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Finnster · 10.30.2009, 03:47 PM

OT (sorta):

I finished the 4WS today and ran it and it works awesome. Turns nearly as well as my Hyper St, which is a steering God. Even have it keyed on/off on my radio w/ a push button. I was hoping to be able to just reverse CH3 in order to do crabwalk manuvers, but the subtrim needed quite a bit of adjusting, and it gets screwed on the REV.

Lot more work tho to get everything aligned. I'm still pulling to the L alot under hard accel. I'll have to post a thread soon when I can get some pix, maybe some vid.

While I was doing this mod, I was thinking about tower braces and setting something up like chassis braces on an 'uggy.

Tower mount, or maybe this used along with a rod style brace like this or this

Basically the idea would be to mount a flanged ball to the TVP, then the other end on the shock tower. Since the FLM towers already have 3mm holes for a wing mount, all you would need is a 90* mount. Since I don't have a stock radio box, I would mount mine inside the TVPs. Obviously it would be nicer to not have to do this, but might be an easy and inexpensive way to boost the str of the tower from impacts.

This could be done in the rear as well, also I am thinking about getting a roll bar like the new era one which would mount to the rear tower (assuming it fits.) It should brace the rear tower, and more importantly, protect my motor.

I talked to New Era about possibly making a full length bar that would also attach to the F tower. No dice. The only do what they do, no custom stuff. (RCM FTW.) Thus the chassis brace idea. You could even do two to make it symetrical, or mount in the center and mount flat onto FLMs servo plate/radio tray.

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Finnster KillaHurtz Offline Posts: 2,958 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bucks Co, PA	10.30.2009, 03:47 PM OT (sorta): I finished the 4WS today and ran it and it works awesome. Turns nearly as well as my Hyper St, which is a steering God. Even have it keyed on/off on my radio w/ a push button. I was hoping to be able to just reverse CH3 in order to do crabwalk manuvers, but the subtrim needed quite a bit of adjusting, and it gets screwed on the REV. Lot more work tho to get everything aligned. I'm still pulling to the L alot under hard accel. I'll have to post a thread soon when I can get some pix, maybe some vid. While I was doing this mod, I was thinking about tower braces and setting something up like chassis braces on an 'uggy. Tower mount, or maybe this used along with a rod style brace like this or this Basically the idea would be to mount a flanged ball to the TVP, then the other end on the shock tower. Since the FLM towers already have 3mm holes for a wing mount, all you would need is a 90* mount. Since I don't have a stock radio box, I would mount mine inside the TVPs. Obviously it would be nicer to not have to do this, but might be an easy and inexpensive way to boost the str of the tower from impacts. This could be done in the rear as well, also I am thinking about getting a roll bar like the new era one which would mount to the rear tower (assuming it fits.) It should brace the rear tower, and more importantly, protect my motor. I talked to New Era about possibly making a full length bar that would also attach to the F tower. No dice. The only do what they do, no custom stuff. (RCM FTW.) Thus the chassis brace idea. You could even do two to make it symetrical, or mount in the center and mount flat onto FLMs servo plate/radio tray.