It's been a while since the last update due to 2 things:
1. Busy with stuff for school
2. My hard disk crashed (and became unsalvagable too), and I lost my last 4 months of work because I didn't make a backup...
...Luckily this project was one of the very few things I did have a backup of!
Now that I have had all my deadlines for school for 2011-2012, I can re-focus on the project.
A month of not modelling on the car gave me time to think about the comments and advice I got for the design, and I decided I wanted a couple of things changed. They are mainly with regard to the weight balance. A shorty LiPo to shift the weight balance without having to widen the chassis. Then secondly, a trailing arm system. In the new layout the only 'weighty' parts on the back half are the dampers, so the weight balance is guaranteed to give good forward traction. Jumping it will be more of a challenge probably, but I think practice will be key to success there
As you might have noticed, the first few pictures have DB01 uprights and caster blocks on the rear. However, Jonathan gave me the advice to make a one-piece arm, using slight negative camber and some toe-in. In the end 2 degrees of toe-in on each side and 2 degrees of negative camber is the setup on the rear. The rear arms have approximately 65mm articulation, which should be more than enough!