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Dont mess with the weight. Just let it go for right now. Get it airborne, I mean BIG air, and then decide if you really want to. Throttle and break input in the air will now have good meaning. And the slap of the chassis almost will be come a welcome sound.

Make sure you put some foam padding under the receiver.

Buggies, can be and should be flown when possible hehehe

Nice pickup El! When we bash, they will be fun!
 
C'mon I'm a T-Maxx and Savage flight instructor. I know the basics but this one really nose dives even WOT. I mean off a speed bump and it's nose lands perpendicular to the ground.
 
Hmmm, My GS Storm doesn't do that but my HPI NMT Racer did. I'd be wiping down the sidewalk and turn into a driveway and hit the grass and the back would pop up and it'd tumble and tumble.
 
This one does not tumble like my savage or t-maxx, it does some really annoying slides that I know will wear parts down to nothing fast.
 
Originally posted by SilentGTboy
Use more gas after takeoff, it'll bring the front up.
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yeah, and go so far that you do a backflip :) i've done that once neatly and landed it, but since then I haven't been able to pull off another. It barely gets past vertical anymore so I chicken out and slam the brakes to bring the nose down instead. Will have to try again soon.

Originally posted by El Pirata
This one does not tumble like my savage or t-maxx, it does some really annoying slides that I know will wear parts down to nothing fast.
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The only parts you will 'wear down to nothing' on that car is tyres. :thumbup:
 
I had mine out "flying" recently and they are right when they say keep the throttle pegged.

I was having the same problem...it would keep nose diving and or doing a forward flip and landing on its lid if I even slightly let up off the throttle. I didnt have enough airtime to try a full forward flip.

But I found that as long as I either dont come up off the throttle at all, or even gave it just a bit more throttle...then it glided very nicely through the air with a loud "SMACK" upon landing.

I'm about to go up to 100wt oil in the front and some stiffer springs and heavy duty foam in the tires to help with the landings.

Remember...dont come up off the throttle at all.
 
Just for you, I'm going to go try that because I have 70 in the front and 20 now in the rear and it still endos.

Maybe I need to put some skid plates on my shock towers while I am at it.


UPDATE
I hear some Led Zepplin in the background, "goin' down, goin' down now...." Staying on WOT seemed to at least keep it upright but it did still nose dive. Never once did it land on all 4s or rear wheels. Every time it landed on it's front wheels even at WOT all the way through the jump. I experimented with hitting the gas at the last second and again it still landed on the front wheels.

Currently I have the back end now soft and the front end really hard. Any suggestions before I add wings and a propeller in the front...
 
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Originally posted by robriguez
"SMACK" upon landing.

I'm about to go up to 100wt oil in the front and some stiffer springs and heavy duty foam in the tires to help with the landings.

Remember...dont come up off the throttle at all.
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Number 1 the smack is a good thing. As Christian said you will begin to like it. 2 Putting 100wt oil in your shocks will damage them I 100% garuntee the first time you take a 3ft or bigger fly throught the air you will pop your bladders and most likely bend the piston. If you want to try something very heavy try 60wt but I reall hope I can steer you away from the 100wt.

My Storm is weighted evenly and the Kani 2 I drove was weighted even better (meaning it pretty much flew itself) So this is the first I have heard about the Sports 7.5 being front end heavy.

Pirata you will not solve your front end prblem by putting 70 in the front and 20 in the back. You want way more of a higher wt in your rear. Put at least 40wt and that is on the light side if you are taking BIG jumps. 35wt in the rear would be fine for one of those Euro tracks where long straights and little jumps. Most of the weight of the buggy is in the rear do to the engine/battery box. For this reason you need a higher wt to damper when the back end slaps the dirt when it lands. 20 wt is not enough.

To both of you and anyone else reading this. This is just my opinion. I am a novice. Take it as a different opinion and a grain of salt

And to El: Flying a buggy is way different than a MT. I was first a MT pilot myself and my experience was that they are a totally different feel. The MT's have big tires so a little brake or a little gas goes a long way in the air right? Well with a buggy its all in the approach and where and how much you let off the throttle on a jump. Don't get me wrong you can still correct a little in the air but not as much as you gyros(tires) are not as big. Its timing like motocross. Have you ever played a motocross video game where you have to time your speed, preeload, and when you let off the throttle on the lip of the jump? If you have it is exactly the same. It really sounds to me if you nose is pointed down you are really letting of your throttle right before the last second you go off the lip of the jump. Try staying on power for just a little longer but not to long and play with that. You will get it just keep burning the nitro through it.
 
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I had 70 in the front/rear but the thing would end up on it's top all the time which is why I switched to 45 in the rear, then to 20 later.. I mean literally I am afraid to launch it off a speed bump for the fear it's going to ruin the front shock towers worse than they are already. I totally agree with the gyro effect being different but I literally can't keep the front end up in flight.
 
Meh, that would piss me off, nail the gas after jumping. Do not put 100 wt oil in the shocks 8-0

Get some videos of it so we can see how bad it is. Could just be that your aren't used to it.
 
Did you build it or was it an RTR? I would check to make sure the front diff is working properly. Put it on a stand see if it spins properly. I don't really think thats the issue though. Put 45 or 40wt in the front and 50 or 55wt in the rear. I think with such a stiff shock in the front your front end is notting getting enough preload and hence the reason the nose is pointed down. You in almost every case will need to run a lighter wt in the front than the rear, it's just a general rule of thumb. It makes sense your rear is getting too much preload and is sloppy @ 20wt and the front is getting almost no preload and is stiff and hence the indo.
 
I tried that one too about lighter in the front and heavier in the rear, however I do try it when I was noty sure whether I was keeping WOT when I was jumping.

Also could lighter or stiffer springs help? I loosened the tension on the rear and this seemed to improve a little.
 
if your front is really soft and your rear is stiff, the front with roll over a bump and the back will bounce up.
 
I know that. I had it with the front softer than the rear and it did just that. Anything about the weaker or heavier springs? In my Savage and my T-Maxx I run really heavy springs and light oil, do you think this application will work on my buggy?
 
No holds barred, starting from about a 50' take off all the way to the speed bump she takes off hits the ground and when I do hit the brakes is when she's upside down sliding across the pavement and wonder why she's not stopping.
 

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