@ Andy. Obviously we'll not discuss sales figures. In the world-wide R/C market, U.K. accounts for 15 - 20% of the total, and X Factory U.K. does a great job for us. Even if U.K. were 50% of X Factory's market, there is no way we could invest in a new chassis tool if U.K. were the primary market.
@ Stuart. Glad you are happy, and good to have you in the Family. Sorry to hear about your chassis luck. Are you running graphite or plastic?
@ Adey. Several drivers have centered the motor. The motor is deliberately off-center just a bit so the total mass of motor, trans, motor plate, and slipper assy. is centered. If you center the motor, you center that rotating mass but the total mass is now off-center. The disadvantage of off-center motor rotor is less than the advantage of total weight centered. The drivers who moved their motors have returned to standard.
@ Dbizzle. The truck chassis is just too long on all counts. Short wishbones, small tires, it just doesn't work as a buggy. The AE and Kyosho drivers all could have used truck chassies at the Worlds, but none did. They all did a lot of extra work to use lengthened buggy chassies. I don't know how long, but I do know that 5mm seems to work best for the X - 6 Sq. Your friend probably would have been quicker with a standard buggy chassis than a truck.
@ MRD & Jaxx, Thank you. We're glad to have you in the Family!
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