Pro10noob

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Lol that is what i have been telling a lot of people
Since i run a F104Pro if was sick of the ballbearing in the diff as i couldn't get it as smooth as my F103 diff with the one piece trustbearing.
So rebuild my F104 diff with the one piece trust bearing and tadaaaa, smooth as butter.
Running it nu 2 years with the same parts and still smooth.

regards Roy

kb525

For the price of replacement parts and upgrades on my f104w I can almost get an fgx, plus a bit more for tires. Tough choice.

Tracy B

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Looking for setup tips to try on Saturday during practice. I have the aluminum caster block installed on my f109. I also run a flat carpet oval.
I can adjust camber, caster, and toe in/out on my f109.

Here is my current setup:
caster set at 7
RF camber set at about -1 to -1.5 degrees
LF is set at about 0 to .5 degree.
Toe in/out is pretty even.
I'm running soft springs on both sides up front.
F103 foams 3630 C front & 3645 C rears.
Also have the option to put f104 foams, front & rear, A & B compounds, to put on either side for stagger or to make car want to turn left naturally.

I'm asking because after last week I noticed that my front tires were cone shaped & after further research I found that I had the front caster block installed backwards, so when it said -2 on the block it was really much more than that. I also noticed that car seemed to want to push when I applied throttle coming out of the corners. I could catch this on transmitter, but was hard to do when trying to pass slower cars.

F N CUDA

iTrader: (34)

But then you'd still only have a stone stock FGX that your 104W can destroy (literally too) on most any surface.

kb525

The front suspension needs to be replaced, so I was considering changing it to a f104X1 by changing the front to 104 type, giving it 104 tires, the f60 body, TRG wings and a single piece Tbar-pod plate thing, replacing the part of the axle the wheels attach to and rebuilding the diff, Adding front springs, trg shock, upgraded electronics and bearings will make it a very much faster car than a stock fgx. But considering I mostly do bashing I wonder if i really need that much of a car.

sparkyboy22

I have had a hunt through and cannot see if this has been answered before so can anyone let me know if the Rear ally diff and axle from the HPI F10 will fit directly onto a Super F1 and be the correct size and offset?

rccartips

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3Racing F113 Prototype

I don't think the front end shock absorber design should be allowed, takes away from the realistic looks. What do you think?



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Source: http://kkchung.pixnet.net/blog/post/31259053

fleetmaster

iTrader: (16)

That's one enormous can of worms you have opened with that question , lol.

Stregone

If you ask me this is the type of development RC F1 needs. Kinda funny how a cheap chinese knockoff company is pushing the boundaries, while Tamiya is only recently gone to a link rear end, which has been around forever.

PROMODVETTE

iTrader: (70)

Seems a bit more realistic than the kingpin tiny spring versions.

ixlr8nz

I wouldn't say link rear ends have been around forever and its still questionable if they are any better than T-Bar rear ends in F1. You just can't beat the F103 and that car is almost 20 years old.

Adding a whole heap of extra complication and weight to the front of an F1 doesn't make it any faster...

terry.sc

The bigger problem for it is that the wishbone mounting points are outside the bodyshell. Here in the UK as we introduced a rule that suspension mounts must be inside the body, to prevent anyone using a pan car front end on an F1.

It would probably look a lot better if the wishbones were more F1 in shape, rather than the fact the shocks are in there. Although Cross Fireforce style inboard shocks would look a lot better.

terry.sc

There were link cars being sold in the 1980s, and the now familiar 'modern' link design originated in the Trinity Evolution 10 in 1992 - it went on to win the worlds. If it was such a great improvement over the familiar T-bar rear end, why did it take a change of battery to make them more widely available.

It was only the introduction of lipo in 1/12th and the need to mount a single battery in the chassis that meant an alternative had to be found to the industry standard and successful T-bar design. If we were still using Nimh cells I expect we would still be using T-bar cars in 1/12th.

If it wasn't for Tamiya developing a 1/12th car and needing a link suspension for it, and therefore having the parts for it to stick on an F1 chassis, I wouldn't be surprised if Tamiya had never developed a link F1.

ShadowAu

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This car has been rumored for over 6 months and pics showing the front end first surfaced maybe 3 months ago so IMO bringing it up now is kinda like locking the garage after the car has already been stolen.

robk

iTrader: (22)

Crc and Speedmerchant have had multiple championships in 1/12 over 10+ years well before lipos. T bars were fine but links have always been good too