Paul runs the "shorty" LiPo pack across the back. He had to just touch the CF battery strap with his Dremel to clear the wire connectors. Lets him keep the electronics in the center and gives the weight distribution he wants.
Darren is, as usual, correct. In most places around the world the battery is run across the back. The saddle chassis (#1009) sells mainly in U.K. and other European places with grass/astro tracks. There you've got traction as though paved. On dirt, a small amount of body lean is good, and it seems we've got the right combination.
Could we make a new chassis for the 6? Sure. Remember it would take a new body too. You have to make molds for both, the chassis mold being extremely expensive, the body mold being just expensive. Will we sell enough to pay for either mold, much less both? Money spent on new tooling for the 6 can't be spent elsewhere. How long do you want to wait for the X - 7? And, after that, Darren is right again: many tuning options disappear.
A lot of 22s are for sale for a number of reasons: They are too long. Small companies like us are making short chassies for them. There is no room to move anything around. You need lots of weight carefully placed (no room) to get them to work. Why should we go in that direction when we've got a great car now?
@James: We're sorry to see you go. You've done very well with your X - 6. Not sure why yours has become difficult to drive because you're right -- only minor changes are required to the base set-up for different tracks, and the base set-up is very easy to drive very fast.
Often a top-20 driver wants a car that's hard to drive and when he's right on the edge it's faster. This usually comes with increasing skill and experience, and does not work well for the average driver -- that's why so many put the "driver X set-up" on and it does not work. Kinwald repeated often: "This set-up worked for me on this particular car at this track on this day at this time. Ten minutes later the temperature was different, or the track surface was different, and I changed it."
The average weekend warrior does not want to drive right on the edge -- he can't. A car that's easy to drive fast will give him more consistent laps and better finishes. He will have more fun driving it -- weekend recreation is what this is all about for him. The X - 6 is the perfect car for him.
At the same time, our Team drivers continue to prove that the X - 6 Squared is the fastest car out there.
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