Show us your YZ-4!

[dikke hond]

Show us what you got :thumbsup:

[rcpower]

Almost ready: still need to add the esc, receiver and send the body out to my painter.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_YZDSABSuytc3V3STF5TUhJc3M&usp=sharing

[neallewis]

mine have been posted to the yz2/yz4 facebook group. If i get a moment, i'll prepare the photos for here.

[mes]

Here we go:

https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12249781_1492514707718699_4224946342387602454_n.jp g?oh=bff6d5e54b070cf2b06744787e014ee6&oe=56F22FD6

[skyaflake]

Still have to paint the body :thumbdown: and finish the front shocks. Picture soon.

[Paultje040]

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/C357E1AC-0E5A-43B2-87A3-57A2F770D57E.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/9A9B7BFB-EF59-499F-A31B-1D40B33DBE95.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/5E978EE2-5A8D-457D-8DDD-AEAA4EA70F66.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/3757CA7D-4B64-4B99-AB86-5BBB1F163E4D.jpg
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http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/C94B4E18-D57B-437A-8560-749C60DBE8FC.jpg
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/Polleke-MF/Yokomo/2E2DF760-B1D0-4B6F-8EDD-213B565D3AA2.jpg

[bagwaa]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12243253_10153752674206449_1546160623316154128_n.j pg?oh=7afead12545aa030316e89d833cb2788&oe=56EF1D82

[neallewis]

Still have to paint the body :thumbdown: and finish the front shocks. Picture soon.

you're a bit slow :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Any emerging consensus yet re LiPo orientation, or is it too early?

I'm seeing quite a lot of early-builds like the one above with a lateral (across the car) LiPo layout and not so many with a longitudinal layout, which brings the battery wires perilously close to the spur.

I would have thought that a longitundinal layout would be preferable because it keeps the weight more aligned with the central axis of the car, despite the LiPo not being purely centrally located.

[JohnM]

I've gone for having the lipo across the car at first, as I think it's possibly better for bumpy tracks, but my wires are long enough to go lengthways.

To try and stop it being a "wire muncher" as a mate called it, I knocked up something with an old Hotshot ariel mount & a bit of ariel tube to keep the wires away from the spur.

[Paultje040]

I started with the baterry across, to test different battery location, forword and back.

[rcpower]

good idea, I think I will screw a body post or something on that same screw hole to guide the wires around.

I've gone for having the lipo across the car at first, as I think it's possibly better for bumpy tracks, but my wires are long enough to go lengthways.

To try and stop it being a "wire muncher" as a mate called it, I knocked up something with an old Hotshot ariel mount & a bit of ariel tube to keep the wires away from the spur.

[rcpower]

@Paultje040: is that servo mount coming from the Bmax4? Or is it a special YZ-4 mount? My first thought was the Bmax mount was not a fit, but I must admit I did not look deeply into it.

[andys]

Crikey - everywhere you look on the car is an accident waiting to happen - belts and spur and associated pulleys all totally exposed and wires running close everywhere....

Build one of these and wire it badly at your peril!

[The Doctor]

I knocked up something with an old Hotshot ariel mount & a bit of ariel tube to keep the wires away from the spur.

Ha ha, love the irony of spending over 300 quid on a car and then using "an old Hotshot ariel mount & a bit of ariel tube to keep the wires away from the spur". :lol:

[Paultje040]

@Paultje040: is that servo mount coming from the Bmax4? Or is it a special YZ-4 mount? My first thought was the Bmax mount was not a fit, but I must admit I did not look deeply into it.


Yes, its a B-Max4-III servo mount. I took off the little pin. fits just fine.

(The YZ mount has 2 "feet".
have a look at the manual, it shows a chassis with the bmax4 style mount. 2 screwholes and a pin-hole. The changed the chassis after testing with the bmax mount.)

Looking at the picture of the chassis on MIBO, it has the same holes.

[neallewis]

Crikey - everywhere you look on the car is an accident waiting to happen - belts and spur and associated pulleys all totally exposed and wires running close everywhere....

Build one of these and wire it badly at your peril!

I don't know what you mean Andy? My wiring is clean and in no way will it touch a belt or spur gear.

The speedo fan is a little close to a belt where i've mounted it, but its doesn't touch, and the gel tape will hold it securely.

I think you are just trying to put yourself of getting one to add to your collection ;-)

[rcpower]

Will it offer enough strength without the pin hole?

In fact when I am typing this I think I will just drill a small extra hole in my chassis in stead of cutting it of :thumbsup:

Yes, its a B-Max4-III servo mount. I took off the little pin. fits just fine.

(The YZ mount has 2 "feet".
have a look at the manual, it shows a chassis with the bmax4 style mount. 2 screwholes and a pin-hole. The changed the chassis after testing with the bmax mount.)

Looking at the picture of the chassis on MIBO, it has the same holes.

[skyaflake]

Yes. Fit is good. So if you have a B-Max4 III mount lying around and don't want to spend a truckload of money on a new mount - go for it. It's easy to do.

[bagwaa]

Yes. Fit is good. So if you have a B-Max4 III mount lying around and don't want to spend a truckload of money on a new mount - go for it. It's easy to do.

Ha awesome, I didn't know this :)

[ayske1]

Can someone see if the yz-4 body fits the bmax 4/3. I'd assume not as the yz-4 looks wider. I like the LMP style top section of the body.

[neallewis]

Can someone see if the yz-4 body fits the bmax 4/3. I'd assume not as the yz-4 looks wider. I like the LMP style top section of the body.

it doesn't.

[andys]

Neal.

After seeing the YZ4 - I think I may have a couple of those chunky belts from an old washing machine - so may just make my own :)

I'll reserve judgment on the car properly until I see yours / how they go - but currently i'm not tempted :)

[The Doctor]

I think I may have a couple of those chunky belts from an old washing machine - so may just make my own :)

I'll reserve judgment on the car properly until I see yours / how they go - but currently i'm not tempted :)

I'm with you.

[shark]

I'm with you.
You do know resistance is futile Paul 😉

[The Doctor]

All depends how many places ahead of you I finish Ian..!
:thumbsup:

[sime46]

You got one yet Ian?

[shark]

You got one yet Ian?
Hell Yeah :)
Just selling the house for the bling dude . :thumbsup:

[dafke]

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[The Doctor]

Hell Yeah :)
Just selling the house for the bling dude . :thumbsup:

Remember: "You can live in a car, but you can't drive a house."

[shark]

Remember: "You can live in a car, but you can't drive a house."

That is a very good point . I like it !

[MHeadling]

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[neallewis]

Looks nice and clean Mark. Enjoy.:thumbsup: