The 3 belts are for the crashback system as it`s shaft driven!!:eh?:

:lol: True, because they have something to hide lol.

There is a shaft at "Top Deck level" and none of the belts runs over the motor.

Cruise.

I guess we'll see soon enough ;)

The layshaft? or a driveshaft / propshaft?

i still say its as per the old cat
two belts to the rear diff and one to the front
they just mixed it up and added a second idler gear
and moved the motor to the right

There has been a lot of R+D for better "in air performance" the drivetrain is one of the results of it.

And there are no wings involved with it.

Cruise

Come on Cruise.. stop teasing us... the suspense is killing me :D

so when do we find out? when do we get piccytures??? :)
cant wait! :woot:

The chassis is just 100mm wide and none of the belts is running between the cells.

I don`t know when the official pictures will be available.

Cruise

Don't worry about official pics, sneaky sneaky one would be just as good!

sounds like the LOSI JRX Touring Car to me. I wonder when we're gonna see those pics...
nic

i was just thinking the same thing

me too :-)

Me three! :D

guess' the secret design ain't not so secret anymore. or did schumacher reinvent the wheel after all?
:lol: nic

Both diffs run perfectly centered in narrow bulkheads.

Cruise

Is it coming with a one way diff as standard?

With the information Rumpelmissel has given (ach wie gut, daß keiner weiss.. ;)) it sounds like the middle belt that will run on the outside of the chassis will be fairly close to the edge waiting for stones and track marshalls fingers...

Am I close or am I on the woodpath (queue stupid german direct translation jokes!)

Not JRXS, that's only two belts. I think three belts means a transmission layout like the Team Magic E4RS, or any 1/8th scale on road chassis if no belt goes between the batteries.

has there been any mention of 2 layshfts? that must be the only way to use 3 belts in that way (agree with terry.sc and sparrow.2) cruise only mentioned that 'one' of the shafts was up with the top deck, the forward one may be low down. love all this speculation! i would have thought it quite inefficient to run like that-suppose it won't matter with brushless anyway? would be nice to see it with some well made belts and alloy pulleys as standard!

It has to have two layshafts in order to work the way cruise has explained it. If the motor is in the front it will end up transmitting power to the front layshaft I reckon.

This is going to make it tight for the steering, or it is going to push the layshaft and motor back too far to do anything nice with the batteries.

At least it doesn't sound like it's going to be a BJ4WE clone :thumbsup: (not that I don't like the layout, it's just that it's nice to have different takes on a problem...)

Whoa. The S2 is 108mm, and that's anorexic.

Well don`t nail me down on the exact size but its only two cells with the minimum material around.They didn`t let me measure it so it just calibrated eyes.

Cruise

Another clue .... oh the suspense!!!

Seriously though, I'm glad to see all the hype around this car building expectations .... will be great to see Schumy back at the sharp end.

That makes sense. Batteries in the center, "centered" differentials, and the ability to easily change trans. gearing/overdrive.

There is a "center" one way integrated in the drivetrain.It`s got an on/ off option.

Cruise.

we want pictures! when do we get em cruise?

I'm bored now....

As I told you before : I don`t know when the official pictures will be available.
and you have already seen what I was allowed to take.


@ Sparrow2 : Woodpath

Cruise.

You will be able to fit a stick type lipo without getting the weight balance out of shape.

Cruise

I reckon it looks like this.... :thumbsup:

and no, the drawing's not to scale and would need a little adjustment to fit the servo at the front, but its more to explain how the transmission 'could' look.

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../th_img002.jpg

thats how i had it pictured in my mind !

Bored Phil? :lol::lol::lol:

I think it's still using B4 wishbones or something, that's why we can't see it.... ;)

G

So that's what you're doing with all your time at home while being a mum.... designing the new CAT

More like they're made of something weak and snap easy, oh perhaps they're Losi XX4 arms.

Bored?? no, just an excuse to test the new network scanner that's appeared in the office.

I agree with phil i was thinking along those lines, but why have a 4+2 cell combo if the cells go down the centre:confused:

also what do they hope to achieve with that transmission setup? is it really going to be that much better as it looks a bit over engineered to me.

Interesting though especially now everyone knows shaft is best:lol:

It might be 4 cells inline then 2 cells at 90 degrees, I don't see why they would do that though as it is basically a stick pack :confused:

Perhaps it's a 4/2 hump pack (old skool) :woot:

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