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Old 05-30-2006, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sosidge
I would say droop is DOWNtravel.

UPtravel would be the amount the suspension can compress. It is used sometimes on full size race cars but I have never seen it used on an RC one.
In our world uptrable is often used to describe how much the chassis ryses (tables up) from the static ride heith.

I will generaly set it by mesuring with the RH gauge, the use the droop gauge to make sure it's eaven from side to side

On asphalt I consider 2, to 2.5mm is a good starting point.
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