mini 8-heavy nose

[toddzellia]

Just woundering if you guys been having problems with a heavy front end on your mini8 or is just me? If so what didi you do to fix it?

[rcdunk]

Originally Posted by toddzellia

Just woundering if you guys been having problems with a heavy front end on your mini8 or is just me? If so what didi you do to fix it?

do you mean when jumping ? if so what rear wing are you using ? kit one ?
I and several others have tried the wing back to back with the phat bodies rear wing and other large wings helps the car junmp better and also gives a little less high speed steering which we have found also helps

[toddzellia]

Yes ,Spot on Im waiting for the new mini 8 phat body to be released and going to give it a go,I checked out there website and saw the different wings but wasn't sure how they would perform.cheers

[Jonesy]

I've stuck a huge wing on the back of mine but to be honest I'm finding that the profile of the jumps is having a huge impact. If the jumps are built correctly the car will glide nicely, if not it won't

Stick a bigger wing on and give it a go, see what you think

[Jason A]

The phat bodies bat wings seem to work well on the losi I ran the bigger sized one for the last national.

[markwilliamson2001]

Seeing as the Shark has a similar layout, why not try doing what I did, and add some brass sheet under the lipo, and some next to the motor? Only need a bit with the big wing as well.

[toddzellia]

Great guyz I will be deffentily getting the bigger wing but as for now I added some lead weight under the wing on the wing mount and used some zips to scure it alittle bit micky mouse but it worked and kept the nose up alittle more on the jumps.But now I need to change the raido and raceiver lots hesatation and delay going with the Fly Sky FS-GT3B-

[toddzellia]

Ok so I changed the raido/reciver 2.4GHZ, Flysky GT3b big differance in steering and control also went with the big bat wing from phat bodies.
The buggy jumps and handels soooo much better really big differance...... went with the wing kit I also just bought some rally blocks (yellow)going to test them out this wed,cant waite

[styleone]

Originally Posted by toddzellia

Ok so I changed the raido/reciver 2.4GHZ, Flysky GT3b big differance in steering and control also went with the big bat wing from phat bodies.
The buggy jumps and handels soooo much better really big differance...... went with the wing kit I also just bought some rally blocks (yellow)going to test them out this wed,cant waite

Sounds like you are ready to roll there with those upgrades/adjustments. Most racers who run 16th 4wd will also advise you trying white rally blocks (softer then yellow) as a grip/traction tuning aid on certain carpet and slippy mixed surface tracks. The whites can make a really dramatic difference to handling/grip levels.

Have a blast with yellows first then try whites as soon as you feel comfortable with your current changes....P.S Phat Bodies Big Bat Wing rules!! Great choice

[toddzellia]

CHEERS MATE

[racingben]

Try running a rear shock tower on the front. I have done this and it lands very well. My rear shock oil is a little soft at the moment but look at this video to see how the car performs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHdT8Yi1RsA

[toddzellia]

Looks quite good love the track you guys have there, ours is so small copared to that one maybe a 1/3 of the size.Are you running the rear shock tower in F&B or did you just swap them.?

[racingben]

Rear towers all round