First up - Ember's Audi R8!
Now lets look under and inside! :)
I placed arrows in the picture above to show the locations of the lead, as with the black paint sealing them in, they aren't that obvious in the picture. :)
Summary of impressions from the driver's, post race inspection, etc:
VERY smooth running car on the straights! It was quiet, with nice top end and really handled the tight radii corners well!
On high speed corners, or if "pushed" a little too hard into the tighter corners, the car would wheel hop, but not consistently. :think:
During the race, in the yellow lane, the reason for the wheel hop became apparent however. While zipping through one of the fast sweeping corners, the tire on the left rear pushed up onto the center rib and stayed there - requiring it to be reseated before continuing. This unfortunately happened again toward the end of that lane and then a couple times during the next two lanes as well - all of which definitely had a negative effect on overall lap totals of what is definitely a very capable car!
Here is the effect observed:
With the high speed, high traction nature of this track (relatively smooth epoxy finish), tires definitely benefit from being firmly secured to the wheel to insure maximum contact in the corners. :)
(Ember, I did get your reply and will be (re)gluing the outer beads prior to sending the cars off to the next track)
One additional note - and it will be seen on a number of the submissions through the course of the reviews - having the screw setting requirements written on the bottom of the body are a really nice touch for the hosts. :)
It is something I am definitely going to look at doing, where possible, on my future submissions as it greatly simplifies things for those hosting!
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