Modern cab forward bodies

[kaiser]

Another crazy US sport the rest of the world knows nothing about.

lol, true but don't the irish throw rocks and the scott throw sticks?

i'm going to start a thread about odd sports from around the world, i'd love to see some of the weird stuff out there.

[minimini]

nowadays R/C industries only focused on the performance........regardless of the outlook...... which is a pity I think.......

the same applies to the current 1/10 touring cars.......every cars look the same (only different anodizing colors)..........with left side motor & right side battery...... slim chassis........no creativity at all.....

that's why I love the good old days' car......like optima......hotshot......rocky......every car got their own character.....

[Lowgear]

Kind of like modern video games. Everything's focused around graphics and cranking them out as fast as possible.

[MOmo]

The ftw bodies are kinda interesting too.

http://www.ftwrc.com/Night-Fox-B41_p_10.html

http://www.ftwrc.com/Katana-RB5_p_13.html

http://www.ftwrc.com/Night-Fox-RC8B_p_20.html



MOmo

[EvolutionRevolution]

Hmmm...if you turn them around and paint them somewhat creatively to have a windscreen in the right spot they might indeed look decent...

[GoMachV]

Man, those are some ugly bodies! Old school was way cooler lmfao

[Y'ernat Al]

Trying to figure out how to paint one this am. Happened upon this (a recent Baja 1000 entry evidently):

[Coelacanth]

Well, that shape seems to work well for tadpoles, salmon swimming upstream, and sperm.

[SFC K]

Well, that shape seems to work well for tadpoles, salmon swimming upstream, and sperm.

Awesome!


I don't care for the new cab forward designs either. They do look hideous!

[romulus22]

Ill admit that the buggies are growing on me a little. But the almost every one of the stadium trucks are plain ugly.

[Orange]

I hated the bodies at first because of appearance... But I can notice a difference in them and if I can, anyone can. Get an older one and a newer one and go to the track and test and you will see...

I also had a small conversation about this very topic with Jr last weekend. He said there is very noticiable differences in many things with bodies and he referred to the xx4 bodies they did testing on. The openings on the front sides had huge effects not only for cooling purposes when they made the hot weather body, but it also had significant changes in handling. And every incriment of changes were noticable.
Not only do the cab forward bodies help in the front with the windshield being closer, but the step off the back of the cab also creates downforce towards the rear of the car. Another interesting conversation I had with another person was that you got more with a bulldog over a Finnisher because the finnisher was stepped twice and the second step disturbs the air some. The latest bulldog has a fin on the roof line of the cab which helps straight line obviously.

There are many youtube videos online with people that have mounted a video camera on their car... if they have the actual sound from the recording, you will notice a significant amount of air that flows over any rc car.. It is usable air no matter the size of the car.

I don't really care that much because I think the Bulldog does not look anything like a bulldog. Tadpole would be much more appropriate name IMO. The JC body just looks slightly better IMO and that is why I use it.

just some thoughts,