F1 Why 2wd?
11-06-2010, 01:03 PM
#1
F1 Why 2wd?
There was a 4WD F1, 8 or so years ago but now everything I see has one of those pan car style chassis with the direct rear drive motor, rear pod suspension.
I am not an expert so correct me if I am wrong, but in general with scale cars 1/8, 1/10, 1/18 th scale 4wd 4 wheel independent suspension, while more expensive and requires more maintainence; it is in general faster on any kind of road course.
I know full scale F1 is 2wd, but they are also significantly faster than other road course cars.
Theoretically would a 4wd 4 wheel independent suspension wide foam tire F1 style car be as fast or possibly faster than the equivalenly powered Touring car?
Just curious.
I am not an expert so correct me if I am wrong, but in general with scale cars 1/8, 1/10, 1/18 th scale 4wd 4 wheel independent suspension, while more expensive and requires more maintainence; it is in general faster on any kind of road course.
I know full scale F1 is 2wd, but they are also significantly faster than other road course cars.
Theoretically would a 4wd 4 wheel independent suspension wide foam tire F1 style car be as fast or possibly faster than the equivalenly powered Touring car?
Just curious.
11-06-2010, 01:10 PM
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11-06-2010, 01:25 PM
#4
, Im disapointed to say that Wingracer is right. And these days with brushless, forget about it. Ive seen sedans with brushless go as fast, if not faster down the straight than an 1/8th gas
11-06-2010, 01:53 PM
#9
The point of 1/10 F1 2wd was to create an affordable entry level competitive class. It was not a class designed to break track records. At least that's what I thought.
11-06-2010, 07:21 PM
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Back in the day we had entry-level classes. It was called "Novice." If I recall correctly, it worked well. The novice class basically mirrored the stock class, except the skill levels were different. Whatever the organization deemed appropriate, bumped you up to the stock class, whether that was a certain number of first place or podium finishes, a certain number of races etc. Now the trend seems to be to find as many different, yet similar classes a club can run to attract new faces. Every week I check here, it seems there is a new mutation of an already existing class.
11-06-2010, 09:09 PM
#12
Which makes me think why 1/8 onroad can't move on to electric. How hard could it be to copy the old RC250 chassis which was 2wd...let them run one battery and a big 'ol brushless and use another chassis such as the RC500 with two LiPo's on it for the speed freaks. Sounds like fast cheap racing.
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
11-06-2010, 09:13 PM
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Which makes me think why 1/8 onroad can't move on to electric. How hard could it be to copy the old RC250 chassis which was 2wd...let them run one battery and a big 'ol brushless and use another chassis such as the RC500 with two LiPo's on it for the speed freaks. Sounds like fast cheap racing.
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
IMHO
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11-06-2010, 09:35 PM
#14
Which makes me think why 1/8 onroad can't move on to electric. How hard could it be to copy the old RC250 chassis which was 2wd...let them run one battery and a big 'ol brushless and use another chassis such as the RC500 with two LiPo's on it for the speed freaks. Sounds like fast cheap racing.
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
Pancars rule. One old 10L can race GTP, dirt oval, drag race, Indy oval, 2wd touring and who knows what else with one chassis and at a high rate of speed in all of them. Can a slash do that?
11-06-2010, 09:53 PM
#15
To keep to the concept of real F1 racing, rear wheel drive is the same as the real F1's.
Touring cars now, depending on country, can be 4wd or 2wd, and making the scale cars 4wd makes them easier to drive, so that drags in racers, yet the cost is higher and maintaining them is higher, so therefore more dollars for the makers.
A 2wd can be faster down the straight, but loses out in the corners to a 4wd, but for driving, you have to be a far better driver to drive a 2wd fast
Touring cars now, depending on country, can be 4wd or 2wd, and making the scale cars 4wd makes them easier to drive, so that drags in racers, yet the cost is higher and maintaining them is higher, so therefore more dollars for the makers.
A 2wd can be faster down the straight, but loses out in the corners to a 4wd, but for driving, you have to be a far better driver to drive a 2wd fast
