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Old 2006.06.19, 09:55 PM   #16
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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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Old 2006.06.20, 01:19 AM   #17
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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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Old 2006.06.20, 09:09 AM   #18
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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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Old 2006.06.20, 09:52 AM   #19
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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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Old 2006.06.23, 02:00 PM   #20
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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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Old 2006.06.23, 02:17 PM   #21
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edit: funny how you can post pics in the "Events" forum, but you can't in the "Gallery" forum...
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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Old 2006.06.23, 02:24 PM   #22
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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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Old 2006.06.23, 04:58 PM   #23
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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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Old 2006.06.23, 07:36 PM   #24
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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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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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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!
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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Old 2006.06.23, 09:47 PM   #27
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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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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.
haha...all asian guys have overseas manufacturing connections, don't they?

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Joe, looks cool. Cant wait for a run report on it.
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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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