This ain't vintage but....
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This ain't vintage but....
It just gets worse!
Call me old fashioned but how the hell is the driver supposed to 'see' outta this...
Call me old fashioned but how the hell is the driver supposed to 'see' outta this...
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
Made me think of this. Like driving down the road looking through a mail slot.
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
And to all the people claiming those fugly cab-forward bodies were improving their lap-times and performance, what do they say to this, now?
Somebody done stepped on the body and squarshed it. Looks retarded.
Then again, when I saw all the truggies that were popular not too long ago with way-outscaled tires and bodies with ridiculous wheel-well cutouts where the chassis wheels weren't even CLOSE to lining up with them, I thought that look was retarded, too. If the wheels don't line up with the wheel-wells, why even bother having wheel-well cutouts in the body?
Somebody done stepped on the body and squarshed it. Looks retarded.
Then again, when I saw all the truggies that were popular not too long ago with way-outscaled tires and bodies with ridiculous wheel-well cutouts where the chassis wheels weren't even CLOSE to lining up with them, I thought that look was retarded, too. If the wheels don't line up with the wheel-wells, why even bother having wheel-well cutouts in the body?
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
rant rant rant...Coelacanth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:30 pm And to all the people claiming those fugly cab-forward bodies were improving their lap-times and performance, what do they say to this, now?
Somebody done stepped on the body and squarshed it. Looks retarded.
Then again, when I saw all the truggies that were popular not too long ago with way-outscaled tires and bodies with ridiculous wheel-well cutouts where the chassis wheels weren't even CLOSE to lining up with them, I thought that look was retarded, too. If the wheels don't line up with the wheel-wells, why even bother having wheel-well cutouts in the body?
when's the last time you've raced, Marc?
(do agree it's ugly, though. At least it frees up the airflow to the rear wing)
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
Naturally I'm pro-vintage but this just looks so much.............BETTER!Coelacanth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:30 pm And to all the people claiming those fugly cab-forward bodies were improving their lap-times and performance, what do they say to this, now?
Somebody done stepped on the body and squarshed it. Looks retarded.
Then again, when I saw all the truggies that were popular not too long ago with way-outscaled tires and bodies with ridiculous wheel-well cutouts where the chassis wheels weren't even CLOSE to lining up with them, I thought that look was retarded, too. If the wheels don't line up with the wheel-wells, why even bother having wheel-well cutouts in the body?
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
I do applaud the "vintage" color scheme.
Can see it better from this angle.
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
The losi looks more like a body cover than an actual body shell!
Do they have rules on bodyshells when racing? To be fair its the younger generation who dictate this sport, not us vntage heads!
BTW Six Dub that JRxT is rad! Its on my want list!
Do they have rules on bodyshells when racing? To be fair its the younger generation who dictate this sport, not us vntage heads!
BTW Six Dub that JRxT is rad! Its on my want list!
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
If you're bored:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21643
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=27482
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=38904
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34770
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=21252
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=21643
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=27482
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=38904
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34770
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=21252
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
I don't have a problem with the body shell being of a low profile design, I just don't understand the stupid cab forward look they all seem to have these days.....
Why can't they just put the cab section back where it used to be??
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
In theory - the airflow is different.
In practice - that's BS. BUT BUT BUT it does "feel" different to drive. Some good friend of mine puts it back to the way your brain processes the visual information about the car... the "bump" in the front is processed different than the "bump" in the rear.
I ran the test with a B4 a few years back... Same car, two different bodies (1 "old-school", one cab-fwd) back to back. a few laps with stock body first, stop at the bottom of the drivers stand , rapid switch to cab-fwd body (rostrum was 2ft high so it's like a 15s pit-stop, your brain is still in "driving" mode), run again...
I never put the old-school body back there is something about the way cab-fwd bodies make you feel the car...
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
You're far too polite!Coelacanth wrote: ↑Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:30 pm Somebody done stepped on the body and squashed it. Looks retarded.
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
I always thought that these were supposed to be scale versions of dune buggy's,......that's how it all started wasn't it??? With Tamiya paving the way for others to follow....Lonestar wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:16 amIn theory - the airflow is different.
In practice - that's BS. BUT BUT BUT it does "feel" different to drive. Some good friend of mine puts it back to the way your brain processes the visual information about the car... the "bump" in the front is processed different than the "bump" in the rear.
I ran the test with a B4 a few years back... Same car, two different bodies (1 "old-school", one cab-fwd) back to back. a few laps with stock body first, stop at the bottom of the drivers stand , rapid switch to cab-fwd body (rostrum was 2ft high so it's like a 15s pit-stop, your brain is still in "driving" mode), run again...
I never put the old-school body back there is something about the way cab-fwd bodies make you feel the car...
These modern abominations look nothing like a scale version of anything, so why even bother with the cab element at all??? In fact, why not just have one big wing covering the entire chassis and be done with it????
This is a full size dune buggy which clearly resembles the Tamiya FAV...
Now imagine it with a super low body and a cab forward design.
Frickin' stupid.
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
It sounds like a repeat of running a red* body vs. everything else. Same difference.Lonestar wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:16 am In theory - the airflow is different.
In practice - that's BS. BUT BUT BUT it does "feel" different to drive. Some good friend of mine puts it back to the way your brain processes the visual information about the car... the "bump" in the front is processed different than the "bump" in the rear.
I ran the test with a B4 a few years back... Same car, two different bodies (1 "old-school", one cab-fwd) back to back. a few laps with stock body first, stop at the bottom of the drivers stand , rapid switch to cab-fwd body (rostrum was 2ft high so it's like a 15s pit-stop, your brain is still in "driving" mode), run again...
I never put the old-school body back there is something about the way cab-fwd bodies make you feel the car...
* Replace by favourite/random colour at will. With R/C cars the difference is mostly in the head, better contrast with some colors non-withstanding. The original applied to Ferraris, IIRC, which supposedly looked "faster" because they were red (ignoring the white/yellow/black/blue ones**). The only thing with the color red is that it often is used in warning signs and therefore is associated with danger. But again, that's only in the head. Red cars are not faster. The whole thing is BS.
** that were equally fast...
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
Clearly HPI had the right idea with their Insane Speed Run cars...except they understood the suspension had to be adapted for a velodrome.
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Re: This ain't vintage but....
Absolutely for the "last" 5%, cannot agree more... if it "feels" faster, it will make you faster, so go for it!EvolutionRevolution wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:36 am With R/C cars the difference is mostly in the head.
As much as I dislike cab-fwd bodies, I couldn't race a "traditional" one any more...
The other good example is fluo yellow rims vs. white... I've converted a couple of race buddies on that one too. Once you try, you can't go back
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