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Originally Posted by sendler
Beautiful. What are the rules for the formula you are competing in?
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Thanks.
There's a bunch of safety rules that we had to comply with (tubing type, size, and wall thickness and opening size in the cage), but we will be competing in the "Exhibition" Class - hence the "E" designation in our number.
In order to actually compete in class, we would have to add 60 pounds or ballast that needs to be removable so it can be weighed with the driver. Rules say the driver needs to be 180 pounds. My son is 120. There are numerous other rules that would be impossible to comply with using our current set-up.
There's also a max battery weight that we are now over.
To really be competitive in-class we would need a "purpose-built" chassis. My son plans to do some other improvements for next year based on how we do this year, but after that they could use the motor/controller/batteries to power a purpose-built chassis if they wanted to. That would be up to the teachers/advisers. We built this one the way we wanted to in our garage (with plenty of our own money...).
We are planning to keep it at the house over the summer so he can race a few SCCA-type solo slalom races in the area with a couple mods.
Jay