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Love the mid-motor Cobra but it's just a crying shame that you are all soooo far away!
How about an annual Cobra Festival? Mine is on the shelf gathering dust. I did think of putting one of my gearboxes for the TC02C in it to make it mid-motor but just how much Cobra would be left!? |
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Unfortunately the mid motor cobra had to be put aside as I made an error drilling the chassis. If I can find another chassis and gearbox case I'll continue with it. Maybe a one make mardave cobra series with people signing up for it in advance would convince Chris wilkinson to re release the car. Lol
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How much do you want for it mate ?.
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Cobra-Fest would be a go-er I reckon. Never mind letting it gather dust on the shelf Clive,they're more adept at gathering(and raising)dust on the track On the subject of how much Cobra is left,in the case of Adey's Fibre-Lyte little number,just body shell and wheels. Mine is only Cobra in bodyshell,wing,modded chassis and battery holders. The rest is Ansmann,Team Associated,Tamiya,JC Racing or homegrown. The only other Mardave bits are Meteor rear arms,rear uprights,drive shafts and the rear suspension hangers are cut from a Cobra gearbox. The rest of it?,we're talking a MadRat gearbox,RC10B3 front end,Durga steering rack,homegrown front chassis brace and rear suspension tower with OHG front/Traxxas rear shocks,RPM ballends/turnbuckles and Schmacher balls. Last edited by Miggers; 29-10-2014 at 08:29 PM. |
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It's worth remembering that the cobras that were used in competition back in the day were far from standard. Many used traxxas trx1 shocks and Rc10 gearboxes ect. I maybe wrong but I think Steve poles was one of these where pretty much nothing was standard. I don't think it matters. If you have a cobra, just get it on the track any way you can and enjoy it. It's now a rare car and let's be honest even rarer to see one at a race meeting.
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I was racing mine, as shown, up until the end of about 2010. But it might re-appear in mid-motor form, although the back end will be Team-C.
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Well said Ade. I reckon we all ought to have a look at doing this Cobra-Fest thing sometime/somewhere over this summer. |
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Because I'm just not good enough at driving these days and can't do the thing justice.
I get more fun out of making and modifying than I do actually racing. It's an age thing. |
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I know what you mean mate,us old codgers in our 50's were building, tweaking and racing these things when a lot of these young 'erberts were twiddling about on their tricycles: lol: The blighters will have to do us a veterans heat If anyone wants to know,I'm 54 and started racing when I was 27. Now,next question. What old skool steering servo that's compatible with 27 Mhz sets has the most travel? Presently using a Futaba S-148 with a Kimbro stylee 'saver and I'm only getting about 2/3rd of available lock either way And yes Ade,the steering rack is back 6mm so that the steering arms are parallel to the lower susser arms....... |
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More travel... Could try a larger servo saver with more throw. I use a Savox servo and no servo saver myself. As far as a faster driver needed, well I don't think you need to be fast. Just use it and have fun because that's all that really matters. Let's arrange a cobra fest and I'll have a go for you.
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It looks like a tamiya servo saver. They don't have much travel tbh. I think that isn't helping you.
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What handset are you using and can it be adjusted on that ?.
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Y'know,I think it is a Tam. 'saver that came with the Boomerang all those years ago.
Adjust it on the handset laddie!!!. My RX/Tx rig is a Futaba Attack R 27Mhz that I bought all those years ago when I bought the Boomerang. Longer 'saver or soivo arm and a redesign of the front brace methinks |
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Adey, did you run that cobra at Dudley model car club ?. I thought I recognised the body colours.
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