Team Azarashi 'Grayseal' Prototype 4WD
 

Team Azarashi have some photos of their new prototype 4WD buggy on their site. The Azarashi guys have been building various interesting and sometimes wacky 4WD concepts for years with no intention of release - but this time it seems things are moving toward a release.


The prototype currently features Tamiya suspension and steering - Associated dampers & Hot Bodies D4 drive train parts. But the main interest is the chassis design - which features an interesting and unique (in modern times) layout with three nimh cells laid end-to-end down either side of the car. The motor is situated between the cells along with electrics - and the whole drive train is raised up in the centre to occupy the 'driver cabin' area on the body.
The chassis on the prototype shown uses an aluminium sheet braced with thick carbon fibre ribs.


However the car progresses is anyones guess at the moment, but it's one to watch. Azarashi state a release date around 'spring' 2009.

http://www.team-azarashi.com

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/news/grayseal03.jpg

I dont know what to say really. Another 4wd among all the rest already. Why not a 2wd? And then the battery configuration??? Charging them works well but equalizing wont work so well...

I love it!

proper out of the box thinking...

I am not sure I am fully sold on the design, but I love its origionality

They state on the site that the dont know if it will be a conversion or a complete kit...

I hope if its a conversion you dont need a D4 and 501X!

I would run one for the sake of it though... Agh! just realised how awkwward the cell lay out is... Hmm..

no lipoo compatability plus no weight upfront, not a good combination especically if its gonna be expensive ie, a conversion kit

Would you get one of today's brushless esc's in there? Tekin maybe others maybe not.

I love the out of the box thinking, but it seems a bit flawed to me.

If it can't accomodate lipo's, I'm not sure if it will be popular? Also, it doesn't look as though you would fit a brushless speedo under the shaft in front of the spur?

The chassis doesn't seem to have any stiffening towards the front end at the moment either. Maybe that will be added before it goes into full production.

looking at the chassis thickness, shouldn't be an issue with stifness...

Creative & cool solution!

But we're now entering the LiPo era, and if I were them I'd focus on a car designed purely for LiPo... that's the way to go for now!

So it's cool but too late! :D

Thats a bit of a worry if your racing an esc with fan its gonna be hard for fitting and same with lipo didnt they think about this at first but it looks cool:thumbsup:

I'm sure they will improve things, it's just a prototype / concept car at the moment.

Come on you lot, don't just critisize every detail!!!!!

It's another concept, and will take some- possibly alot of tweaking, but it is very different and I give it a thumbs up:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

It looks like a nice unique idea, it might not be very practical but if it was faster than anything else would that really matter :P ?

Love the concept, i guess torque steer could be a issue, but it would look cool with a cf tub chassis ;)

You have a thing for tub chassis:thumbsup:.

But still, its one more contender in the 4wd class. Creativity is always nice but there must be more to be done in the 2wd department!

I think I like it, its very different and could be potentially awesome. I like different ;)


I think a tub on that would deffo be the way forward, your tubs always look awesome :thumbsup:

:thumbdown::eh?::cry::o:(:confused::wtf: - That looks baddddddd.. what sort of config is that?!

I like the ingenuity of it...
I'm sure lipo packs won't be hard to fit on there.
And yes, a tub would definetly be better.
the esc still remains a problem. unless it's moved a bit more on the side of the chassis.
but this thing looks like a pain to mesh the gears. ;)

still is early days.

OMG,

LIPO...in there ... :woot: