yokomo racer

[Twister]

when will we see a real raceworthy car from yokomo again? The b-max does not cut it for me. I need carbon and alu, preferably belts too. what do you think? cheers Tony.

[Si Coe]

Currently the only belt drive racer in common production is the Cat. Despite the success of the 511, Tamiya have moved to shaft drive. Belts are basically out of fashion in offroad.

As for the carbon and alloy bit - here I am interested to see what the Ansmann X4-TE is like. The basic X4 is heavily based on the Bmax, but the TE swaps the moulded tub for flat carbon.

[fastinfastout]

Originally Posted by Twister

when will we see a real raceworthy car from yokomo again? The b-max does not cut it for me. I need carbon and alu, preferably belts too. what do you think? cheers Tony.

bmax not a raceworthy car??

are you serious?

cars do not need to have carbon and alu to make them race worthy. If anything the carbon/alu stiffens the chassis up, which in some examples is a disadvantage.

have a look at the kyosho zx5 FS, its in pretty much in the same boat, and look how well it does in the hands of tebo. Have a look at matsukura with the bmax, amezcua with the TQ car(bmax copy). Carbon is overated. Most 2wd cars were of carbon plate chassis, but are now nearly all plastic/composite for a reason, flex.....

[09 lex 250]

Originally Posted by Twister

when will we see a real raceworthy car from yokomo again? The b-max does not cut it for me. I need carbon and alu, preferably belts too. what do you think? cheers Tony.

LEARN HOW TO DRIVE AND TUNE YOUR CAR!!
i think radio shack is callin your name!!

ive ran with the best of them with this monster!!

SMFH!!

[isobarik]

get an longer belt for the d-max then and longer chasso voila....

mvh Isobarik

[93works]

look at yokomo's race history!! they will always be in the lead pack..most dominent 4wd's ever!!!

[Twister]

Originally Posted by 93works

look at yokomo's race history!! they will always be in the lead pack..most dominent 4wd's ever!!!

yes but with a plastic entrylevel car? Nah ill bin it and buy a trf 511.

[Swalls]

Originally Posted by Twister

yes but with a plastic entrylevel car? Nah ill bin it and buy a trf 511.

Bye then!

A Bmax is not an entry level chassis, its a national championship winning chassis, so good that they dropped the 'premium' BX 'cos this was better.

Enjoy your 511, I let my Bmax chat on the track.

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by Twister

yes but with a plastic entrylevel car? Nah ill bin it and buy a trf 511.

..the B-Max being the car that beat everyone including the TRF501, Cat SX and B44 at the 2008 Euros after Neil Cragg found he went faster with the B-Max on his first try with it than with his well tested BX Worlds. If the B-Max is an entry level car what does that say about the others.

[Si Coe]

And of course one of the most successful belt drive cars ever was the Losi XX4, with a moulded chassis. And its successors, both the XXX4 and the X5 used, you guessed it, a moulded chassis.
Associateds new 4wd SCT has a moulded chassis, when all the opposition is alloy.
Tub chassis just work. Sure they aren't as bling, but thats about it.

I'm sure we'd see more Bmax wins here in the UK if they weren't imported by CML, whose drivers tend to run AE instead.

[chokoboy]

Originally Posted by Twister

yes but with a plastic entrylevel car? Nah ill bin it and buy a trf 511.

Do u seriously think alu and carbon makes u drive faster?
I have them both and im faster with the b-max ur so-called plastic fantastic entrylevel car!

[Twister]

well i must say that i am happy to see that the Yokomo section is not dead. Thank you for the replies and proven me wrong but i still think its little bit dull with our "plastic future" cheers.

[ottoswe]

sure plastic doesn´t look as flash as carbon.. but still the factory team b-max looks mean..

the flexy chassie of the b-max makes the car perform well everytime..

[CODMAN]

I'd race a car with a chassis made of pudding if it was faster... What's important is it works! And really well at that! if all you want is "posing" factor, then yeah, the B-max isn't your best choice.... But it wasn't designed with that in mind...

[chris brown]

Ahhhhhhhh.
Dont bin it, give it to me.
I will even pay for p+p. Cant say fairer than that, plus santa forgot me this year.

[superdez]

I have both the MR4 BX worlds and BMAX Champions Pack. The BMAX may be less bling, but it's the better car to drive.

[one-way]

And in the past, the touring MR4TC which was an entry level car won the european and the world title !

[Twister]

Originally Posted by superdez

I have both the MR4 BX worlds and BMAX Champions Pack. The BMAX may be less bling, but it's the better car to drive.

oh that is very intresting. would you please tell me more how the cars diverse in the handling department? Or anyone else who has driven both cars. I am very interested in bx worlds car and to compare the two cars.

[fastinfastout]

I have also had both cars, and find the mr-4bx to be very twitchy and nervous, although to be fair at the time I owned the car I didnt have much idea about setup.

[Fatal1ty]

Bmax4 is easier to drive because of the flex. It has so much rear traction and sidebit, and in my opinion less steering. You have to learn "steering with brakes" and than this car is awesome!