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Originally Posted by Matt Airbrushing
Does anybody know if gas shocks have ever been tried on an RC car?
I did some designs for oil shocks but they will be very complicated (similar to the design shown in the link above)
A gas shock might be simpler to manufacture, but im not sure if they would work very well (if at all)
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Not sure what you mean?
Gas shocks have oil in them, they provide the damping as normal with a piston moving through oil. The gas part is a seperate chamber that is pressuized with gas and has a floating piston that pushes on the oil. Basically it means the damper is capable of producing higher forces without the oil cavitating as it moves though the piston at high speed.
Practically all cars sold these days have gas shocks of this type. Some cheaper aftermarket dampers use the gas dispersed through the oil.