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Old 12-05-2011, 09:31 AM
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6376vette
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Originally Posted by lightfoot
I reinforced the bottom side just for looks mostly, double wire on the upper arms and single on the lower..... The arms I'm using now have a brass wire, but Dennis Lyman told me to use piano wire which I have done to a second set of arms I haven't tried yet... The top deck broke because I hit "Hard" probably going over 20 mph and clipped a railing just right... I'm amazed the arms held up... If they didn't break after that hit, I don't know what will break it... I ended up running the main with no front wing and won... The car is so hooked up I can't believe it's a 2 WD... I need to take my best 104 out the same day and compare lap times to be sure, but this car sure felt faster...
Sounds like you solved the arm problem. I've got some piano wire I bought to make 1/8 scale buggy pins I can use on the arms.

Congrats on the win. I'm looking forward to my first race this weekend. Unfortunately there isn't going to be much practice time before race day.

What did you use to attach the rod? Epoxy, ca, shoe goo etc?
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