chassis bent
12-31-2014, 06:15 AM
#1
chassis bent
Hi,
Is it normal chassis to bent after few run or race? My chassis seem to have slightly bent in the middle about few mm when put it backward on flat glass surface.
Some people is it because of heat and flex.
Is it normal chassis to bent after few run or race? My chassis seem to have slightly bent in the middle about few mm when put it backward on flat glass surface.
Some people is it because of heat and flex.
12-31-2014, 07:08 AM
#2
No it isn't normal. My Serpent 747 did almost 2 seasons of racing and the chassis is still perfectly flat. The only time I've ever bent a chassis was on an 1/8th scale car where I crashed heavily at high speed.
12-31-2014, 09:52 AM
#3
What chassis are you running, if its a 1/8 or 1/10 (200mm) Nitro car that is highly unlikely without a wreck. Those chassis usually run between 4-5 mm in thickness. Even wheen heated it takes a lot of heat to yield the material to bend - these engines do not generate that heat. Perhaps one of those cheaper himoto, redcat cars even a nitro RS4 have a higher chance of bending as those chassi are not as strong or thick. Yet even then it takes a wreck to do that. Was your chassis used or tweaked perhaps when you had gotten it, did you check it before assembling the chassis?
Last edited by 1/8 IC Fan; 12-31-2014 at 02:59 PM.
12-31-2014, 04:59 PM
#5
01-02-2015, 10:14 PM
#6
hi anyone else have same experiance?
01-03-2015, 01:04 PM
#8
Tech Regular
As long as i`m driving 200mm class, with the Serpent 710, 720, KM H-K1, Capricorn C01 and Serpent 748. The chassis will bend in about a couple of months of driving. Always in the middle of the chassis down, about 1 a 2 mm, its normal.
Cars with stiffner between middle and rear section has less bending, cars without have more bending of the chassis.
In the Netherlands all the topdrivers change chassis plate about 2 a 3 times a year.
At the rear the chassis will wear at the rear bottom end due to bottoming out during acceleration with small tires.
Its not a real big problem as long as the chassis doesn`t twists.
I think it is really strange people say they dont have this, i think this is only to make a brand look better then it is.
Cars with stiffner between middle and rear section has less bending, cars without have more bending of the chassis.
In the Netherlands all the topdrivers change chassis plate about 2 a 3 times a year.
At the rear the chassis will wear at the rear bottom end due to bottoming out during acceleration with small tires.
Its not a real big problem as long as the chassis doesn`t twists.
I think it is really strange people say they dont have this, i think this is only to make a brand look better then it is.
Last edited by rbakker; 01-04-2015 at 10:15 AM.
01-03-2015, 02:09 PM
#9
As long as i`m driving 200mm class, with the Serpent 710, 720, KM H-K1, Capricorn C01 and Serpent 748. The chassis will bend in about a couple of months of driving. Always in the middle of the chassis down, about 1 a 2 mm, its normal.
Cars with stiffner between middle and rear section has less bending, cars without have less bending of the chassis.
In the Netherlands all the topdrivers change chassis plate about 2 a 3 times a year.
At the rear the chassis will wear at the rear bottom end due to bottoming out during acceleration with small tires.
Its not a real big problem as long as the chassis doesn`t twists.
I think it is really strange people say they dont have this, i think this is only to make a brand look better then it is.
Cars with stiffner between middle and rear section has less bending, cars without have less bending of the chassis.
In the Netherlands all the topdrivers change chassis plate about 2 a 3 times a year.
At the rear the chassis will wear at the rear bottom end due to bottoming out during acceleration with small tires.
Its not a real big problem as long as the chassis doesn`t twists.
I think it is really strange people say they dont have this, i think this is only to make a brand look better then it is.
01-03-2015, 02:26 PM
#10
Tech Regular
I agree on one thing...if Where u race has the grip u will bend your chassis but Where I race the grip is Med to low an the cars slide more than grip...so a bent chassis is far an few between...not to say one is better than another!!! An to his point after a few races an the chassis is bent an there haven't been a Big crash....it's a problem somewhere..an That's wit any brand...
The way the cars are designed, the forces introduced in the chassis by the braking system (servo to brake cam) and the pulling force of the side belt. Both give a torque moment in the chassis that makes it bend, next to that the rear wears due to contact with the tarmac.
Just put your blocks when adjusting the downstops under both axles fr+rr during setup and you will be ok,
when you start driving al your laps within 0.2s. then its time to change the chassis once in a while.
01-04-2015, 04:42 AM
#11
Tech Master
It has nothing t do with what you are saying, it has to do with simple mechanics.
The way the cars are designed, the forces introduced in the chassis by the braking system (servo to brake cam) and the pulling force of the side belt. Both give a torque moment in the chassis that makes it bend, next to that the rear wears due to contact with the tarmac.
Just put your blocks when adjusting the downstops under both axles fr+rr during setup and you will be ok,
when you start driving al your laps within 0.2s. then its time to change the chassis once in a while.
The way the cars are designed, the forces introduced in the chassis by the braking system (servo to brake cam) and the pulling force of the side belt. Both give a torque moment in the chassis that makes it bend, next to that the rear wears due to contact with the tarmac.
Just put your blocks when adjusting the downstops under both axles fr+rr during setup and you will be ok,
when you start driving al your laps within 0.2s. then its time to change the chassis once in a while.
01-04-2015, 04:52 AM
#13
It has nothing t do with what you are saying, it has to do with simple mechanics.
The way the cars are designed, the forces introduced in the chassis by the braking system (servo to brake cam) and the pulling force of the side belt. Both give a torque moment in the chassis that makes it bend, next to that the rear wears due to contact with the tarmac.
Just put your blocks when adjusting the downstops under both axles fr+rr during setup and you will be ok,
when you start driving al your laps within 0.2s. then its time to change the chassis once in a while.
The way the cars are designed, the forces introduced in the chassis by the braking system (servo to brake cam) and the pulling force of the side belt. Both give a torque moment in the chassis that makes it bend, next to that the rear wears due to contact with the tarmac.
Just put your blocks when adjusting the downstops under both axles fr+rr during setup and you will be ok,
when you start driving al your laps within 0.2s. then its time to change the chassis once in a while.
01-04-2015, 08:18 AM
#14
This is Roy trying to fix his bent chassis on his Serpent 748..
