Well, after a pretty bad wreck at my local track, I decided the D413 needed some love AND some upgrades! So off to some of my favorite brands to help out the aging 4wd buggy.
Avid has been a long time supporter of 1/10th scale buggies, and the new Hard Annodized Aluminum chassis and floating servo mount was in my horizon. The new chassis has an adjustable weight system to push weigh forward for more steering or back for more traction depending on your setup. The floating servo mount is a great was to reduce any unwanted chassis flex and twisting.
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Here's where I got them and some info from Avid RC:
Chassis Set:
Product Overview
The Hot Bodies D413 Aluminum chassis by AVID is born from a winning pedigree, our IFMAR World Champion winning B44.2 aluminum chassis. We took what we had learned from that and refined the design by lowering the ballast weight even more into the chassis, oversized chamfers on the bottom corners for increased stability during those inevitable chassis dragging moments, and an optional floating servo mount that allows the chassis to twist equally left to right.
D413 Hard-Anodized Aluminum Chassis Set Features
■7075-T6 Aluminum chassis, Hard-Anodized for longevity, and pocketed to reduce weight and add flex.
■Hard Anodized and laser etched with AVID logo.
■Low CG Ballast Weight System that simplifies the process of adjusting your weight bias*.
■Rigid platform provides Avid racers with a more responsive vehicle.
■Chamfers are oversized on the bottom corners to aid the car in maintaining control during those inevitable chassis dragging moments.
■Optional Floating Servo Mount lets the chassis articulate equally left and right. Can be mounted on both servo locations.
■Weight increase is 57g over the kit carbon fiber chassis however it lowers CG and removes the need for additional added weight up high on the chassis.
■Carbon fiber battery stop puck that keeps the battery out of the drivetrains way.
■Upgrade Chassis Protector
■Set comes with chassis, 1 Delrin ballast weight, 1 Aluminum ballast weight, 1 Carbon fiber battery stop, 1 Upgrade RC chassis protector, 1 AVID decal. *additional Delrin (3g), Aluminum (7g), or Brass (21g) inserts sold separately for more tuning options.
Floating Servo Mount:
Product Overview
The D413 Floating Servo Mount is an optional product for our Hard-Anodized Aluminum Chassis. Traditional servo mounting in 4wd cars is done by mounting the servo to the chassis with two mounts that offest the servo to a particalr side of the car due to the drive train using all the center real-estate. Your vehicle will twist around its center line axis during cornering which means the most twisting takes place the further away from the center of your car. So what does this have to do with your servo you might ask? With the dual mounts and offset location, your servo is acting as a chassis brace which doesn't allow the chassis to absorb the energy (twist) as easily as the other side. And luckily some very smart people in the on-road community recognized this and innovated the floating servo mount that acts as crane of sorts to swing your servo out from the center of the car while securely holding it just above the chassis so it can freely twist the night away if it wants on both sides.
Includes
■(1) Floating Servo Mount
■(3) Steel M3x5 FH Screws