X-6 / x-6 squared How many snapped chassis's ??

[V-Rossi]

Originally Posted by YoungChazz

For example, we could make the chassis with far more carbon in the plastic than we do. The chassis would then be lighter and stiffer, both good things, but it would also be more brittle.
We could make it of "plastic," which uses fiberglass reinforcing instead of carbon. This is not as stiff and heavier, both bad things, but the part would be less brittle.

Why is being less stiff and lighter a bad thing? With Li-Po all over the place, weight is necessary, and the chassis is the lowest place to put it. And there is a reason why all Associated (team) drivers use the plastic chassis, apparently it just performs better.

Originally Posted by YoungChazz

What this means is that, compared to other manufacturers, our parts in general don't break...

Then why using them for the X-6² too if they break?

[burgie]

Mark Steel's chassis broke because his car was driven (accidentally) at full speed into a piece of guttering that was hiding a piece of 2 x 4 wood.

Any car would have broken hitting that.

[millzy]

Sorry- i was just bragging about what i broke

it would have killed my b4 as well

every car dose brake at some point

its how you drive it really

[Robbiejuk]

I have snapped the front off my X6 Squared chassis, and also done a nose cone on my four gear.

The squared went when I was going full tilt down the straight and hit an RB5 which had rolled onto the straight, snapped the top brace to. The nose cone on the older chassis was done indoors when i got punted off at the end of the straight by someone I was lapping and hit a wall. Both snaps were pretty understandable with the force of the impacts though. I have been racing it x6's over a year and I still have two packs of original rear wishbones that i brought when i got the conversion kit never opened, Done two toe in blocks but haven't done one since the new design came out and thats it.

Has to be said my spares box very rarely gets opened these days. The squared version I have is brilliant though, when building it up it was so much easier than the old one and the quality of the parts is soo much better, and now I have sorted out the balance on my car it feels so much tighter than the old one. Keep up the good work chazz and crew.