Hot Bodies D413 1/10 4WD Buggy

[Muzzie]

I know a bit off topic, but I ran the D413 at West Bridgford last weekend and the car was amazing.

This got me thinking, would it be possible to some how lock the centre diff, remove the front drive shaft and run it as a 2wd.Has anyone got an idea of how this could be done?

I thought about using the Azarashi chassis conversion to narrow to front and design/ machine a new kick plate.

Xray have had a good result with the XB4 and I hear Durango is trying the 410 as a 2wd.

What do you reckcon ?

[Richard Lowe]

I'll be building a 2wd D413 when the D215 comes along, hopefully we'll get getting a plastic bolt on nose piece on the 2wd to make it a bit easier

You could lock the diff up by filling one full of epoxy, obviously you're not going to be able to use it as a diff anymore

[dMITIj]

Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

This is the one I use - http://www.rccarshop.co.uk/index.php...25t-black.html



All my setups from now on (and the older one's when I get my butt in gear) are in the sticky thread at the top of the HB section - http://www.oople.com/forums/showpost...71&postcount=2. I'll pop the current setup (as used at Worksop R2) up in a little bit.

Rich

is it just me ore didten't you upload the setup's yet?

[mrroy76]

I don`t know how many battery packs i have used with this awesome buggy this year but it`s ALOT. I have had one part breaking 3 times during all season. this one HPI-112773 Front Shock tower mount.

The thing is that all 3 times i would have been able to finnish the race.

A friend of mine bought the buggy also, and he has managed to do the same 1 time.

But this is seriously 80-100% speed crashes.

Look at the picture for reference.

[dMITIj]

What size drill bit to use for the shock cap when running emulsion style?

[/tobys]

Think I used 1.5 mm on mine...

[niggs98]

yeah a 1.5 is perfect in a hand held drill. not dremel or you will damage the threads

[Cosmo>RC10]

Originally Posted by sime46

Got the electrics fitted into my second D413 today. This one is setup in saddle layout. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to my shorty car. I can back to back them to compare. Anyone else tried their D413 in saddle configuration?

I'd be interested to know the differences between using the saddle layout to the shorty layout to.

I use the saddle layout atm but im thinking of changing to shorty ti see what difference it makes.
Can anyone comment on this??

Also has anyone tried or comment on the avid chassi??

[Ralls Racing]

have now used the car extensively in both lay outs. personally i find it depends on layout and surface as to which i prefer. i find the shorty car far more agile, great on tight and twisty or low grip tracks. the saddle car is far smoother to drive so seems to suit more flowing tracks and high grip. the avid chassis adds a nice chunk of weight down low. so far i have only had one test day on damp astro with it. at that point it was a improvement in laptime and feel on a very bumpy astro surface. we will be testing shortly on dry astro indoors and i will be able to comment further at that point

Nathan Ralls

[/tobys]

Originally Posted by Ralls Racing

have now used the car extensively in both lay outs. personally i find it depends on layout and surface as to which i prefer. i find the shorty car far more agile, great on tight and twisty or low grip tracks. the saddle car is far smoother to drive so seems to suit more flowing tracks and high grip. the avid chassis adds a nice chunk of weight down low. so far i have only had one test day on damp astro with it. at that point it was a improvement in laptime and feel on a very bumpy astro surface. we will be testing shortly on dry astro indoors and i will be able to comment further at that point

Nathan Ralls

Hi Nathan

Any more feedback on your experiences with the Avid chassis?

Thanks

[Ralls Racing]

hiya apologies for the delay

so far kyle and I have back to back tested the avid chassis on varoious astro from dry through to fully wet as well as on clay. we do find it a best of both worlds chassis and makes the car more consistent from surface to surface and in general seems to make the car smoother to drive whilst being able to carry more speed. a definite positive in our books.

[MHeadling]

Cheers for the feedback Nathan, glad it works well!

My next job!

[OneKiwi]

£60 extra to make a £360 buggy work isn't fun

[MHeadling]

It is fun for me with the prices I paid for my D413 and Avid chassis

[/tobys]

Threads been a bit quiet...any news or updates from the Team drivers?

[mrroy76]

Hi, i have been cleaning up my D413 the last day. I then figured out that i wanted to try and swap left and rear arm in the rear and get the shocks behind the tower. This seems like it`s working really nice.

Can`t wait to try it tomorrow. haven`t seen anyone tried this before.

I am also fixing my electric layout and strapping the cables. I had a real mess with the cables before.

I need to make a custom swayBar at the rear.

[mrroy76]

Significant improvement noticed in the rear on dump. Didnt feel any negative handling.

[rossiracer]

I really like my 4wd dies anyone no when a two wheel drive will be coming out or are they not going to bother thanx

[mrroy76]

Since i bought my D413 in May 2014 I have always tried to make the buggy stiffer in the front. And I have tried a bunch of stuff.

Some of the latest adjustments that has really improved the buggy is making a 2mm sway bar from 2mm rod. (tig welding rod) to put in the front. I also made a 1,6mm for the rear.

For the shocks i took the 4x1.2 original pistons and made 2x1.2 + 2x1.5 for the front with 60 Losi oil 3mm limiters. For the rear 2x1.2 + 2x1.6 and losi 32.5 oil and 2mm limiters. The rest of the setup is Richard Lowe`s setup from RHR

The shocks are amazing on smooth as well as rough/bumpy tracks. I always try to land a bit on the front wheels.

I posted a thread above here on moving the shocks to the rear of the tower. this really helps out if you have sharp bumps where you are acelerating. You will probably not feel/see any difference on other kinds of elements. But so far no negative handling on change of shocks position.

I ran the Nordics last weekend with this setup in Oslo, which is a high traction/rough track. And tonight i ran the exactly same setup at my home track which is very smooth/high traction and i set new lap records 5 times in one battery.

[Muzzie]

Does anyone have a good D413 base setup for Southport?