IFR Pilot

How important is tire balancing? What high quality instruments are used to balance rc tires? Offroad, 1/10 mostly.

Krazy Chicken

what are you doing? three threads asking about some sort of sutup/tuning couple hours apart. why not one with all you questions?

Brainanator

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balancing will help with racing and bashing, and it is pretty easy to do.
lots of youtube videos out about the subject.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Balancing with an off road car/truck is pointless because dirt is going to get inside the wheels and unbalance your tires.

4goodbuys2

I wish they made small pneumatic tires just like the one's we have on real cars or lawn mowers , They would be balanced and last alot longer.

traxxas_guru

IMO its just better to have your tires balanced, as it just makes everything run smoother. and then you jump the tires arent jerking all over the place. its easy all, you need is some plumbers putty.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Yes, it'll run smoother for one lap if you're racing outdoor[&:]

warheadforever

unless you are planing on going more then like 40 MPH, then it really isn't that big of a deal.

warheadforever

Someones does, RC4WD does, but I can't seem to find them. [:'(][:@]

RobbieP

That must be why all the fast guys do it at the big races, and local bashers don't understand its value.

Slo-V Flyer

Balancing tires is a good idea, especially for off road trucks, which have thicker, heavier, more massive tires, more prone to unbalanced construction from the factory. It will help reduce vibration while running, it will help with high speed of course, and just keeps things more efficient. The reduced vibration will also ensure your car/trucks servos don't jitter, as well as preventing screws from coming loose too soon.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Yeah, because clumps of dirt that get inside the tire before TURN ONE while bashing doesn't unbalance a perfectly balanced tire that's going to see 10-12 more laps during a 7 minute heat

Don't know how your outdoor off road tracks are, but around here our outdoor off road tracks are actual OFF ROAD TRACKS, none of that blue groove BS

RobbieP

I guess if you guys are soaking the track with enough water that it coats your wheels and you can get around the track must be the problem. Our outdoor off road tracks actually have guys that can drive.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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Robbie...if you think the only way to get dirt on an OFF ROAD car is by having a sloppy mudhole of a track, you need to crawl out of your little shell of a world down there in Jawjuh and make it to some tracks in other states

RobbieP

Maybe it's just an Ohio problem. I've raced from Florida to California, and I guess nowhere where mudholes are the norm.
Maybe you guys should use the water hose less often, or just get out more to see how others do it.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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OK bro, if all you think is "mudhole" and that's the only way you're going to get dirt inside your tires, you obviously don't get out much.

IFR Pilot

My opinion is, tire balancing is worth the while, especially for racers. I'm not much of a basher, but a racer.

Don't know if any of you have driven a full scale vehicle of any kind with an unbalanced tire, it ain't comfortable and quiet the opposite if balanced. 40 mph in a full scale is unreal unbalanced and I can only imagine how it is for a 1/10th, being the tires spin MUCH FASTER than full scale at the same speed because of tire diameter.

I spoke with a factory team driver today and he said he balances his tires because they rid of unnecessary vibrations and adds to traction. He also added that when the tires are glued to the wheels and holes poked into the tires for pressure release, will not allow much dirt to the inside, as the rubber wheels stay closed unless pressure is built.

He said tire balancing is extremely important when racing, but not so much for bashing.

RobbieP

You have to clear the Ohio state line for it to be considered "getting out much."

4goodbuys2

I found this on you tube someone inflated thier tires on beadlock rims.
It would be nice if it worked you could have pneumatic tires.
http://www.youtube.com/user/qlkgg7#p/u/4/8W8qCWwANIY

RobbieP

Totally pointless.

4goodbuys2

Sand and dirt wouln't get in them and they would relatively balanced. Just like real tires.

RobbieP

And they'd be harder and bouncy, no way to match pressures, would perform like poop. Unlike real tires.