Originally Posted by
TomErickson
Thanks for your insights. Wow...2608gms is really good. The ROAR specs are 2505gm. Did you add any weight? What is your weight balance?
For Shorty packs I noticed most are locating them transverse and forward. Any chance that a central mounting works even better? I have the my ESC on the right side so the center chassis area is free for whatever I want to do. Placing in along the center line would reduce chassis role but may require more added weight to balance out the chassis.
Once I get a chance I plan to get 4 scales so I can see what added weight I will need to add to get a 25/25/25/25 weight balance.
No weight added, I have had great luck keeping it light and do not have larger jumps that most seem to find the added weight beneficial for.
My battery is mounted as far forward and right as possible. I did that to get as much weight forward as well as help to balance things left to right. I have tried a full stick down the middle as well as the shorty but found that the best balance and handling for me is the current setup. Once you get the scales try not to go nuts balancing the thing, you may be able to get it perfect but as soon as you take it off and put it back out the weight will be different
As of tonight I have the following:
Front left - 600.1g Front right - 596g Rear left - 695.7g Rear right - 717.2g. Tonight it weights 2609 ... no clue why but it pretty much changes every time I weight it like I mentioned before.
All the fancy math tells me that I have 45.8% front , 54.2% rear, 49.7% left with 50.3% right giving a cross wedge of 49.5%.
The biggest gains for me have been Marcus' pistons and v2 center diff. They work wonders for loose rough tracks.