Yeah, definitely legal. The biggest obstacle to overcome was the £85 price limit, in fact. With the carbon fibre alone costing £40, plus the cost of cutting it, that was a fairly hefty chunk of the budget. As I specced it up, it works out at about £84 or so...so if someone wanted one I COULD supply it for less than the price limit.
The really interesting thing with this is the difference in handling between this car and and identical one with a GRP chassis. I've got two now - identical shells, identical radio gear, servos, and motors, everything and the way this one handles is amazing compared to the other one. On the scales it comes in at about 200g lighter so no doubt that helps, but I was staggered by just how different the two cars were to drive. I've never driven an oval car that's so responsive yet easy to drive and easy to set up...well chuffed with it.
Downsides: it's pricy to make something out of CF as opposed to GRP, and being so light it easier to for someone to spin you out. That said, could probably fix that with some more set up - harder tyres on the front and so on.
Still gotta try that camber adjustment on the front yet, that'll be the next thing to play with...then I'm gonna make a few production ones to sell I think...both GRP AND carbon. There's GOTTA be a better option for Saloon racing than a V12 with 6 cells in...no matter how well Tom goes with his
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