Roche Rapide P12 1/12th scale kit

Following a first teaser Roche now have more images available of their forthcoming P12 1/12th scale competition kit. The comany’s first ever full car kit is constructed from high-quality carbon fibre and 7075 aluminium and builds on a 2.5mm graphite material chassis with aluminium motor pod and a class-standard link-type rear suspension. The front end of the car is highly adjustable in terms of caster, camber and toe settings while the aluminium suspension blocks also allow to fine-tune the wheelbase in a range of ±2mm. The servo mount takes micro or mini-size servos and the battery compartment allows for inline or transversal battery mounting. A sturdy aluminium rear brace takes the combined battery and roll damper mounts and the rear axle is located in specially designed brackets that allow axle height changes using spacers and wheelbase adjustments in a ±1mm range. The kit is rounded out by steel turnbuckles, aluminium side spring pre-load nuts and a lightweight graphite rear axle with ball differential and 16 ball Xenon main gear. The kit is set for a release in March.

Features:
– 2.5mm high grade graphite materials for main chassis
– Wheel base +/-2.0mm adjustable on front lower aluminium suspension block (199mm/201mm)
– Caster adjustment : 1.8/3.25/6.15 deg
– Low friction coating pivot balls and ball studs
– Front upper arm mount pin brace
– Polished kingpin and upper hinge pin
– Hard coated aluminium steering turnbuckle (M3x42mm)
– Spring steel upper arm turnbuckle (M3x15mm)
– High grade composite front suspension plastic parts from Xenon Racing
– Mini and micro size servo compatible
– Micro centre damper with POM CNC machined piston
– Narrow design aluminium centre damper mount
– Inline alignment and cross-chassis alignment battery placement
– 7075 aluminium rear chassis brace mount
– 7075 aluminium easy adjust side spring holder
– 7075 aluminium motor mount and left rear bulkhead
– 7075 aluminium main shaft holder, precise adjustment ride height by spacers. +/-1mm forward/backward main shaft position adjustment
– 2.5mm graphite rear motor pod bottom stiffener
– High precision ball differential and reliable carbon main shaft
– 64P 90T (16 balls) spur gear from Xenon Racing

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]