Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

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Tires and what happens to them in any racing,are a super "tell" of what needs the most carefull work & design. Jim's on the money right here for all to learn from.;
"The tires and wheels have the added advantage on my own design that they are leaned or tilted into corners at a rate that keeps the tread at it's best angle for traction and the spokes in line with the load place upon them while they corner at speeds of 5 to 10 mph. We take those same tires and wheels, load 400+ pounds on three of them, hold them at a fixed angle, and attack tight corners at 20 to 35 mph. "
Back when I read the rules then looked at the first race,that Rex had me come to,that was the bacis that was at the root of my racer design. I'm still woundering why others have not refind the design,I came up with? I beleve Rex as crew an my son as driver showed it to work OK. I give you this drawing,Jim get my old racer from were ever it is and build a better one then I did. Two years of racing it and it was never really completed as I designed it,left the body off the hole time,it was not needed at parking lot speeds we could use. Key part of design was keeping tirea loaded as they were designed to load by leaning them and also by moving % of total lbs per wheel from 33% going in a strait line on each wheel, to being less then 15% on out side front wheel in a turn= drop of rolling friction. Thing is Jim pointed out that tires on anything are the first place that the car talks to you an says"I'm good or I'm bad"in racing.