Titanium screws and other cool little parts.

[_paralyzed_]

Once you said, "rod ends", I thought to myself- RC4WD.com! Then I read the link.

Here's the thing with titanium- A 5 pound slab of titanium will be stronger than a 5 pound slab of aluminum. For the same weight it is stronger.

Now, a 100mm x 200mm x 3mm thick piece of aluminum will be heavier than a 100mm x 200mm 3mm thick piece of titanium, but which one is stronger really depends on the application.

On any r/c scale the weight savings and or gain in strength are negligible. You are just paying a premium to be able to brag about the exotic material you used.

I've seen more bent and ruined titanium skid plates off of maxx trucks than I care to admit. In my opinion they were no better than any aluminum skid. Honestly the spring steel r/c solutions made their skids out of worked better than titanium or aluminum.

Ti is cool and all, just not implemented well in the r/c world.

[ZippyBasher]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

I've seen more bent and ruined titanium skid plates off of maxx trucks than I care to admit. In my opinion they were no better than any aluminum skid.

I whole-heartedly disagree with this statement. BUT I do agree that going with much cheaper 12.9grade screws are easier to come by if you lose some and are cheaper/stronger.

I looked at the aluminum ends from them but ended up using some bigger plastic ofna ends for my other project, But I think the bottom of the shock ends in aluminum would make a great cure to the stretching of the pastic!

[_paralyzed_]

Some people love their ti skids. I ruined them just as fast as aluminum.

[mothman]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Now, a 100mm x 200mm x 3mm thick piece of aluminum will be heavier than a 100mm x 200mm 3mm thick piece of titanium, but which one is stronger really depends on the application.
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Not quite true.. Titanium will always be heavier than aluminum if you look at the density.