172LikesKyosho Ultima RB6 & RB6.6 Car Thread
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03-26-2013, 08:25 PM
#5912
I still don't have time to type it all out, but here is a funny scenario you can run through in your head, and maybe it will help.
Lets say he measures his shock length (what he calls droop), at 100mm (like he does in the video). He then talks about going over bumps and how the tires will "fall" into holes in the track. How is that? well, that is because his ride height is somewhere in the middle of his overall travel, right?
So now, lets play the funny scenario.. lets say he MAXES out his ride height, so the car sits all the way as high as his car can go.... you can picture it, right? (there are some kids that run their rustlers like that at my track
) He has maximum down travel, and ZERO uptravel, right?. He's going down the track... how far will one tire fall into a hole? How much "droop" does he have now? The answer, is 0. So... you can have a shock length of 100mm, with your arms hanging low with the car on the stand, and have 0 droop, at the same time. That is because droop is the affect from total travel, and your static ride height. Technically, droop is your total up travel from right height, to tire lift. But, I digress. Lets get back to the RB6
Last edited by Cpt.America; 03-26-2013 at 08:38 PM.
03-26-2013, 10:01 PM
#5915
He's using the word droop, but he's only actually measuring shock length... which AFFECTS your droop...yes..., but isn't droop in and of itself. It's one piece of the puzzle that ultimately determine show much droop you get. When he actually describes droop... and how it makes the car react and behave, he's correct.
I never said (or act) like I "know it all"... and if you don't like my advice or help, nobody is holding you down making you listen or follow it. Feel free to move on.
I still don't have time to type it all out, but here is a funny scenario you can run through in your head, and maybe it will help.
Lets say he measures his shock length (what he calls droop), at 100mm (like he does in the video). He then talks about going over bumps and how the tires will "fall" into holes in the track. How is that? well, that is because his ride height is somewhere in the middle of his overall travel, right?
So now, lets play the funny scenario.. lets say he MAXES out his ride height, so the car sits all the way as high as his car can go.... you can picture it, right? (there are some kids that run their rustlers like that at my track ) He has maximum down travel, and ZERO uptravel, right?. He's going down the track... how far will one tire fall into a hole? How much "droop" does he have now? The answer, is 0. So... you can have a shock length of 100mm, with your arms hanging low with the car on the stand, and have 0 droop, at the same time. That is because droop is the affect from total travel, and your static ride height. Technically, droop is your total up travel from right height, to tire lift.
But, I digress. Lets get back to the RB6
I never said (or act) like I "know it all"... and if you don't like my advice or help, nobody is holding you down making you listen or follow it. Feel free to move on.
I still don't have time to type it all out, but here is a funny scenario you can run through in your head, and maybe it will help.
Lets say he measures his shock length (what he calls droop), at 100mm (like he does in the video). He then talks about going over bumps and how the tires will "fall" into holes in the track. How is that? well, that is because his ride height is somewhere in the middle of his overall travel, right?
So now, lets play the funny scenario.. lets say he MAXES out his ride height, so the car sits all the way as high as his car can go.... you can picture it, right? (there are some kids that run their rustlers like that at my track
) He has maximum down travel, and ZERO uptravel, right?. He's going down the track... how far will one tire fall into a hole? How much "droop" does he have now? The answer, is 0. So... you can have a shock length of 100mm, with your arms hanging low with the car on the stand, and have 0 droop, at the same time. That is because droop is the affect from total travel, and your static ride height. Technically, droop is your total up travel from right height, to tire lift. But, I digress. Lets get back to the RB6
03-27-2013, 05:05 AM
#5918
Help please - are there aluminum rear hangers for Mid Motor? part number?
03-27-2013, 06:24 AM
#5919
Droop is simply a measure of the farthest the suspension arms will travel downward. If we have the same length shocks and they're in the same holes, then we will both have the same amount of droop, our arms will go to the same point. I know there's a XXX Main setup book as well as a Hudy setup book you can read to learn about droop, as well as listening to Drake or any other pro driver, and probably any fast mod guy at your local track.
03-27-2013, 05:21 PM
#5920
Wing posts
I almost have completed the build, WOW what great instructions! The quality and fit outweigh the instructions. My question is I see the 2 wing mounts for the rear motor car, but I'm a little unclear if there needs to be some type of spacer from the inner post to the motor plate.
Help
Help
03-27-2013, 06:02 PM
#5921
I almost have completed the build, WOW what great instructions! The quality and fit outweigh the instructions. My question is I see the 2 wing mounts for the rear motor car, but I'm a little unclear if there needs to be some type of spacer from the inner post to the motor plate.
Help
Help
03-27-2013, 07:17 PM
#5922
Hi guys was wondering if anyone has tried a replacement chassis and the area under the trans does not dent in after a chassis slapping session? 
I have one of the early release kits and it's almost fully dented in.
If I'm to swap in full titanium screws and I might get a replacement chassis.
Thanks,
I have one of the early release kits and it's almost fully dented in.
If I'm to swap in full titanium screws and I might get a replacement chassis.
Thanks,
03-27-2013, 07:40 PM
#5923
I have beat the hell out of my car and the chassis has not dented in the rear transmission area. I have had the car about 2 months.
I have tweaked the chassis a bit. I landed very wrong over a jump and got a slight (about 1mm deflection from perfectly straight) bend in the chassis (from nose to tail, not side to side). If you don't put a straight edge on it, you can't even see it.
The top of the jump was flat and the front and rear tires did not make contact but the center of the chassis did. There was a kicker in front of the landing and I landed from about 12 or so feet in the air on that flat spot. Made the worst sound you could ever imagine.
I have tweaked the chassis a bit. I landed very wrong over a jump and got a slight (about 1mm deflection from perfectly straight) bend in the chassis (from nose to tail, not side to side). If you don't put a straight edge on it, you can't even see it.
The top of the jump was flat and the front and rear tires did not make contact but the center of the chassis did. There was a kicker in front of the landing and I landed from about 12 or so feet in the air on that flat spot. Made the worst sound you could ever imagine.
03-27-2013, 08:12 PM
#5924
Yeah I hear that sound a lot, it goes 'cringe'.
