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Originally Posted by Migs
hey Carno, i havnt added weight to it to balance it up, its something i could do, but honestly havnt found the need to, it jumps flat and i cant feel that it turns more one way compared to the other, on the electrics side, im using a tekin RS which is pretty light, and am probably going to get a low profile servo like a futaba, which will be lighter than my current jr one and on the battery side, im using a 5000mah venom lipo, and will get the 5600 mah lipo from intellect soon which should add a bit more weight to that side.
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Ok thats good to hear. I'll have to check how mine goes since i changed about half the car since last season
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Originally Posted by Migs
The atomic carbon towers look ace and look robust, please let me know if there are any dramas you have with them, they are something i plan to get in the next few weeks before our racing series begins in late march
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Well since i haven't had the chance to test them the only issue i've had so far is installing.
I didn't have the right parts when i received the towers so it's quite usefull to order those before or at the same time when you order the towers.
Parts i used.
9804381 = Hex head ball connector 5x9mm I used these but heard some negative experiences with them so might be better to go for the ones below.
53969 = Hex head ball connectors 5x8mm
53539 = Aluminum spacer set. to get the right angle mostly for the rear springs. Both blue and regular aluminum ones.
54155 = 3mm lock nuts blue anodised. Used these for the shocks and the ball connectors. On the mold for the damper parts there should be the plastic nut that is used on the 511 and db-01R to hold the springs so if you're not that into blue everywhere you could use that for the shock tops.
Also i bought some hard 20mm hex screws for the top of the shocks. DB-01R already has longer screws the db-01 kit though.
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Originally Posted by Migs
PS how are you finding the alloy wing mounts? im thinking about getting them, there are mixed feelings about them, my other option i suppose is to get the atomic carbo towers drilled to fit the losi wing mounts which are stronger but arent likely to break a shock tower in an accident
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That's a tough one. I actually got it to stop the spoiler resting on the rear shock tower with the original plastic tower.
I don't know if it's still needed with the Carbon towers. Also the reduced flex on impacts does worry me.
Didn't have any breakages while it was on and i landed upside down a fair few times.
I didn't install the wing properly though. You should drill 5mm holes into the wing that fall over extrusions in the mount. Then on top of that comes the blue cap which slides over the extrusion and onto the spoiler.
I just left the 3mm holes put the wing directly onto the extrusion. Turned over the blue cap so the screw falls into it and screwed it on like that.
The wing itself might be absorbing more of the force this way.