel to the kit chassis such as the RX28. Right now the steering of the MR03 kind of feel like its floating, not tight feel but still very good vs AM and ASF days.
That's an interesting idea using the springs on the narrow setting. I tried switching mine when I got home, and one arm was higher than the other. I'm not sure what's going on...
The right arm is higher on mine as well but doesn't feel tweak or off balanced when driving at 2500KV speed. If spring is upright, the right side spring is a bit more loose than left side.
@tjaymacRC lol, yeah, this car "just works" for me in our 5500kv class. The only thing I have different from your setup is that I have #3 t plate and purple metallic front springs that come with the bright orange springs from PN. I would say the biggest thing for me is finding more turn in and coming out of the corner. It pushes like a dump truck with PN medium fronts. I may have to try the pn flanged wheels with PN firms. I just worry about traction rolling at that point.
@@justinjames4969 The EVO is going to be a hard car to tune and drive with Mod motor. I've tried to race my EVO last year with 5500KV motor and I just couldn't get it to compete. It was either traction rolling or understeering so I kept the speed in the 3500KV with a hard body. I will try my new EVO with Lexan this year and put 3500KV motor on it.
Great Video! Wonder if a box sctock can handle it. Quick question. What esc are you using with your rocket motor? I have the same one and am trying to run it with a sensored gl bluetooth esc, but it is cogging really bad. It turns fine, though, if it is off the floor without any load. But once i put in on the track, it's cogging. Any thoughts?
Appreciate that, thank you! Don’t try it, box stock car can’t handle this 2S setup Lipo. I have the GL-SD-ESC-010T with Rocket 2500KV and no issues but! I also have the GL-BT-ESC-030 and although it works with the Rocket 2500KV, it has a lot of lag/delay on initial take off vs the …010T. I have tried all the settings in the ESC including recalibrating my radio and updating the firmware in my radio and still has delay. Im not sure why. I end up removing that ESC (…030) and replacing it with a new non-BT ESC. The …010T-GLR. This is specifically for GL Racing GLR cars and for some reason, this ESC is cogging on two of my Rocket 2500KV motors but it works perfectly fine with the PN 2500KV motor without sensor wires. From what I was told, I should check the firmware and compare the …010T vs …010T-GLR. Maybe they have different firmware since the GLR version is the newer version of the …010T ESC. Unfortunately, I too am having issues with my BT ESC (throttle delay), sorry I can’t help you with that. I plan to give mine to a friend and have him reflash it. Then I’ll try again to see if it can handle the Rocket 2500KV. That won’t be anytime soon though. If you’re interested, I have this “unlisted” video where I was asking on how to fix, and showing the delay with the BT vs non-BT GL ESC’s. Here’s the video: th-cam.com/video/6DVtsMjXX4Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XrepAxdvfPhRlNxE
@tjaymacRC oh ok, so it is a known issue. I thought i was the only one experiencing it.. thank you for your reply and the video link. I appreciate it! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos! Cheers!
@@carmichaelt2762 I'm not sure if it is a known issue but I had reached out to GL two weeks ago about their BT ESC, I just never heard from them unfortunately. I know one other local driver that has the delay but no cogging. I also know two other drivers with BT and both doesn't have delay and no cogging with Rocket 2500KV. One using NB4 and the other using M17 (radios). Both drivers have up to date radio and ESC firmware. I haven't checked if my BT was up to date before I took it off. Thanks!
Sorry, the correct lap times are:
RX28 2500 = 9.27
MR03 2500 = 9.53
I mentioned "10.2" and "10.5" in the video, which is wrong.
still fast for an Evo, especially compared to the rx28
I am again and again impressed what kind of competitive platform Kyosho provides with the MR03… quite aged however capable in the right hands… this is actually the good news for 1:28 racing: it is more about drivers‘ skill than money spent on the latest and greatest
I too am very impressed with MR03's. I know the MR04 looks just like the MR03 and from what I heard, its slower than MR03 but the throttle and steering got better vs the MR03 so I plan on getting that as well. I don't think I need the speed, I do like to have a more precise steering, similar feel to the kit chassis such as the RX28. Right now the steering of the MR03 kind of feel like its floating, not tight feel but still very good vs AM and ASF days.
