Graham Windle: 2002 Year-end Round-up / Scratchbuilt.com

Graham's 2002 Year-end Round-up
Cleaning out the cupboards!
Items from Graham Windle
Dec 28, 2002

Graham Windle has sent a number of smaller news items and feature items, which I've gathered together and presented here, so we can start 2003 fresh! Thanks again, Graham! --Jim Allen

Above: The Pendle Popsicle Race Winner

Graham writes:

The First Pendle Popsicle Race was great fun, with competitors even building cars on the morning of the race. The winner was Jim Brown, whose car is shown above.

Al Penrose [Popsicle Stick Chassis inventor] kindly sent some of his wheels over to add to the prizes, and they are very good. The entry was a bit low, but it was interesting, as it produced a variety of chassis design.

If we run a Popsicle Race again next year, Al has offered to send a trophy over. Perhaps we can all get involved and make it into a bigger event, with more than the single proxy entry we received. I'm sure there must be a lot of popsicle racers out there!

Chart of Drivers and Cars | Chart of Results and Winners | More Popsicle Stick Chassis

Above: The Pendle Club was the site of the Pendle Popsicle Race.

Above: The Pendle Club, which is Where We Race!

RIKO Motors

# Name Max
RPM Max amps
drawn
(at stall) Brake
output
(watts)

R1000 Rikochet 32000 2.7 7

R1001 Thunderbolt 40000 6.5 5.1

R1002 Rikobomb 31000 2.5 8

R1003 Rikoflash 42000 4 10

R1004 Rikostreak 32000 7 14.4

R1010 Rikochet MKII 32000 3.25 9

R1012 Rikobomb Super 45000 3 8

R1013 Rikoflash MKII 60000 5 15

R1014 Rikostreak MKII 47000 4.5 14

This chart is based on a RIKO ad
in Model Cars magazine, Jan 1968.

About those RIKO motors: We've seen a number of motors on ebay being called RIKO motors from England, so I asked Graham about it. He says:

"RIKO stands for the name of the big UK hobby importer, RIchard KOhnstam. As for the RIKO Rikochet motor, it was actually made by Hitachi, and was very popular on the club scene over here in the 60s. I have both a MKI and a MKII. The differences were that the MKI had a 5/64 shaft and a black end bell, while the MKII had a 3/32 shaft and a white end bell."

"All RIKO MKI motors were considered to be better than the MKIIs, as they had stonger magnets. The Rikochet MKI, being the stongest of all the range, was the poor man's arco. Everyone used to use them in their hot motors over here. A common mix was to use the RIKO Flash MKII armature with Rikochet MKI magnets. This was a great combination and gave a power output close to the 16Ds of today."

Above: Revell Sidewinder Chassis

This is the beautiful offset chassis that Revell supplied with the Genie Ford and Ford GT-40 kits in 1966. Available seperately as R3317, the chassis is stamped brass and brass wire, with a swing-arm pickup.
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RIKO Motors
#	Name	Max RPM	Max amps drawn (at stall)	Brake output (watts)
R1000	Rikochet	32000	2.7	7
R1001	Thunderbolt	40000	6.5	5.1
R1002	Rikobomb	31000	2.5	8
R1003	Rikoflash	42000	4	10
R1004	Rikostreak	32000	7	14.4
R1010	Rikochet MKII	32000	3.25	9
R1012	Rikobomb Super	45000	3	8
R1013	Rikoflash MKII	60000	5	15
R1014	Rikostreak MKII	47000	4.5	14
This chart is based on a RIKO ad in Model Cars magazine, Jan 1968.