At some point I have a lot to update on this thread.
Just quickly, I now have a metal gear servo - its a corono and works awesome thus far. I did try the Turnigy and it was crap. This Cornona is a cheaper servo reliable. It came from a plane of mine that did the better part of 100 mph so I know its strong.
Today, I was off sick so I decided to play with suspension some more. I tried removing all springs for droop and I didn't like it at all. All this seemed to do was lower CG, but it has a lot of other ill effects. Keep, in mind, due to winter all I have to test on is my foam mountain, which is not an easy course, but still not outdoors.
I also tried using some stiffer springs I found at Canadian Tire, which had to be cut to size. They worked, but were a bit to stiff. So, I tried adding heat to soften up springs with a torch, which worked, but still not great.
So, in all this changing of springs, somehow I managed to mix the stock shocks and coils around and low and behold, its now better than before lol. Still a bit of body roll with scaler bodies, but not as bad as before. I also raised the shocks up back to stock setting.
I have also been playing with lipo locations, and now find it is best placed either on top of servo (depending on lipo) or in the stock location that I have since modified.
I also added more weight (BB's) to inside the beadlocks. Each front wheel now weights 75 grams, which is heavy granted, but keeps CG down low and it can climb steep banks fantastic now without trip over. The rears has weight as well - about 45-50 grams which is good for descending on steep declines. Due to the extra weight, a 2S lipo works well and still has plenty of get up and go.
I am also working on a tandem flatbed type trailer with parts left over from snap tight H1 kit. I'll be sure to post pics when done.
PS
that new Vaterra Twin Hammers may end up being my next crawler.
Just quickly, I now have a metal gear servo - its a corono and works awesome thus far. I did try the Turnigy and it was crap. This Cornona is a cheaper servo reliable. It came from a plane of mine that did the better part of 100 mph so I know its strong.
Today, I was off sick so I decided to play with suspension some more. I tried removing all springs for droop and I didn't like it at all. All this seemed to do was lower CG, but it has a lot of other ill effects. Keep, in mind, due to winter all I have to test on is my foam mountain, which is not an easy course, but still not outdoors.
I also tried using some stiffer springs I found at Canadian Tire, which had to be cut to size. They worked, but were a bit to stiff. So, I tried adding heat to soften up springs with a torch, which worked, but still not great.
So, in all this changing of springs, somehow I managed to mix the stock shocks and coils around and low and behold, its now better than before lol. Still a bit of body roll with scaler bodies, but not as bad as before. I also raised the shocks up back to stock setting.
I have also been playing with lipo locations, and now find it is best placed either on top of servo (depending on lipo) or in the stock location that I have since modified.
I also added more weight (BB's) to inside the beadlocks. Each front wheel now weights 75 grams, which is heavy granted, but keeps CG down low and it can climb steep banks fantastic now without trip over. The rears has weight as well - about 45-50 grams which is good for descending on steep declines. Due to the extra weight, a 2S lipo works well and still has plenty of get up and go.
I am also working on a tandem flatbed type trailer with parts left over from snap tight H1 kit. I'll be sure to post pics when done.
PS
that new Vaterra Twin Hammers may end up being my next crawler.
