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06-07-2004, 03:39 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern MI
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|  Straight or Independent? I was talkin to someone and he said straight axles are better but I thing independent is better. Dont get me wrong I love straight axles but I think IFS or IRS is more versitile because more tire is on the rock. What do you think? |
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06-07-2004, 03:47 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004
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| Re: Straight or Independent? Are there any pro 1:1 rock crawlers out there running IS? Walker tried it and torched it all off in favor of going back to solid axles. I think this applies to the RC crawlers as well. I have yet to see an IS RC rig that has the capability equivalent to a solid axle rig. Without going into the technical reasons of why solid is better than IS, I would just say that the IS world is better suited to high speed racing. I think we all know the benefits of using solid axles in the rocks, right? I would love to see someone make a truly functional IS rig that can spank all us solid axle guys. Maybe you can be the guy!!!! |
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06-07-2004, 07:15 PM
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| 31st place in 2006 Nats!!   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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06-07-2004, 11:03 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Fairfield
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06-08-2004, 01:04 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central, Ok
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| Re: Straight or Independent? I thought the pro rockcrawler who had the drab green sami made a IS crawler. It worked well from what I heard. Instead of the wheels going into the dips in the rocks (like a straight axle), the tires just floated over them. He needed locked diffs to go anywhere on the rocks, but I thought it did well. That was a while ago though. I didn't keep up with it. Anyways, for RC straight is better. You just can't get an IS rig to conform to the terrain like a SA. |
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06-08-2004, 09:18 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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