it must be some kind of defect. cos there are so many other weak spots where it would brake.


i didnt get hit by anything. and no major crashes. i did flip a little and rubbed some pipes but nothing that can cause such thing. and nothing else broke either.

well, yeah there are basically 2 types. plastic and carbon and the shape was never changed. Some say the newer plastic is softer than the old plastic, but I doubt you would ever notice.

Hideeho
There are 2 styles of front arms:
Stock black plastic
Grey carbon (stiffer)

& 3 styles of rear arms:
Stock black plastic (1 ball for sway bar)
B44 stock black plastic (2 balls for sway bar, stiffer)
Grey carbon (stiffest)

Thanks guys...

:tire::nod::tire:

the stock b4.2 arms has two sway bar balls.

I think the b41 has regular arms in the rear, and the wc and the .2 have gulling arms!

lol, no. the rear arms have been gull wing since release in 2003

So they never made a b4 with the reg flat arms?!

not in the rear.

got the RPM B4 a-arms in. Initial overview of them (visual, no installs yet) they look pretty beefy which is to be expected from RPM. by comparison to what I remember on the Durango buggy I had briefly, they seem similar in thickness.

Will report back as soon as I have more info ...

So, lets talk radio tuning with the b4. I like that my car is light for 17.5, but I race outdoors and braking can be a bit of a chore. A little too much and your spinning out. I have been dropping my max brake pct and trying to get it right for my track. I know some people find the slickest part of the track and set the max brake for that part. I put a new esc in my b4 last sunday and I wanted to make sure it worked and was good to go, so I mounted up my worn out tires and went up and down the street a couple times to make sure all was good. I hate finding out at the track, something is wrong. When I was setting my brake again, I noticed the ALB settings on my mt4 and started to play with them a little in the street. I tried it years ago on my m8, but i never liked it. Might play with it in practice this week. What has tried it and what are your thoughts? All it does it pulse the breaks, does not really prevent lockup.

Welcome ....:)

Hmm...now there is an interesting question...I think my 4PL has some ABS feature as well but I have never thought to use it even though (as you know) I fight a loose track and have traction issues. Also interested in the answers to this question.

Hideeho
Spektrum has that as well as something similar for acceleration. I have never messed with it. I have always heard it is only for onroad. I cant imagine it would work very well for offroad. ABS & traction control on 1:1 cars relies on feed back to deploy their effects, while this is either on or off every time you hit the brakes or throttle. I can not imagine that being any better than changing the motor, EPA's, exponentials, gearing, slipper, &/or your throttle finger. But unless you try it, you'll never know for sure :nod:

I was having the same issue, my esc(dtx e10 ) has a program card that lets me set the % of braking, so I went with 40% and it was still doing it slightly, so I went to 30% and it was alot better, so I think goin thru the esc to set the braking is alot better... cause I was using the settings on the radio to do it and it didn't seem like I could get "comfortable" with it lol but that's just me:)