Cartrix Lotus 16 Rebuild

[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]

Wow - that's some beautiful work!!

Bill

[Michael Squier]

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

[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]

Too good; inside and out; the mind boggles.

[LAMing]

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

[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]

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

[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