Antenna Weight mod

DisfourDan · #1 01-05-2003, 05:58 PM

Since the Wild Char-g is so unbalanced, which means it cant climb steep hills, i decided to add weight. I wanted to make it more balanced but at the same time not put too much weight on it. So what i did was, remove the stock car antenna and replace it with a larger gauge wire, i think 22. Then at the tip of that wire, i glued (epoxy putty) a lead fishing weight. Then i bent the wire forward (in front of the car), to give a lever effect on the car.

Thus now, the car is more balanced and climbs hills with ease.

#2 01-07-2003, 10:20 AM

Ya but does it effect the steering?

DisfourDan · #3 01-07-2003, 02:05 PM

no it does not effect the steering. why would you think that it would?

#4 01-07-2003, 03:03 PM

Because when with my truck there is a little weight in the front the truck can't steer without a rear counter weight

DisfourDan · #5 01-07-2003, 06:21 PM

it is probably because there is too much weight, but i know for a fact that my antenna weight mod does not affect my steering.

Ganpachi · #6 01-08-2003, 04:35 AM

I was thinking of putting a battery on top of where the claw motor is for my wildchar. figure if i go 2.4V the extra weight of the battery shouldn't make a big dif. Since my cuz lost my claw I'm thinking of taking out that 2nd motor and putting the 2nd battery somewhere down there. 2.4V to my 3.0 motor...should give the wild char respectable speed...

#7 01-14-2003, 10:02 AM

gepachi just put your second cell in the chassi in front of the first. It will be tight if you sand the area down.