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Chilly Duncan
12-03-2008, 11:49 AM
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When it comes to designing the best components and accessories for a single-minded purpose, former World and European Champion Andy Moore doesn't stop halfway - Moore-speed products are designed for winning!

With that express purpose in mind, the all-new Moore-speed 908 bodyshell has been designed for what many consider the ultimate test of RC racing excellence: 1/12th scale circuit racing! This totally new design was developed from the ground up to be the ideal bodyshell for a wide range of racers and tracks.

The air rushing over the bodyshell starts at the ground-level splitter and is forced over the front wheels and around the closed cockpit by ingeniously sculpted flow channels. Ridges over the front wheels disrupt the air just enough to break it loose over the wheel arches until it flows back down slightly over the middle section of the bodyshell. The closed cockpit area, with its elegantly elongated nose area, helps stabilise the air as it rushes over the midsection of the bodyshell, which hugs the battery and electronics area of the car chassis as closely as possible. As the air meets the rear wheels, further ducting and vertical supports direct the air over the rear spoiler, where a huge amount of downforce is created.

Designed to master any track, the Moore-Speed 908 bodyshell will get you to pole position - and help you stay there!

Moulded from crystal clear polycarbonate, the Moore-Speed 908 features clear overspray film, a pre-cut vinyl window mask sheet, and a decal sheet with headlights and Hot Bodies logos.

Submitted for BRCA & EFRA approval.

Part: 66832
Price: TBA

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This is the lightweight (LW) version of the Moore-speed 908 bodyshell, ideal for any racer looking to shave extra grams off their racing chassis. For a sturdier version of this same bodyshell, check out the #66832 standard weight Moore-speed 908 bodyshell.

The air rushing over the bodyshell starts at the ground-level splitter and is forced over the front wheels and around the closed cockpit by ingeniously sculpted flow channels. Ridges over the front wheels disrupt the air just enough to break it loose over the wheel arches until it flows back down slightly over the middle section of the bodyshell. The closed cockpit area, with its elegantly elongated nose area, helps stabilise the air as it rushes over the midsection of the bodyshell, which hugs the battery and electronics area of the car chassis as closely as possible. As the air meets the rear wheels, further ducting and vertical supports direct the air over the rear spoiler, where a huge amount of downforce is created.

Designed to master any track, the Moore-Speed 908 bodyshell will get you to pole position - and help you stay there!

Moulded from crystal clear polycarbonate, the Moore-Speed 908 features clear overspray film, a pre-cut vinyl window mask sheet, and a decal sheet with headlights and Hot Bodies logos.

Submitted for BRCA & EFRA approval.

Part: 66832LW
Price: TBA

InspGadgt
12-03-2008, 03:49 PM
That is a nice looking body! Andy Moore...is that the same Andy from Andy's Bodies? They had some great stuff when I was racing 1/10th pan back in the day.

Kden46
12-04-2008, 04:45 AM
That is Nice!

I am pretty sure that Andy Moore is not the same Andy from Andy's Bodies! ;)

http://www.hbeurope.com/news/en/2006080201.html

InspGadgt
12-04-2008, 03:35 PM
Yeah...a bit too young to be him. Still a very nice design.

jlee
12-04-2008, 05:21 PM
Batman, your new ride is here,lol. Looks nice though.

TheJANG
12-08-2008, 01:58 AM
Almost had a heart attack when I saw the title of this thread. Too bad it doesn't look more like the real thing! I love the 908.

Edit:

Ridges over the front wheels disrupt the air just enough to break it loose over the wheel arches until it flows back down slightly over the middle section of the bodyshell.

This doesn't make sense. Those "ridges" exist on 1:1 scale vehicles to allow air to be sucked through the fenders and help fill in the low pressure zone caused by air accelerating over the fenders. The rears of those "ridges" are supposed to be open to do this. Keeping them closed only thickens the boundary layer and increases flow separation (read: drag), allowing less of it to "flow back down" because it's turned turbulent. On future designs it'd be nice to see the drag-creating ridges removed, then extend the slope behind the front fenders back a little farther. Could even allow a couple mm to be taken off the height of the spoiler by helping it to work better.

Side profile of the canopy is great, but I'd cut off the scoop.