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How much does weight matter?
Hi Guys,
So I'm at a cross roads regarding which buggy/chassis I'm going to use to get back into the hobby. I quickly bought a few second hand rollers a few weeks ago and through a bit of late night ebay madness ending up winning different auctions so obviously want to keep one and sell the other. Anyhow, as I don't know much about new stuff, I got to think about weight and how much of an effect it has on the cars etc, so I did a comparision. The comparision is based upon the rolling chassis, set of identical wheels and tyres with inserts (in rear), rear wings, but no bodies. Chassis #1 is 950gm (no weights) Chassis #2 is 1050gm (but does have a 20gm servo brass weight) If I placed the same servo, esc, motor. battery etc into each chassis - am I going to notice or see a big difference between the 2? Going on JUST the above information which chassis would you run? Both buggies are 'current' models from respective manufacturers. Thanks. |
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Strangely when dealing with bumps in off road, extra can help out quite a lot so I don't think weight is a good way to decide.
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I think you are basing your decision entirely on the wrong criteria. As said above extra weight can help to settle a buggy off-road and gone are the days of making it as light as possible to last a 5 minute race. Now you have an abundance of power and battery longevity so factors such as chassis flex and geometry have become far more important
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If its not the case - that's fine, but the other questions would come at a later date |
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Much better advise to choosing which one to run would be if anybody else is running the same car - don't under estimate others knowing the chassis and being able to help. Also if spares as easily available - if everyone is running the same chassis as you then you can usually buy a wishbone etc. |
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It can be a little quiet in here.
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Which buggies did you get then?
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If you are racing 2wd then you will need to meet a minimum weight for that class.
Best to have a light chassis so you can add weight to where it is needed, most race spec buggies are light by the way. Xb2, B6.2 etc. |
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