A quick two thumbs up for the 21 MKII

[Matt@flyingchipmunk]

Yeah no problem, I've got another polish session tomorrow I'll see what I can put together on video of both in those tight spots.

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[Matt@flyingchipmunk]

Here's a video for you guys



This is an example of a trouble spot that I had delegated to only using the mini to deal with the small surface area and curves. I tried to show a few examples in the video of how I figured out to make the 21 Mark II work here. I made sure to only correct that trouble curve with the Mark II so the before/after pictures in that video show that the Mark II did actually do the correction.

There's some comments on the video also, but basically driving the angle of the leading edge of the pad into the curve, then conversely the trailing edge of the pad out of the curve is how I dealt with this area. Even though there is pad stall when just too much of the pad is "lifted" off the body panel because of the curve as long as I applied the leading & trailing technique it assured correction coverage. Hope that makes sense.

[gjkwpd]

Nice video highlighting this. I definitely saw this on body panels I encountered with the Mark II. I gotta say I was a little disappointed. However, as you mentioned easily corrected. For some reason I was hoping it would operate like a forced rotation and you wouldn't have to be mindful of it.

[Mike@ShineStruck]

Someone needs to do this comparison with G21 vs 21markII

[Matt@flyingchipmunk]

Someone needs to do this comparison with G21 vs 21markII

if there's someone local to central mass with one I'll gladly put them both on camera.

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[Zubair]

Nice video, I can clearly see where it stalls. I wonder if the new Flex 15 will stall there? Also Rasky has tested the G21 and the MKII 21 and has found the Rupes more powerful.

Try the same panels where you picking up stalling again but this time with the washer mod.

[Matt@flyingchipmunk]

good idea, I've been meaning to washer mod it.

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[WRAPT C5Z06]

Thanks for the video. Try the washer mod and report back.

[Matt@flyingchipmunk]

I'm impressed how much better the Rupes works with the washer mod!! Thanks Kevin Brown



Trip to the hardware store, break out the dremel and those are the results. It made a pretty big difference, far less pad stall. You have to really stay on top of the angle and pressure used, but it tackled those curves much better!

The last bit I put in there just for fun, totally not the right tool for the job to get that tiny strip on the wheel well edge, but I wanted to see if it could keep the pad spinning there

And the pad washer is much easier to use now with the washer mod!

[gjkwpd]

What a difference that made !!!