McPappy Racing Dart 2.5 Team – Automodello elettrico 1/10

L’americana McPappy Racing ha pubblicato le immagini dell’automodello Dart 2.5 Team in scala 1/10 per corse su circuiti ovali. Questa nuova versione è disegnata con un’interasse più corto e con la piastra batteria compatibile LiPo posizionata sulla sinistra. Rispetto al modello precedente sono state alleggerite le parti del montante motore e tutti i pod. Il telaio è realizzato in fibra di carbonio con sospensione posteriore a “T” completa di tre ammortizzatori. La Dart 2,5 Team è compatibile con la carrozzeria Protoform D HD.

• The Dart 2.5 offers an offset T-plate and now a super offset T-plate position. We removed the centerline T-plate position. This also moves some weight to the left even more (all 3 shocks, center shock mount, T-plate, float bridge, supporting hardware, etc.)

• We shortened the wheelbase a lot with the Dart 2.5!. You can slide the wheelbase anywhere from 9.75″ – 10.06″  (as opposed to 10.03″ -10.32″ with the 2.0).  A short wheelbase allows the car to turn hard.  (Imagine how poorly a dragster would turn on an oval track.) Traditionally, a short wheelbase can make a car too squirrelly, but we were able to get away with this for a couple of reasons. First, we took advantage of the Dart’s notoriously excellent rear grip. The Dart’s ultra low rear roll produces more rear grip than other pan cars as it keeps more weight on the left rear in the corners.  (On the scales pan cars can look similar, but if you could weigh the LR in the corner, you’d see there is more weight due to the physics of a low rear roll center.)  Secondly, the front locator track width adjustments lets you fine tune how much weight gets transferred making handling changes easy.  When the car is handling right, you can get away with a short wheelbase and take advantage of it’s turning capabilities.

• We shortened the “neck” of the chassis so that the carbon fiber flex braces are now the same size (2.55″) as the clamp links (CRC or Associated) giving you lots of possibilities.

• We added new rubber o-rings designed to work with the carbon fiber flex braces which eliminates all tweaking.

• Both motor pod plates were lightened some more.

• The left motor pod plate was designed to get easier access to the T-plate nut.

• The LiPo strap brace was moved to the rear of the battery allowing the battery to move toward the LF wheel. This increased front weight percentage.

• The left side of the chassis was moved out .100″ to increase the left weight percentage and also taking advantage of the newest Protoform D-HD nationwide body.

• We added new standoffs to flatten the angle of the side shocks. In our testing, this has proven to be better.

• We added an extra front hole in front of the battery and filled in the carbon fiber near that area giving you lot’s of options to use small carbon fiber braces (shown in more detail below)