Cartrix Lotus 16 Rebuild

[chrisguyw HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close chrisguyw]

I built this a few years ago for our local area club's 60's F1 class. It started as a Cartrix Lotus 16,...it was stripped, repainted, with a few detail bits made/added (mirrors, driver, intake trumpets, springs/shocks etc.

The chassis is a basic "flexi-board" design, with BWA/DART/RSslotracing wheels, and is powered by a 14/15K FC-130, as per club rules.

Cheers
Chris Walker

PS It has done very well in our local club events, and did win the VRAA proxy a few years back.

[slowshoes HRW Podium Poster Find all posts View Profile Close slowshoes]

Wow - that's some beautiful work!!

Bill

[Michael Squier HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Michael Squier]

Very nice. I spent more time looking at the chassis. So clean and simple, but not really.

[Kevan HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Kevan]

That would proudly belong in any racers garage.
I have one of these bodyshells with a broken guide mount awaiting it's turn for bench modding...or more likely a 3D chassis with pod.

[Wobble HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close Wobble]

Too good; inside and out; the mind boggles.

[LAMing HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close LAMing]

Incredible. The body work is simply top notch, and that chassis: Wow. Some of the most exquisite chassis work I've seen.

[chrisguyw HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close chrisguyw]

Very nice. I spent more time looking at the chassis. So clean and simple, but not really.

A flexi-board chassis design does look very simplistic, particularly when configured for a skinny F1 car, yet they do work extremely well, and the principle (central pivoting spine) is used in virtually all high end chassis.

Cheers
Chris Walker

Another couple of examples of F1 flexi-board chassis.

[RACER92 Slot Car Enthusiast Find all posts View Profile Close RACER92]

Chris is that a JK F1 motor bracket on the Lotus chassis?

[chrisguyw HRW Forum Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close chrisguyw]

Chris is that a JK F1 motor bracket on the Lotus chassis?

This is one of my brackets. but, I do use the JK and RGEO brackets often.

Cheers
Chris Walker