288LikesTamiya mini cooper
11-17-2010, 10:24 PM
Tech Fanatic
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That sadle pack setup is pretty cool. Have you accually run it like that? If you did, did the packs run under hard cornering?
Jay
Jay
11-17-2010, 10:32 PM
Sure have. If you mean did they rub on the ground, nope. They've actually got more ground clearance than the stick pack and pretty much spot on the right width as well. The overall width is around the same as the outer edges of the brackets that hold the stick pack in. The outer lower edge is around 4 - 5mm higher than a stickpack.
11-17-2010, 10:36 PM
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Wow seems like a great idea! My Mini should be showing up tomorrow, as long as I can catch the FedEx man that is!
Jay
Jay
11-17-2010, 11:54 PM
Tech Apprentice
Think it's fairly safe myself, the plastic around it is pretty substantial and it's tucked behind the battery and the front wheel...anyhow, time will tell. It was either 10 mins of work with an offcut that was lying around or quite a bit more time to attach it to the motor screws...I opted for easy 
And for the Mini Enduro nuts out there, here's my M05 with 6000Mah saddle packs
Imagine how many laps you could cut with that! Don't know it would be approved for any events though...
And for the Mini Enduro nuts out there, here's my M05 with 6000Mah saddle packs
Imagine how many laps you could cut with that! Don't know it would be approved for any events though...And yes, we all love to see some ingenuity! Love the saddle packs.
11-18-2010, 03:40 AM
Tech Apprentice
Yeah Racing 1.5 degree rear uprights
Hey has anyone out there purchased these only to find that they're out of alignment? I checked my brand new ones last night, as they just didn't seem right, and true enough the left was toe-in, and the right almost 0 degrees.
I checked with brand new sets of lower arms as well, just so I could discount the possibility of the arms being out of whack.
Anyone?
I checked with brand new sets of lower arms as well, just so I could discount the possibility of the arms being out of whack.
Anyone?
11-18-2010, 05:51 AM
Hmm interesting idea with the saddle packs. In australia i believe battery fixings are open. But if i were running a race meet personally i would rule that that is not in the spirit of mini racing.
11-18-2010, 11:19 AM
For racing I would have thought that it would handle worse as the weight is put further out. THere is no weight through the centre of the chassis
11-18-2010, 01:29 PM
not too far
I dont think it would go far at all. Definetly not more than 2 minutes with that pack as the wheels would fall off first.
Bob
Bob
11-18-2010, 01:35 PM
Certainly at Boronia it sat on the track fine, haven't tried it at TFTR yet but probably won't bother as it's obviously not going to be "legal" anyhow. No sign of traction rolling, no matter how hard you pushed it...other bonus is you didn't need any extra weight to make minimum race weight
11-18-2010, 01:41 PM
Not sure what you're trying to say, at 30 grams over minimum race weight, it's certainly lighter than most local racers run at, typically around 1,400g...
11-18-2010, 02:06 PM
11-18-2010, 05:01 PM
I have actually regularly placed weights out wide. My theory is that it can stop traction rolling to a limited degree up to the point at which it wants to tip over (dont know if it does, but it seemed to help but that would have also just been the weight itself). Obviously it should also theoretically effect the car as it has to transition left to right though.
Personally i think the car should still handle fine, as long as the batteries are not scraping on the ground as the car leans through corners.
Personally i think the car should still handle fine, as long as the batteries are not scraping on the ground as the car leans through corners.
11-18-2010, 05:31 PM
I have actually regularly placed weights out wide. My theory is that it can stop traction rolling to a limited degree up to the point at which it wants to tip over (dont know if it does, but it seemed to help but that would have also just been the weight itself). Obviously it should also theoretically effect the car as it has to transition left to right though.
Personally i think the car should still handle fine, as long as the batteries are not scraping on the ground as the car leans through corners.
Personally i think the car should still handle fine, as long as the batteries are not scraping on the ground as the car leans through corners.
At the end of the day, the height of the center of gravity is more important than the actual location of it off the centerline...I decided it was great from a capacity point of view but didn't improve in other areas that I was hoping for, so I just went back to my brass bumper and happy days
11-18-2010, 06:10 PM
no nuts
Goberzerk, the wheel nuts are not there, that is why it would not go far.
Bob
Bob
11-18-2010, 06:47 PM