Tamiya TRF102
#17
Overall I like my wgp better than any of the other f1s on the market but i have found the t-bar options to be lacking. Compared to my spring cars the wgp is as good or better in most conditions but in specific carpet situations its is lacking. Now that everyone else is running link cars it has become obvious where each concept out shines the other.
#18
Tech Champion
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Overall I like my wgp better than any of the other f1s on the market but i have found the t-bar options to be lacking. Compared to my spring cars the wgp is as good or better in most conditions but in specific carpet situations its is lacking. Now that everyone else is running link cars it has become obvious where each concept out shines the other.
#19
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (1)
The New updated T-Plate designs offers overall increases traction compared to a Link-Type set up. That's straight from the Tamiya Product Development team.
The T-Bar provides a progressive roll damping effect superior to that offered
by the spring-actuated side links on the TRF101. The roll point ball has been
placed in as low a position as possible, in order to maximize damping effect.... 2 thicknesses of T-bars (planned as 1.5mm and 1.8mm) will be included with the kit.
The brand new pitch axle gives vastly improved, independent pitch damping,
letting the chassis deal much more smoothly with undulating surfaces.
The roll damper has been moved closer to the lower deck, giving a more compact rear and contributing to the chassis' low center of gravity.
I have images of how all this works, but I can't show them just yet. Sorry. Strict confidentiality agreements and all.
Also, the MSRP of this new kit is significantly less than the TRF101.
The T-Bar provides a progressive roll damping effect superior to that offered
by the spring-actuated side links on the TRF101. The roll point ball has been
placed in as low a position as possible, in order to maximize damping effect.... 2 thicknesses of T-bars (planned as 1.5mm and 1.8mm) will be included with the kit.
The brand new pitch axle gives vastly improved, independent pitch damping,
letting the chassis deal much more smoothly with undulating surfaces.
The roll damper has been moved closer to the lower deck, giving a more compact rear and contributing to the chassis' low center of gravity.
I have images of how all this works, but I can't show them just yet. Sorry. Strict confidentiality agreements and all.
Also, the MSRP of this new kit is significantly less than the TRF101.
#20
Last edited by kentech; 04-30-2015 at 07:14 AM.
#21
Thanks for the pic! But the chassis is meh... =/
#23
Tech Master
It looks good to me. The front end will bring the price down a fair bit and you can always fit the carbon front end on if you want.
#24
Tech Elite
Being billed as a "TRF", I would have liked to have seen CF arms with articulating uppers, something similar to the Xray. This is more of a F105 to me.
#25
Last edited by C van der Hagen; 05-11-2015 at 01:21 AM.
#26
So the rear is "just" a tube dampened t-plate?
#27
Tech Initiate
With an old F104 Front and T-plate with tube.
That's a F104X1
That's a F104X1
#28
Tech Initiate
The new chassis also look like it works with the WGP T-Plate
#30
Tech Initiate
it seems like you can mount a fan on the motor mount. That's an improvement.