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Jonathon555 16-10-2012 08:04 PM

Supastox weight , how do you get to 950 ???
 
Does anyone know how to get a supastox down to 950 grams

I have used lightweight cables , shortened all cables , replaced the heavy rear body mount .

Lightweight 12th servo, micro receiver, remove all unused srews,

984g including shell

Any ideas how to loose more weight ?

joker 16-10-2012 08:22 PM

ye ive done the same to mine and its still way over the only other things you could do is change the lipo as there are heavy and lite ones and you cloud replace all the screws and nuts with alloy or titanium ones but this ant going to get you down to 950 grams and you mite end up bending some of the srcews (if you use alloy) in a crash cuz there not as tuff as stell ones. its better to have a balanced car (left to right front to back) that is a little over weight than the other way round. the ss has got a lot more parts than the mardave but i think it handles loads better than the mardave so this is the trade off

lee150978 16-10-2012 08:23 PM

I wouldnt worry about it.......its only 34g.!!

Try the Core RC Lipo.............I tried one last week and it weighs about half as much as any other lipo.

Also, what electrics are you running?

Try a micro servo / smaller ESC (Remove fan / Heatsink) / Smaller Receiver.

Use tape to hold in Battery rather than velcro strap.

Titanium / Aluminium Screws, Titabium turnbuckles??

Lots of ways, but all seem quite pricey.......I would just run it and not worry too much about it. A balanced car is more important than a light car.

Jonathon555 16-10-2012 08:28 PM

Hobbywing 1s no fan

Dynamite 13.5

Spektrum micro receiver

140g lipo

Thats it

Mwarren 17-10-2012 06:37 PM

You could remove the composite straps on top of the bumpers and use washers instead. That'll save about 5g :p

SlowOne 17-10-2012 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mwarren (Post 704860)
You could remove the composite straps on top of the bumpers and use washers instead. That'll save about 5g :p

Does anyone else find that some advice isn't as helpful as you'd like it to be... :D :D

Servo - which one? Lots of weight there as a TC one is about 60g and a 12th one is about 30g or less. HTH :)

Jonathon555 18-10-2012 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlowOne (Post 704898)
Does anyone else find that some advice isn't as helpful as you'd like it to be... :D :D

Servo - which one? Lots of weight there as a TC one is about 60g and a 12th one is about 30g or less. HTH :)

Savox - 1350 12th

Stuweatherman 18-10-2012 07:52 AM

The biggest save would probably be if the axle was replaced with a lightweight carbon one, but you'll have to speak to schumacher nicely to get that made!!

Martyn (Bomber) 19-10-2012 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuweatherman (Post 705002)
The biggest save would probably be if the axle was replaced with a lightweight carbon one, but you'll have to speak to schumacher nicely to get that made!!

Schumacher are releasing an alloy diff axle in the next couple of weeks ;)

reg 19-10-2012 01:35 PM

1050g is how i roll:woot:

stumpiey 19-10-2012 09:47 PM

i wouldnt worry about it, a balanced car will always be faster and easier to drive than a lighter un-balanced one

SlowOne 20-10-2012 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martyn (Bomber) (Post 705408)
Schumacher are releasing an alloy diff axle in the next couple of weeks ;)

We used to have those in 12th We went back to steel ones until the carbon versions came along... ;)

Martyn (Bomber) 20-10-2012 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SlowOne (Post 705639)
We used to have those in 12th We went back to steel ones until the carbon versions came along... ;)

For what reason ???

mark christopher 20-10-2012 12:39 PM

alloy bends

SlowOne 20-10-2012 01:13 PM

Easily... ;)

Dave Dodd 21-10-2012 09:00 AM

1076grm with my usual lipo and then 1039grm with a different type (both are half saddle), i would have to remove my electrics to loose 89grms :lol::eh?:

managed to shave 11grms off, by shrink wrapping the reciever internals, after taking them out lol.. the rx was quite big lol.. so now down to 1028grm with shell on.

now at 1017grms..

what do the 1s lipos weigh?

Martyn (Bomber) 21-10-2012 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark christopher (Post 705666)
alloy bends

You lot must be crashing too much :p

mark christopher 21-10-2012 06:35 PM

axles are on of the first things to get damaged if there not strong, alloy will bend easier than steel, unfortunatly thats a fact

Martyn (Bomber) 21-10-2012 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark christopher (Post 706068)
axles are on of the first things to get damaged if there not strong, alloy will bend easier than steel, unfortunatly thats a fact

Unfortunately you have no sense of humor as I was only joking around about the crashing :rolleyes:

SlowOne 22-10-2012 05:25 AM

Unfortunately people who shell out a large chunk of their hard-earned on an alloy axle and then bend it also have no sense of humour and will probably come on here and slag off Schumacher.

Mark and I are trying to make a serious point to warn the ignorant and less-skilled that this sort of product is not suitable for that sort of person, before they waste their money. Unfortunately you have no sense of serious... :p


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