A call to Arms! Ok, just an Arm question

[TheRockinator]

Arm Wars. I know NOTHING about electricity. So I don't get the problem of one arm being legal and one not if they ohm out the same. Isn't the ohm rating the "bottom line" when it comes to an arm? I mean if an HO company, say company B, makes a balanced trued "Hot Stock" arm that fits a Tyco and company, oh, lets call it W, makes a balanced and trued "Hot Stock" arm that also fits a Tyco and they ohm out the same, aren't they equal? No advantage to either side unless you like green wire better than red? :confused:

Just wondering.

Later, The racer without a comercial track, Rockinator

[Foamy]

Originally posted by TheRockinator
Arm Wars. I know NOTHING about electricity. So I don't get the problem of one arm being legal and one not if they ohm out the same. Isn't the ohm rating the "bottom line" when it comes to an arm? I mean if an HO company, say company B, makes a balanced trued "Hot Stock" arm that fits a Tyco and company, oh, lets call it W, makes a balanced and trued "Hot Stock" arm that also fits a Tyco and they ohm out the same, aren't they equal? No advantage to either side unless you like green wire better than red? :confused:

Just wondering.

Later, The racer without a comercial track, Rockinator

Well...if your only talking about the arms from the two you mentioned,here goes...
Usually a class has a specified wind with wire size and number of turns required.
The red wire arms are truly 'stock'winds;epoxy,stack truing,balancing being done.
The green wire arms have bigger wire and have fewer turns than 'stock',making them a faster arm.
If your're running a class where'worked-up'stock arms are used,better stay with a red wire job...unless Race Director says different.

[Neal Stewart]

foamy-
this may be true in 1/24 racing, though i have never seen a green wound arm, but in HO, the color of the wire shouldnt make a difference. IE t-jets, i have see armature w/ red, green, AND brown wire on them. i just think its what the manufacturer had at that time.

[Foamy]

Originally posted by Neal Stewart
foamy-
this may be true in 1/24 racing, though i have never seen a green wound arm, but in HO, the color of the wire shouldnt make a difference. IE t-jets, i have see armature w/ red, green, AND brown wire on them. i just think its what the manufacturer had at that time.

Check the BSRT catalog.
Click here to visit Green Wire Arms. (http://www.scaleauto.com/bsrt/arm_high.htm/)
The original Green wire arms came from the Aurora of Canada"Screecher"cars,which were a varient of the Original G-Plus that ran on a drycell battery powered track.G.B. Epoxied and balanced them and were fast enough not to need to bother with rewinding arms.If I remember right,they were about 35 gauge.