The rear suspension of the Astute.
This is the third part of my Astute Guide Threads:How can we obtain a better performing and more reliable Astute on the track?
In my first article I wrote about ...
How to get your Astute to perform better
In my first article I spoke about front bulkhead, front arms, C-Hubs and uprights. Astute upper arms are bulky, massive and heavy with 4 mm rod. The hardware ...
How to make your Astute more durable
The Astute is a beautiful 2WD car. It’s very fast on the track but very fragile and it's frustrating how it can break easily if you don't do some work on it to improve ...
... the 58116 Dyna Storm released in 1992 is the ancestor of the TRF 201. Itself an evolution of the Astute chassis, the Dyna Storm used an FRP deck, sleeved aluminum shocks, and a Multi-Disc Clutch (MDC) ...
... at them.
TTC Clutch
The most bespoken part of the Dyna Storm is probably the slipper clutch mechanism. Just one year earlier, Tamiya released the Super Astute with the now well-known TTC ...