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Old 04-08-2007 | 12:12 PM
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Default RE: New Idea of Suspension System


ORIGINAL: zaintlouis

i agree, droop is essential. if i have a bad experience about this idea i'll remove my photos above. so just keep watching it. IF you still see it then it's the other way around :-)

yes one spring is enough, but normally, If you want stiffness you add spacers, there are even bigger ones if you want more stiffness, you get your desired stiffness with the spacers but you reduce the damping distance you shocks can do. What's the reason why Kyosho made an SP2 777 with longer shock absorbers? to have more damping distance isn't it?

What i want to hear is criticism from those who have tried it and had a bad experience about it. so please if you don't appreciate the idea then don't do it.

To get more droop you adjust the droop screws on the arms (close to the chassie). Your is set up with no droop at all. The arms don't go below level.
You do not adjust stiffness with spacers. Only way to increase the spring rate is to get stiffer springs.