My slim B4

[Tom3012]

ill bring my tools so i can build it and race you

[Tom3012]

Ive seen pics of the first chassis to come off the mould from Jay...

It looks the dogs cahooners!! (Jay wasnt 100% happy so he will be fiddling with the process of making it)

However i will be putting it together tomorrow and taking some more pics and doing some testing

[J_WOODY]

I thought i'd put a little teaser pic up .....



more pics tomorrow when Tom gets it built

[Garry Driffill]

Whey! Looks great!

[J_WOODY]

Here's a couple of pics .....

[V-Rossi]

Looks great to me, but why copying the S2 lay-out?

Edit: just saw the ESC behind the battery packs, why did you choose to do it this way? Any advantage regarding balance of the car or just easy wiring as the ESC is close to the motor?

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by V-Rossi

Looks great to me, but why copying the S2 lay-out?

Edit: just saw the ESC behind the battery packs, why did you choose to do it this way? Any advantage regarding balance of the car or just easy wiring as the ESC is close to the motor?

on this chassis, you have the choice of battery positions, the configuration you see above, was just to get the car running today, the batteries could be turned 90 degrees and pushed further back or even use a stick pack , there's plenty of room for moving things around

[Tom3012]

Cheers Garry, was really impressed myself!! Need to make a new mould for the shell and get a rough one sorted... then its testing next week!

Rossi, as Jay has said, the layout was purely to get the car going for a practice today... Unfortunately i only took 1 set of batteries and forgot the charger so only managed a quick blast

[Garry Driffill]

The ability to moove the cells sounds cool, Can they be shifted flush to the servo too?

[Tom3012]

Originally Posted by Garry Driffill

The ability to moove the cells sounds cool, Can they be shifted flush to the servo too?

If you wanted them flush with the servo, then of course they can be moved there...

My idea was to drill several holes so the batteries could be moved further backwards or fowards depending on how you wanted the car to handle...

Tests will be done in the coming week as to finding what we believe to be the optimal position...

The car benefits from using saddle lipos as there is no risk of them shorting meaning they can be alot closer together, thus leaving more room in the chassis...

Hope this helps,

Tom

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by Garry Driffill

The ability to moove the cells sounds cool, Can they be shifted flush to the servo too?

i had a mess about with some saddlepack lipo's to see how they fit, and there's all sorts of ways they can go in, if you use battery trays like Tom has, they could even go at 90 degrees to each other in a 'T' formation, as i said earlier, there's loads of room considering its a slim chassis ...... Tom, we may need to do a slimmer version , mk 2 version with a few revisions me thinks

[Tom3012]

have to make sure this one handles well first

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by Tom3012

have to make sure this one handles well first

seeing it go on the track today put a smile on my face, i dont think you'll need to worry about getting it going well, your almost there, it jumps superb,

[Tom3012]

more pics...

[Garry Driffill]

Can i pay now?

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by Garry Driffill

Can i pay now?

you can pay as soon as you like , no saying you'll get it for a while. i'm changing the way i do them, which will give me a much better and consistant quality chassis, and a couple of parts need to be machine cut for accuracy, so the next chassis i make will be in a couple of weeks, i've also been asked to do a standard shape B4, so thats in the pipeline aswel

[Tom3012]

I dont have a shell sorted yet Garry

Need to get in touch with a few people this week to see if i can sort something out

[Garry Driffill]

Cool lads

[Tom3012]

Some pics of the car as it was run last sunday (minus the shell, wheels and tires)

[migsy]

Looks fab mate. how long did the completion take you?


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