rip off??

[Garry]

Theres a difference in situation between one car having 100% parts interchangeability with another car (i.e. a clone), and one car being inspired by another.

[Tom3012]

I like it! The bodyshell looks funky too! If they do a big bore shock version im tempted!!!

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by sosidge

You know full well what you intended to do with this thread. Don't indulge in wordplay to try and get yourself off the hook.

I'm not on the hook. You as I said are making comments that you can not prove and making it personal. Something I'm happy to take you on at if you wish!

Let's see. You can read, so re check the title. Then tell me what these mean ??
You have two options
1 its a statement
2 its a question.
Over to you Einstein

Oh and check this out http://www.oople.com/forums/showthre...994#post429994

[smokes]

unless there is a change in the packing or tyres of or race cars all design will reach optimum design point. As designers try every diffrent itration to learn what works or doesn't.

That why F1 is dull unless it rains compared to what it was like in the 60s 70s and 80s where was a partern of continuous developement , as all the cars use the same tyres and the rules have rescricted what can or can't be done.

[jim76]

Originally Posted by rocketrob

But when was the last time something truely ground-breaking and totally new and different, without some liberal amount of "interpretation" of something released by another RC company?

original Pred?!!

[rocketrob]

Originally Posted by jim76

original Pred?!!

I'll give you that one - maybe I should have qualified that with the phrase "and worked worth a damn."

[SlowOne]

Interesting comments. If it is a rip-off design then I hope whoever designed it originally takes some action against the rip-off merchant.

I do love the comments about there being nothing new, and race cars reaching an optimum design. That will never happen. There are rarely any ground-breaking designs because the Rules make that impossible. There is always some things that come back from the past because no one thing is ever out of date. Whatever the case, there will never be such a thing as an optimum design that never changes, only an optimum design at one given point in time. Move time on and the design moves on.

Race cars are very complex beasts. Things change all the time - execution of past designs, materials, manufacturing techniques, motors, cells, tyres, tracks, shells, etc. - within the Rules. So, things that didn't work before on a particular combination may work now in another combination. Nothing really ever goes out of fashion, it's just that certain combinations work in one set of circumstances and then, when those circumstances change, other combinations of designs work.

One thing that never changes are the sayings of two of the world's great designers, Colin Chapman and Keith Bontrager.

Chapman said "Just add lightness."
Bontrager said "Strong, light, cheap - pick two."

All great designs follow those two 'rules' IME

[MRD]

Originally Posted by SlowOne

Bontrager said "Strong, light, cheap - pick two."

One of the best and truest things Ive ever heard

[Colinevan]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

That's a bold statement no proof i would not also where did I mention what its a rip of off?

You hinted it in the thread title lol