b4 exessive nose diving?

[dan_kitty]

hi, I was having real problems jumping the b4 last night which ive never had before. Basically the car was nose diving off the jump real bad, even giving 100 percent throttle in the air would only bring the nose up a bit. Incidently crashing most times.

usually the car jumps really well so was wondering what could cause this, in hind sight i was running a loose slipper, could this be the cause. I know suspention setup affects jumping but i was using the common silver/blue combo.

any other suggestions would be a great help,

cheers
dan

[Southwell]

If you are nose diving when u jump you need to come off the jump on power. I found this got worse when i went brushless.

[bigred5765]

may have just been a dodgy ramp, or the way you hit the ramp.
the only thing that might have helped it seemed you tried
gyroing it, using the throttle

[Lee]

Sounds like a dodgy ramp to me too, if its normally ok i wouldnt worry about it

[dan_kitty]

the take off ramp is a good ramp, used many many times before. and other guys were getting big air keeping the car level in flight with ease. Maybe it was my take off speed but it didnt feel normal.

hmmm will take a close look at my b4 i think, check that there isnt problems with the drivetrain, it was a bit noisey.

cheers guys

[Southwell]

Unless you were bottoming out the rear shocks and getting chassis slap on take off, that would cause it to push the back up.

[dan_kitty]

now that could quite be what it was actually, i had the rear low and the front high, in my head this would make the nose raise more. Didnt occur to me that it could be bottoming out.

cheers