I just posted this on another forum:
We are releasing the new #1009 buggy chassis. Ellis Stafford designed it and used the original one to win the recent National at E.P.R. with what was clearly the fastest car on the track.
As LiPos have become bigger they of course have become heavier, and a stick LiPo 6000 pack across the back is beginning to put too much weight to the outside of the car. Remember the original X - 6 with its 4 + 2 cell configuration. That + the motor kept the weight centered just in front of the rear wheels.
Ellis wanted to try saddles -- Brian has tried them too -- so Big E did some work with a Dremel to make them fit securely with the standard battery strap. Ellis uses one of the new smaller E.S.C.s, and he got that to fit in front of the pack.
#1009 exactly duplicates Ellis' work -- your chassis will be just like his. We start with a #1006 plastic X - 6 Squared chassis, C.N.C. machine it according to Ellis' C.A.D. and, presto!, a #1009. If you have a larger E.S.C. you can do about 60 seconds of Dremel work and still fit your speedo between the servo and battery.
Retail price $49.99 is still less than a standard graphite chassis. Shipped to fine hobby stores all over the world today, the fastest way to get one is through your LHS. On our web store now. D.M.S.' shipment went out last Friday, and should be in U.K. stores early next week.
Check out the story and pix on RedRC:
http://www.redrc.net/2010/06/x-facto...is/#more-32744