Why you should NOT run aluminum shock towers lol

[Jon]

well i put the controler in my my bosses hands today and here is the out come, he was coming up a paved hill when he gunned it, flipped on its lid but the shock tower must of caught a groove in the pavement or something... basiclly tore the bulk apart. if i had plastic tower I'm sure they would of just flexed and kept going.

 

[f1n3sse]

that is exactly what I'm nervous about when I just switched to flm aluminum towers. I might just wind up going back to stock towers

 

[Pope]

Wow more important lesson don't let your boss drive a 1000 dollar RC

 

[NiteRida]

My personal experience...
aluminum = bad or bling
stock plastic = good or less breakage.

 

[f1n3sse]

not totally true nite.....50% true though. guys that spend 1600 on an all aluminum savage build and never put a drop of fuel in the tank is bad and bling, some aluminum parts are worth it, I bought the aluminum towers cuz I got an absolute steal on them and they give me more mounting positions for my shocks, besides them, and the tvps everything else is plastic

 

[Bankrupter]

Nice same reason I didnt do CF towers. Its a part that needs to flex.

 

[frddyj]

Wow more important lesson Sony let your boss drive a 1000 dollar RC

+1, change the thread name to 'why you don't let noobs drive your r/c' it was fine when you drove it & you pounded it.

 

[savage01085]

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I think the gap here is the major downfall of these. It puts to much strees on the bulk.

 

[what the FLUX]

OUCH, that's nasty. The tower look unscathed.

 

[Jon]

yea it sucks cuz that bulk only had like 30 mins run time on it, it was brand new... oh well i had to put the flux bulks in i just got anywayz so it game me an excuse.

I'm going back to plastic towers aswel.

 

[Scott]

Thats sucks BA.. But that is some nice carnage though!!!

 

[frddyj]

I'm going back to plastic towers aswel.

Nice same reason I didnt do CF towers. Its a part that needs to flex.

c/f towers ftw!! rockout

 

[MikeK1981]

Wouldn't CF towers still break the the plastic bulkhead? CF doesn't flex either, but I guess it might snap before the aluminum does since the aluminum can bend before it snaps?