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TEAM PIGEON RC
Thanks for clarification - I did actually check out the P12 and PWGT manuals (and have also read the A12 manual) but it was incomprehensible to me what was responsible for the pitching spring. I guess the side springs just a lot stiffer than they would be on a traditional link car? My presumption would be that the increase in stiffness required to control pitching would affect roll characteristics negatively (unless grip is crazy high like on carpet) but I'm not an engineer and my intuition is often wrong lol.
I saw the F1 car at the Thunderdome last week. Without the bump stops, Josh had a lot of preload on the side springs. He had the WGTR car with the bump stops, and it was a lot softer side to side. Later he put the bump stops on and was happier with the car. The bump stops make the cars stiffer front to back, so the side springs can be softer, at least from what I saw.