The car has the F1 lap record around my local tarmac circuit... sadly the F1 class outdoors has pretty much died so the car isn't currently being raced. This car is awesome, but most others have struggled with F1s on tarmac and have moved to other classes.
The wheelbase is quite short; slightly shorter than an F103 so a lot shorter than an F109.
The pictures above were taken before the car had actually run, so there were a few changes after track testing (different wings, motor mount and alloy caster adjuster).
The front-end is off the F109 which I like as it has a nice range of adjustment. The alloy caster adjuster is essential as otherwise the top arms twist around the mount.
The final motor pod I used was the 3racing blue one for the F103/F103GT. The diff is the Tamiya F104 which is excellent, and the left hub is the 3racing clamp one for the F104 which is also excellent. The axle is made from 6mm steel bar as this is pretty much the stiffest material available (stiffer than carbon, Ti and ally) which stops the spur gears stripping due to axle flex. You always hear F1s with noisy spurs; this is the reason why!
The wings I settled on were the TRG ones; the rear one is massive and the front one is nice and small which gives a good aero balance (these things tend to have oversteer at high speed).
Servo mounts are off the F103GT, damper is a Tamiya TRF one which works very well and doesnt leak, even though its upside down.
Carbon parts were designed using Draft IT (free download). Then just print it out, stick it to the carbon, cut it using a dremel, centre punch the holes using an optical centre punch, and drill with a pillar drill.
Hope that help!
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