Originally Posted by The_Punisher

This is my first 12th scale, so I apologize if this question is stupid! When I look at Hohwart's worlds set up, he has the upper arm mount with a 2mm spacer. Now when I tried that I could not get the arm brace to go in, since the upper arm mounts are now 4mm closer to each other. What am I missing?

Originally Posted by The_Punisher

is the purpose of running no brace to increase flex and front grip?

Originally Posted by Geppetto

I need help freeing up the upper arms. With the steering block removed the arms should fall under their own weight, right?

Originally Posted by asirolli

What is a good start configuration in terms of esc, servo, motor brand for a mod class?

I was planning to use a 4.0t motor.

Originally Posted by TEAM BURN

your not missing anything... to do this you dont run the cross brace.
hope this helps!!

Originally Posted by MattW

You can use the original brace from the R5 / R5.1 as the older chassis was 2mm per side narrower.

Originally Posted by Rick Hohwart

This is the solution. I run the older cross brace.

Originally Posted by racer x 1

I run the hobbywing 1s lipo esc with an x20 4.5 and digital jr servo and love the esc motor combo! Very smooth and has been really reliable for me.

Originally Posted by prawntoe

We did a pet project for some customers and have extra chassis protector for the 5.1/5.2FT.
See if anyone is interested.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321008293791...84.m1555.l2649