Most of the stress is at the swept up bend on the nosepiece ;)

Bet that brass bulkhead aided the snap of that first chassis Cooper, good skills!

I agree with Mike. Put a ton of weight in at an angle and get rid of all flex and you add to the stress and transfer all of it to the chassis.

Now to Mike's first point: When X Factory began we went to a local tool & die shop which has lots of experience making molds for the automotive business, but no experience whatever making molds for R/C cars and/or working with the very specialzed materials. At the same time we were new and had no idea the Family would grow so large so fast, so we asked for molds that were as cheap as possible to make.

The result was relatively inexpensive tools that waste lots of plastic and make poor quality parts. When there were problems, we threw plastic at the problems. You see that in the #1002 nose piece. Plastic flow and certain temperature conditions in that tool made terrible parts with the material we were using, and our solution was to add lots of plastic (weight) to the part.

When we went to our current California shop, everything changed. With 25 years' experience in the R/C business, they use a slightly different material and make efficient tools designed to make stress-free parts. There is simply no comparison between a pre-squared X - 5 and a 6 Squared. The Cali shop is very expensive, but results are 10 times better -- worth it!

That's the long answer Mike. The short answer is that we used to throw plastic at problems. Now, with the new shop and Paul on board, we use engineering.

thank you from the players
 

thanks for makong and awsome piece of kit mine been brill today and made 24th putting me in the elite group.

W,T,G, Mark, and Welcome to the Family!

Radio race car internationals review car is being used to the full, chaz, this baby has a working home for life! All tha familly are putting on a good show and very helpfull.

My K-Factory tower is now in the spares box, gone back to a stock B4 tower so I can sleep easier. I crash a lot and I think my chassis is on borrowed time anyway :woot:.