2006.06.19, 09:55 PM
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4play
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Reflex Racing, everywhere
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Well it's been over a year. I've finally gotten off my butt and completed the final evolution of the 4play prototype. It's maiden voyage will be at this weekend's IMSC race. It will be the last one since I will no longer have much time to do development work. If it sucks, it will die an obscure death. If it kicks ass, I might bring it to production.
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2006.06.20, 01:19 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Los Angeles (Pasadena), CA, USA
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if it sucks, can i have it? (i'm not really kidding, if i can draw up the cash and if the price is right...)
but seriously, i'm looking forward to some of these pictures. the last iteration was good (disk damper included, very cool).
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2006.06.20, 09:09 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 30
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looks good ruf I like how the batteries are postioned toward the center more, that should give it less lean through the turns
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2006.06.20, 09:52 AM
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4play
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Reflex Racing, everywhere
Posts: 2,602
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color01 - Haha, last time I let one of these out of my sight, it came back in pieces... Thanks though. I have a good feeling about this one, but it may not exactly be what you guys are expecting.
kittysniper101 - On our old test track, we used the Losi red disks/dots to mark off corners. I love those dots. Very reminiscent of the old plow disks we used at the track I first started out at. Whereas the MR02 would bicycle or even roll if you clipped the edge of the dot right (about 1/3 to 1/2 of the car on the dot), the 4playevo3 would just ride the bumps with a very low attitude/angle. I'm hoping that this version will do the same.
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2006.06.23, 02:00 PM
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4play
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Reflex Racing, everywhere
Posts: 2,602
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Details coming soon...
edit: funny how you can post pics in the "Events" forum, but you can't in the "Gallery" forum...
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2006.06.23, 02:17 PM
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DCGTG FET Guy
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Charlottesville, VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ruf
edit: funny how you can post pics in the "Events" forum, but you can't in the "Gallery" forum...
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Yeah I mentioned that a while ago,
here
Looking forward to the details. Looks like a lot of F1 going on there, right down the the Atomic Pod and damper.
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2006.06.23, 02:24 PM
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4play
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Reflex Racing, everywhere
Posts: 2,602
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There is a lot of F1 going on. Anyone who has read der manifesto about MR02 vs F1 on my website knows that I'm partial to certain design features of that chassis. A ridiculous amount of thought and experimentation went into this before the KISS principle dawned on me. I think I've managed to incorporate all of the features that I wanted to while keeping fragile, labor-intensive, one-off parts count low and off-the-shelf compatibility high. More details later. Too much to scribble down.
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2006.06.23, 04:58 PM
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Honda Insight Racer!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Colorado, USA!
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So was this about RC cars, or something perverted? Anyway, great chassis. I like seeing people tear up their Mini-Z's and making something of their own. I'm still designing my Hot Rod chassis in my head. You have to go searching for the thread, but I've posted an idea for a Hot Rod based chassis a while ago. Still working on it. Oh, you can find it in the off topic section.
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2006.06.23, 07:36 PM
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motor guru
Join Date: May 2006
Location: In front of you...
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Looks very good, I particularly like the mr02/F1 hybrid. I remember a while ago reading your F1 vs mr02 comparison, and and I definitely like what you have done with the positive aspects of the F1. Good work, now let's see some pricing and availability .....
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2006.06.23, 07:49 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Los Angeles (Pasadena), CA, USA
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ruf,
that's beautiful. so you basically took the F1's positives and put it all into a 98mm wheelbase. awesome x1000.
just two concerns:
1) iwaver front end?
2) iwaver servo? goodness!
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2006.06.23, 08:41 PM
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yes, it's a boxer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Seaville, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by color01
ruf,
that's beautiful. so you basically took the F1's positives and put it all into a 98mm wheelbase. awesome x1000.
just two concerns:
1) iwaver front end?
2) iwaver servo? goodness!
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the iwaiver parts could be reproduced to a higher quality and tolerance spec and the servo i'm sure can be sourced from one of the reliable names in the servo biz...there are some pretty incredible micro servos out now.
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2006.06.23, 09:47 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Los Angeles (Pasadena), CA, USA
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i'm thinking blue bird BMS-303...you?
and you're right too about reproducing the iwaver front end... i just wonder how pricey it would be, unless you had connections or something.
i just realized... F1 flex plates are longer and further spaced than the respective piece of h-plate... which means tweak is much harder to achieve/much easier to adjust out! brilliant, that ruf is.
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2006.06.23, 09:52 PM
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yes, it's a boxer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Seaville, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by color01
i'm thinking blue bird BMS-303...you?
and you're right too about reproducing the iwaver front end... i just wonder how pricey it would be, unless you had connections or something.
i just realized... F1 flex plates are longer and further spaced than the respective piece of h-plate... which means tweak is much harder to achieve/much easier to adjust out! brilliant, that ruf is.
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haha...all asian guys have overseas manufacturing connections, don't they?
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2006.06.25, 07:58 PM
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MINI-Z BODY NUT
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: pa.
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MINI-Z BODY NUT
DG DESIGNS - PN RACING - MANTISWORX
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2006.06.25, 08:07 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 35,480
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i like the kit bash prototype i would be interested in building one of those myself if i had the iw-02 parts.
how hard was it to chop the f1/iw to make that?
i too am looking forward to reading your review of it's performance
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