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Old 04-07-2010, 04:17 PM
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HarryLeach
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Originally Posted by InspGadgt
Did you check the balance of the car left to right? Looks like it would be heavy on one side with the ESC and servo being on the same side.
I did a rough balance when I put all the electronics in place and it didn't look like it would take much to finish balancing.

But, this morning, I discovered I was going to need around 27 grams on the left side to get it to balance

A little testing shows the RS is a tiny bit heavier than the RX/TQ booster, and of course the servo is a bit heavy on the end opposite the output shaft. The surprising bit is that the CRC battery is a bit heavier on the side opposite the bullets. So, I had all the heavy stuff on the right.

Corrected now. Not as pretty on the wire layout, but should work, and only took 3g to balance.

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