Well the .1 chassie is narrower but if you can get your hands on a 44 for a good price with the v2 upgrades i would take it.

In my opinion the shocks are about the only thing that makes much difference, and that is really just ease of maintenance.

I actually think the 44 chassis with the nimh cell cutouts is better if you run the AE chassis tape to keep the cutouts from digging into the dirt.

You can easily trim the 44 chassis to match the 44.1 chassis.

Thanks James, That's what I think too. I found a sweet deal on one with motor,esc,and saddles. I can always buy a chassis if I stick to the class.

P.S. What happened to the mini king? No more onroad? Jeff's wont be the same.

I'll give it a try. Are you racing Friday night?


- Terry

When you say stock pistons are you talking about 2-2 or 3-2. I have seen several set ups using 2-2,. I too use Losi 35 and 30. Like the way it feels.

No, but i will be there all day saturday

My new B44.1
 

I think I have a crush on my new B44.1. Raced it today for the first time. I am definitely in love.

You run a 13.5 in the b44.1?

2-2

I also tried the MIP Bypass 1 valves. I ran them in compression, rebound, and mixed. I had to go up in oil wt when using them. For now, I went back to the stock pistons because want to see how much the springs help before I start changing more things.

Hey guys,

Quick questions for you spring rate experts.

I just made the switch to avid big bore springs... Anyway... The standard b44.1 silver spring is 2.85 lb but the heaviest front buggy spring avid has is 2.61. Will this be sufficient ? Is this an oversight? Or perhaps spring rates don't transfer across from standards springs to big bore springs and if that is the case which front avid spring should I use?

Thanks in advance

Cheers

John

Run purple in the front with #2 piston 35wt ae oil, yellow on the rear #1 piston ae 30wt oil

Would you be able to elaborate on this? I'm a nitro guy, but I took a short break from R/C and I'm back and trying my hand at electric. I would love to stick with NiMH for a bit as it's what I know (from waaay back) and I won't be on a steep learning curve going with LiPo.

Does anyone even make loose, NiMH cells anymore? I kinda miss building battery packs.

just leave the chassis stock its just fine,there are a few cells out there but for the money you can get better runtime with lipo so i would just run lipo

Are all the horror stories about people burning their houses down that common? I never feared for my life while charging NiMH.... Just seems like a hassle for a couple more minutes runtime. Do they weight that much less? Is that a big advantage of LiPo? Remember, nitro guy here...

Lithium based batteries have 3x the energy density when compared to Nickel based battery. So the same capacity battery will weigh 1/3 the weight in lithium vs. Nickel.