Formula 1 - Mod - Open ESC/Open Motor/Foam, Open Chasis Width

[valk]

Looking forward to it. This class should attract attention for sure.

[Shawn68z]

Looking forward to it. This class should attract attention for sure.

I have been waiting/begging for F1. (I am sure Blake will contest to this!).. Even if the car doesn't get used often, I don't care.  Looks good as a shelf queen.


Rumor on RCTech, there is going to be a price reduction soon for this car. How much I don t know, but for $140 shipped. Its already a steal.

[valk]

im sure the scale look of these cars will definitely attract. there must be a reason f1 and vta classes are so popular in the states. maybe we should adopt one of them into our program. maybe its time to give Nitro vta a try nitro f1 would be pretty cool.
I wouldnt be too interested in running the national f1 standard. too many slow classes but interested to see you guys pull off mod f1

[Shawn68z]

im sure the scale look of these cars will definitely attract. there must be a reason f1 and vta classes are so popular in the states. maybe we should adopt one of them into our program. maybe its time to give Nitro vta a try nitro f1 would be pretty cool.
I wouldnt be too interested in running the national f1 standard. too many slow classes but interested to see you guys pull off mod f1

You havnt been keeping up.. Mod F1 is done.. Building 21.5 UF1 spec Rubber F1. Its the defacto standard. I am expecting the car to be slow, but with a 1060grams its pretty light as well.  I would expect it to be boring as hell outside, but I think on a 1/12 track it would be fast enough. 

Most F1 cars (except the MLP, and the Corally) use Tamiya style hubs which means the foam tires are crazy expensive ($20 per pair). The corally uses normal 1/10 pancar wheels, which are considerably less expensive, and available in a variety of compounds. The corrally is much faster (its basically a Pro10 car).  That's why Brian wanted to run Mod F1.  It sounded like a good idea at first, but we would be the only club (again) to run the class, and Brian is the only guy with a good Foam F1 car. No one else could even come close.   Running 190mm Rubber tire, 21.5 Blinky eliminates a lot of problems, and you can race it locally (if we get enough), and when away.

Shawn.

[valk]

My only question is why you guys are exited to run open motor f1 when there is already open motor 12th scale on the horizon.

If we get more peeps involved ill consider getting one. I dont really follow f1 but im all for adding to a class that could be successful!

[Shawn68z]

My only question is why you guys are exited to run open motor f1 when there is already open motor 12th scale on the horizon.

If we get more peeps involved ill consider getting one. I dont really follow f1 but im all for adding to a class that could be successful!

WE ARE NOT RUNNING OPEN MOTOR.   Actually right now we are not running anything AT ALL!  Just acouple/few of us are building F1 Cars to have some fun with. Could be during the winter, could be during lunch in the summer who knows!    I am buiding mine to the 190mm UF1 spec, (but the SP1 can run 200mm foam too!) Glenn, has expressed interest, and Brian was thinking of buying a Tamiya F104v2.  Hopefully we can get enough people interested to atleast run a heat once in awhile.   Seattle and Vancouver are working on the same.

Personnally I am an F1 fan. Have been for 25 yrs,  the cars look cool on the track. Open wheel racing can be exciting, and its the fastest growing class in electric racing right now.   With a 21.5, the speeds are similar to a 27T brushed motor that we used to run in Touring stock just acouple of years ago.

1/12 should stay on carpet. imho.

Shawn.