hi,
I'm Mark from the Netherlands and I've been driving Xray since the first one was in the shops, the xray T1. sold that a year ago and I'm currently running a FK04 and planning to buy the new T2 when its available. I'm currently studying Mechanical Engineering, first year.
I've always been interested in mechanical things and the perfect hobby is RC for me! I've always had a critical look on mechanic devices and now I'm thinking of ways to improve the new T2 concept even further...
What I've seen happening in design of modern RC-cars are 2 things, lowering the CG and more and more Flex-things. for the first problem there are a few things done and not done yet.
now, the T2 has a very low CG due to the low upper deck and low bulkheads but there are still some things reaching high in the air. a short list,
Tyres, cant do anything about that
Spur, maybe smaller with a different internal ratio but considering the weight of this part it isn't a big deal, efficiency would be better also
then we got the body, nothing to do about
and
the Shocks...
shocks...
they are high, and filled with oil at the top, a bit strange when you want to get an as low as possible CG. I've been thinking how to change this system in such a way that it is still very adaptable and yet a hell of a lot lower. actually i got a couple of ideas to get these dampers down, as low as possible but i don't think i can just simply describe it... maybe i can make some drawings...
maybe somebody of research and design could do a little bit of a chat with me?
Mark