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Getting The Most Out Of Your Radio Controlled Buggy's Shocks
By J.P. Turner, Fri Dec 9th
A lot of effort is put into tuning those shocks on your radiocontrolled buggy with oil and spring selection, but there is onemore thing you can do to those shocks to help soak up thoseberms and whoops, handle jumps better, or gain more traction. In only two minutes and no extra cash outta yer pocket. If you go grab your off-road radio controlled buggy right now,and look at your rear shocks, you should see that there areother holes on the tower and the suspension arms where theshocks could attach. (Assuming your vehicle has shock towers,the Traxxas Revo does not, for instance)
Those holes offer you more tuning options on your radiocontrolled buggy. If you mount the lower shock end out towardsthe wheel, on the suspension arm, your buggy or truck will gainmore corner speed and land better off of jumps. If you do theopposite, move it inward on the supsension arm, the rear endsoftens
and you gain traction. Moving the upper shock end back and forth on the radiocontrolled buggy's shock tower also affects how your off-roaderrolls in the dirt. If you move it out towards the wheel-side onthe tower, your RC ride should handle the bumper track better,and soak up the berms and whoops. Moving it inward on the shocktower is what you want to do on high bite tracks. As you can see, this is an easy tuning option won't cost you anadditional trip to the hobby store for parts, or an hour ofmessing with shock oil and springs, so it can be a veryconvenient thing to do to your radio controlled buggy at thetrack. It is NOT available on every radio controlled buggy. Thisis another reason why you want to look real hard at your choiceswhen purchasing an RC vehicle. The more tuning options, and themore know-how on how to use them, the more fun you will haveracing and bashing. Always buy the radio controlled buggy with with the most tuningoptions. About the author:J.P. Turner, is the author of
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