In honor of this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, we decided to make Brett Turnage’s 2014 Audi R18 “Black Beauty” this week’s Reader’s Ride. Brett 3D-printed both the chassis and the body using a program called Fusion360. The chassis features a long 320mm wheelbase for stability and to fit the scale look he was going for. Like the real Black Beauty — the test car that Audi built for the new LMP1 regs for 2014 — Brett’s R18 is all-wheel drive. But unlike the full scale which only uses “e-tron” electric motors on the front axle (the rear is powered by a turbodiesel V6) Brett’s uses a Turnigy 80A controller and a 13.5T motor to power all four wheels via belt drive and two adjustable diffs. The detail on the body is impressive — the R18 has maze of scoops, vents, dive planes and airfoils — and Brett has captured most of them. He even incorporates the backlit number boards.
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Image may be NSFW.
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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Want to see your machine here? Send photos and a description to readersrides@airage.com. Be sure to send the full-size photos. If that bogs your email, use WeTransfer–it’s easy and free.
For tips on photographing your car, watch the video at the bottom of the page:
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