More new tyres

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 day…

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New tyres

IMG_2506 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 and compared them to the tyres I have now. They seem to have about 20% more grip than the current ones. This was encouraging so I mounted them on the micromouse. That is when the first little issue came up…

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