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Hi y'all,

In my quest of hopping up a Manta Ray (is it still, really?) I was searching for the info on the exact damper lengths.
Seems to be the kind of info that's hard to find so TB would be the most obvious place to get that sorted.
Hence this topic...

Started out in another thread so here's the summary of that :

larbut wrote:

Edou wrote:

noticed something off on this page when I was researching :

CVA short shock unit

I noticed this comment, but I don't find any documentation for this. If you have any, let me know

-Lars

Edou wrote:

Specs of the vintage CVAs are hard to find so I haven't located any definite new data... yet.
But I do have an indication (from the Top Force manual) about a similar issue with the hi-caps :

Like waterbok mentioned in a comment, possible lengths are apparently 82mm and 92mm...
Naturally I'll post any info I can find on the CVAs.

Using "..." on Google Images turned out to be a good move and I found this guide for assembly of a 50305 set :

Click for large picture

Not that there's a straight up answer there so I'll have to read the puzzle...
But I do see several piston rods options at least.

And the sequal - Tamiya 50520 :



Gotta appreciate the fact that someone put this on line...
For now it's just a reference until I figure out the parts list from the 50305 set.
That one was printed in 1986 (so cars are missing) and I'm not sure about this one.
Last car issued is the Super Hornet so that should be around 1993. Grasshopper II is from 1988.


To be continued...

did you try google look here



but I am afraid you are of the track, these dampers are not for the DF01s

waterbok wrote:

did you try google

Yep, I like subliminal messages... click on "found" - same source.

Edou wrote:

Using "..." on Google Images turned out to be a good move and I found this...

waterbok wrote:

but I am afraid you are of the track, these dampers are not for the DF01s

That's what it says in the manual though...


Or is the later version of 50305 different? I'd need a later guide then...

oops totally missed your second post

question for the mods,
would it be possible to make it a standard setting to underline a link to a url so it is more visible like this

waterbok wrote:

missed your second post

I was fiddling around quite a bit with moving posts and adding new ones... sorry about that.

waterbok wrote:

would it be possible to make it a standard setting to underline a link to a url so it is more visible

That would be up to Lars... I'm not able to access the style settings.
In this case I definitely didn't want to deny the source, although it wasn't all too relevant.
Normally if I really want people to notice a link, I use bold letters. An underline would alo work of course.
I kind of like the subtlety of the basic layout as it is though...

Here's an attempt to "translate" the parts list :


01 - (2x) X tree (will specify later)
02 - (2x) Y tree (damper housings - will specify more later)
03 - (2x) front coil spring
04 - (2x) coil spring
05 - (2x) short AD piston rod (silver)
06 - (2x) longer Boomerang (and others) piston rod (black)
07 - (1x) damper oil
08 - (2x) oil seal
09 - (6x) 3mm O-ring
10 - (1x) front damper stay right
11 - (1x) front damper stay left
12 - (1x) front under stay right
13 - (1x) front under stay left
14 - (2x) aluminium collar
15 - (4x) 4x6mm tubing
16 - (4x) 3x20mm roundhead screw
17 - (2x) 3x15mm round head screw
18 - (2x) 3x6mm round head screw
19 - (4x) 3x12mm self tapping screw
20 - (6x) 3mm flange nut
21 - (6x) 3mm washer
22 - (4x) 2mm E-ring



I'll be back...

sure

Don't know if I understand that post exactly...
But if it means 50305 is not for a Manta Ray than I can confirm that suspicion.
It's weird though that they list it in the Top Force manual. Other than that the colour (black) wouldn't match.
Too bad the Manta Ray doesn't show a parts list...

This is what TC states :

Short Shock Unit Set - compatible with:

58047: Hot Shot I
58051: Fox
58054: Super Shot
58055: Boomerang
58056: Falcon
58057: Bigwig
58058: Blackfoot
58060: Monster Beetle
58061: Striker
58062: Hot Shot II
58063: Vanessa's Lunch Box
58066: Super Sabre
58070: Midnight Pumpkin
58071: Sonic Fighter
58074: Grasshopper II
58075: Terra Scorcher
58076: Vanquish
58077: Mud Blaster
58078: Fire Dragon
58080: Astute

Btw - it's not so much a topic for just the Manta Ray. That's just how I initially came to it.
Trying to get all posible data on the subject together...