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Old 07-09-2010, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rcko
karts... these do not have a differential. chassis flex is critically built into its design to allow the inside rear tire to "lift" and get the kart to turn in / rotate. different reason to TC chassis flex. TC flex is to gain "mechanical" grip. thats why foam on carpet we run stiff stuff... we dont need the extra grip.
Yes, but we do something similar with stiffening one end of the rc car to get the back end to rotate. Similar but not the same. I honestly don't know much about go karts, the the ramblings years and years and years ago from my old man back when he had the money for my older brother to race karts.
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