Which GT12 Car???

[Apricot Slice]

Right now we have the choice of four cars.

Mardave's VRX and ilk

Tic Racing's Terminator

Schumacher's Superstox

Zen's RSGT12

Which begs the question, if I have been a good boy this year, what should Santa in his wisdom and GT12 know how put under the tree?

[i4n]

Personally I'd go for whatever there is the most of in your club, that way you can share setups/spares etc as required.

[mark christopher]

The Mardave and superstox now have updated versions,
If your strafing from scratch I'd recommend the Schumacher GT s1 version

[SlowOne]

Agree with Mark. If this is your first GT12 then the Schumacher GT S1 version is the one to go for. Everything you need to get a competitive car is in the kit; it builds easily and first time; the instructions are excellent including set-up tips; it will take all the knocks you could reasonably give it; it takes the class-standard wheels, tyres and bodies.

The S1 chassis on the old car was plenty stiff enough and tough. Having the right springs and a diff will make it easy to get driving, things you don't get for that price from any of the others.

Be aware that the servo mount positions will not accept any of the Futaba-style mini servos (a mistake in my view) so you will need to confirm that any servo you already have will fit. If you don't have a mini servo, the Core RC one is good value.

If you already have a GT12 and are looking for something to upgrade, then any of them will give you a good drive. If Santa doesn't have to bring you a new kit in a box, think about a used Schumacher SupaStox. HTH

[Apricot Slice]

been used to having use of a cnc router and making my own stuff.
No access to one of those at the moment but was giving serious thought to getting a chassis made for me and doing a mix of all my favourite bits from the various cars.
I was liking the idea of using a Zen front end but something happened that has stopped me in my tracks a bit.
I have been racing a mardave for a long time. the front end is so worn that the wheels have serious wibbly wobble. So I replaced the worn bits to reduce the 'problem' to much more pleasing moderate wobble and, to my surprise, found it rather tricky to drive.
I have done all the usual things like polish the pins and make it work smooth and fiddled around with the balance and wheel alignment and there is no doubt. it definitely works nice when its half knackered.
Maybe am using too much castor angle and the car improves with wobble. Think I may reduce the castor.

Anyway, Schumacher definitely interesting now they have a proper back end on the car.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Apricot Slice

been used to having use of a cnc router and making my own stuff.
No access to one of those at the moment but was giving serious thought to getting a chassis made for me and doing a mix of all my favourite bits from the various cars.
I was liking the idea of using a Zen front end but something happened that has stopped me in my tracks a bit.
I have been racing a mardave for a long time. the front end is so worn that the wheels have serious wibbly wobble. So I replaced the worn bits to reduce the 'problem' to much more pleasing moderate wobble and, to my surprise, found it rather tricky to drive.
I have done all the usual things like polish the pins and make it work smooth and fiddled around with the balance and wheel alignment and there is no doubt. it definitely works nice when its half knackered.
Maybe am using too much castor angle and the car improves with wobble. Think I may reduce the castor.

Anyway, Schumacher definitely interesting now they have a proper back end on the car.

If you do the above it would not be legal and you would need to confirm your club would allow it to run. There is a carbon full option GT on the face book page for £100 but it will not be there long