| |
10-20-2007, 10:19 AM
| #1 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Allentown
Posts: 155
|  Weight balance
I came across an old thread on here about proper weight balancing. There were alot of disagreements between having most of the weight on the front axle or having it in the center of the rig. For example: when it applied to having it over the front axle they claimed it made it unstable when going vertical by making it top heavy and shifting. Then when it came to low and centered it was balanced but you have a loss of ground clearance. What to go with?
|
|  |
| Sponsored Links | |
| | |
|
10-20-2007, 10:25 AM
| #2 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: US
Posts: 275
|
Somewhere in between. Whatever works for your rig and your terrain. That's why there's a disagreement ;) |
|
| |
|
10-20-2007, 10:34 AM
| #3 |
| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Allentown
Posts: 155
|
I have a stock Axial AX10.
|
|
| |
|
10-22-2007, 09:09 AM
| #4 |
| 2006 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Big Bear Lake
Posts: 8,328
|
I like to run my rigs with the weight biased towards the front. Having all the weight in the front can help on steep vertical climbs, but can hurt on decents and off camber. Like most mods that can be made to these rigs, it can be a trade off. Your terrain will really be the deciding factor.
|
|
| |
|
10-22-2007, 09:25 AM
| #5 |
| Web Wheeling   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
Posts: 3,004
|
I keep my balance around 55% of my weight on the front axles
|
|
| |
|
10-22-2007, 10:18 AM
| #6 | |
| Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In my head
Posts: 2,744
| Quote:
If I have to go off something that is so steep that I feel like the weight up front is going to hurt me, I'll back off of it, then the weight is in the rear which helps. Everthing is a compromise. | |
|
| |
|
10-23-2007, 12:47 PM
| #7 |
| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sacramento
Posts: 338
|
I try to keep as much weight forward as possible (within reason). My battery (7 cell) is mounted on the front of my stock wk chassis. soon, when I build a new chassis, I plan to mount my battery on the upper links, maybe even a custom battery pack mounted on the front axle. Haven't had too much problem with steep descents. I can *usually* just blip the throttle to get out of an "end over end" on the way down. |
|
| |
|
10-23-2007, 04:40 PM
| #8 | ||
| PapaGriz Yo  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
Posts: 13,137
| Quote:
My weight bias is almost exactly 60% front, 40% rear, now. I used to run no weight in my rear wheels and a 55/45 setup but after copying Bender my rig works better all around (imagine that).  Quote:
| ||
|
| |
|
10-23-2007, 04:49 PM
| #9 |
| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
Posts: 6,154
|
I run about 70% in the front, but I suck so what do I know.
|
|
| |
 |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Linear Mode
