Pusher Grand Prix

To the FliteTest Community,

About a month ago we were getting ready to do a rematch of our MF-Boats on the snow when we wondered why we always make boats or floor warriors.  How come we can't come up with something really cool and make a major production out of it using our new equipment earned from the Grant we won a couple months back.  We threw around some ideas, and wondered could we pull off a Formula One Pusher.  Below what our prototype;

Some 8th graders got together and designed the steering mechanism using a combination of 3D printed and Laser cut parts.  It worked out well, but once hitting the wall the car folded, so we restructed the chasis with a wooden piece extending to the back of the car with a built in spoiler attached with a motor mount seen here;

The steering mechanism did well enough as our first try and consisted of a network of fittings, washers, sleeves, etc. Seen here:

The biggest goal and design specifications was to stay within all the same materials used for flying our planes, we wanted to stay true to the scratch build theme.  So all the equipment is the same used as for all our jets, some were outfitted with FT-Power Pod specs.  The tires were made of layers of foam board and covered with cabinet liner, all scratch materials.  Now the chasis was standardized, however, the body was all on the students, Danny and Marshall came up with this;

Others seen here on the starting line had their own unique look for different reasons,

Engineering the cars was a blast, however, making a big production out of it was even better...

We hoped you enjoyed watching and sharing the video, this Friday we will release the build video and FREE Plans of the Formula One Pushers so stay tuned.

For more information about the program: http://www.mesarcfoamfighters.com/ 

Follow future projects at: https://www.facebook.com/MESArcFF

Thank you,

The MESArcFF Team