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10-15-2009, 11:49 AM
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| Quarry Creeper   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UTAH
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|  heavy or light weight?
so i am working on a ax10 based rig, i am curious do most people like a light weight rig or a heavy one, we all know we want the cg low, how light is a light crawler what to do to get it? whats a heavy crawler weight? i work at a place that deals with composites i am trying to decide if i should biuld a carbon crawler thats light weight, or if its not worth it, thanks every one! |
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10-15-2009, 11:51 AM
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| 20K Club   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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10-15-2009, 11:58 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UTAH
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thats what i was thinking but was not sure if that would work good.
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10-15-2009, 02:30 PM
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| Shelf queen  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Internet
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Yup, leightweight is the way to go. You'd be lucky to get it below 5lbs. ready to run, but somewhere in that mid 5lbs range is a great starting point.
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10-15-2009, 02:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Appleton, Wi
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Im running a 6.5lb rig and loving it. Once you get too heavy you just hurt run time and put unneeded stress on parts.
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