ChernOval chassis just radiates
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Posted 11 August 2013 - 06:18 PM
ChernOval chassis just radiates
ChernOval radiates
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Posted 11 August 2013 - 09:44 PM
Spent the day building a Kamo Square clone for the race on Labor day. I'm hoping this chassis works well but I have some reservations.
This particular design doesn't allow much movement in the pans but what the heck. Gotta try it.
By the way, the second shot was pre-washed. Looks much better after a scrubbing.
Posted 12 August 2013 - 12:26 AM
Posted 12 August 2013 - 04:50 PM
I cannot take much credit for the nose piece Paul, I had Bryan Warmack make up the rough dims and I modified it as required.
As for the motor bracket, I use the Hanada bracket that comes from Japan. They are the straightest available that I have found so far.
Posted 12 August 2013 - 05:52 PM
Craig, on 12 Aug 2013 - 02:44 AM, said:
Spent the day building a Kamo Square clone for the race on Labor day. I'm hoping this chassis works well but I have some reservations.
This particular design doesn't allow much movement in the pans but what the heck. Gotta try it.
By the way, the second shot was pre-washed. Looks much better after a scrubbing.
Haruki ran a chassis like that,and qualified 4.20,,Tim Neja ,using one of Haruki's Kamo-Spiders,and out qual'd him,4.19 !,,,,,
so maybe you've cloned the wrong chassis,,,,,lol
Posted 12 August 2013 - 08:31 PM
The Bugman, on 12 Aug 2013 - 10:52 PM, said:
Haruki ran a chassis like that,and qualified 4.20,,Tim Neja ,using one of Haruki's Kamo-Spiders,and out qual'd him,4.19 !,,,,,
so maybe you've cloned the wrong chassis,,,,,lol
Oscar,
The Square I raced at SWC was a little more forgiving than the Spider Tim raced.
I tried the Square, the Spider & my old Speed which Bob Crane & Jay Henry raced at the Cneckpoint & the Zimmerman respectively at BPR.
All the three ran very well but I raced the Square because I wanted to try it at the real racing condition.
Haruki
Posted 12 August 2013 - 11:27 PM
Oscar, the Kamo-Spider may have gone faster but you must take into consideration the complexity of the Spider chassis. The square is a much simpler chassis to create and even though I have a great deal of patience I can't fathom what it would take to recreate the spider's lines. Yeah, I know that Terry has all those great looking chopped up chassis all cut with a dremel and filed to precision but he must have the patience of a saint to make his cars. I don't have or want to spend that much time making them that creative. Now, on the other side of the coin, I'd build a spider if I had the parts.
My plans are to have five to six new cars for the 2014 Checkpoint cup. That way I can pick and choose the best from my stable.
Posted 17 August 2013 - 01:54 AM
Nothing wrong with basics
I've built and tested well over a dozen variations of "tuning fork" frames in the last few months and have discovered that while they can be very good in some situations,......the emphasis should be on some. No one fork chassis (to date) has been good everywhere.
So, when I was asked by one of our raceways for some customer cars, I chose not to go with the forkers but to do some more basic designs that require less tuning. These two new and one refurbished frame are all dependable and successful on any track. These three are all built basically from scratch with little other than the motor bracket as a pre-manufactured part. All cars are 4" X 1"
L: 3 X 055, all brass plate 1/16", R Geo 1" pro bracket.
C: 2 X 055, brass is all 1/16", bracket is JK.
R: 1 X .078. Pans and rear tabs are .032 brass, front plates are 1/16". Warmack bracket and tongue.
Posted 18 August 2013 - 10:47 PM
gascarnut, on 04 Aug 2013 - 6:24 PM, said:
Russ, that F1 is gorgeous! Please let us know how it works.
Well, the new chassis got in it's first race & the results are very encouraging. I miss the podium by two laps, but that's because of driver stupidity & a little undergearing. The car was also a bit light, about 98.7 grams. Other than that, the chassis handled superb; no chatter, no oversteer, no weird stuff. Of course, this was on a Blue King; the real test will be a road course, which is where we normally drive these cars. Next stop, SCR on Sept 15th, see you then.
Posted 19 August 2013 - 09:38 AM
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Posted 19 August 2013 - 04:28 PM
Very nice chassis!!
Posted 19 August 2013 - 07:44 PM
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Posted 19 August 2013 - 08:03 PM
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Posted 19 August 2013 - 08:24 PM
Great chassis Rick! It's my favorite right now. Mine is a little closer to a "manta Ray"
Posted 24 August 2013 - 01:36 PM
Hello again all,
You may remember the nose piece I cut up a couple weeks ago shown below.
I had planned to build it like this.
However, I had to make some changes on the fly and this is what I came up with.
All of the dimensions are as designed with the exception of the pan design, motor bracket and up-stops.
Posted 24 August 2013 - 02:56 PM
Nice lookin' chassis, Craig!
Posted 25 August 2013 - 08:58 AM
Craig, Nice work! How are the tuning forks attached in the front?
Posted 25 August 2013 - 01:59 PM
Hello everyone,,,Iv got DCR #18 about done,,it just needs some TLC to make it pretty & clean.Do to some health issues Iv been building very little lately.Its a KAMO style clone,,with a few tweaks and mods I like for the BPR tracks.
Im always looking that that "Perfect" chassis so I try to make every chassis a bit different then the last,,it seems as soon as Im done with a chassis I think of a better idea{and sometimes they work,and sometimes they don't..LOL}.
This chassis weighs 45g as it sits,,,so that should build a 92-93g race car,and Iv had very good luck with cars in that range.Im starting to build some more "Odd" loose track cars right now just to have on those slimy track days.
Take Care and have a good week to everyone......................DC
Posted 25 August 2013 - 05:17 PM
Posted 25 August 2013 - 09:51 PM
Nice chassis, Don!
Posted 25 August 2013 - 10:39 PM
TG Racing, on 25 Aug 2013 - 1:58 PM, said:
Craig, Nice work! How are the tuning forks attached in the front?
No attachment, they simply slip in the tube to allow them to rotate freely. The two smaller pieces of tubing are installed for adjusting the amount of flex should the car produce to much bite.
Posted 01 September 2013 - 09:38 AM
Here's one I just finished this morning. Sorry about the glare.
FSF 1.380" motor bracket
10 rails of .047
.064 pans
.032 nose piece
15/16" guide lead
4" wheel base
Swiss tongue
Weight 57 grams
A motor is only as fast as the chassis it's in.
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Posted 01 September 2013 - 11:15 AM
Nice chassis, Dom! I'm gonna have ta try one o' them multi/mini-rail jobs someday.
Posted 01 September 2013 - 11:49 AM
Thanks Tex. The advantage the multi-rail is less wire bending and with more rails soldered together it eliminated the rear steer while still providing from twisty flex. The danger to the multi-rail is too much heat will warp the rails causing tension.
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