That's an interesting idea using the springs on the narrow setting. I tried switching mine when I got home, and one arm was higher than the other. I'm not sure what's going on...
The right arm is higher on mine as well but doesn't feel tweak or off balanced when driving at 2500KV speed. If spring is upright, the right side spring is a bit more loose than left side.
@tjaymacRC I just switched it back to the wide, and it's still higher on the left arm. weird.
@@justinjames4969 Oh left arm? Mine, even my old MR03 had the right arm higher than the left.
@tjaymacRC lol, yeah, this car "just works" for me in our 5500kv class. The only thing I have different from your setup is that I have #3 t plate and purple metallic front springs that come with the bright orange springs from PN. I would say the biggest thing for me is finding more turn in and coming out of the corner. It pushes like a dump truck with PN medium fronts. I may have to try the pn flanged wheels with PN firms. I just worry about traction rolling at that point.
@@justinjames4969 The EVO is going to be a hard car to tune and drive with Mod motor. I've tried to race my EVO last year with 5500KV motor and I just couldn't get it to compete. It was either traction rolling or understeering so I kept the speed in the 3500KV with a hard body. I will try my new EVO with Lexan this year and put 3500KV motor on it.
Great Video! Wonder if a box sctock can handle it. Quick question. What esc are you using with your rocket motor? I have the same one and am trying to run it with a sensored gl bluetooth esc, but it is cogging really bad. It turns fine, though, if it is off the floor without any load. But once i put in on the track, it's cogging. Any thoughts?
Appreciate that, thank you!
Don’t try it, box stock car can’t handle this 2S setup Lipo.
I have the GL-SD-ESC-010T with Rocket 2500KV and no issues but! I also have the GL-BT-ESC-030 and although it works with the Rocket 2500KV, it has a lot of lag/delay on initial take off vs the …010T. I have tried all the settings in the ESC including recalibrating my radio and updating the firmware in my radio and still has delay. Im not sure why. I end up removing that ESC (…030) and replacing it with a new non-BT ESC. The …010T-GLR. This is specifically for GL Racing GLR cars and for some reason, this ESC is cogging on two of my Rocket 2500KV motors but it works perfectly fine with the PN 2500KV motor without sensor wires. From what I was told, I should check the firmware and compare the …010T vs …010T-GLR. Maybe they have different firmware since the GLR version is the newer version of the …010T ESC.
Unfortunately, I too am having issues with my BT ESC (throttle delay), sorry I can’t help you with that. I plan to give mine to a friend and have him reflash it. Then I’ll try again to see if it can handle the Rocket 2500KV. That won’t be anytime soon though. If you’re interested, I have this “unlisted” video where I was asking on how to fix, and showing the delay with the BT vs non-BT GL ESC’s. Here’s the video:
th-cam.com/video/6DVtsMjXX4Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=XrepAxdvfPhRlNxE
@tjaymacRC oh ok, so it is a known issue. I thought i was the only one experiencing it.. thank you for your reply and the video link. I appreciate it! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos! Cheers!
@@carmichaelt2762 I'm not sure if it is a known issue but I had reached out to GL two weeks ago about their BT ESC, I just never heard from them unfortunately. I know one other local driver that has the delay but no cogging. I also know two other drivers with BT and both doesn't have delay and no cogging with Rocket 2500KV. One using NB4 and the other using M17 (radios). Both drivers have up to date radio and ESC firmware. I haven't checked if my BT was up to date before I took it off.
Thanks!
@@tjaymacRC understood. Thanks again for this valuable info 👍 🙏