Anymore info? 4wd?

[Garry Driffill]

Anymore information / updates on the 4wd? :)

[Richard Lowe]

What's this we can see Paul working on at 2:56... :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=kby9CxeVHzE&playnext_from=TL&videos=77JVAneJW9Q

[Jamie.T]

Seems to be using some weird double pulley system up front. However im sure it will be awesome.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x43/fgsuperstore/x-factorytestcar.jpg

[Darren Boyle]

Keep your eys peeled at Taly next week guys, we may just have one or two "early" prototypes running there in the hands of the team......

[Stalypig]

Does it look like it takes saddle packs?

[MALLET]

Keep your eys peeled at Taly next week guys, we may just have one or two "early" prototypes running there in the hands of the team......

Looks like RHR has beaten Tally to it :D

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd296/mrtymcfly/RHR%20Mideast%20Regional%2011-4-2010/DSC_0192.jpg

[Darren Boyle]

Think again, that thing is nowt to do with us...LOL :D

Keep waiting for Taly......

[MALLET]

Thought it was with the previous picture :(

Tally it is then when we get to see it :thumbsup:

[DaveG28]

Those gearbox cases look like the finish on Atomic Carbon parts I've had Tim, wonder if they have a mad 4wd proto!?

[Big E]

Thought it was with the previous picture :(

Tally it is then when we get to see it :thumbsup:

Some will have seen it go today...or last week....or the week before that :D

That other car though is nothing to do with us.

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[MALLET]

Dave yeah that was what I thought when I saw the pic was the atomic, but when I saw the weird pulley system (see highlight in pic) on the front I thought of the X factory as they utilise the losi parts as well on the X6.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q122/mallets_photos/x-factorytestcar.jpg

[Darren Boyle]

You will all get to see it on the track at Tally, but unlikey many will get to see it too close up....

I was going to say that the car in your picture looked liek an AC creation, lots of flat plate carbon (layered in some places), a Losi reverse rotation ESC, plus their last car had an orange wing too in the early pictures. Good luck to them, but as I have already said and E has confimed, nothing to do with our cars.....

[ashleyb4]

In the picture above paul seems to be working on a x5....

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[Darren Boyle]

In the picture above paul seems to be working on a x5....

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I very much doubt it ;)

[joelwhite]

The test bed he ran at crcrc looked very much X5. It wasnt! lol

[YoungChazz]

There are no Losi parts on an X - 6, unless the owner decides to use Losi shocks. The new Kit will come with AE shocks.

The cars you have seen in pix and at various tracks are test beds made out of old X - 5 chassies to test some new ideas. Some of those ideas are working, and we'll try out some changes on them and see what makes it through to the new 4WD car.

Other ideas are not working so well. They may be modified and tried again on the next set of test bed cars, or those ideas may be trashed.

The test bed cars give us an easy way to test things and move things around, but do not be confused -- they are not prototypes. They are simply a place to develop and test new ideas and concepts.

[Garry Driffill]

Looks like RHR has beaten Tally to it :D

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd296/mrtymcfly/RHR%20Mideast%20Regional%2011-4-2010/DSC_0192.jpg

Thats hands down an Atomic Carbon creation :woot: - NICE!

[OldTimer]

Yes that is my test mule :D btw any speedo works, just the losi one was all i had at the time.

[mikeyscott]

We thought we saw a shaft driven car in the hands of Mr Stafford last weekend at EPR when my mate marshalled it...

[YoungChazz]

The Boyz have a lot of freedom to try almost anything with their test beds. I don't know for certain what's underneath any of the body shells. I heard a rumor one of them was going to try photon drive...

[Richard Lowe]

I heard a rumor one of them was going to try photon drive...
Is that BRCA EB homologated :confused:

:D

[YoungChazz]

I'm sorry, Rich, there was a bit of misspelling there. It should have been, "pRoton" drive. Or was it "neutron?"

Much too complicated for me.

[SHY]

I'd really love to see pictures of the new prototypes (or what you prefer to call them) - is that possible?

Just very interesting to see stuff like that! :thumbsup:

[Oxygen]

The Boyz have a lot of freedom to try almost anything with their test beds. I don't know for certain what's underneath any of the body shells. I heard a rumor one of them was going to try photon drive...

Now thats what I call engineering without fear lol!!! :thumbsup:

[reg]

i think there are some pics on the ME-OR thread

[SHY]

Guys, could we have an update on the new 4WD progress?

I'm kinda surprised Ellis is driving the X11 in stead of working on a new X-Factory prototype also. Does this mean any elements from the Pred are considered taking into the new 4WD?

Have you narrowed it down more now? Will the new car be ready for 2011?

More proto pics?

Spill the beans!

[elvo]

Working hard, evolving from a radical design into a VERY radical one, not spilling any beans :-P

[YoungChazz]

Please, Shy, Please. No manufacturer is going to tell you all about the prototype work. We release far more info than most.

We ran the test bed cars in the spring, and Ellis was an huge part of that. The test beds proved a number of principles to be quite good indeed, but several issues were holding those cars back. Ellis, who always wants to be competitive, knew it would be a few months before we have the parts in hand to improve the test beds, and asked if he could run another car. Having learnt everything we could learn from the test beds as they currently exist, we said, "yes."

We expect the new parts to arrive right after the Euros, we have a number of new ideas to try out on the test beds, and expect to get going, with Ellis' help, in September.

[SHY]

Thx for the info! Just very curious that's all! :thumbsup:

[burgie]

I'm kinda surprised Ellis is driving the X11 in stead of working on a new X-Factory prototype also....

if you have ever driven an x11-08, you would then see why Ellis is driving one!!!

[SHY]

Any news guys!

Don't need a new lecture, just curious! :lol:

Any ETA on the new car? Or will also 2011 be a year of testing?

[Cooper]

I think an other line of option/tuning parts, probably red.