Yeah, it's the same location. I live very close to RC Review. It's a great location for testing because it provide consistent lines to test against and gives you a good sense of the performance.
A good option may be to add the stiffer chassis plastics. The element chassis is very flexy and tweaks the chassis underload. It's nice the some flex increases traction but the enduro is very flexy. I did the hard plastics to mine and since the battery mount will be extra due to replacing with the hard plastic you can put it on the chassis behind the transmission for extra rigidity. This will let the suspension to more of the work.
Thanks for the tips! The video is from few months back. Since then I have swapped out the chassis to Gspeed LCG chassis, and I no longer have chassis flex.
I wonder if the weight bias changes with the truck is more "vertical" (steep climbs)? Watching this almost reminds me of the times I was adjusting my mountain bike suspension (rebound vs. compression vs. lockout, etc.). So many factors to consider... It's funny, I was finding myself cheering the truck up the hill! "You can do it! You're almost there!" Such drama! I can't wait to see the adjustments you make! Great video of before vs. after!
Suspension & Chassis mods are next set of mods that I will be tackling. The front wheel lifting behaviour totally caught me off guard. Not something that I was expecting. But the more I thought about it, it made sense. Fortunately, I was going to be tackling the Low CG next, so it will work out.
I 100% agree. Once you change the suspension dynamics you have to re-configure the pre-load, or even spring weight. The weight of the oil in the suspension. Also, as you mentioned with the vehicle on harder climbs, it should want to tip over more as the extra weight up front is tilted more off-axis. Probably the easiest way to test this would be to add more preload to the rear shocks which should help keep the front down.
I haven't done much on the suspension as I am still waiting on low CG kit ordered from Hong Kong way back in March :(. But going Low CG is at the top of the list of mods and future videos ;)
Great testing vid ! That spot looks a lot like the place that RC Review does testing.
Yeah, it's the same location. I live very close to RC Review. It's a great location for testing because it provide consistent lines to test against and gives you a good sense of the performance.
A good option may be to add the stiffer chassis plastics. The element chassis is very flexy and tweaks the chassis underload. It's nice the some flex increases traction but the enduro is very flexy. I did the hard plastics to mine and since the battery mount will be extra due to replacing with the hard plastic you can put it on the chassis behind the transmission for extra rigidity. This will let the suspension to more of the work.
Thanks for the tips! The video is from few months back. Since then I have swapped out the chassis to Gspeed LCG chassis, and I no longer have chassis flex.
I wonder if the weight bias changes with the truck is more "vertical" (steep climbs)? Watching this almost reminds me of the times I was adjusting my mountain bike suspension (rebound vs. compression vs. lockout, etc.). So many factors to consider...
It's funny, I was finding myself cheering the truck up the hill! "You can do it! You're almost there!" Such drama!
I can't wait to see the adjustments you make! Great video of before vs. after!
Suspension & Chassis mods are next set of mods that I will be tackling. The front wheel lifting behaviour totally caught me off guard. Not something that I was expecting. But the more I thought about it, it made sense. Fortunately, I was going to be tackling the Low CG next, so it will work out.
I 100% agree. Once you change the suspension dynamics you have to re-configure the pre-load, or even spring weight. The weight of the oil in the suspension. Also, as you mentioned with the vehicle on harder climbs, it should want to tip over more as the extra weight up front is tilted more off-axis. Probably the easiest way to test this would be to add more preload to the rear shocks which should help keep the front down.
Nice setup. I think if you throw some proline krawlers in a g8 compound it would do much better
Thanks! Might be something to look forward to!
Try white n green springs..it will lower the cg a lot ..shocks almost bottoms out without preloads..try thicker shock oil as well..
I haven't done much on the suspension as I am still waiting on low CG kit ordered from Hong Kong way back in March :(. But going Low CG is at the top of the list of mods and future videos ;)
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I want to go to this place. There is no such place in Tokyo...
Yeah, I am lucky to have a place like this fairly close to me. Hope you find something in Tokyo! Good luck.
May be too much rear traction.
I ended up removing the rear axle weights, and ended up going only with brass knuckles in the front.