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[Mr. M]

Other than the challenge, which is not small, what is the perceived advantage of sidewinder vs anglewinder? Especially when the angle here would be very small it looks like.

[Bill from NH]

In my opinion, an anglewinder moves a bit of weight forward toward the center of gravity & allows one to use smaller gears & rear tires. In the '70s, a friend of mine, who often thought outside the box, built a full sidewinder open class wing car with a wire chassis powered by a B-can motor. The body was the popular, at the time, Lancer Porche coupe. After trying this car a couple times on the C&C Blue King in CT., it was not competitive, so he returned to running anglewinders.

[Martin]

I cannot  say I have any testing or experience with this style of SW. But Bill has, thanks bill for sharing your experience.

I was editing when you slipped by me Bill 

 

It was a design that some Pros had to try, it is a clean design, with perfect gear mesh and more weight over the rear tires. 

 

So whats the down side? well once the rules change to allow smaller rear tires the amount of motor mods became not worth the effort IMO.

 

Even with the new smaller Chinese motors, all I could achieve was 7/8" D tires with no motor mods. But I love the symmetry of a full Sidewinder.