what's hot in 1/12th on road???
09-26-2005, 12:36 PM
#31
German prototype.
These are some shots of the German Ascari project car. They are testing it in Corally-based and Asso/CRC based setup.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
09-26-2005, 12:52 PM
#32
Originally Posted by Pro ten Holland
These are some shots of the German Ascari project car. They are testing it in Corally-based and Asso/CRC based setup.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
09-27-2005, 02:22 PM
#33
homemade 1/12
Here is the pictures of my home made 1/12 with battery in the middle of chassis. I did that ten years ago, notice the old, old 12L's rear pod.
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel.
But I did it first. 
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel.
But I did it first.
09-27-2005, 03:16 PM
#34
Tech Master
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Originally Posted by Roland S
Here is the pictures of my home made 1/12 with battery in the middle of chassis. I did that ten years ago, notice the old, old 12L's rear pod.
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel. But I did it first.
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel.
But I did it first. 
09-27-2005, 03:22 PM
#35
Tech Master
iTrader: (17)
Originally Posted by Pro ten Holland
These are some shots of the German Ascari project car. They are testing it in Corally-based and Asso/CRC based setup.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
09-27-2005, 04:16 PM
#36
from what i remember...Joel Johnson (Trinity) did up a 4 cell and a 6 cell up the middle 1/12 and a 6 up the middle 1/10 self-built custom car back in the 1990-1993 era. it was never mass produced and i heard back then only he could really drive them.
09-27-2005, 04:36 PM
#37
Originally Posted by Roland S
Here is the pictures of my home made 1/12 with battery in the middle of chassis. I did that ten years ago, notice the old, old 12L's rear pod.
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel. But I did it first.
Certainly, mine does not have any craftmanship whatsoever , all I had was a Dremel.
But I did it first. at our track in Tuscon, there is a elderly racer who just moved from california. he built his own custom link car for 6-cells packed together in the middle. single dampener tube, old 12L pod plates, same u-shape top brace. i asked him if it was a early CRC or SM car. it is narrower than a REV-4. he laughed and commented that his car predates those.
he has set up the car to run 4-cells in a T-config and has been doing consistent. hard to describe, attached is a simple drawing. the back 2 cells go around the single pivot the car has.
09-27-2005, 04:53 PM
#38
Originally Posted by Pro ten Holland
These are some shots of the German Ascari project car. They are testing it in Corally-based and Asso/CRC based setup.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
Their 4-link rear pod setup allows for a roll center that is centimeters below the car. It seems to compensate for the loss of traction due to the battery placement.
now that's innovation.
i always liked the looks of a Corally, their one piece t-bar/bottom pod plate reminds me of my last Delta P-12 Spyder car which had a t-bar basically flush wiyth the main chassis. i am still amazed to this day that no-one makes a conversion to run readily available AE type wheels and diffs on them.
09-27-2005, 05:52 PM
#39
Tech Initiate
Does anyone have any idea why no other manafacturer has done the 4 cells in a row down the center of the chassis?
09-27-2005, 06:08 PM
#40
Originally Posted by Northeast Racer
Does anyone have any idea why no other manufacturer has done the 4 cells in a row down the center of the chassis?
09-28-2005, 09:32 AM
#42
Originally Posted by fast-ho-cars
from what i remember...Joel Johnson (Trinity) did up a 4 cell and a 6 cell up the middle 1/12 and a 6 up the middle 1/10 self-built custom car back in the 1990-1993 era. it was never mass produced and i heard back then only he could really drive them.
.I got to see Joel run the 12th scale car at Cleveland, and it looked absolutely DIABOLICAL. He wasn't the only one who had one of the cars, but he was the only one who was left running it when qualifying started. It seemed to yaw back and forth on power, and never really settled down, even at the end of the straight. SCARY to say the least.
09-30-2005, 12:13 AM
#44
Ascari cars
It is possible to aquire a version of the current Ascari 1/12th car. Email this friend of mine: [email protected] and mention I sent you.
The car you will get, however might differ in minor details from the final version that's still in development.
Mathijs Hermens, aka Pro ten Holland
If anyone's interested, there's also a 10th scale pancar version of the Ascari car. I will post pictures if there's some ineterest. This one is at its final stage of development.
The car you will get, however might differ in minor details from the final version that's still in development.
Mathijs Hermens, aka Pro ten Holland
If anyone's interested, there's also a 10th scale pancar version of the Ascari car. I will post pictures if there's some ineterest. This one is at its final stage of development.
09-30-2005, 09:58 AM
#45
Originally Posted by fast-ho-cars
Very Nice!
at our track in Tuscon, there is a elderly racer who just moved from california. he built his own custom link car for 6-cells packed together in the middle. single dampener tube, old 12L pod plates, same u-shape top brace. i asked him if it was a early CRC or SM car. it is narrower than a REV-4. he laughed and commented that his car predates those.
he has set up the car to run 4-cells in a T-config and has been doing consistent. hard to describe, attached is a simple drawing. the back 2 cells go around the single pivot the car has.
at our track in Tuscon, there is a elderly racer who just moved from california. he built his own custom link car for 6-cells packed together in the middle. single dampener tube, old 12L pod plates, same u-shape top brace. i asked him if it was a early CRC or SM car. it is narrower than a REV-4. he laughed and commented that his car predates those.
he has set up the car to run 4-cells in a T-config and has been doing consistent. hard to describe, attached is a simple drawing. the back 2 cells go around the single pivot the car has.
Thanks,
James