Team Associated B4.2 Thread
#2146
just picked up a b4.2 and havent gotten to mounting electronics yet but i see alot of people doing the custom little tray near the rear tower. why is this? is running it directly on the chassis in the battery tray not permitted? also what about having a transponder and rx in the battery tray? thanks!
edit: forgot to say the esc lol
edit: forgot to say the esc lol
Screws with the forward
weight transfer & balance however & some do not like .....
#2150
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I have a question about roll center on this car. It seems so much different then my losi 22. In the rear the inside camber link produces more side bite when I remove washers. That is backwards of my losi. And on the front removing washers under the inside camber link gives it more turn in. Does this seem right?
#2151
I have a question about roll center on this car. It seems so much different then my losi 22. In the rear the inside camber link produces more side bite when I remove washers. That is backwards of my losi. And on the front removing washers under the inside camber link gives it more turn in. Does this seem right?
On your losi, your rear roll center was probably on the low side, so raising it made it better over all. On the b4, you were probably a bit on the high side, and lowering it made it better over all. If you're roll center in the rear is wrong significantly in either direction, you're going to be loose. Too low and the car wants to flop over and wash out, too high and the rear just slides around out to lunch.
Removing washers in the front inside (raising roll center) almost always adds more initial steering on all cars. It tends to remove mid corner steering if you go too far.
#2152
I put the esc in the back of the battery tunnel and didn't like it. Did this last spring and couldn't get it to drive the way I wanted it to. Went back to on the side and my lap times went right back to where they were. Maybe with more time I could have figured it out.
#2155
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You're confusing empirical results with what is actually happening to cause the empirical result.
On your losi, your rear roll center was probably on the low side, so raising it made it better over all. On the b4, you were probably a bit on the high side, and lowering it made it better over all. If you're roll center in the rear is wrong significantly in either direction, you're going to be loose. Too low and the car wants to flop over and wash out, too high and the rear just slides around out to lunch.
Removing washers in the front inside (raising roll center) almost always adds more initial steering on all cars. It tends to remove mid corner steering if you go too far.
On your losi, your rear roll center was probably on the low side, so raising it made it better over all. On the b4, you were probably a bit on the high side, and lowering it made it better over all. If you're roll center in the rear is wrong significantly in either direction, you're going to be loose. Too low and the car wants to flop over and wash out, too high and the rear just slides around out to lunch.
Removing washers in the front inside (raising roll center) almost always adds more initial steering on all cars. It tends to remove mid corner steering if you go too far.
#2158
I put the esc in the back of the battery tunnel and didn't like it. Did this last spring and couldn't get it to drive the way I wanted it to. Went back to on the side and my lap times went right back to where they were. Maybe with more time I could have figured it out.
The JC Double D is probably the closest tire from Jconcepts
#2159
I absolutely LOVE AKA's Impacts outdoors (around here) though.



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