weight for the mardave?

I run the STD mardave and wondered what the lowest weight is as I'm trying to get it as light as poss? am I right that the lipo bats are about ????g lighter than the 4 cell? as this would make them quicker and that's my aim for my car.
I have seen a 1000g limit somewhere so is that the lowest or highest?

I have lots of ideas of how the strip the weight but I don't want to make it to light to be legal for the winter series.

cheers

I know a few tricks to make the car lighter....but have NEVER done them myself (yet) lol

The 1kg (1000g) weight limit is a minimum weight, so you would have to make sure it's above 1kg

Just DONT go making your chassis lighter, I've seen Mardaves in the past that look like swiss cheese with all the holes in the chassis and one big hit and they are ruined!

Make the car too light and you may well find it wont handle cos it's too light!

Thanks for the post m8, i just want to lighten it a little because of the batts i use are quite heavy and i should be getting some 5000 batts soon and they will weigh more as i have 4600 at the moment.

Ive not weighed it yet but will in a bit and post it on here to see if its on par with the others.

Question for the brushless guys is what do your cars weigh?
cheers

BuddyRC wrote:Question for the brushless guys is what do your cars weigh?
cheers

around 950 grams hence we add the weight

Gazza wrote:

BuddyRC wrote:Question for the brushless guys is what do your cars weigh?
cheers

around 950 grams hence we add the weight

Your car is still around 50g's under weight then Gazza lol

Do you run with weight at Ardent? or a different club?

Sorry lee I thought the weight limit was 1000g or 1kg and I think now there after 840g for LiPo

So where did you get the 1050g or 1.5kg from

Gazza wrote:Sory lee I thought the weight limit was 1000g or 1kg and I think now there after 840g for LiPo

So where did you get the 1050g or 1.5kg from

And I thought it was MINIMUM weight was/is 1kg for all cars (cells or lipo) and if yours is weighing in at 950g's then your 50g's under weight lol

What do you mean where did I get 1050g or 1.5kg from? you said your car weights 950g's Gazza and I said (as a JOKE) your 50g's under weight lol

BTW if I had mean 1.5kg's i would have put 1500g's

So Gazza do you run any weight at Ardent (just wanting to know if peeps who run Lipo do or NOT)

Gazza wrote: I think now there after 840g for LiPo

Who is after 840g for Lipo Gazza?

4_cell_racer wrote:

Gazza wrote:

BuddyRC wrote:Question for the brushless guys is what do your cars weigh?
cheers

around 950 grams hence we add the weight

Your car is still around 50g's under weight then Gazza lol

Do you run with weight at Ardent? or a different club?

as above Lee the lipo is 950g hence we add 50 to make it 1kg then you said its still under by 50
so I now assume you mean its 1.5kg

Just reading the PROPOSED rules the circuit cars want to enforce PDF

Page 3 General construction rules

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look at item 11 hope that helps

oh yea I NOW run 1005g at all meetings

Gazza wrote:

4_cell_racer wrote:

Gazza wrote:

BuddyRC wrote:Question for the brushless guys is what do your cars weigh?
cheers

around 950 grams hence we add the weight

Your car is still around 50g's under weight then Gazza lol

Do you run with weight at Ardent? or a different club?

as above Lee the lipo is 950g hence we add 50 to make it 1kg then you said its still under by 50
so I now assume you mean its 1.5kg

Just reading the PROPOSED rules the circuit cars want to enforce PDF

Page 3 General construction rules

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look at item 11 hope that helps

Right I see says the blind bat

And are them rules JUST for the Mardave circuit national series?? Who's written the rules Gazza?

Just read that the Superdave rules include both Ni-cads/Nimh's and Lipo's I take it that these would run together??

thats for the mardave circuit class Lee but note its PROPOSED thats all not set in stone yet

I dont know who is doing it but I would like to be involved

weighed me car and bats and the outcome is.....

Car with Calibra shell = 1051g
4600mAh bat = 296g

NOT REALY WORTH MAKING IT LIGHTER AS IT'S NOT MUCH OF THE 1000g minimum.