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What weight shock oil is best for a rock bouncer?
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Lots and lots of variables. Varies from rig to rig, and what mods you have. Start with stock weight and adjust according to your preferences.What weight shock oil is best for a rock bouncer?
This is a rock bouncer. Not a race car. They don't really jump or corner broI would start with 500cSt and then go up/down based on temp and how the car handles. You want enough pack so the chassis bottoms out once after a jump, if it bounces back up in the air then it's too thin, if the chassis doesn't hit the ground before the car bounces up then it's too thick. Thinner fluids will generate more grip and tend to cause traction rolls when cornering, thicker fluids will take away grip and make the car handle more aggressive in the corners.
temperature will also effect the viscosity:
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I have seen many people use a TEKNO chassis for rock bouncers specifically for racing, it's a fairly popular event out here in Texas where they race for cash payouts. If the 1/8 off-road track in my area were to close, then I would likely get into the rock racing circuit at that point.This is a rock bouncer. Not a race car. They don't really jump or corner bro
This isn't a Tekno It's a rock crawler converted to a bouncer.I have seen many people use a TEKNO chassis for rock bouncers specifically for racing, it's a fairly popular event out here in Texas where they race for cash payouts. If the 1/8 off-road track in my area were to close, then I would likely get into the rock racing circuit at that point.
Anyway, one of the rock racers also races at the club I race and brough his TEKNO conversion to show us what it looks like, his shock setup is the same but increased ride height due to the oversized wheels.
This isn't a Tekno It's a rock crawler converted to a bouncer.
Looks like a whole lotta fun! But I think that is more of a rock racer type vehicle? The truck the OP is playing with here is a Redcat if I remember correctly, but not sure what you'd call it now. Maybe in between a bouncer or a racer I guess. Here's a pic from his other thread.There are several classes and I don't know the specifics about each class, but the one where they're running TEKNO's is called the U4 class:
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It's not just the oil weight. It's the pistons and how many holes they have in them, how big the holes are, the spring rate, the pre-load, etc that affects that stuff.Interesting. I'm a suspension kind of guy. Probably most of you too. My question here is, do you think the RTR vehicles have too heavy of weight oil installed?
why may I ask? Well, i've been out of the R/C game for a while, but doing plenty of other things that require suspension. Which includes springs and oil wieght. And out of the 2-3 verhicles I've recently purchased, the oil wieght seems to be a bit on the heavy side. I'm not hucking ramps/jumps, So it just want my vehicle to not bounce around. Which I attribute to too heavy of oil. So it can't react quickly enough to the terrain. In my opinion anyway. Is it just me?
Which RC vehicles/platforms are we talking about?Interesting. I'm a suspension kind of guy. Probably most of you too. My question here is, do you think the RTR vehicles have too heavy of weight oil installed?
why may I ask? Well, i've been out of the R/C game for a while, but doing plenty of other things that require suspension. Which includes springs and oil wieght. And out of the 2-3 verhicles I've recently purchased, the oil wieght seems to be a bit on the heavy side. I'm not hucking ramps/jumps, So it just want my vehicle to not bounce around. Which I attribute to too heavy of oil. So it can't react quickly enough to the terrain. In my opinion anyway. Is it just me?
For starters...Thanks for the info guys!
My racer is a Team Associated Pro4SC10. It's nice. I like it, just want to tune it more. It is RTR, I'd prefer to buy a kit, but who has time for that?
I think I'm going to go down to 30wt. See what happens.
I did indulge myself in the Losi "truck sale" and got a mini T or two. One for my 9yo, one for me. But same feeling, pretty harsh suspension straight out of the box. But not really on the top of my list of to-dos and still in the info gathering stage.