The remote-controlled car, The Beast
A British amateur has applied drone thinking to radically simplify the steering and transmission of his high-performance remote-controlled car. In the process, he shattered the world record for top speed.
The British Stephen Wallis and revolutionized the design of high-performance remote-controlled cars. The engineer’s latest innovation is the The Beast.
As highlighted by , while other R/C car manufacturers (radio control) systems typically use complex transmissions and steering systems, Wallis started with the idea of taking a quadcopter drone and putting horizontal wheels instead of vertical propellers on the axles of its high-powered motors.
The Beast doesn’t need a broadcast per se. It also does not require a mechanical steering system. The car can be turned simply by varying the speeds of its four engines. Furthermore, the drone’s flight control system, with its integrated accelerometers, gyroscopes and other sensors, does an extraordinarily good job of maintaining directional stability at high speeds – explains the same magazine.
After some impressive early runs, the Brit managed to beat the at the Radio Operated Scale Speed Association (ROSSA) speed trials event in Wales in September.
Conditions at Llanbedr airfield for the ROSSA event were challenging, but even so, The Beast recorded a official speed of 377.8 km/h along the asphalt, appearing exceptionally stable in the approximately seven frames of video in which it is possible to see the thing passing at high speed.
Wallis was unable to improve his record on the second or third day of the event due to worsening weather conditions, but, as is evident in the New Altas article, enthusiasts are excited to see what will come of it.
