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the Hall Bros give a great explainer about adding weight to an RC car. Learn why you might want to add weight and how the placement of the weight and the front-rear weight balance will affect the handling of the car.
You gotta love RC pros who are happy to share their knowledge. The Hall Bros are back with their latest great explainer vid, this one called "Literally Everything I Know About Springs," and since almost all RC rely on spring-based dampers, it's useful for almost all types of racing!
The Drake provides another great build video, this time explaining in detail how to build a set of shocks the right way for off-road use, either 1/10 or 1/8 scale.
Boomslang Suspension provides this fantastic explainer of how the angle of your shocks affects the actual damping characteristics they provide. If you really want to understand shock angles, this one is a must-watch.
Table showing shock oil weights and how they compare across different shock oil brands.
This fantastic video covers everything you need to know to get into RC racing, from the cars and equipment using for racing to visiting the track to marshaling to beginning tips for driving, this video has it all! if you're thinking about getting into the sport or maybe you bought a car and are thinking about racing it, this is a must-watch.
How can you improve the forward traction of your RC car?
Great overview of basic alignment aspects of the suspension, from toe and camber to caster and steering axis inclination.
What does weight transfer (or load transfer) do to the handling of an RC car? Is it good or bad?
What does it mean when your RC car "jacks" and is it good or bad? Well, it depends...