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locoboy

posted on 11/5/08 at 07:12 PM Reply With Quote
Robin hoods Zero kit

Is it just me who was (sheepishly) impressed with their new offering at Stoneleigh - the Zero?

Anyone got any first hand experience of them in terms if fit and finish from a builders perspective and anyone got any erights for the basic car less engine ( or with engine and a weight for the engine)?





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big_wasa

posted on 11/5/08 at 07:20 PM Reply With Quote
I wouldnt say no to one.

Only wish they wouldnt do it as a full kit only.

Much better to source the bits and bobs yourself imho....

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piddy

posted on 11/5/08 at 08:07 PM Reply With Quote
I've seen nice pictures of one being built on the RHOCAR site. try going on the site and asking who is building one.

linky

[Edited on 11/5/08 by piddy]

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bigrich

posted on 12/5/08 at 03:39 AM Reply With Quote
I know a lad who has just built one, and TBH it seems pretty good so i would say not a bad budget 7.







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dnmalc

posted on 12/5/08 at 05:38 AM Reply With Quote
Look reasonable but the front end needs a lot more cross bracing in the verticle plane
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MikeRJ

posted on 12/5/08 at 09:24 AM Reply With Quote
They showed this at Exeter last year so it's been around quite a while. I was quite impressed compared to previous efforts, and it looks nice with the alloy bonnet.

However, the improvements are reflected in the price (or at least the amount of stuff you get in the kit compared to the 2B etc) so I don't think there will be a particularly large saving over one of the more established 7 clones such as MK etc.

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piddy

posted on 13/5/08 at 05:12 PM Reply With Quote
Here's a link to one being built.

link 2

linky

[Edited on 13/5/08 by piddy]

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locoboy

posted on 13/5/08 at 06:31 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks guys



thats one way to make sure your misses doesnt come out for a blat with you!





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flak monkey

posted on 14/5/08 at 06:54 AM Reply With Quote
Chassis looks like it has the torsional rigidity of a toasted cheese sandwich. But other than that, for the money it doesnt look too bad.





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MikeRJ

posted on 14/5/08 at 09:51 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Chassis looks like it has the torsional rigidity of a toasted cheese sandwich. But other than that, for the money it doesnt look too bad.


I'd bet it's no worse, and quite probably better than a Locost chassis.

http://community.rhocar.org/lofiversion/index.php?t17382.html

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flak monkey

posted on 14/5/08 at 11:39 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Chassis looks like it has the torsional rigidity of a toasted cheese sandwich. But other than that, for the money it doesnt look too bad.


I'd bet it's no worse, and quite probably better than a Locost chassis.

http://community.rhocar.org/lofiversion/index.php?t17382.html


If you look in my photo archive there's some pics from stoneleigh this year. The tubes around the rear suspension mountings are lacking considerable amount of triangulation, its all basically open boxes. The front end isnt too bad, but could be a lot better.

The fact of the matter is about another tenners worth of material in the chassis would help a lot. Plus those rear roll hoop stays are going to do bu88er all to help support the hoop.

David





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