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that's where I'm going right now. 4S is all i really need.Well, you can drop a few hundred dollars to shave grams with Ti screws, and such, but I suggest running the smallest / lightest battery that will fit your needs, and then tune suspension for that battery.
4S motor is a interesting idea.4S motor/Racing Lipo and lots of carbon/titanium/composite components.
There are better 1/8 buggy platforms designed to nickel and dime weight however, but they’ll break just looking at them in comparison
Okay. So carbon shock towers seems like a okay idea. some on eBay are pretty cheap. I don't know how long those would last tho. And I'll try to remove whatever I don't need.Depends on your definition of how much is too much to spend to make it light.
Setting it up for use on 4s would be best.
Carbon shock towers, ti-screws, ti axles and dog bones.
Remove parts that are not needed like the radio box and tape the radio RX to the chassis. Remove some extra screws that could survive without.
Yeah carbon gets eaten up very easily with abrasion/friction many people don't realize that.that's where I'm going right now. 4S is all i really need.
4S motor is a interesting idea.
Okay. So carbon shock towers seems like a okay idea. some on eBay are pretty cheap. I don't know how long those would last tho. And I'll try to remove whatever I don't need.
That is good to know. I don't have any real experience with carbon fiber.Yeah carbon gets eaten up very easily with abrasion/friction many people don't realize that.
You could also go to town with a Dremel or drill on the stock aluminum parts
You can take sand paper to it and shape it with the same effort as a piece of pine wood.That is good to know. I don't have any real experience with carbon fiber.
I think that would take much of the joy from my Typhon. I enjoy it too much in stock form, and as I’m not track racing I don’t see the need at all. Reasons I would not take that weight loss approach are: titanium wears much more quickly than steel, carbon shock towers get mutilated on a Typhon in crashes as they are fully exposed and start to delaminate when they get wet, I don’t wish to downgrade my motor mount or especially my electronics, and don’t want to spend money or time changing what to me is my favorite basher in the whole Arrma 6s lineup.There's a lot of weight that you can reduce. i've done a full build based on reducing weight. biggest gains would be these (ordered by weight)
A good weight to be in is about 2,700g when measured "dry" - no lipo, body or wheels and tires
- 4s electronics - 150g
- HV 4s lipo battery - 100g (compared to normal 4s lipo)
- v3 motor mount - 50g
- v3 (or even v2 if it fits - havnt tried) battery tray - about 50g including removing the second xt90 and the battery holder part
- titanium pillow balls and links - 45g
- carbon shock towers - 25g
- regular width center driveshafts - 13g
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