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Cool car!!

Nice work Matt!! :banana-dance:

This a great subject that really needed to be covered - Great use of the unique prototyping capabilities of 3D printing. I really like this toy.

I think there is a nod here or a hint to the customer that this needs to be taken further. The lattice work in the chassis can not be an accident or coincidence. It seems like the working vacuum fans need to be put to use.

I think 'tuning' this car will involve adding some thin plastic 'skirts' and blocking or ducting that suction to some of the chassis holes/lattice.

There was an inexpensive RC toy car, a merchandise tie-in with the Cars movie, that used suction to actually run on a ceiling. Air Hogs Finn McMissile. It was a light weight toy but it did use fan operated suction to run up walls and even across ceilings upside down!

Not saying you can get that level of 'stick' but there may be some fun had trying to get a magnet traction effect with this Little Sucker. Also it might keep the slot clean of small debris!

Thank you everyone!!

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I've been looking forward to this for some time now. Congratulations, Matt.

And Harry, I predicted that you would say "This sucks!" sooner or later. Congratulations to you, too, for resisting the urge.

It looks like a great sucking car, though.

Looks nice! Great to see this out there and available...

Scott

What volts where you testing at?

12.

Thanks! Where the Fans moving when the car was going around? Im having trouble with mine.

Yes, work fine. In the video of the car running, that odd sound you hear are those fans.

Yes, i hear it! On mine once the full weight of the car is on, the "fans" don't work. Lift the back wheels off and they work?

Any help?

Other than double checking your wire connections, nothing I can think of.

I would contact CG about this. I am sure they will help a lot more than I could.

I doubt that the fans produce any downforce at all. Even if the car had skirts, running on a regular track with slots would cause a major loss of downforce, rather like the 1:1 car driving over a catch basin.

Of course they do not. I mentioned that in the review. They are just for show.

Nice drivin', Tom! Very cool car... Ernie :>)