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Old 01-11-2012, 01:00 PM
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Default RE: Homemade large scale buggy (1/5)

It weights 13.5kg without fuel. Unexpected, but it is lighter than before last update

Shocks are generic 130mm, from ebay, but modified! I had to replace springs with much harder one and pistons were too weak to handle high pressure.
At first, there were three big holes on 13mm plastic piston. Shoch reaction was very weak and chassis could hit to ground on bumpy road or on every little jump. I didn't want to change oil type so I closed all three holes to get higher reaction to high pressure. Reaction was as expected, but after I dropped car from 20-30cm several times pistons broke.

Now it have diy aluminum pistons without holes. It can absorb high impact, but return is very slow. I'l try it soon and update info.

Still no video...sorry