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Originally Posted by N7ELA
broke 2 more wing mounts this weekend and then the wing gave way and snapped clean off in the final....
A Big problem i would say with the mounts is the holes are not drilled in the center. It looks like a clear manufacturing error because i have now bought 5 sets in the last 3 weeks and they are all the same.
once you put a screw in them you get a rippled effect on the outside. This is the threads of the screw showing because the wall thinkness is so thin on one side.
Another thing is i think the mounts dont need to be so rigid as ive now seen several people running their x6's with no shims or spacers under the wing causing the wing to flop about.
The car itself is mint and 1740 grams with a 65-35% split works a treat outdoors... Just dissapointing i cant keep me wing on....  |
I've never seen a 'ripple effect' on any of my X6 wing mounts, not even the early ones 3 years ago. Unless a defective batch has appeared (which I doubt) in the last few weeks then the only way I can see this happening is if you are using M3 or 5-40 screws in place of the correct 4-40 screws (which are to fat for the holes). If this is the case it could also be contributing to the mounts snapping as it will be putting stress on the plastic before you even race.
If you leave out the spacers and have a floppy wing then there isn't much point having a wing on at all, as it wont be doing very much.
Sometimes the best solution is not always the strongest, we could have made the wing mounts out of something softer so they don't break, but then they wouldn't work so well. If you aren't bothered about having ultimate setup then maybe you could go for a set of Losi wing mounts (which are much softer and more flexible) and something like a J Concepts 7" V-wing which will give similar performance to the stock wing. It's not going to work aswell as the stock parts but it will be less likely to break.