Schumacher Cougar KD...
 

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Car_Sh...D_LTQ_1000.jpg

http://www.racing-cars.com/pp/Car_Sh...Cougar_KD.html

With manual and exploded diagrams on the website too Cougar KD/KC anyone?

no manual yet !!

It went on then was removed.

Looks like the roll bar is official then - as an option part.

Nice bit of evolution. Hope it brings some good results on the slippy stuff.

Wondering from the manual ("KD/C") if there will be a KC as well for carpet. Much like X-Ray have done?

Also wonder if the rear will fit onto a KF2?

Looking at all the holes in the chassis i think they have a few layouts in mind.

the boy has ordered one !!

Dave

Nicely spotted !! Could be a car for all surfaces ..

Likin the new bodyshell .. hope they make one like it to fit the KF2 ..

I am with you on that, if it can work on wet and dry Astro, it will be a winner.
The holes in the chassis look like they will match the KF motor positions, although the transmission cases look to overhang the rear of the chassis quite a bit.
The new adjustable C hubs sound interesting, pity they have not given more adjustment like 2.5 degree castor instead of the 5 degrees only

Does anyone use a roll bar in low grip or dirt, could for a carpet version

Great value kit

Delivery date
 

Has anyone hear the inside info on a rough delivery date?

Modelsport is stating that expected stock dates are 7/02 for KD and 22/02 for KC.

Today is the 7th Any word

Modelsport have changed the expected date to 15th Feb...

Changed to 17th Feb now

Looks like the nice UPS man has got something for me for delivery tomorrow :thumbsup:

I think shops have them in stock today!

KD
 

Green carbon?

And so it begins...
 

And yes, the carbon does appear to be green...

I'm almost a little dissapointed, but the carbon isn't green :( It has a protective film...

I see from the pictures they are still putting the black wheels in. I have stacks of these that I do not use.

So far so good...
 

Straight forward build. No issues with any of the parts :)

What's with the shock caps? I thought they were supposed to have bleed screws? They appear to have the feature there but need drilling through?

So for those that have received their cars, what are their thoughts? How much of an improvement is it over the kf2 ? I guess no one yet has had track time, but just first impressions.

I think this one is a replacement for the SV2 rather than KF2 because it is designed for low grip. KF2 is a high to medium grip car I believe. KC is the replacement for the KF2 I believe:drool:

Looks really great that. Did the trick rear allow hubs come with it?

What size hole needs to be drilled

I have no idea but I assume this is what you have to do to get bleed screw caps. There is no mention of this anywhere.

They have bladders so are not emulsion shock caps. The hole is a vent I believe and as for drilling 😂😂

There doesn't appear to be a through hole. So I'm not sure how they vent. From the outside there appears to be 2 screw holes. They would be pretty redundant if nothing was supposed to go in there.

Not seeing these but it sounds like the early TRF Shock Caps
You had to drill these out as well

I'd imagine that alloy vented shock caps will be released as an option part as the set up sheet mentions sealed, aeration or vented but only sealed or aeration options are included in the kit.

First run...
 

Hi All,

So I didn't race it today but I did give it a run indoors on medium/high grip astro. Obviously it is not intended for this environment however it was actually surprisingly good to drive and the rear end grip was phenomenal. Kit setup + I added a bit of weight to the front (15g under the servo + a shin splitter). The battery is in the forward position of the rear mounting position (i.e next to the front battery posts). My son Matthew ran it after he had TQ'd 4WD in pre-finals practice so I thought I'd video a few laps. Long story short, I only ended up with a couple of laps of video and my Son was still in 4WD mode however I thought I'd share it anyway...


After this I moved the battery posts fully forward but only grabbed a couple of laps in-between finals. You could tell though that the car was ready to have the slipper tightened ;)

Thanks :) No :(

Michal's car appears to be fitted with screws in the caps.....

http://eos.redrc.net/2017/02/chassis...l-orlowski-13/

They look like the alloy ones from previous. The new ones are a plastic cap. probably easy to drill and tap.

asked yesterday, just drill and add the screw, ill find out the hole size

I just drilled mine to 1.6mm. Seems fine.

Seem a bit poor you have to drill the caps. Are they better than the alloy ones ?