Roche Rapide F1-2016 formula car kit

Following a first teaser Roche now have more images and information of their forthcoming Rapide F1-2016 formula car kit available. The car utilises a narrow 2.5mm carbon fibre chassis with a newly designed floating side link mount whose higher mounting position, compared to standard designs, helping to reduce chassis overhang, increasing ground clearance during hard cornering and thus reducing performance-hurting chassis scrub. The front suspension is made up using a carbon fibre double wishbone construction with adjustable caster while hard-coated aluminium pivot balls make for a lightweight yet friction-less operation. Part of the front end is also an aluminium servo mount that can be used in a floating or a fixed setting to manipulate chassis flex, allowing to adapt overall flex to the track conditions. The combined battery and shock mount supports both transversal and inline battery mounting and the included shock absorber is of a big bore type for best possible rear traction on a range of surfaces. The kit is rounded out by an aluminium rear pod construction with a height-adjustable rear axle using shims, the included ball differential is making use of a 16-ball Xenon Racing spur gear and the diff is equipped with a 5mm thrust bearing for smooth operation.

Features
– 2.5mm USA high-grade graphite materials
– Narrow design carbon main chassis and floating side link mount
– 2.5mm USA high-grade stiff graphite upper and lower suspension arms
– Adjustable caster: 3.0/6.0/9.0/12.0 deg
– Adjustable front camber
– Adjustable Ackermann
– Chassis adjustable by aluminium floating/non-floating servo mount
– Low friction coating aluminium pivot balls and ball studs
– Polished kingpin
– Hard-coated aluminium steering turnbuckle
– Big bore short centre shock w/ 20mm spring
– Inline and transversal battery placement
– 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 USA graphite rear motor pod bottom stiffener
– Quick rear wing position adjustment
– High-precision ball differential with 5mm thrust ball bearing
– Clamp type aluminium left wheel rear adaptor
– Weight reduced steel main shaft
– 64P 93T 16-ball Xenon Racing spur gear

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]