New from RC Devil in Germany is the Mephyx high performance full tuned 1/12 pan car. Based on the winning technology of the PC10H2, this new chassis claims an extraordinary design, high-quality materials and excellent racing performance. Featuring a ‘new & revolutionary’ magnetic side suspension for easy tweak setting & progressive suspension, the car utilizes their V-Link rear axle technology with adjustable roll center for different track conditions as used in their 1/10 Pro PC10H2.

Features
- New & Revolutionary magnetic side suspension for easy tweak setting & progressive suspension.
- V-Link rear axle technology with adjustable roll center for different track conditions, successful used in the 1/10 Pro “PC10H2″.
- Large rear pod, designed for brushless motors.
- Massive rear pod upper plate for enormous stability.
- Woven carbon protector for rear axle & spur gear.
- Universal chassis for NiMh & LiPo batteries.
- Longitudinal & transversal battery position, ready for 1s & 2s LiPo.
- Perfect weight balance & low roll center using longitudinal battery position.
- Quick toolless battery change system.
- CNC milled woven carbon parts.
- Alloy damper & side tubes.
- Variable travel limiter using L/R titanium turnbuckle.
- Effective front bumper with chassis edge protection.
- Very durable construction, resisting the most high speed crashes.
- Special design, maded for quick maintenance.
- High tensile steel screws.
- Special servo mounting system for 2 servo-types.
- Variable servo positions: left or right.
- Variable Ackermann steering geometry.
- Adjustable caster & track width.
- Titanium turnbuckles.
- Ceramic differential balls.
- High performance ball bearings.
- 4 different height adjuster for rear axle cnc machined from massive polycarbonate.
- Quick height setting for the front axle.
- Wine red anodized alloy parts.
- Weight without tires and electronics: 245 gram

Source: RedRC.net

Very nice looking an interesting car. I would like to see better pics of how the center pivot works. I'm surprised they chose to go with such short side links while everyone else has been going to longer ones.

http://www.rcdevil.de/ManualMephyx1.pdf

Interesting.

very different,but nice looking

4 adjustable links in the rear...sure looks like a cool car but a pain in the butt to adjust.

The magnet suspension is the part that actually interests me the most. I think the progressive aspect of them is going to create a car that is extremely agile. Judging by what I've experienced with pan cars so far, unless that rear top plate makes the car a lot more stable the car might be a little bit tough to drive through long fast sweeping corners. Just my opinion, though.

Somebody was marketing a similar thing for 1/8 off road. They had magnets to dampen the shock as it got to the end of the travel. It was supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread, but i haven't heard about it for a while.

Found the thread:
http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-of...coming-us.html

Sounds similar to something I was designing into a TC a while back. It used magnets to change the viscosity of this certain type of oil. Seems like a great idea, as with that you finally get that "progressive" shock that everyone thinks they can get with certain springs, providing you design it correctly.

Looks like they got that solved with the temporary mounting helpers.

The four links on this car also add the ability of adjusting the wheelbase.

Well remember my Darkside car also had that jig to set the links that worked fine until I swapped my chassis...so I'm a bit leery of adjustable links.

If it didn't cost 400 euros, I might consider buying one.

Just counting the screws only makes me curious about the weight.
Looks heavy and top heavy in its design. And might be too rigid as well.
The design might work better for 10th scale pancar then 12th.

Although I really do like new designs. Time will tell I guess.

Just wondering...

Servo Layout question..

Am sure this was covered somewhere before there is a serious amount of pages to search though so posting up the question again..

With the World's now being over and pictures of cars now being available.

What advantage does having your servo flat vs angled have on a 12th scale?

And is this best just on Carpet or outdoor too?

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With that, anyone have suggestions for servo specs (ie: torque, speed etc, price not an issue)? Looking through the Redrc pics of the worlds but can't quiet see any servo model #'s.

Most popular used are the Futaba S9650 and the S9602 .One is digital and has plastic gears and the other is not and has metal gears.
Either are bomb proof and give great service for many years.