Nose diving was driving me absolutely crazy. I'll need to do the battery mod or other setup changes plus removing all the drag brake, but the 25-50% throttle required to keep the truck flat is a bit difficult coming from other vehicles/setups which jump well. More often than not I was landing on the front skid. I switched from the blockade to the subculture before the main and those were even worse. Neither tire was hooking up well at all.

Posted a while back that my 4600 Pro4 motor felt like a lazy terd in my truck. After inspecting the motor I noticed that "my SHAFT had a bit of extra wobble :eek:". Bought replacement bearings, took the motor apart, and the front bearing was partially seized up and the motor shaft was spinning faster than the bearing. Motor all good now and is back in my "backup" FT SC10 4x4. My buddy and I both bought HW 4700 motors for our Teknos. I couldn't race last weekend due to a kidney stone but he said that HW motor is a flipping beast! Marshalls were noticing his truck (stock, not lightened in any way) pulling the front end up mid straight with a 16 tooth pinion and running quite cooler than his Pro4 did. Can't wait to run mine this Sunday. Trying the rcgod setup with 2 changes, 1.3 x 8 pistons front and rear, and shocks set up emulsion. Good God this truck is a dream to work on compared to my AE :lol:.

King DORK
You will love the HW Motor, they are monsters! I run the 4000kv outdoor`s on big tracks geared with a 17 pinion, and fully boosted with the V3 speed control.

Paul

Same problem here and I don't run drag brake. Drove it today for the first time and there a table top jump. I was hard to to jump it :(

How many orings on the shock shaft are the guys who are having nose diving problems running? I still have yet to see one do this, mine jumps fine although it may be a jump specific thing.

I will have to check again. Definitely not a jump specific thing. Too many people are reporting it with common setups, so I think we have something wrong on the setups or the battery placement. My truggy, EB48, and kid's SC10RS all jump perfectly straight and level on the exact same track, same path/groove.

I've had the nose diving problem also. some guys on here said going up on spring in the rear helps, so I've got oranges on it now, and some new pistons. I've got the 8 X 1.4coming in the mail and right now I have some 10 hole 5 X 1.1 + 5 X 1.4 that I'm going to try tomorrow. I want to have some pack but not so much that it gets jittery everywhere. tracks out here are rough, jump faces are not nice, and with all the rain there's lots of drainage ditches that you have to cross while you're racing.
We'll see how the heavier springs and new pistons work tomorrow.

Not in any way trying to measure d!cks against the 4300HD motor, which I hear is great as well. Just figured for roughly half the price and all the praise they get, why not try one? Definitely excited to squeeze the trigger tomorrow.

My take is.. It's a little difficult to compare a Honda to a BMW.. The same goes for anything Tekin and hobbywing.. IMHO let the flame war begin!!! Whoop Whoop... But no seriously, my 6 year old son will be getting a HW before he moves up in the world to Tekin electronics.. Just sayin :)

SRAMOS setup
20% drag brake
Zero nosedive issue

You may be confused. He would get a Tekin before moving up to Hobbywing. Tekin is the Honda of the two ;)

And yes, I've run both brands unlike some of "fans" who have only one run or the other.

I feel ya man I have zero issue with the EB-48 but still can't correct the nosedive with the truck. I was undergeared, geared up that helped, I ran basically same setups as the buggy except lighter springs. No drag brake. Only way I can drive it without the dive is having to come into a jump and stay on throttle in the air- if I touch the brake at all it will literally front flip in the air.
I heard the guys talking about the rear bumper bottoming out I may try that.
I run zero orings (max travel) and rarely ever tune droop. Tried a ton of piston and spring combos as well no joy. You definitely have to drive it different than the buggy version. Currently running the door setup with lighter front diff oil(5).

I don't think Ramos runs any drag brake, unless he JUST went to it.

The nose dive issue in general is due to a soft rear end causing the back end to slap and kick over, not a too heavy front end. Now whether its oil or springs or ride height is an individual track issue.

Ew drag brake. Never!