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Written by HzR
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 13:20 |
The track I usually race on is a very flat, high grip carpet track with a lot of slow corners and a short straight. I want a car specifically for this kind of lay out.
The plan is to build a touring car according to the IFMAR rules with the following specs:
- Stiff graphite "Monocoque" chassis
- Inboard lay-down shocks to lower center of gravity and avoid air bubbles under the piston
- All heavy components on the center-line (battery, motor, servo)
- Shaft drive
- Motor as far away from the center of gravity as possible and perpendicular to the driving direction to reduce influence on handling
- Long suspension arms for less scrub
I know that it will be quite hard to get all the main electronics on the center line and have shaft drive without making really wide diffs and shortening the suspension arms. It might involve adding some extra gears in the driveline which will make it more complicated and less efficient.
Maybe I end up with a completely different design in the end while my current vision is too complicated. We'll see where it goes.
Here's some pictures of the still very rough packaging model:
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