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McLaren M1B

Postby BARC 1 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:29 am

Finally found some time to build some slot cars. First out of the Gate is a McLaren M1B Can Am car. Chassis is Brass plate and Lego with a Dual can motor set up giving me space for a full interior. Car is resin casting, and I think the decals are from Pattos. Found them in my decal drawer.

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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:47 am

Dual can motor setup?
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby BARC 1 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:26 pm

The Dual Can or Twincan was used to help boost the torque from the small can motors I use on these cars. If you remember the Porsche 911 I sent into the Brass am, it had a single can motor.

On my small home track this set up is ideal, and produces a very balanced car to drive. These motors only turn 16K at 12 volts, and when run at 10 volts there are really anemic, and as a result the proxy car Porsche 97 I have running in the TransAm is battling to stay out of last place. Twining the motors has increased the acceleration, but unfortunately the 16K is still 16 K so the top end is not there for proxy racing.

Again though with my home track and straight limited to 11 feet, I get lap times that are almost equal to Cars with 21K 130 can motors.

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The chassis is a gift card with a brass plate. Axle blocks are Lego. The rear blocks have 3/32 bearings, and the result is a free rolling chassis.
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby HomeRacingWorld » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:52 pm

Interesting. And tune it so it works for you, that's all that matters. Well done.
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby munter » Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:54 pm

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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby dge467 » Sat Aug 05, 2017 3:23 pm

Nice work!!
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby waaytoomuchintothis » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:01 pm

Yep. That's a unique version of dual motoring. Its surprisingly easy to do a dual inline motor successfully, and these early CanAm cars are perfect for it. I did a Mercedes 196 with dual NSR motors (much more crowded than a CanAm), set up counter rotating with independent rear drives for the Land Speed Record at Bruce's place in Cincinnati years ago. I think I came in third, but that was a long time ago, and I was close to passing out the entire time... heat, guys, heat! Cincy is the capital of the finest pork, over 100% humidity, and insane levels of summer heat. There was no beer at the meet. Good thing.
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby dreinecke » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:10 pm

Nice looking McLaren and that motor setup is very cool!
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby CJR » Sat Aug 05, 2017 10:22 pm

Great looking!
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Re: McLaren M1B

Postby BARC 1 » Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:26 pm

After the first set of pictures I found the mirrors needed to be reworked

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