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Originally Posted by Fredrik Emilsson
Flex in obviously important. Fullscale cars/bikes also need a bit of flex to work.
I remember when Honda replaced the single sided swing arm with a conventional swing arm to get more flex. The single sided arm was too stiff...
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yes flex is very important. Cagiva had a carbon fibre frame at one stage but binned that idea as it was too stiff.
Now going back to RC, does anyone remember back in the rc10 graphite days?
Well master masami preferred the black aluminum chassis, cos it had a bit of 'give' in it, compared to the graphite chassis.
Carbon fibre is overated in offroad in my opinion. Give me a plastic, aluminum or composite chassis anyday!
