Hi Micha

How is this.

thanks, now I got it! :cool:

I can email you one, it's 9 megs.

I can host it if you want mate, I dont have a scanner so can't put manuals and the like up myself at the moment but if someone has a useful one I can host it like.

Yokomousa.com has it posted.

Am I blind? I looked there the other day and I'm looking now and can't see the BX, thanks anyway rcyogi!

http://www.yokomousa.com/newproducts/manualusa.htm

Thanks to Cammer for sending me it, cheers mate.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/revie...komomanual.pdf

if you want it i have rotated all the pages so they are horizontal and easier to read.
let me know :D

Send it along mate (mooplea at the ever so popular hotmail dot com website) Makes more sense not having to tilt yer head huh! lol

I have adobe indesign here, I guess its not a biggie to rotate it but I'd probaly turn it into a 500 meg file at the same time :rolleyes:

did it in acrobat pro, took about 7secs:jimmeh oh work can be sort trying at times :rolleyes:

bx parts list, explode view, and manual on line in pdf format
http://www.hobbytec.co.uk/index.php?...on_view&idev=2

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Just thought I would let you know bigred!

Thanks Cammer for sorting that out, must have taken you ages to scan it all in! Been very helpful so cheers and thanks jimmy for hosting it.

just sign up for free
it will let you in then
downloads are for reged users only

How mean of you carl :p

Hi everybody, hi Jimmy,

Could someone confirm me that the Asso springs can be fitted on the Yokomo shocks, please? And so, the same as for the B4? I'd like to buy the BX, so would like to buy the good springs too...;-)

Also, I think I can see on Jimmy's pictures that the Team drivers use the Asso shocks : is it? Why?

Many thanks for your help!


PS to Jimmy : I'm a prof sport photographer, just would like to tell you that your pictures (actions and others) are of a verrrry high quality, honnestly!! :thumleft: :thumleft: You have a very good eye, as we say!

Hi mate!
The associated springs fit fine, from memory I think they are a tight fit around the shock bottoms, but they do fit and work well. The included shocks are great - as for some drivers using Associated shocks, like neil cragg, I know they run the rear shocks and different (higher) rear tower to alter the handling.
But to put it into perspective all the box-standard BX cars at the first UK national were in the A final (apart from mine of course! hehe), the ones with modified rear towers / associated shocks etc were in the B final.. So - stick with the standard stuff! :)

I'm not sure about shock pistons but maybe that is another reason the team drivers might run AE shocks, since the BX comes with unknown pistons and no additional ones for tuning - same for springs. They all know the B4 shocks - so no experimenting is needed.
The BX shocks are close in many ways to the AE ones, so perhaps the AE pistons fit- anyone know ??


Thanks for the kind comments also! :) and good luck with your BX if you get it - very nice to build.

there is a very easy fix to stop pins coming out , you simple cut a very small piece of heat shrink tubing and heat it up over the end of the cvd , just enough to cover were the pin goes round like MM wide

They aren't CVD's tho, they are Universal Joints, so I dont thing its possible since it would interfere with the movement of the joint. I have some heatshrink on my b4 cvd's because I couldnt find the threadlock :p

yeh just looked at the manual on my web site, you might be right jimmy thats a horible disgn fault, dont no if you could get away with heatshrink tubing, worth a try though,o as you say small grove in pin?

If you use the Losi ones they are a little bigger and won't damage the threads on the shock body as much.

Finally pics of mine
 

Note the oople stickers on the wing! 'Course I am neither the shell painter nor the photographer Jimmy is.

Very nice! looks great, nice and colourful. Good choice of ESC too, my favourite.

Thanks Jimmy,

First time I have used this ESC. Any suggestions on ESC settings for the Yoke (or for 4wd buggies in general) ?

Also, the Yoke distributor in the USA, Butch, hooked me up with some stickers from his personal stock when I dropped by to buy some spares from him. Very nice guy - showed him your site and he was really impressed by your review of the BX.

Your car looks good Morlock, like the paint job a lot.

Regarding the BX, I got some new parts from Japan yesterday, going to be fitting them to the car ahead of this weekends National.

Had the following part numbers turn up:

BX-008RG, BX-008FG, BX-300FBA, BX-414SG & BX-4131OG.

Other than the front alloy brace the other parts are graphite upgrades for wishbones and steering arm/block. I’ll let you know how long it took me to break them on Monday, the jump for this weekend looks a lot of fun but might be the cause of a few breakages… we shall see!

YEEHAAA bathy!! can't wait to see that gorgeous jewel of a car ping off the sides of the track like a pinball machine!!!:D

Morlock, on the keyence, not really off hand, I just love the adjustability of it and smoothness (or punch if you need it).

Thanks Bathy,

I'll keep an eye out for those part numbers. Burt, the US distrib said they were getting some graphite arms etc. but he had not received them the day I stopped by.

By the way, it was teh first time I had walked inside a distributor's warehouse. Its a small warehouse they have in Los Angeles, with Yokomo kits and parts stacked floor to ceiling. I felt like a kid in a candy store. THey still had 3 of the previous plastic mr4 4wd new in the box.

He let me drive his Yoke drifter too in the car park and it was a blast.

Upload pics of your car when you have the new parts in :D

Sounds like heaven! Thanks for putting the oOple word in too! ;)

im sure I'll get a photo of bathys car this weekend, will try before he drives it :p

Hi Morlock, the graphite arms look very much the same as the plastic ones, just a kinda 'dusty shade' compared with the plastic ones.

Ran the car yesterday at our UK national series, (here come the excuses) I had some bad luck with wires de-soldering, turnbuckles popping off twice and it took me a few heats to get the car setup right (missed 2nd practise). Think I got it sorted pretty well in the end but this, added to my lack of race talent, meant I ended up in the bottom final on the day, doh!

The graphite arms seem pretty tuff, I got stuck against some piping at one point and someone slammed into the back of me, their car broke mine carried on fine.

Other than motor wire coming off, the only other problem I suffered from (twice) was a rear ball cup thingy popping off. I think one must be deformed or worn out a bit so I’ll replace it, didn't break any other parts all day so that was good.

Oh I did lose a bit of blue alloy, one of my front spring retainers, in the final which was annoying, not sure when I lost it, but again that's my excuse for doing poorly. Did anyone find one and can I have it back please?

Hi Morlock, I took some pictures of my BX at the weekend, it has the graphite parts fitted but as I said they look pretty much the same as the plastic ones.

http://www.jigsaw7/uploads/bigkidstuff/BX4.jpg

www.jigsaw7.com/uploads/bigkidstuff/BX1.jpg

www.jigsaw7.com/uploads/bigkidstuff/BX2.jpg

www.jigsaw7.com/uploads/bigkidstuff/BX3.jpg

Love the carbon fibre effect rear wing, were did you get the stuff from ?.

Dave can you get anymore titanium or blue alloy on you car :) :rolleyes:

yes.. QC2 esc with alloy blue heatsink :D