wraith flex pics please

[riz]

Lets see the flex you can get out of the axial wraith. Also any tips on how you got more flex out of the stock wraith. Thanks in advance.

RIZ

[crawler nut]

The stock Wraith has plenty of flex. Why do you want more?

[aqwik69]

Here's some flex.... Gmade 103mm shocks.

[crawler nut]

Just found a pic of mine. They are internally limited 128mm shocks. They have more travel than I like and decrease performance sometimes. I am going to order the 100mm Kings to replace them. Rule of thumb is 1 tire height or a pop can, that's just about perfect

[Postclanker]

Originally Posted by aqwik69

Here's some flex.... Gmade 103mm shocks.

Liking those wheels....flex is overrated ....

[HenryZJ]

Just threw on the GearHead wheels in my dorm tonight. Not much to flex on in the small room, but its stock suspension setup

[Gumborocks]

[MotoSoul]

Lowered the rude height and increased my suspension travel.

[WValtakis2]

Traxxas front big bores and homemade titanium links





~Chip

[craddock35]

I don't guess I will ever understand why people think more flex is better when in reality it is not good at all. I always see these flex threads and just wonder how poorly alot of these must actually crawl. A stock wraith has plenty of flex and in some cases to much. I actually limited mine.

Can somebody please explain to me why you would want more flex and make you your crawler less capable???????

[Dostradamas]

Originally Posted by craddock35

I don't guess I will ever understand why people think more flex is better when in reality it is not good at all. I always see these flex threads and just wonder how poorly alot of these must actually crawl. A stock wraith has plenty of flex and in some cases to much. I actually limited mine.

Can somebody please explain to me why you would want more flex and make you your crawler less capable???????

So you can take cool looking pics.

Limiting my shock travel was the 2nd best performance improvement I got after the FBII Chassis.

Less is more when it comes to flex in my book as well.

[aqwik69]

Originally Posted by craddock35

I don't guess I will ever understand why people think more flex is better when in reality it is not good at all. I always see these flex threads and just wonder how poorly alot of these must actually crawl. A stock wraith has plenty of flex and in some cases to much. I actually limited mine.

Can somebody please explain to me why you would want more flex and make you your crawler less capable???????

Please explain this?
I don't understand why less flex is desired. What are the benefits to limiting travel and purposely creating a situation where 1 or more wheels leaves the ground. I would think that when you are faced with an obstacle requiring huge amounts of articulation to get through, that you would want all 4 tires getting traction. By no means is my question directed in such a way as to discount your theory, it's a very serious question about something I'm not understanding.

[craddock35]

Originally Posted by aqwik69

Please explain this?
I don't understand why less flex is desired. What are the benefits to limiting travel and purposely creating a situation where 1 or more wheels leaves the ground. I would think that when you are faced with an obstacle requiring huge amounts of articulation to get through, that you would want all 4 tires getting traction. By no means is my question directed in such a way as to discount your theory, it's a very serious question about something I'm not understanding.

Because in many or most situations when crossing a deep hole crack or what ever with one tire it is much better to float the tire over than to sink the tire down in it, especially when the hole is just barely bigger than the tire. It creates less strain on your driveline in more than one way. I have seen many people fail by sinking into a hole and others carried the wheel over and made it with ease and I can't think of a situation that having more flex would have helped but plenty that it hurts. I am sure there are many people that can explain it better than I can.

There is a guy that I crawl with that use to do everything he could to add flex till he started crawling with us and he started taking away his flex. He couldn't follow us climbing even cause as soon as his great and wonderful travel would unload over he went. He also kept busting the pins in his drive shafts because they would flex into such a extreme angle.

[Dostradamas]

Originally Posted by aqwik69

Please explain this?
I don't understand why less flex is desired. What are the benefits to limiting travel and purposely creating a situation where 1 or more wheels leaves the ground. I would think that when you are faced with an obstacle requiring huge amounts of articulation to get through, that you would want all 4 tires getting traction. By no means is my question directed in such a way as to discount your theory, it's a very serious question about something I'm not understanding.

I saw that most of the comp guys had their flex limited to about 1 tires height.I figure if the comp guys do it there is likely a very good reason. I tried it and it is much more predictable & seems to get drug down & stuck less.

[MotoSoul]

The key thing when having a lot of travel is that it is all usable. If your suspension droops until your springs unseat or the drive line binds then it is not helping you at all.

You are correct that having the front end unload is a definite problem you run into. The solution is fairly easy and used in the 1 to 1 world all the time. Simply run your winch to your front axle so that when you hit a steep climb where the front lifts you can suck down the front springs.

The more options you have in your bag of tricks the better.

[riz]

I just wanted to see how much flex the stock Wraith has versus what people have done to add more flex. I have been away from the hobby for a year or so working on my 1:1 K5 Blazer so I'm not very well versed with the Wraith but thinking of getting one. I currently have an Edge tuber that I have set up with droop and I'm very happy with the amount of flex it has. I'm just trying to learn about the Wraith.

RIZ

Originally Posted by riz

Lets see the flex you can get out of the axial wraith. Also any tips on how you got more flex out of the stock wraith. Thanks in advance.

RIZ

[Texsun]

WICKED, I love these psc wraiths!

[64suicd]

Hard body Flex!

[cguit]

[slash 127]

Still have stock shocks front and rear still have the bump stops in the front