Droop explained!

A video on setting the droop on the F104V2, and what it does.......

Another sweet F1 video from Speedtech RC

i stumbled across another good video from the Speedtech boys at a recent UF1 race. They have some nice interviews and lots of video of new conversions and parts....

First Look Tamiya F104V2

A video overview...

Set the links on your F104V2

New video on setting the rear end of the new Tamiya F104V2

New Tamiya F1 tires

Tamiya USA has announced a new F1 tire that fits the foam tire rim for the F104 series cars.

Tamiya USA:
"New Tamiya F1 tires for the F-104 chassis!
We are proud to announce the introduction of two new rubber tire compounds for the vastly popular Tamiya F104 Formula One chassis car kits. The front tire is a soft compound designed to offer excellent steering performance and the rear tire is a hard compound, which offers high traction with excellent longevity and durability. The new tire compounds fit the following Tamiya wheel sets: items 51378 and 54400.....

...The new item numbers for the tires are: 1031 RC F1 Tire Front (Soft) and 1032 RC F1 Tire Rear (Hard) The new tires will be available through hobby shops in early August."

Full article:
http://www.tamiyausa.com/tcs/tcs.php?article-id=556

Herbert Weber ETS F1 Champ!

Congratulations to Herbert Weber  ETS Series F1 champ and rc.F1.blog reader!!!

Beautiful belt drive FGX

This is out of control, a totally sano belt drive FGX with fully independent suspension...

From Charles Lightfoot of UF1:
" Thank you Calvin Lee for all the hard work that went into building this car...."

More pictures: http://uf1series.com/_gallery/Cars_3.html

Very Nice Setting Guide by http://www.rcformula1.com.au

Have a look at this nice setting write up by http://www.rcformula1.com.au ,  very useful...


http://www.rcformula1.com.au/images/docs/F1_Setup_Workshop.pdf

Narrow Serpent F1

Could this be a narrow Serpent F1???  Or just a one off with 1/12 front arms???