Originally Posted by
WILDWILLIE 9
Would it work to put it in the battery tray under the strap?
Well ROAR says your car has to be able to accept a full pack so thats the other reason it is up there.
Originally Posted by
nicholasxuu
it works well on low grip tracks.
raising the CG can help the car have more weight transfer under braking, under acceleration. thus you get more oversteer under braking/off power, and more understeer when accelerating.
that's why it really helps on low grip track, under heavy acceleration, it's hard to keep the rear in place. Higher CG -> more weight transfer means it will lift the front up, and hold the rear down more.
And under braking/off power turning, the front gets more grip than usual, and the car just turns really sharp.
That's why losi 22 mount the ESC on a high position, even if shorty pack is popular nowadays, the esc is still up there. AND, 22 drivers like to raise transmission by 1mm to further increase the height of CG.
*however, 22 has a heavier metal chassis, which lowers the CG initially. With B4's plastic chassis, it can be over-done. (i.e. for 22, raising tranny by 2mm is too much, and not working very well).
Not trying to be a nit pick, but raising the trans also increases dog bone plunge which creates more mechanical bind giving more traction. I felt the 22 pushed too much with 1mm, i prefered .5mm but thats history