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paulwils7 wrote:Fkyfrog, what time did your car run? Let's see a picture of it and evaluate its overall design.
to be honest i dont remeber it was over 5 years ago and they were launched down a high school hallway

i think i might still have the car laying around some where too it wasnt that good of a design i just took the rule book for all it was worth

it was simply a shell car with inboard wheels aluminum axels and candy blue paint

i went to out board wheels after some stablitly issues were experinced with the crack in the hall way

by far not the best design but i defintly learned somthing in the 5 years since then







ciro i wasnt proposing a hover car i was simply saying weight is the main enemy with these cars but since they have a min weight they need to get the weight low for stability to keep the wheels on the ground



other advice dont waste time with roller bearings a simple straw and some graphite is better do to the low cf of the weels and floor