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Whisper

Started by Jairus , Mar 10 2013 06:29 PM

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#1 Jairus

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 06:29 PM

Max is back!

This is the first in a long string of projects thought up by the mind of Maximo and built under the teamwork of Watson & Siller.

First up today, 10th of March 2013 is the Whisper by Lancer molded by TrueScale.

Chassis is standard ISO with ball bearings for the rear axle and jail door pans. The interesting part is the front wheels......

The fronts are Tradeship ball bearing wheels, threaded onto an axle with two "O" rings for tires. Simplicity.

The other interesting trait is the sliding weight.

Under braking the weight slides forward increasing guide downforce...

... then, under acceleration, the weight slides back. Ostensibly to help with traction. Tho.... the difference I figure to be slight. But it's cool, right?

David has a great re-wind motor for this car so we'll just have to wait for him to receive it, finish it and test it to find out if the sliding weight works or not.

Ciao.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 07:07 PM

Oooohh, very nice.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 07:18 PM

Very very cool. Is that a proxy entry ?

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 08:33 PM

Love the car.

Really love the paint.

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 08:42 PM

Agree, very nice!

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Posted 10 March 2013 - 08:43 PM

Pablo,

No, this long in the planning project is NOT a Proxy car as we, Jairus and I have already revealed that entry and seen elsewhere called "Road Warrior".

Actually this project was planned for what might be the NEXT Proxy after the "Balls Out" one ended, but the criteria changed to different (modern) motors so it has become a private collection car destined to run around the country (one day) at Raceways far and wide (especially the Purple Mile)...! The "sliding weight" is something I have been wanting to do for a long - long time!

Anyway, this project car is to be powered by a HOT FT16D Thorp armed motor carefully assembled by John Havlicek. I would post a picture of this powerplant but my stupid computer is NOT cooperating right now!

As you can see Jairus did a wonderful job in bringing it to life for me as he always does.

-MAX

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#7 Paul Jurczyszyn

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 03:26 PM

Max I'm envious of you car looks great did you design the chassie?

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 04:59 PM

Max I'm envious of you car looks great did you design the chassie?

Paul.

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Paul,

I usually send Jairus "specs" and design criteria and he applies his genius and then produces the actual overall design. I had previously sent him an idea or two for sliding weight chassis. This was finally the right opportunity to build it! I will attach a one-time-only look at previously TOP SECRET documents to further explain how we work.

Who is Jene???

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 07:15 PM

Max, Nice drawings .. the one on the bottom is a true centerline hinge. :good:

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Posted 11 March 2013 - 10:20 PM

WOW! That is nice! Interesting how the weight deal may work. Great work guys.

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 04:19 AM

Nice chassis as per usual J, and lovely design sketches Max. I still do my initial sketches by hand for both chassis and bodies, but now I transfer the final design to some 2d design software because I like the accuracy of the print outs, which I use as templates for cutting and laying out of brass and wire.. But you just can't beat pencil sketches.

Is this gonna be a new series then? Heralding a whole swathe of new Thingies? I hope so.

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 09:23 AM

Remembering the AMT 1/32 Ford GT I had in 60's with sliding brass weights - probably did not too much on the home track I ran it. But it was quite good!

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Posted 12 March 2013 - 04:07 PM

Like the sliding weight idea... the Arrow I may or may not send is based on the Sampson slider concept, although it ended with about 1/8 inch front to back slide... the other chassis also has some back to front movement of the pans, though independently... Body is killer gorgeous!!!

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