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[ncalenda]

Originally Posted by jhautz

My setup. Emaxx w/ stock diffs and 2nd gear tranny, 5.8" Zombie-maxx tires (duct taped to reduce balooning), Lehner 1940/7 motor, BK12020 ESC, 5s TrueRC lipo (I assumed 3.5V/cell under load). 51T/16T gearing.

To stop the balooning, do you put the duct tape on the outside?

[glassdoctor]

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[BrianG]

Hey, aren't you still using Nitro in your Losi 8 truggy? Hmmm? ;)

[BrianG]

Lol, yeah, I guess I am at times. :dft001: I didn't take it as criticism, just trying to explain the discrepancy. :)

[glassdoctor]

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[BrianG]

It's OK, I have broad shoulders... But be careful though, now that I'm getting older, I may break something. :)

[BrianG]

No, that would wear out wayyy too fast. You put it on the inside of the tire.

[ncalenda]

Originally Posted by BrianG

No, that would wear out wayyy too fast. You put it on the inside of the tire.

I'm getting new pro-line MT tires, should I do this? I get balooning now.

[jhautz]

I thought that the MT tires had ribs on the inside to reduce ballooning. If you are using them now and get too much balloon, then duct tape should fix you up.

[ncalenda]

Originally Posted by jhautz

I thought that the MT tires had ribs on the inside to reduce ballooning. If you are using them now and get too much balloon, then duct tape should fix you up.

Thanks for the info, no I'm using the revo stock tires, I should get the MT tires tomorrow.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by jhautz

I thought that the MT tires had ribs on the inside to reduce ballooning. If you are using them now and get too much balloon, then duct tape should fix you up.

The MTR tires do have internal ribbing that should reduce ballooning, but in my experience, it doesn't help. The Bowtie MTRs on my Revo get almost as large as the Crime Fighter MTs do!

[captain harlock]

Guys, can you post a pic of a duct taped tires?

[Serum]

something like this;

[captain harlock]

Did you fix the insert to the tires internally with ducted tapes, or just the inside of the tires?

[glassdoctor]

That's just the tire... turned inside-out and wrapped with tape. Then you flip it back and install with foam etc as normal...