Big Squid RC – Slam Tech’d
Hello everybody and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
This week we’re speaking about foams. Closed foams to be extra particular. Ok, JConcepts Slam-Tech monster truck closed cell foams to be hyper particular.
Closed cell foams are dense and resist deforming, not like the “sponge” feeling of ordinary open cell foam. They resist flat recognizing. They final a very long time. They are additionally water-resistant, in case you want mudding along with your monster.
For a lot of these causes, they’re the defacto selection for traditional r/c racing. You don’t get tire roll, and automobile bounce is minimized. When you might be speaking r/c monster vehicles and their a lot larger tires (than say, a buggy), it amplifies the impact. The truck will soak up jumps with minimal bounce, permitting you to get underneath energy quick.
Long story quick, as soon as you set closed cell foams in your monster truck, you’ll NEVER need to mess with open cells once more.
Several firms have launch closed cell foams for r/c strong axle monster truck racing purposes, however now the oldsters at JConcepts have entered the ring with their Slam-Tech inserts. These are designed to suit their Renegade, Firestorm Racer, and Golden Year strains of tires.
My total fleet is getting outfitted with ’em.
Now the one factor it’s best to know is that mounting them up is a bear. You need to wrangle these strong items of froth contained in the tire carcass, and you’ll want to make use of a little bit of drive to do it.
I truly simply filmed a video detailing how I mount them, utilizing a set of gold compound Firestorm Racer tires. You can check it out here.
They really feel superior on my Losi LMT in testing round the home! The large truck soaks up the bumps and I can keep on energy extra.
If you’re going to be selecting up a set of aftermarket tires, I’d strongly advocate grabbing the Slam-Techs to strive them out. I don’t assume you’ll return to the inventory foams!
Alright of us, I hope that info was useful and you possibly can perceive why somebody would need to make the improve to those.
Until subsequent time, preserve it on all 4’s!