Db01 Or Df03

[94eg! 837]

Hi there,

Are you talking about the M-parts? You've mentioned in a couple of threads that the DB01-R comes with carbon reinforced pieces that you would actually prefer to downgrade to the regular kit parts. However, I can figure out which parts you specifically mean, nor can I seem to find basic replacement parts for the DB01 (as opposed to the hopped-up parts).

Steve

I'm not saying you would prefer one way or the other. I just find the starting combo odd.

The R comes with a more flexible chassis, but stiffer everything else. This doesn't make sense to me. I don't understand why one would want to group such hop-ups together. Switching to a flexible chassis tells me they want to add more flex. But then why stiffen it up again with carbon reinforced belt covers? I just think it's odd. I'm just wondering if they are throwing in hop-ups for the sake of making the hop-up list seem longer. Of course who knows..... Perhaps they tested this combo and find it works better as a baseline setup...

You have to remember that while fiberglass parts are cheaper, they are not a downgrade. They are only different. Carbon is stiffer and glass is flexible. Sometimes flex is good and other times it's not. It's up to you to know when to use the right one. If you don't know, then don't worry about it. That stuff will come later on.

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I'm not saying you would prefer one way or the other. I just find the starting combo odd.

The R comes with a more flexible chassis, but stiffer everything else. This doesn't make sense to me. I don't understand why one would want to group such hop-ups together. Switching to a flexible chassis tells me they want to add more flex. But then why stiffen it up again with carbon reinforced belt covers? I just think it's odd. I'm just wondering if they are throwing in hop-ups for the sake of making the hop-up list seem longer. Of course who knows..... Perhaps they tested this combo and find it works better as a baseline setup...

You have to remember that while fiberglass parts are cheaper, they are not a downgrade. They are only different. Carbon is stiffer and glass is flexible. Sometimes flex is good and other times it's not. It's up to you to know when to use the right one. If you don't know, then don't worry about it. That stuff will come later on.

I recently added the DB-01R chassis to my hopped-up DB-01.. It has a similar stiffness to the Carbon Reinforced chassis which I used prior to the conversion.. Don't let the term 'flexible' fool you; the DB-01R chassis still has a very strong firm feel to it's design and it compliments the carbon reinforced parts nicely. After several races I can say that this is my favorite version of the chassis by far.

[94eg! 837]

I recently added the DB-01R chassis to my hopped-up DB-01.. It has a similar stiffness to the Carbon Reinforced chassis which I used prior to the conversion.. Don't let the term 'flexible' fool you; the DB-01R chassis still has a very strong firm feel to it's design and it compliments the carbon reinforced parts nicely. After several races I can say that this is my favorite version of the chassis by far.

So you found the high-traction chassis to be stiffer than the standard chassis?

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The R comes with the high traction fiberglass chassis, and the regular DB01 comes with the standard fiberglass chassis...

You might want to reword your terminology. You keep saying fiberglass. These chassis have nothing to do with fiberglass. They are plastic chassis with fiber stranding for extra strength. A fiberGLASS chassis would be a very hard shelled resin over fiberglass matting. Might seem stupid, but it's two completely different things.

[94eg! 837]

You might want to reword your terminology. You keep saying fiberglass. These chassis have nothing to do with fiberglass. They are plastic chassis with fiber stranding for extra strength. A fiberGLASS chassis would be a very hard shelled resin over fiberglass matting. Might seem stupid, but it's two completely different things.

Main article: Glass-reinforced plastic

Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) is a composite material or fiber-reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine glass fibers. Like graphite-reinforced plastic, the composite material is commonly referred to by the name of its reinforcing fibers (fiberglass).