Lazer zx-5

[ben]

Why does there need to be a metal plate to hold everything together. I thought the car was plastic?

[jonathan challenor]

that one might not have been mine because there was another zx-5 in my final and that one was red/blue and I thought mine seemed to be handling fairly well but mine was purple on the top and yellow down the sides that fades into orange and yes it does have a metal plate underneath to fix the chassi but that doesn't add much weight.

But i was happy with the way that it was running also i'm trying to save up for the conversion kit

[jonathan challenor]

i don't know if this helps but my car was number 5 and what final were you running in and what was the number of your car also what type of car was it

[jonathan challenor]

it was metal because the chassi was broken completely and i haven't been able to get a replacement as of yet

[josh_smaxx]

Well you do realise that thats going o be almost 100% the main problem barre driver ability, the front end is wonky

[ben]

haha. Yeh i "think" tht might be your problem lol

lil ben

[jonathan challenor]

hi
actually josh i fixed that part but forgot to tell you and now its totally straight.

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by jonathan challenor

hi
actually josh i fixed that part but forgot to tell you and now its totally straight.

Maybe by eye, but its still gonna make a HUGE difference to the way the car behaves to different inputs and setup changes.

[ben]

Dont really know much about kyoshos but isnt the atomic carbon chassis good? I think it might be a bit better than a metal plate screwed on the bottom of your chassis?

lil ben

[Martin-Barbour]

Did someone say Atomic Carbon....?

Not suggesting your current chassis is to blame but I have a brand new ZX5 with Atomic Carbon chassis all built up and ready to go...

I'm only selling because I own two...

See the For Sale section for pix.

Cheers

Mart

[ben]

Think it would help the car. I wouldnt really know though. Also its more bling lol. I guess it would give the car less flex.

lil ben

[jonathan challenor]

i know that its meant to be better and i was going to order one just after Christmas i was either going to get the atomic carbon chassi or the km concepts conversion

[RogerM]

Jonathan (and anybody else) ..... don't order anything just yet ...... Trust me!!!

[jim76]

stick with the kit chassis, or go KMC. I tried the atomic chassis at it made the car much worse.
The KMC is pretty well balanced, especially jumping.

If you are a beginner then the kit chassis is much more forgiving than the atomic.

[Martin-Barbour]

I'm not intending to start a 'mine's better than yours' conversation here but I found the Atomic Chassis far easier to drive than the stock one.

The Atomic Chassis moves the cells further forward and in my opinion has made the car far better in the air particularly....

I guess it's horses for courses.......

Just another TPW

[jonathan challenor]

thanks for the advice.
It was the km concepts chassi that i was interesting in buying and until i could afford this particular hop up i was going to stick with the standard one. also at the moment i believe every bodies zx-5 is better than mine so you can start that comment if you want because personally i am in agreement with you.

[Billthemina]

ohhh!!
yours is fabb jonny
so's the lad him self
esecialy after all the stick he gets because of his buggy and its alloy plate on the bottom =\

don't quit boy!! 0=D

[mobile chicane]

ok folks silly q how do I remove the one way front diff as I had spinning out under power problems at the mk gp on the slippy sections.

[JCJC]

Hopefully Jim will give you some advice, but i suspect your car is running a front diff (same as in the back) with the one way on the shaft, I may be totaly wrong. Do you have a manual, page 2 of Jimmy's review here:
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/zx5/zx5review02.html
shows the diff arrangement (no bearings on the shaft in picture) and a one way arrangement (with the bearings).

Not a lot of detail on the shaft, but at the front end before it meets the front diff there is a one way bearing, you can remove this and there were parts in the original kit to make it "solid".

Guess if you are sitting twiddling the wheels, you should be able to see where the one way starts & finishes, when we ran oneway in the front diff Jordan tore off a wishbone and we lost the outdrive, that just sits in the bearing, i am having trouble discribing this, if you pull the link off twix top of front hub & bulkhead, the wheel & wishbone will swing down, driveshaft will come out of the outdrive, if the outdrive then easily slides out, its part of a oneway, if it dont its a diff.

Jordan drives all the time with two diffs & one way on the shaft, we won't change it. hint

I think there is a manual in the review somewhere, try searching on here if you havent got one.
Here:http://www.oople.com/rc/manuals/zx5/

What tires were you running, sure I saw it with spikes, try yellow pins

Edit: Page 8 of the manual = Diffs (third option as well) part 89 is the outdrive, ours is still in the grass at Silverstone, page 9 the slipper, page 17 the shaft. Should keep you busy
Mick

[mobile chicane]

it was spikes but I want to try yellow pins at the practice as well as some difrent set ups.

I'll get the car stable with the one way then try it without and see what I find.


ta for the links btw