3LikesRoche Rapide P10 1/10 200mm World GT Competition Car Kit
07-15-2015, 05:57 PM
#1
Roche Rapide P10 1/10 200mm World GT Competition Car Kit
Building upon the design of the P12, Roche is nearly ready with their new World GT 200mm P10 Pan Car. The first public pictures of the car revealed a new steering rack design.
More info will be posted here and at http://www.rochercusa.com/p/rapide-p10-world-gt.html
More info will be posted here and at http://www.rochercusa.com/p/rapide-p10-world-gt.html
07-15-2015, 07:19 PM
#4
Looks cool but I have a question...if you are going to use a steering rack, why not center the servo in the chassis? Why still have it off-set the same as if you are not using a rack? Other RWD chassis that use a steering rack usually have the servo centered like 2wd buggies and trucks. Balance wise I would think centered would be better.
07-15-2015, 07:34 PM
#5
Originally Posted by InspGadgt
Looks cool but I have a question...if you are going to use a steering rack, why not center the servo in the chassis? Why still have it off-set the same as if you are not using a rack? Other RWD chassis that use a steering rack usually have the servo centered like 2wd buggies and trucks. Balance wise I would think centered would be better.
You're looking at additional weight, multiple points for failure and unwanted slop. And as InspGadgt pointed out the servo is not centered which is rather silly.Yes, Yokomo has a multiple point steering setup, though clearly not as advanced as Roche steering rack. Though, a cool idea at the time, many people such as myself have done away with the crank system and moved towards the more traditional layout.
But, I might be wrong with the Roche setup.
07-16-2015, 06:30 PM
#6
What is the availability date for one of these? It looks good!
Mike I want one!
Mike I want one!
07-17-2015, 03:23 PM
#10
Tech Fanatic
I'm liking the idea of the steering rack! I don't think weight is a concern in wgt. My serpent wgt car is a heavier chassis than most, and still needed a lot of ballast even with the regular weight body. The extra 10g that the rack might add shouldn't matter, and the better geometry/less bump steer should help with performance. Great looking car.
07-20-2015, 10:18 AM
#13
Mike, thanks for coming down to RC Car World for some testing. Hope you enjoyed.
07-27-2015, 02:00 PM
#14
Originally Posted by hanulec
Did a 8.749 fast lap at RC car world.. And after changing the steering rack settings I got avg laps down from 9.0 to 8.8/8.9. I'm sold on this steering rack concept... Very cool!
