Mid motor has been "the thing" here in the PNW racing scene for the last few months. While it's awesome to see some innovation in the R/C industry, I still am not sold on most of the current kits. Having owned almost every "major brand" buggy that's been out in the last few years, I still fall back to my B3. It's got a ton of sentimental value and is a riot to drive. Honestly kind of fun to finish top 3 in a stock buggy a-main with a car I built 16 years ago....
This car is a collaborative effort of a few people. Niki, a member here on the forum, designed this carbon chassis. Through a few PM's, he gave me permission to make a few chassis of my own and give it a shot. I really like his design because it's wide open. There's no "battery trays" or anything that get in the way of some good old fashioned creativity.
Pat McFall, who does a ton of the engineering work on my real race cars, has came on board to help with testing and suspension.
And of course, me. A young, dumb individual who just wants to be different, and not have to have the latest car, the latest ESC, the latest motor, the latest battery, and a $1000 radio to be competitive. I just want to have fun! My real racing efforts are my focus so the R/C stuff is actually a relaxing and refreshing activity!
And now, on to the build. We start with a NIXconcepts chassis, cut for me by a good friend who used to produce conversion kits for the CRC pan cars. If enough interest, I can have a few more of these made. Niki has been super cool and is willing to let me cut his chassis for more people. This design lengthens the chassis to that of a B4.1 Worlds, so almost 20mm longer then the standard B3 chassis.
The Goal:
Build a competitive, easy to drive car that can easily be changed from Mid to Rear motor in less time then any other car. And have a crap-ton of fun doing it!
Top Gear I assume?
