Lazer ZX5 Carbon Fibre chassis

[jimmy]

yea i had a look at his car on sunday, he was in my heats, he won all 3 and i was 2nd in all 3.. needless to say he was a lap in front!

richard lowe helped me set my car up originally when i reviewed it, looking at craigs it was very similar with the suspension settings..
He was running 40wt all round and some different pistons in the back (bigger holes)
i am running 35wt and kit pistons so quite similar.
he was also running blue front and silver rear AE springs.
I have the blue fronts but AE silver rears are softer than the kit springs, I have the #75 kyosho springs which are 1 level harder than the kit rears.

Richard reckoned that CVD's would help the back end of the car a lot to stop it collapsing around corners on power, so i think i will get some to try in the rear.

[OldTimer]

@ Tres if you want to go for no flex in the chassis you are better off going for the milled chassis as it is from 3mm carbon and as it is milled these areas are strong than cutouts, but the cost is high, the new "Ion" spec chassis with the cutouts will sell for £67.50 a lot less than the milled version, and had a tad more flex but is still a lot better than the standard chassis, even better if you use the carbon fibre top deck

@ Jimmy glad you got on with it well, hopefully you should of gained some more steering from the reviesd battery layout.

Hopefully the "Ion" spec chassis will be avaliable in around two weeks, I will still produce the milled "Atom" spec version but they are made to order.

[tony1034]

Jonathon,

Please drop me an email at [email protected]

Thanks,

Tony P.

[OldTimer]

I have just got in the new Ion spec chassis's with the cutouts for the ZX5, and they are 23gm's lighter than the kit chassis which is a bonus. Details on the website.

[jimmy]

Added a little review of the Ion Spec chassis, I like it!

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/zx5/a...x5chassis.html

[Bathy]

Cool additions to the website Jimmy (ZX5/XX4 reviews), that ZX5 with Atomic stuff looks really nice. Myself I would need a complete under tray with velcro all around the edges, I like to seal off-road cars fully, think I'm allergic to dirt.

Took a close look at one of these cars at Tivy a couple of weeks ago, really like the look of them but the idea of having the spur gear uncovered and hanging a little out the bottom of the chassis disturbs me.

Great work again, you going to be selling this car? ha ha