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Originally Posted by spiro
This actually raises quite an interesting question - do we want rebound? It's fairly easy to bleed the v2 shocks to a desired rebound level. I am no shock expert, but I've always built my 1:8 shocks with a bit of rebound. How about the 1:10 cars, do they benefit from it or not?
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not sure, really, comparing (not constant volume, small) AE shocks with (constant volume, HUGE) 8th scale shocks is really tough...
All I can say is the first race I did with my B4.1 I had built my shocks "as usual" ie with a solid amount of rebound, and I barely made the A and never "felt" the car the whole day. I haven't cracked this one, really...
when you think about it, the force generated by pressured air in a 100% rebound shock (not hydra-locking, of course) is not material compared to the force generated by the spring itself... so in reality it shouldn't make a difference... and yet it does... I don't get it
However, on my 8th scale (mbx-6) I have "vented" the shocks lately, losi EU-style, ie drilled a hole in the cap and put a (losi) foam in there. The handling isn't drastically different, but the damping sure is more consistent during the mains.
Not sure, really... this is where empirism takes over theory
where's Elvo when we need him???
Paul