bertrandsv87

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I already cut the same body without the holes, and will be testing soon....We'll see the difference, and I am never afraid to experiment a little. Thanks Xpress for having faith in the At1: I might lighten up one(At1.2) to the max one of these days..Hopefully someone will make aluminum and titanium lightweight parts for it soon....

OVA

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Hey Burt
most of the peoples online telling you that they are right.. improve your driving skill first ,before doing all this non sense weight reduction
light part are great but you still have to drive and stay off the pipes

gigaplex

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Rcmart says 22 July

foampervert

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whilst efforts to lower total mass is nothing short of amazing! I read somewhere that lowering rotating mass has a bigger and marked effect, then removal of static mass.

It occurs to me therefore, and prolly to other astute engineering minds out there, that the wheels... are the largest and heaviest rotating masses. As such, removal of the 4 wheels, will give you the fastest, lightest, and best performing car of all your peers. You shall be the very envy of the start line!

Do not hesitate! Decision and action shall reward you commensurably.

1/8 IC Fan

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To further upon what Foampervert stated in the 90s during the Pro10 days, we learned that you toe a line when you get too light, you no longer have enough Mass to effectively use mechanical Grip, regardless of how much downforce you have! When you are not generating downforce you lose the ability to make use of grip - you are too light. Hence when the "overweight" HPI Roadstar 10G came out it did pretty well. Same goes for 1:8 2wd Pan and the 1:8EG stock (Buri, R8S, Capricorn C8SR etc.) When you run (light) 2x2s Lipo shorties instead of Regular 2X2S or a 4S pack you can feel the "float" / loss of grip on the track, high or low grip.

As for the AT1 I am sure it will be a welcome change. Especially for those of us not fast enough anymore. 😁

OVA

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I agreed
But Burt isnt thinking about the tires grip , Burt just wanted to go fast lighting acceleration speed

rccartips

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Amazing how the AT1, 420 or MTC2 tread went so off tangent to become the lightweight FGX thread.

Bar

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I think this actually happened at the last ETS round Yokomo dominated, they have the heaviest suspension out of the top cars and could generate more heat in the tyre in the cooler conditions.

OVA

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please move on to Express Arrow AT1 discussing

1/8 IC Fan

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i know I am with you. We are aware of his "bench" racing.

i may try one of these as a 200mm conversion. Just have to machine some delrin arms and fit new driveshafts.

DavidNERODease

Kits are getting close now.

I wonder if the new metal inserts should be glued in place?

DavidNERODease

Hmm, just noticed that according to the manual, I'll need the optional camber plates in order to match upper tie-rod lengths with the XQ10R and XQ10S.

OVA

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maybe ..snug or snap fit together

gigaplex

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We don't glue the gears onto the pins on any other diff. There's not much point, they can't move away from it because the spider gears will press it back. And I think this diff has a countersunk screw holding the gear in place anyway.

DavidNERODease

Yep, I totally forgot about the screws. I was worried it would wiggle a bit but no worries now.