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Old 07-05-2015, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Bundy_Bear
Might be a weird question... but does the B5M come standard with the optional bit of foam spacers for those wanting to run a shorty battery?

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Thank you... Is the wing paintable? Seems most people leave it clear!
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Originally Posted by Bundy_Bear
Thank you... Is the wing paintable? Seems most people leave it clear!
Sure, you can paint it if you like. Same material as the chassis body.

It is odd...most in the states don't paint the wing, or they'll scuff it mily white, while I'll see european drivers sometime paint the wing one of their scheme colors.
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Originally Posted by celt
Sure, you can paint it if you like. Same material as the chassis body.

It is odd...most in the states don't paint the wing, or they'll scuff it mily white, while I'll see european drivers sometime paint the wing one of their scheme colors.
Thank you... it looked like polycarbonate, but wasn't 100% sure. After 14 years or so of nitro on-road racing it is time for a change and I think i found it without breaking the bank
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I am currently running a painted wing for my scheme. i need to buy them 5 at a time with the way my luck goes on flips lol
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Originally Posted by DG Designs
Never liked how tall the side pods are on the Finnisher so I slammed it. Also like the back sitting level with the top of the tranny. I think I might make my own and combine the Finnisher and Silencer by maybe adding some downforce in the back of the side pods.
The Serpent Kit body is kind of like a Finnisher and Silencer combined. It's actually really nice and performs very wellon the Serpent. I would love to try something like that on a B5m.
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painted wings are not roar legal if i remember right.
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Originally Posted by ashxxx
painted wings are not roar legal if i remember right.
What ????

Painted wings are legal.
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Originally Posted by ashxxx
painted wings are not roar legal if i remember right.
Not certain that is the case...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=ROAR+rules
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Hey all, wondering what aluminum servo arms fit the b5m while keeping the same geometry as the stock plastic ones. Running 23t servo now. Also what are your opinions on stock plastic vs. aluminum. Any input would be great. Thanks
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There is nothing in the ROAR or IFMAR rules saying off-road wings can not be painted. Once advertising took over r/c racing that rule went buh-bye.
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Originally Posted by justin payne
Hey all, wondering what aluminum servo arms fit the b5m while keeping the same geometry as the stock plastic ones. Running 23t servo now. Also what are your opinions on stock plastic vs. aluminum. Any input would be great. Thanks
A plastic servo horn works as a servo saver...an aluminum one works as a servo destroyer.
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We didn't race this weekend due to the holiday but I had a great run on our thursday night program putting it to some of the locally sponsored guys with my pig of a b5m. Taking the lead from 3rd place on the grid after the top 2 decided to bobble on the first lap. I held on to the lead for a couple of laps then clipped a pipe flipping over. Fortunately the other guy lost it again and I went on by trying to stay clean while everyone tried pushing harder with some gains and some losses. With less than 2 minutes to go I made another big error having to be marshaled. I believe it dropped me to 3rd but on the same lap at the top of "Mount Panorama" both 1st and 2nd wrecked and I cruised on by so the results don't show me falling so far. Knowing I had a little bit of a cushion I backed off the last 2 laps and kept it clean to bring home the Senna driven McLaren-Honda inspired livery. We had a blast talking while racing. Here's a far-from-the-truth representation of the ceremonies afteward.



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our traction is probably closer to good carpet traction so I've gone back to MM rear arms running wheelbase in middle. ride height down between 21-22. Went back to stock front link after being at longer link for much of the last year and ended up picking up about 0.8 average. I think this is mostly due to other setup changes between original build and current setup. rear roll center is 0 on stock rear mount.
I will try to post a full setup sheet for petitrc within a couple of days.

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Originally Posted by justin payne
Hey all, wondering what aluminum servo arms fit the b5m while keeping the same geometry as the stock plastic ones. Running 23t servo now. Also what are your opinions on stock plastic vs. aluminum. Any input would be great. Thanks
I use the TLR aluminum horn, the offset it pretty much perfect

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A plastic servo horn works as a servo saver...an aluminum one works as a servo destroyer.
Depends on if you have a crappy servo or not, Been running an aluminum horn on a Protek 130ss for over a year without any issues.
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Originally Posted by Dstreelm
I use the TLR aluminum horn, the offset it pretty much perfect



Depends on if you have a crappy servo or not, Been running an aluminum horn on a Protek 130ss for over a year without any issues.
What it really depends on is how hard a car gets blasted on it's front wheels from the side of the car.
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