More new tyres

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The Pit Shimizu tyres arrived today.  I had to order them from Hong King and they took a week or so to arrive. These are  PS-0300 according to the label and have 15° Shore hardness. This is a bit harder than the PN racing set that came the other ...

New tyres

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

That was quick. One of the new sets of tyres just arrived. They are the PN racing 8 degree slicks. I ordered them 3 days ago from Kenon Hobby in the US. These tyres certainly are soft and sticky so I put a pair straight on the test rig ...

Astonishing level of grip.

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

I like to check out the various Japanese micromouse builders's site to see what they are up to. Google translations sometimes make some sense but it is very hard work. I was looking on this blog the other day: R & D daily: work out.  The author (whose name I ...