NKlamerus
Quarry Creeper
Posting this here so others looking into doing the same can follow, I'm u4 racing and probably what others would call bashing
I found one post here on the forum where someone was using an internal spring shock from hot racing as a drag link and decided to look into it
Installing in an Axial Bomber, the standard drag length is ~110mm, but by flipping the servo 180, a 90mm drag link will work
Based on the specs of the "RC Lions" shock I ordered, they are 100mm fully extended, 72mm at full compression, which places the "plunger" at 86mm when it is halfway through the shock reservoir, allowing the most adjustably
After unscrewing the top and bottom caps of the reservoir, I simply removed one of the rubber washers, one of the plastic shoulder flanges and the spring, and instead put some air line tubing on both sides, it's just large enough to fit over the shaft, and just small enough to stay cylindrical inside the reservoir without folding.
Air line tubing=fish tank air line, usually silicone and thick wall. The stuff I bought just so happens to be drip line for hydroponics.
Screw it back together and install as a drag link.
First Impressions;
The most amount of play is actually in the ball end links, silicone tubing might be too soft, I may try rubber fuel hose
Other than that I think it's looks great, maybe a little more spring at the moment than a Kimbrough 124
The plunger isn't actually centered at the moment, the air line is probably 3:1 as far as length goes, I planned on using a longer endlink than the one provided but the shaft is smaller than any endlink I have at the moment.
Here's a video of my pushing the tires, servo is on and centered
https://youtu.be/_ruXHGrmREo
I found one post here on the forum where someone was using an internal spring shock from hot racing as a drag link and decided to look into it
Installing in an Axial Bomber, the standard drag length is ~110mm, but by flipping the servo 180, a 90mm drag link will work
Based on the specs of the "RC Lions" shock I ordered, they are 100mm fully extended, 72mm at full compression, which places the "plunger" at 86mm when it is halfway through the shock reservoir, allowing the most adjustably
After unscrewing the top and bottom caps of the reservoir, I simply removed one of the rubber washers, one of the plastic shoulder flanges and the spring, and instead put some air line tubing on both sides, it's just large enough to fit over the shaft, and just small enough to stay cylindrical inside the reservoir without folding.
Air line tubing=fish tank air line, usually silicone and thick wall. The stuff I bought just so happens to be drip line for hydroponics.
Screw it back together and install as a drag link.
First Impressions;
The most amount of play is actually in the ball end links, silicone tubing might be too soft, I may try rubber fuel hose
Other than that I think it's looks great, maybe a little more spring at the moment than a Kimbrough 124
The plunger isn't actually centered at the moment, the air line is probably 3:1 as far as length goes, I planned on using a longer endlink than the one provided but the shaft is smaller than any endlink I have at the moment.
Here's a video of my pushing the tires, servo is on and centered
https://youtu.be/_ruXHGrmREo
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