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JR Mitch compares and explains TLR Stiffezel material

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Mike Garrison

0 May 12, 2017, 11 a.m.

Main Photo: JR Mitch compares and explains TLR Stiffezel material

By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com

TLR Blog Update from JR Mitch:
www.losiracing.blogspot.com

Hello everyone,

This week we will talk about TLR’s new material called stiffezel. The TLR 22 4.0 comes with stiffezel front and rear arms (TLR334046 front, TLR334047 rear). A nice tuning option is the standard material that is slightly softer then the stiffezel arms (TLR234046 front, TLR234079 rear). I experienced this option at round one of the TLR cup in Omaha switching from stiffezel rear arms only to the standard material rear arms and I found a slight increase of rear grip and stability on the tricky and bumpy surface at the HobbyPlex. I haven’t tested the difference in performance of the front arm material, but I asked TLR’s Frank Root for his opinion and here’s what he had to say: FR “It’s not really a balance change, the car feels like it gains the stability of a heavier car with the stiffezel front arms, without losing the nimbleness of a lighter car.”