cantilever suspension

[Wicked_Jester]

what is the pros and cons to this style of suspension set-up??

[EeePee]

Easy to design a rising rate suspension.

More parts (complexity) that are mounted up high, raising the Center of Gravity. Though it depends on the design I suppose.

[Wicked_Jester]

but, does it work better or worse, then a regular sprung set-up

[Robb]

Originally Posted by crazy_crawler

but, does it work better or worse, then a regular sprung set-up

How many comp rigs do you see here running canti setups??

[Wicked_Jester]

not many, its going on a semi scale/ mess around rig, im building a bender sw3 for comps

[BESRK]

Don't a few 1:1 desert racers use cantilever suspensions for long travel? Might be fun to build a rock racer using a cantilever setup..

[Mriswith]

Personally I think it makes the basic crawler more complex than it needs to be but in the same breath, I've thought about trying it. I would steer away from it on a comp rig ( which you already said it's NOT for ) just to keep it simple. Less parts, less chance for stuff to break.

You could run a shorter shock and get the same travel. There wouldn't be any real weight savings. The added parts would make up for the smaller and somewhat lighter shock. It would give you more tuning options for shocks.

If engineered right, I would think you could get the shock lower but I doubt it would lower the CG much because of the extra parts. But you can relocate the shock and keep a body mounted lower. Like running a deep bed on a truck and keeping it more scale.

[Kamikaze]

Originally Posted by Robb

How many comp rigs do you see here running canti setups??

Heavy and Rxcrawler are running Heavy's Area 51 Chassis, it uses a cantilever suspension, they are pretty high in the SERCRC rankings.

[raytard]

Originally Posted by Kamikaze

Heavy and Rxcrawler are running Heavy's Area 51 Chassis, it uses a cantilever suspension, they are pretty high in the SERCRC rankings.

As far as I know;
Heavy runs alot stiffer springs on his, than Rxcrawler does...

Here's a vid of the O.G. AREA 51 from "Rock City", a comp local in Alabama:
** F bomb ALERT at :04:01 **
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...76844277470828