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Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:45 am
by siebenelch
Hello there!
I found some old pic of my cars.
My first season I drove a Turbo Optima with a saddle-pack-chassis to keep the COG lower. This car was really great to drive!
After I was driving for Kyosho-Germany and I had a Triumph and a Lazer. For the Lazer I made a new super-narrow chassis and the Triumph was heavy modifieded (40 degrees Front-Kickup-option!).
Both cars was not really fast, because the handling and ballance was not good. At that time, Yokomo and Associated was the winning-cars.
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:09 am
by siebenelch
Here we go..
Turbo Optima in action! Lats version had Lazer-suspension (!)
And the legendary strange car called "Schmiedepetersiepen"! It´s a german project at the middle 80´s from a driver from Berlin. First electric Off Road car with Thorsen-differential and CF-tub chassis. Very spectacular! But I could beat this car with my Turbo Optima in one big Race in Germany. Haha!
And a picture of my first RC10! I made a saddle-pack-configuration. So I was able to move the pack more forward, or rearward to adjust the handling of the car.
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:21 am
by siebenelch
If I see this pictures, I think I was so bloody young!
Best time of my life!
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:36 am
by siebenelch
Here is a Tamiya BigWig from another german racer and a chaindriven Kyosho 4WD-Tomahawk. Both cars and driver was very succesfull in germany at that time.
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:58 am
by adam lancia
Nice stuff there Michael, the Turbo Optima with Lazer suspension is pretty interesting. I've got a Lazer that I still race with the newer cars...do you happen to have any other pictures of your Lazer and any modifications you made to it? I've mostly interested in how much more narrow you made the chassis. I assume you moved the cells as close to the belt as you could...? Awesome stuff!
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:42 pm
by jasen
do you have any pictures of the tomahwk with the body off
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:51 am
by siebenelch
Hi!
Yes, the battery-slots of the Lazer-chassis are very close to the belt. Maybe a distance of 10mm from left to right.
my Lazer was superlight. Around 1500 grams. I need to put alot of weight into the car.
And i drove a Pro Optima-Body on it. Looked very nice. But I have no picture with body on.
Unfortunately I have no picture of the 4WD Tomahawk without the body. The driver had another spectacular 2WD Tomahawk made from alot of carbon parts, what has a weight of 1100grams total!!
I will scan some other pictures I found.
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:44 am
by Dr. Robotnik
Awesome pics, thanks a lot Michael.
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:43 am
by Mr. ED
Thanks for putting up the european pics. I've never seen any of them before.
The only magazines that made it into belgium in the early years were from france and an odd one from the netherlands.
The lazer arms will fit the optima-mid also. Wonderfull how they stuck with the same hinge lengths and locations throughout 3 generations of 4wd buggies.
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 6:19 am
by siebenelch
Here we go:
New food!
Michael
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:09 am
by adam lancia
Sweet pics Michael, thanks!
Re: Some pictures of my old cars
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:55 am
by Dr. Robotnik
Yeah keep them coming mate they are awesome.