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As an IPS entrant presented his entry with 3d printed body the inevitable question occured,are 3d printed bodies legal in this proxy?

Yes, 3DP bodies are allowed.

Allan

Besides the winners each year, there were the technology leaders and the fun cars to watch in the Can-Am field:

Chaparral 2E



Chaparral 2H



Chaparral 2J



Shadow Mk1



McKee Mk7



Sting GW1



Matra MS 630



Ferrari 617



Autocoast Ti22 MkII



Webster Special Olds



Lola T160



Alfa T33/3



McKee Mk10



Ferrari 712



Matra MS650



Lola T222




Got a favorite Can-Am car? Go ahead and post it.

Allan

The Ferrari 350 is one of my favorites

A few more choices..........

Cheers
Chris Walker

Andretti's Honker 11 from 67'



George Eaton/Rodrigues BRM 154 from 1970.......Vanquish did one of these, but, being 1/29th, it is likely a bit too big !!

Tires on the Carrera 917/10 are 16mm wide. I suggest we let reasonable scale be the limit. And can we allow silicones? Thats all we run.

I'd also like to host a round. We've a really nice track at the local hobby shop here in Denver and for those of you that don't know me, Dave Reinecke can vouch for me.

Thanks Marc, That's a nice looking track there! We'd be happy to have you run a Round for us. I'll be putting up a Tracks thread sometime shortly after he New Year, if there's continued interest in a Can-Am proxy.

BTW, the reference to 16mm rear tires is, I think, based on the Carrera Porsche 917/30, which does have gigantic rear treads. But, I'm inclined to stick with 10mm, as Chris has said, that's pretty close to scale for a lot of the wide rears used in the Can-Am series, it may help to level the playing field some and there is some truth to the notion that wider is not always faster.

Allan

The , I'm inclined to stick with 10mm tires just fit under my Fly Porsche body. But that 22k rpm in back of the rear axle a joke. Going to fill the front of the car with Tungsten Ballast Putty to hold it down

Haha! I know what you're talking about, Austin. I ran the Adamowitz car (#7) on Carrera plastic track with a magnet and it worked just fine. Take the magnet out and go to routed wood and it's a whole different ballgame....(I know, they all are, but this Fly 911 has the motor "properly" located behind the rear axle). Weight in the front makes sense to me........ I do like that car, though..........

Allan

Well I had this chassis built and I had the resin shell, so I spent some time this weekend and put together a possible entry. Of course I will have to lose the monster rear tires by the looks of it. It has a 22K+ Avant 180 in it. This is the Porsche that competed in 73 for one race.





However as I have a scratchbuilt Ferrari 350 with a tame chassis under it. I think I will build a more competitive chassis and this will be my entry should this proxy come to light.(Looks like there is a lot of interest).

I am going to layout a sidewinder chassis with a 21,500, 130 motor in it. This should allow me to keep the full interior.

Both look good to me, Dan; although Ferrari has always been my favorite marque.............!

Allan

I will do a McLaren