Kyosho Ultima RB5 - full details

[telboy]

haha, going somewhere special........THE MOON!

No, I just thought I'd go a little mad!

Tell u what though, its a bit rapid!

fill you all in tomoz.

[jimmy]

remember to take a plastic bag to bring it home in

[jasonrcb]

first time out with the rb5 today and more than happy with it on all counts
i changed the kit springs to kyosho orange on the front and yellow rears with 35wt rear and 30frt,totally transformed the car its also very stable and quick best days racing ive had in a long time and i highly recommend the car

[caneye]

Originally Posted by jasonrcb

first time out with the rb5 today and more than happy with it on all counts
i changed the kit springs to kyosho orange on the front and yellow rears with 35wt rear and 30frt,totally transformed the car its also very stable and quick best days racing ive had in a long time and i highly recommend the car

are those zx5 springs that u used?

[jasonrcb]

yes they were the zx5 springs

[DaveG28]

Hi All,

I was at the same meeting as Jason, I used TRF501x medium front springs and AE Silver rears for all the heats, then swapped to orange/yellow on Jason's recommendation for the final.

Although bad driving from me meant it wasn;t a successful day, was v.impressed with the car, and also can agree with Jason on those springs being a good base.

Couple of issues I may have had, which wouldn't mind people confirming were a bad idea:

1. I used 4wd front tires instead of narrower 2wd, and suffered lots of grip rolling. Any chance these were related?

2. Is it good to have plenty of ride height to be as smooth as possible over the bumps?

3. I never use drag brake on my transmitter setup, but find I often don't turn in tight enough due to push. Do most of you use some drag brake to ensure weight transfer (I have the same weight transfer problem with all kits, so it must be something in my driving style!?)?

Again, v.impressed with the car, ran like a dream, just my driving to fix!

Cheers,

Dave

[jasonrcb]

hi dave
i ran schuy yellows all round thin fronts,in practise i found i had a little grip roll so i cut the outside row off both front and rear and totally changed the car i was so much quicker in and out of the corners,personally i dont like using 4wd fronts as i find there way to much i also use 2wd fronts on my 4wheel
hope this helps you out

cheers jason

[BREEZER]

Originally Posted by jasonrcb

first time out with the rb5 today and more than happy with it on all counts
i changed the kit springs to kyosho orange on the front and yellow rears with 35wt rear and 30frt,totally transformed the car its also very stable and quick best days racing ive had in a long time and i highly recommend the car

Hi All, Have just got my "RB5",will be racing it on grass with some jumps has any one got A good set up e/g pistons oil anti squat etc. Thanks Martin,

Thinking of may be changing from my X10 to LAZER is this Agood idea

[Mr X]

i dont know if this was already covered or not but are the front rims the same as losi front rims or does it used lazer front rims?

[jimmy]

it uses RB5 front rims.

Lazer ones should fit but I assume the offset is different. So the hex is larger than that on the Losi.

[Casper]

I have just started racing the RB5 over in the States. The car is awesome. I have put the ZX-5 option springs front and rear on the car. A 1mm shim behind the upper shock cap will space out the shock enough to clear the front stay. Also check your rear tire to wing clearance. We have noticed with some tires, you can get wing rub at full suspension travel. Raising the wing solves this problem on the buggy.

The car is very good. Running orange springs up front and yellows in the rear wtih great results. I have been running on high bite dirt so far. The car is very good out of the box. This car should be a sleeper this year and in the right hands is very capable of winning races. The Kyosho plastic seems to be holding up quite well also. A local crash tester has yet to break his car and that is not without a lack of trying!.

[jimmy]

Go fast enough and you can break anything! eh Stu?

[jim76]

Originally Posted by BREEZER

Thinking of may be changing from my X10 to LAZER is this Agood idea

YES! the lazer is awesome. so stable and easy to drive.