Archive for June, 2009
Building the 416 for racing part 2
RIEMON TITANIUM TURNBUCKLES
We have been searching for these type of turnbuckles for the upper suspension and steering arms for a long time. The Riemon Speed Works titanium turnbuckels are a lot easier to adjust because they have a hole in the middle instead of the hexagon part that is normally used on turnbuckles. These have already been on the car for some time and I’m very happy with them.
June 30, 2009
Building the TRF416 for racing part 1
The Tamiya TRF 416 WE out of the box is already a high level competition chassis but we try to improve it further. Lots of new parts in preparation for the upcoming races. Follow the building process as we prepare the 416 for competition.
June 28, 2009
New TRF 416 experimental chassis
CAD pictures of two new experimental upper chassis soon to be tested.
June 18, 2009
LIPO battery weights
With the introduction of the 100 g lighter LIPO batteries for this season ballast needs to be added to the car. The ultimate solution was to use LIPO batteries that have a flat bottom and glue heavy tungsten plates to the bottom of the battery.
The tungsten alloy material used has 60% more density than lead and stonger than steel making it very suitable for gluing the plates to the battery. Formula 1, Le Mans prototypes etc. use this material as ballast because you get a lot of weight in a small space.
Total weight for 6 plates is 85 g and the complete LIPO battery weight is 370 g with car center of gravity as low as possible.
Gluing the weights. Using a chassis plate as template for positioning of the weights.
Center of gravity as low as possible.
Same weight as a 5 cell NIMH battery.
June 13, 2009
TRF 416 Testing may 2009
Outdoor testing started early this year with the first runs at the local track in Vasa already in April. Starting with the TRF team standard outdoor setup as a base together with lessons learned last year, the car has so far been handling a lot better than last year so I’m confident that I will have a really good car for the ETS race in Germany this summer.
Testing in may
Clubrace 2nd may
June 6, 2009
