http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Car_Showroom/Eclipse.html

New 12th from Schumacher. has anyone seen a prototype testing?

That looks like a, er, bold design!

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.

interested in seeing this run compared to the current LMP cars

I like the idea of simple design. Looks very similar to the Atom.

It is so different I have to order one.

Schumacher please make an F1 car The Eclipse rear pod/suspension design would be fantastic on an F1 chassis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n8u6kqMJlw

Yep, it's awesome. I want this on my F1.

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.

Patrick

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.

Patrick

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.

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.

Patrick

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.

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.

Patrick