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Old 10-07-2016, 09:10 AM
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http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Car_Showroom/Eclipse.html

New 12th from Schumacher. has anyone seen a prototype testing?
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That looks like a, er, bold design!
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It looks like they got the rear roll center lower than a typical pivot-ball/link car: actually within the thickness of the main chassis.
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interested in seeing this run compared to the current LMP cars

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I like the idea of simple design. Looks very similar to the Atom.
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It is so different I have to order one.
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Schumacher please make an F1 car The Eclipse rear pod/suspension design would be fantastic on an F1 chassis.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n8u6kqMJlw
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Yep, it's awesome. I want this on my F1.
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On the fence about getting this car or a Yokomo, the video showed a nice breakdown of the features, but would really like to see some on track video.

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Looking around some more and please someone correct me if I a wrong, but the front end is from the Kawada M300 FX3. Petitrc has some build tips for this front end on the M300 set-up page.

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Originally Posted by XCELL
Looking around some more and please someone correct me if I a wrong, but the front end is from the Kawada M300 FX3. Petitrc has some build tips for this front end on the M300 set-up page.

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Spot on Patrick!

Those vertica damper tubes are on the front end of the Kawada M300. Neat little dampening feature, but fragile and broke often.
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Hey Ed,

Thought it looked familer so did some searching. Good luck at AOC finale! Wish I could have gone again this year, but was not ment to be. I will see you around though.

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Hey Patrick,

Unfortunately I too won't be joining this years AOC. I couldn't get time off of work to make it happen. Next year will be a different story.

As for the Schumacher 1/12th, I like all the ideas, but I just worry about the front damper tubes getting damaged and the central damper tube dampening performance. Then again what do I know? I need get one in my hands to test out.
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Ed,

Sucks about the AOC, now back to the car. I am still deciding between this and the Yok, both have features I like. looking forward to seeing more information about the car I think it will do well.

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