Hey threeflys, hows the racing scene back in the 757. Im from Portsmouth

I believe an enclosed body would reduce the amount of drag on a rc 1/12 car since with a normal 1/12 body air gets sucked into the inside from underneath before exiting from the back and this creates a lot of turbulance.

A diffuser would add downforce without much increase in drag as it smoothens the air flow to the back.

Also a proper wing would produce down force with less drag than a spoiler as the latter doesnt allow air to flow as smoothly to the back of the car to provide wake infill. Result will be a large area of low pressure and turbulance behind holding the car back. Just IMO.:)

Just a word about the new Protoform 1/12 body (Ascari?) at the Snowbirds. Several ran it including Desrosiers. They ran well with it. However, to slam the body down on the chassis they had to cut clearance for the center shock and then cut opennings in the rear to let the air pass through rather than over the lip of the rear. So, I don't really care for it due its aero and the idea of not covering the mechanical parts on the chassis. Asthetics do mean something and I hope ROAR takes a good look at this part.

I noticed i think it was either spashett's or cyrul's car from one of the pictures who had that body and his entire center shock was sticking out of the body, however when ran his ascari bodies at BBT he didnt have any holes in the body (he had tried cutting out the vents but didnt like how it handled), and it was SLAMMED, i think he had problems getting it low enough because the wires/plugs that went into his rx were too high up, lol (he had the blue airtronics rx layed flat on his chassis). Do you know if it will be ROAR legal for the nats in a few weeks? (i am going and wanted to run the ascari, but if its not ROAR legal and i cant get them it will be though, lol).

The new body looks sweet ! Since this is the 1/12 form does anybody know where I can get information on the Cleveland race? I have wanted to go yor years and years and the wife suggested that maybe I could go this year ( wonder what that is going to cost me ! ).Thanks

i'm sorry to inform you that the 2003 edition of the U.S. indoor championships, a.k.a. "Cleveland" has already been run, and you will probably be seeing race coverage in all popular magazines right about now.

but don't worry! it'll be back next year, and for many years to come i'm sure. you can check out info on the race at i believe www.ustriplecrown.com

(please correct me if i'm wrong)

peter

or try usindoorchamps.com

Trackdesigner: It goes well at Tidewater RC, Hampton. Cannot say much for hobby hell, where the carpet is held down with tape and cars sometimes go under the carpet :eek: or their lack of heat.

I believe that you're thinking of the 2002 race... the 2003 race will be in November 2003, still a ways off in the future.

T

Trackdesigner,
Like Nitro said, all is well. Hampton speedway is noe Tidewater RC, Jim built a entirely new track in a new building. The track has a sweet oval and a good size road coarse for 12th scale, kinda small for 10th. The Hobbytown track is done kinda shotty (sp?) from what I hear, havn't seen it yet.
I was talking with Rusty at Stream yesterday, they are planning on making their offroad track bigger this spring. I might have to buy a truck!
Well, have a good one and try to stay off teh corner dots!
Chris :batman:

piston dampers or no piston dampers
 

I'm interested in having a discussion about the usefulness of side pistons (tube dampers) on 12th scale cars. IRS's prototype uses them, as does the Switchblade and Carpet Knife. AE and Yok don't. What do pistons do when used with a t-bar verus not having them, etc.

Can anyone tell me how the new Yok YRX12 w.e. works? My hobby shop has one, and has the 12l3s which is better excluding price?

new to 1/12
 

hey guys im new to 1/12. im debating between the rc12l3, switchblade12, and carpet knife. excluding price what are the pros and cons of each. which one would u suggest i get thanks

You are going to run stock I assume? The trinity switchblade is the most competitive car out there right now IMO.

Re: piston dampers or no piston dampers
 

What I've heard from a few folks is that the disc style dampeners provide the same dampening in all directions, side to side as well as front to back. By using the tube style dampeners, you allow for the tubes to control side dampening, and the shock controls front/rear dampening. Thus you could go to heavier side dampening with heavier syrup in the tubes without affecting the front/rear dampening.

That may be true, but in my opinion, the "real world" advantage to dampener tubes is more consistent dampening. I feel the car stays the same from one run to another better with dampener tubes than with the discs. The tubes seem to stay consistent for longer between cleaning/refilling than the discs do.

Just my $.02

T