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#12800

Yes, thatā€™s the good stuff

Also read this :sunglasses:

#12801

Because itā€™s far more likely to break :rofl:

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#12802

Why dont you make your own threadā€¦ After reading someā€¦

#12803

this

and this

@olsyke you donā€™t want the failures caused by silliness like that.

Reliability > Appearance

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#12804

Itā€™s not only appearance @b264 a narrower rear offers some interesting handling opportunitiesā€¦ Most all off them goodā€¦

Narrow front wheel no goodā€¦ = shopping cartā€¦
Narrow rear different, but not that bad handlingā€¦

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#12805

Actually, I prefer the feel of narrower front trucks. Iā€™m surprised to hear you say this.

Sounds like we need a thread for this.

Narrow rear and wide front feels mushy to me and likely to get wobbles.

For aesthetic reasons, wider front looks better by farā€¦ but I donā€™t like the handling

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#12806

for me itā€™s the oppositeā€¦

the most stable geometric shape is a triangle (Yes Iā€™m grasping but I think you understand)
look at those 3 wheel scooters and stuupid looking 3 wheel yuppie motor-cycle things

as for wobblesā€¦ where is your weight placed?
what is going to go straighter a triangle or a square?
narrow wheel bases rockā€¦ look at where DH is now?
a split-angle truck, a narrow rear, weight forwardā€¦ itā€™s a missile set-up

Iā€™ve be experimentingā€¦ Itā€™s differentā€¦ but I kinda like itā€¦

and NOā€¦ Iā€™m not going to ride one of those freakish 3 wheel shake-boardsā€¦

unless it will make me faster than stink

#12807

:cry: I love the polaris slingshotā€¦ Thing is a powerslide monster. Itā€™s the closest thing to an auto sized go-kart

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#12808

lime green polyester pants materialā€¦ ohā€¦ I forgotā€¦ youā€™re from the OCā€¦

I understand nowā€¦
:joy: :rofl: :joy: :shushing_face: :wink: :upside_down_face:

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#12809

Iā€™mā€¦ wearing polyester pantsā€¦ goddamn it

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#12810

OG O.C.

all the wayā€¦

I grew up in Zooport, I feel your painā€¦ jajajaja

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#12811

You can get out of OC but you canā€™t get OC out of you

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#12812

FUK Iā€™m OG OC B4 you were a thing!
:+1:t4:

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#12813

I guess we used too many So Ca~isms we lost @b264 and our discussion about that other guys freakishly narrow rear endā€¦

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#12814

hows this different than the gt2b?

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#12815

Looks like a cost reduced version of GT2B.
GT2B is 3 channel and has rechargeable battery.
GT2E is 2 channel and uses AA batteries.
From details I found on the other forumā€¦

Edit : they report notable internal construction and functional difference related to failsafe.

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GT3B internals same as GT2B?
#12816

:+1: :+1: nice find!

#12817

Yes, 3 wheel with the wide part in the front definitely looks better, and with rack and pinion steering itā€™s most definitely better.

However, with lean-initiated turning, I find the narrow front is more stable. The wider rear truck seems to help damp out wobbles and the narrow front truck gives excellent fast response to steering input by the rider.

Still looks better with a wide front, thatā€™s a shame. Iā€™ll take the thicc rear-end any day as long as itā€™s narrow in the front.

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#12818

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First build Iā€™m going to use tb6374 and battle harden then Iā€™ve found threads and videos on that part what I cant figure out is how to do conformal coating looking at using 419d most likely oh not my picture

#12819

For motor windings, MG Chemicals #4228 works well

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