What are we calling a "tuber"?

What exactly do you people consider a tube chassis to be? A metal tube/wire roll cage with a twin vertical plate chassis (like the tcs edge except the top would be removable) or.....a full chassis out of tube with the suspension attached to the tube not a plate chassis.(like fish's tuber) I just would like the look and rollover performance of a homebuilt tuber but with the suspension plates, skidplates, and pretty much everything else stock on my ax10. I would be building a full wire/tube cage that would cover my entire stock chassis but would be removable to access electronics. Once I remove the cage, a stock ax10 with mounts for the cage would be sitting on the table. Would a truck with a rollcage as described above (it would have lexan body panels) be legal in competition?

from http://www.usrcca.com/rules2008.pdf

• 2.1.3 - Bodiless vehicles: Must be a self-supporting, structurally complete, rigid frame. The roof
must be raised a minimum of 1” from the main chassis to resemble a cockpit. The frame sides must
be an overall minimum of 1” tall (The cockpit & frame side are to be measured vertically from where
the hood intersects the cab). Bodiless vehicles should resemble a 1:1 vehicle. NOTE: These bodiless
rules are in a 1 year trial period to see how people respond to it and after that time these rules &
requirements may be revised.

o 2.1.3.1 - Bodiless vehicles must have solid hood panel, solid roof panel and a minimum of 2
solid side-panels. Hood, roof and side panels must be separate pieces of solid material
installed onto the bodiless vehicle frame. All body panels are to be separate pieces from the
complete structural frame. Body panels must be solidly installed in a manner that is
representative of a 1:1 vehicle. It is required that at least one point of the side-panel must
reach to a span of 1” tall or more & at least one other point of the side-panel must reach to a
span of 2.5” long or more. In the case of a Unibody vehicle (See sec. 2.1.3.2 for Unibody
definition). The Unibody is considered to have all body panels needed without having to add
separate body panels as long as the hood, roof & side panel areas meet all the general panel &
side-panel size requirements above.

o 2.1.3.2 - Unibody – Constructed of a single piece of solid material (fiberglass, aluminum,
plastic, etc) and must be self supporting. A Unibody cannot be fastened together in any nonpermanent
way such as, nuts & bolts, pins, rivets, zip ties, etc. The roof must be raised from
the main chassis to resemble a cockpit and should resemble a 1:1 vehicle.

o 2.1.3.4 - 2.2 class minimum overall bodiless dimensions must be 8” overall length, 3”
overall width, & 3.75” overall height

I'll take that as a yes because it is not a unibody, as it is not one piece of material. It is a tube cage with body panels that is attached to the top of my truck. Hooray! Where's my torch?

Uh, the edge is a tuber.

nOT REALLY...

AGREED

Its a chassis that meets certain minimum requirments, so it dosn't have to run a body.

USRCCA is no longer concerned about constrution methods, types of materials or shapes.



• 2.1.3 - Bodiless vehicles: Must be a self-supporting, structurally complete, rigid frame. The roof
must be raised a minimum of 1” from the main chassis to resemble a cockpit. The frame sides must
be an overall minimum of 1” tall (The cockpit & frame side are to be measured vertically from where
the hood intersects the cab). Bodiless vehicles should resemble a 1:1 vehicle. NOTE: These bodiless
rules are in a 1 year trial period to see how people respond to it and after that time these rules &
requirements may be revised.
o 2.1.3.1 - Bodiless vehicles must have solid hood panel, solid roof panel and a minimum of 2
solid side-panels. Hood, roof and side panels must be separate pieces of solid material
installed onto the bodiless vehicle frame. All body panels are to be separate pieces from the
complete structural frame. Body panels must be solidly installed in a manner that is
representative of a 1:1 vehicle. It is required that at least one point of the side-panel must
reach to a span of 1” tall or more & at least one other point of the side-panel must reach to a
span of 2.5” long or more. In the case of a Unibody vehicle (See sec. 2.1.3.2 for Unibody
definition). The Unibody is considered to have all body panels needed without having to add
separate body panels as long as the hood, roof & side panel areas meet all the general panel &
side-panel size requirements above.

o 2.1.3.4 - 2.2 class minimum overall bodiless dimensions must be 8” overall length, 3”
overall width, & 3.75” overall height.

Simplfied Check List
8” overall length
3”overall width
3.75” overall height.
Hood
Roof raised 1" above hood
Sidepanels

Say YES to all 6, and in most cases you have a legal bodiless truck thats not nessasarily a tuber

fawk off