chuck_thehammer

as Celt stated.
and
back off the throttle about 6 inches before the upper EDGE of the jump.. in mid air, if still nose high.. move the throttle forward to lightly activate the brakes..
works for me. but I have a SC5M...

FPMX772

I wouldn't recommend running any drag brake if your running 17.5 class as this creates unwanted heat build up in the motor. Like the other guys said, check to make sure your not holding the throttle on after the truck leaves the face of the jump. If your certain that your not and the truck is still nose high, then make sure you have cut outs on the body to help with any possible parachuting that may be happening. If there is still an issue then check to make sure that nothing is binding in the front and/or rear of the truck with the arms or suspension components.

losi8lunie

celt

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I can't speak to what others are doing with setup, but I've no issues whatsoever in regards to this truck jumping properly. Nor do I do any setup changes much beyond what's pretty much box stock. I've run one stiffer spring up front on one occasion and a lighter spring in the rear...neither of which caused the truck to do anything abnormal in terms of jumping.

Matter of fact, I find the SC6.1 to be pretty darn neutral - a little throttle or brake input and the chassis does exactly as I need.

FPMX772

This truck is pretty good right out of the box. Go up to 35-37.5 weight oil in the front and other the V1 grey or KYO red spring in the front help a lot too. Running a front sway bar helps a lot as well.

outoftouchrc

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Are the gray springs part number 91329? Thats what I got for my dirt set up, but they are short springs.

HOTROD716

Thank you to all. When running a SC5m, I really didn't have this jumping issue, it jumped flatter. I have some ideas to try out. Of course one at a time.

Some mentioned heavier shock oil in the front, what ill effects would this have? I have 35 in it now, I would be interested in trying 37.5. Currently I have the steering dialed where I like it. I don't want to lose that.

a1

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How much anti squat are you runing?

FPMX772

No its 91637

FPMX772

Going to 37.5 will take away some of the snappiness this truck has when turning. If all you run is this truck and your good with 35 weight oil up front then stay with it. I run buggy and ST so driving this thing is hard to adjust to after running the other two cars on a club race night. Going heavier up front with the oil allowed me to drive this truck a bit more like my buggy.

HOTROD716

HOTROD716

a1

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with 2 degree, Im going to assume it might be throttle control and the body keeping the nose high while jumping.

FPMX772

celt

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I would say we have 10-15 racers running the SC6.1 for weekly club racing, and most of these guys show up for a full practice day as well. We are all running very similar setups (box pretty much). The only differences are grey instead of white springs in front, or green instead of white springs in the rear. Aside from that, we are all running the same shock package in terms of oil and piston. We've not seen anyone with a violent nose down jumping that you are experiencing.

Hate to see someone chase around in circles, moving away from known good setups. I suspect it's something to do with throttle response, drag brake or maybe even a bad jump face. I see nothing in what I know of your setup that would cause what your are seeing. In other words, if you have to do something drastic that others don't have to do, something else is suspect.