Thanks for the suggestions Greenwing
Re the transmitter; you know my brain has been turning that one over day after day, I do not think so but if I have I just cannot see it. I have set the steering up physically twice from scratch in the past week, using the Hudy setup station, and have the steering EPAs set to give me the same steering angle at full turn, as measured on the setup station.
I have also double checked every steering setting on my KO Esprit 3 and cannot see anything that might be catching me out. Personally I am convinced this area is where it is and have now decided to swap out the servo as the next step rather than swap out the front axle.
Balance; when I put the car together and tried to run it the first time, no it was not balanced. I got caught out by the narrower chassis moving the motor side equipment further in board and, as the LIPO hangs over the edge, I assume its positioning is similar to the 009 where the Lipo does not hang outboard. I have a strip of weights along the outside edge of the battery(s) so I just turned the battery 180 degrees to put the weight strip along the centre line and that gave me L/R balance using the Hudy balancing points, but this had no positive impact on the problem - it no doubt would have improved the handling of the car had I actually been able to run it at that moment in time!
Rear suspension: I would have to say yes. The suspension arms swing freely on the pivot bars. With the shocks and roll bar fitted, lifting one wheel raises the other wheel and this movement when lifting either side seems to visually provide the same movement and timing on the other wheel - if that makes sense, I am sure you know what I mean! Lifting both wheels together feels clean and equal. Exactly the same on the front.
I have the tool which measures the consistency and equality of the L&R shocks under compression and decompression and they all passed that test when I built them.
Rear hub bearings - I don't do carpet; cannot be naffed with felt getting everywhere
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Good suggestion but I did in fact pull the rear axle apart yesterday and checked the bearings even though they are brand new out of the box.
This is why I am tearing my hair out; on the bench I just cannot determine anything. I am convinced now that it is something happening under load hence my approach now to start swapping elements over from the 009 to try and isolate it. The good thing is the car is driveable now and I just have to be a bit conservative when planting the power on a right turn exit.
You see, having just said that reminds me that I do not understand why swapping the drive shafts over to the opposite sides improved the situation, as I could not see anything wrong with them, so the issue may reside in the axle somewhere. As I can do it in advance I will swap the servo and setup the steering again and if that makes no difference I have the axle components off the 009 and ready to be fitted. I will let you know how it goes!