SCX-E (SEXY) Short course

[dancoog]

SpeedyDad asked me to post these pics that I took of Alex's short course from the Cactus Classic.
Chris Krieg hand made this two deck chassis from carbon fiber braced with some aluminum standoffs. The chassis is super detailed and has a very high quality finish as with all of Chris Krieg's creations.

I have affectionately nicknamed it the SCX-E (SEXY)

https://picasaweb.google.com/1169054...eat=directlink
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[SpeedyDad]

I created this truck as a "what if" vehicle to see if I could make it. Hand making chassis is fun but it takes time and I wanted to see if I could make something that could be produced on a larger scale without making a mold. I now have two of them. What you see is the second truck. Alexdrives this one. I'll be running the first one for further testing. The only difference is the way the battery is oriented.

SC racing is my passion. I wanted to take it to the next level.

I have been asked how long it is. It looks really long but is the same wheelbase as the SCX-60.

What do you guys think? Is there interest in a truck like this?

[mrspeedy]

Links not working guys ...

[SpeedyDad]

Try this one

https://picasaweb.google.com/1169054...at=directlink#

[colmo]

Originally Posted by SpeedyDad

I created this truck as a "what if" vehicle to see if I could make it. Hand making chassis is fun but it takes time and I wanted to see if I could make something that could be produced on a larger scale without making a mold. I now have two of them. What you see is the second truck. Alexdrives this one. I'll be running the first one for further testing. The only difference is the way the battery is oriented.

SC racing is my passion. I wanted to take it to the next level.

I have been asked how long it is. It looks really long but is the same wheelbase as the SCX-60.

What do you guys think? Is there interest in a truck like this?

Short Course is still finding it's feet in the UK - one thing that's happening is nitro clubs (driven by the harsh economic situation) are opening their doors to electric, and the 2nd best electric class to run on a nitro track after 1/8th electric is SCT. Therefore, there's a potential market if it booms.

In my opinion (I'm only at this sport a few years, so my knowledge is all of recent developments), I suppose it's all down to cost, and whether it would be a conversion (I'm presuming using SC10/T4 parts?) or a kit. I'm not sure it could cost much more than the X6 equivalents, if that - there are 4wd kits out there for that sort of money.

It might be worth considering a cheaper material than carbon fibre for us plebs to more affordably smash up on the weekend!

For conversions, I think the stadium truck-to-SCT ones are the best, as there are a lot of T4s and E Firestorms out there gathering dust, or fetching a pittance on eBay.

[SpeedyDad]

If you look, XFactory already has an SC conversion and it is selling pretty well at its price. This is the next evolution of that.

[colmo]

Originally Posted by SpeedyDad

If you look, XFactory already has an SC conversion and it is selling pretty well at its price. This is the next evolution of that.

Aye, slightly forgot that when I posted. Nearly had a heart attack when I checked the price on DMS - hardly surprising as you're cutting and shutting every chassis by hand.

I've no idea how popular the SCW-60 is in the UK, DMS could maybe say more on that. To the most competitive racers, they'll go for the SCX-E because I'm sure it's performance is great. I can only speak for the regular, mediocre club racer - perhaps not your target market.

[SpeedyDad]

Every racer is my target racer. My racing skills are stock level at best. I build trucks I can drive. As far as the price goes, yes, the SCX-60 is expensive but I put a lot of work in to it and we never expected to sell many at that rate. We figured maybe a dozen sales. We've sold 65 and have orders for more on the books. I'm sure this truck, if produced, will be expensive to some as well, but it will be a pretty good truck.

The nice thing about this truck is that not being a molded tub, there is no mold to have to pay for and consider in the cost of the vehicle. The chassis and many of the parts can be made in-house which keeps the cost down. Right now, the only molded part on the new truck is the nose and it is an existing piece.