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10-12-2009, 11:53 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Abbotsford BC
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Being bound up in the rocks doesn't have anything to do with wheel weight, thats just the friction from the tires being wedged into the rock. That being said the force of being wedged in the rocks is *much* greater than inertia (especially since you are crawling.)
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10-12-2009, 04:29 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Washington State
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Are you guys running 10oz in the front rims even with most of the weight of the truck up front? (i.e. saddle pack on the front axle)
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10-13-2009, 02:38 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Golden, CRAWLERADO
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i am running 2 full wraps on the front wheels and 1 wrap in the rears. also got a 8 cell saddle pack on the front axle and my esc is on my upper links. i can stand it up on the rear tires and it downhills pretty good.
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10-13-2009, 09:44 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Washington State
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10-14-2009, 02:00 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Golden, CRAWLERADO
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when i had the stick pack up in the stock location i had about 7 oz in each front wheel and it did all right. but now with the saddle pack its like it stays glues to the rocks better
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10-14-2009, 04:50 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: On the Rocks Dude....
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I have 400g each front, and 250g each rear.... it crawls amazingly   |
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11-11-2009, 03:44 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Raleigh
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| like lifting a heavy keg of beer
If you've ever had to load a full keg of beer onto the back of a pickup you can see a part of the effect of wheel weights beyond the rotating inertia. If a wheel contacts a vertical wall it not only has to provide the torque to lift the whole car but also deal with the lever arm of the heavier wheels. Now think of an incline with a notch. Not only there's more torque but also bending. You can break a lot of stuff by bending and twisting. The kind of bending forces we're talking about strip out metal gear servos. Now picture the little bits of plastic that are being banged around at the hex. Dave's not here |
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11-11-2009, 04:48 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Crawlarado Springs
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I have 16oz on the front axle and 13oz on the rear. I think the front and rear need to be close to even, otherwise when you stand on the back tires your front turns into a weeble woble.
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11-12-2009, 01:30 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Under Your Ma Ma's Bed
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I run 4oz of weight in each front and 0 weight in the rear regardless of what tires and wheels I run.
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