     |
What makes up the on-road rc foam tire.
Now let us look at the different types of rc foam tires. This type of tire is a solid foam rubber tire. The compounds that make up this type of rc on-road tire is the most important factor. There are five basic "families" of foam tires, based on the composition and actual rubber/foam mix. American Rubber This is the oldest category of rc foam tire. They date back to the earliest days of rc racing. The standard compounds are Yellow/Green/Blue. These foams are very cheap, but do have a very high rate of wear. Japanese C This type of rc foam tire is typically used for carpet racing. They are very light with decent wear. The standard compounds are White/Grey/Black. C's are tougher than American foam and have better grip. They do not last as long as Japanese F or R rubber.
Japanese FThis rc foam tire is primarily used for front tires on asphalt. With the high content of rubber and less foam makes them hard as nails. They wear like iron and are difficult to true and cut. The grip is fairly good, but the tough design of the rubber prevents it from biting the surface like some other compounds. This tire will wear off in small chunks or pebbles of foam. Also, this tire is known to melt and get very sticky under high heat. Making it a great choice for asphalt, but not a good choice for carpet. The high friction caused by carpet causes the rc tire to get sticky and pick up get during a race. If pushed hard, instead of wearing down, this compound gets sticky and picks up debris lowering grip levels.
Japanese R This rc foam tire has a small pore structure, giving it very high grip and low wear. This tire is used on the rear in asphalt racing and on front in carpet racing. This rc tire wears more the "F" type, but is much tougher than European or American rubber. When this tire cures very hard it makes a great front tire.
With the Europeans love for 1/8 scale gas racing pushed the limits of American foam tires. European (especially the Italian) companies were eager to find a better tire to handle the horsepower of the .21 engines that they were producing. They wanted a tire with more grip and less wear. This resulted in a "wet" dense rubber that provides more grip on asphalt than American rubber. The European rubber does not work very well for carpet racing. This type of foam tire is the heaviest of all the foam tires. Foam tire manufacturers are adding one more family to the ones listed above. These foam rc car tires are the result of combining a thin ring of two different rubber types. Giving them performance features unique to only a dual compound tire. How a Different RC Tire can affect your Handling.
check out the Rc Truck n Car Tuning swicki at eurekster.com Return from On-Road Foam Tires to RC-Truckncar-Tuning
|
