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Originally Posted by rich_cree
Err, you seem a bit negative about Schumacher. Why?????
As a company they have brought a one truly massive innovation into electric racing (ball diff).
British engineering is the worlds finest. I look forward to seeing what they come up with!
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Agreed, and the designer who did that is still there - it was Cecil.
Schumacher did two great cars after the Bosscat, the Cat 2000 was a big leap up and was an instant improvement over the Bosscat and then the EC with its laydown shocks was the next step up although not quite big enough to call it a leap. It was after then when they started playing with cells down one side, and changes for the sake of being able to release and market something as new when really it was just tweaked.
They dropped back when the XX4 came out, and they failed to attempt to learn from its inovations, I am mainly thinking of the moulded tub chassis and awesomely good shock absorbers.. I don't think they ever recovered since and went backwards perhaps?
I wonder just how involved Schumacher/Phil Booth will get, who will be testing for them and are they/will they be attending any race meetings to study what is really going on rather than what they talk about is going on in a boardroom discussion? I hope they are successful anyway.
Chris