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BrianG · 10.18.2006, 03:41 PM

I know you specifically said you didn't want a wing, but I think that's the best option IMO.

I've tried two commercially available (not home-made) different 6061 3mm thick Aluminum wheelie bars and both bent. If you happen to land with the front a little too high up, they'll bend every time. Personally, I think a wheelie bar with some flex would be good - either make it out of RPM-type plastic or even relatively thin spring steel. The idea is to allow a little give instead of bending or breaking.

I can send you my bent wheelie bar as a template if you want. You'll just need to get wheels and some spacers. The bar mounts over ther rear skidplate. But since the screws are not flush with the stock skid plate, you need spacers between the screw hole and the wheelie bar, and then screw it into the stock holes using longer CS screws.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	10.18.2006, 03:41 PM I know you specifically said you didn't want a wing, but I think that's the best option IMO. I've tried two commercially available (not home-made) different 6061 3mm thick Aluminum wheelie bars and both bent. If you happen to land with the front a little too high up, they'll bend every time. Personally, I think a wheelie bar with some flex would be good - either make it out of RPM-type plastic or even relatively thin spring steel. The idea is to allow a little give instead of bending or breaking. I can send you my bent wheelie bar as a template if you want. You'll just need to get wheels and some spacers. The bar mounts over ther rear skidplate. But since the screws are not flush with the stock skid plate, you need spacers between the screw hole and the wheelie bar, and then screw it into the stock holes using longer CS screws.