to wing or not to wing?
03-18-2006 | 03:45 PM
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From: Izegem , BELGIUM
to wing or not to wing?
you you guys use wings on your drifter?
do you want extra downforce during drufting?
my guess is you dont?
i'm just asking b/c i'm planning on a new body for the drift conversion of my mission:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_40...tm.htm#4050080
do you want extra downforce during drufting?
my guess is you dont?
i'm just asking b/c i'm planning on a new body for the drift conversion of my mission:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_40...tm.htm#4050080
03-20-2006 | 10:15 PM
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RE: to wing or not to wing?
I agree!
I say wing it if you can, for stlye or performance, I just looks better. More racer style. For Drifting I dont think it does it purpose at those speeds, but for racing it probably does.
I say wing it if you can, for stlye or performance, I just looks better. More racer style. For Drifting I dont think it does it purpose at those speeds, but for racing it probably does.
04-03-2006 | 12:08 PM
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RE: to wing or not to wing?
I concur with the statement that the wing is non-functional at low speeds (I'm not even very convinced at high speeds, ever notice how bigger buggies mount the wing to the chassis instead of a flimsy shell?. 
) as for whether to run it for "bling" or not, look through a full-scale automotive import/drift magazine and you'll notice that the wing-for-bling movement is dying and some serious guys are ditching it in favor of the clean look. It's all personal preference.
) as for whether to run it for "bling" or not, look through a full-scale automotive import/drift magazine and you'll notice that the wing-for-bling movement is dying and some serious guys are ditching it in favor of the clean look. It's all personal preference.
04-03-2006 | 11:06 PM
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RE: to wing or not to wing?
Lol, you should have made a poll for this. It's 3-1 in favor of the wing not doing crap. But gosh guys, it MUST give you downforce, if it's a 1/10 scale car doing 20 it's like a real car going 200 and those 200 cars always have spoilers and wings for downforce! Lets make some bumper canards out of lexan for front downforce too! All joking aside, don't you think if the wings really worked the technical guys would be using adjustable mounts and calipers and everything to make sure the wing is actually aligned correctly? Look at HPIs mounting system, for example. Move the hole on the mount a couple mm forward from the intended spot and you get lift, not downforce. Full scale race teams generally use an adjustable wing set at a very precise angle or a wing which utilizes factory mounting positions. Granted, Joe Blow with the APC Tri-Foil doesn't care how his new part is angled, and neither do R/C racers. because it doesn't help our cars much more than it helps Joe's Saturn. If anyone is actually hitting 60+ mph then you can probably ignore all of this, but if you have a 60+ car you probably aren't drifting it. Well you are but not on purpose.
04-04-2006 | 07:50 AM
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From: Izegem , BELGIUM
RE: to wing or not to wing?
i actually made a custom wing mount on my 70mph stadium truck, so i could mount a wing from a pro line Modena on it.
it handles so much better on high speeds.
and yes, other than aluminum suspension and the wing it is STOCK.
its a schumacher Menace .21 4x4. A TT .21 engine in a lightweight truck= [>:]
it handles so much better on high speeds.
and yes, other than aluminum suspension and the wing it is STOCK.
its a schumacher Menace .21 4x4. A TT .21 engine in a lightweight truck= [>:]
04-12-2006 | 04:27 PM
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RE: to wing or not to wing?
keep your eyes peeled on the Smartech thread on in the Onroad Nitro forums, I'm going to be posting build pics for a GTR lip, Full rear diffuser, modified wing and canards this weekend.
For those of us running nitro, a wingless car is a rocket waiting for take off permission from a little pebble (1-1.5mm will do) or even the wrong draft of air at higher speeds, ergo, they have to be larger or have some serious down force... for drifting, well, check out the SG4 Drift videos on google video, most of em don't have wings, but they pull off the drifts NICELY.[X(]
For those of us running nitro, a wingless car is a rocket waiting for take off permission from a little pebble (1-1.5mm will do) or even the wrong draft of air at higher speeds, ergo, they have to be larger or have some serious down force... for drifting, well, check out the SG4 Drift videos on google video, most of em don't have wings, but they pull off the drifts NICELY.[X(]
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Lol, you should have made a poll for this. It's 3-1 in favor of the wing not doing crap. But gosh guys, it MUST give you downforce, if it's a 1/10 scale car doing 20 it's like a real car going 200 and those 200 cars always have spoilers and wings for downforce! Lets make some bumper canards out of lexan for front downforce too! All joking aside, don't you think if the wings really worked the technical guys would be using adjustable mounts and calipers and everything to make sure the wing is actually aligned correctly? Look at HPIs mounting system, for example. Move the hole on the mount a couple mm forward from the intended spot and you get lift, not downforce. Full scale race teams generally use an adjustable wing set at a very precise angle or a wing which utilizes factory mounting positions. Granted, Joe Blow with the APC Tri-Foil doesn't care how his new part is angled, and neither do R/C racers. because it doesn't help our cars much more than it helps Joe's Saturn. If anyone is actually hitting 60+ mph then you can probably ignore all of this, but if you have a 60+ car you probably aren't drifting it. Well you are but not on purpose.
Lol, you should have made a poll for this. It's 3-1 in favor of the wing not doing crap. But gosh guys, it MUST give you downforce, if it's a 1/10 scale car doing 20 it's like a real car going 200 and those 200 cars always have spoilers and wings for downforce! Lets make some bumper canards out of lexan for front downforce too! All joking aside, don't you think if the wings really worked the technical guys would be using adjustable mounts and calipers and everything to make sure the wing is actually aligned correctly? Look at HPIs mounting system, for example. Move the hole on the mount a couple mm forward from the intended spot and you get lift, not downforce. Full scale race teams generally use an adjustable wing set at a very precise angle or a wing which utilizes factory mounting positions. Granted, Joe Blow with the APC Tri-Foil doesn't care how his new part is angled, and neither do R/C racers. because it doesn't help our cars much more than it helps Joe's Saturn. If anyone is actually hitting 60+ mph then you can probably ignore all of this, but if you have a 60+ car you probably aren't drifting it. Well you are but not on purpose.
