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Tamiya
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TRF501X Racing Buggy!!!
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Check out what Tamiya are displaying at the Shizuoka show starting today!
pic source: http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/PredatorXharashu/diary/ |
I heard about this a while back but im surprised how similar it looks to the Yokomo BX. Even the shocks look like they could be off the yoke. It doesn't appear to be on the list of releases so I guess its not coming out yet??
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:-O i hope this doesnt mean that they arent going to persue a TRF version of the DI (which i still say will be the trf406x).... Knowing Tamiya though they'll probably develop and release both... same way they have the 415 and the evo 5
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Lets hope so. :) Now if only I could get hold of one.. hmmm.
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I know you won't get ANY sense if you contact hobby co in the UK (Tamiya's UK distributor) but there are ways and means.
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thats got to be the first belt drive i've been tempted by... only cause its a tamiya :-P
I found on the tamiya japan site a pic of the cheap 2wd (sand viper) and below it in the pic is the shell that i've seen related to the 406x, its a b4 shell, so looks like that was there, so maybe someone has some pics of it.. |
definately liking the new threaded shocks they got for off-road!!!
I beleive the pics 'rumoured' to be the trf406x is a dt-02 with some hand made mods.... |
Got to say the front wishbones and blue castor blocks look like they are BJ4 parts odd?
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On several of the sites it says that the TRF501 will be available fall/end of the year.
Here's a pic of a full option DF03 from the show. http://www.pro-s-futaba.co.jp/hsphoto/SANY0139.JPG |
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Also when I first heard the rumors about Tamiya definitely testing and developing a serious race buggy they apparently were running the BJ4WE. I have even seen pics of this around 2 months ago maybe. So what I would guess they've done is that they have now decided on the general layout. Then they will start working with that with a suspension they know and will then develop their own during the next months. Probably at the Japanese championships in September (I believe) a more production ready buggy will be used. The current prototype was used by TRF driver Satoshi Maezumi at the recent GW buggy race at Yatabe Arena, finishing third. http://yaggy.exblog.jp/ http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200605/06...3_12271864.jpg |
The 406x is listed on this page - http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~c-yellow/2...Japan_4WD.html - as a 4wd, only thing shown though is a b4 body painted in what looks to be Satoshi Maezumis' colors. I've seen references elsewere and always refered to as a 4wd buggy.
They cant possibly drop the development of a TRF offroad shaft drive, it's just not like tamiya. They've classically always been pro shaft drive. If they think it's still worth developing the TB Evo platform when the 415 is doing so well, then i'm sure they'll release a shaft offroad TRF car.. |
hate to spoil it.... but....
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~c-yellow/050724017.jpg thats the same shell that they show in 4wd... there is always this homebrew though.... http://www.interq.or.jp/horse/race/rc/P5220023.jpg |
Same paint, different sticker placment and the nose is cut shorter... also sides maybe a bit deeper, hard to tell that though.
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~c-yellow/2...attention.html Scroll down the page to were it says 406x and stick the text through babelfish, sounds like the df03 to me. Found this before the DI was announced... |
Hmmm, all looks great to me.. The Impact looks really nice with those hop ups, the shocks are tasty looking for sure.
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I shall mostly be getting a set... and springs, they just look sweet, and after using the saloon TRF shocks, they are just so ubber simple to build and fill, will make running AE and Losi shocks pointless....
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http://www.hobby-one.co.jp/hobby/abc-08.jpg
Found this linked on the Radio control zone site, made by same people who make that conversion for the zx5... looks good but the batteries should still go down the middle. |
More photos here, also Jason @ Jconcepts ahs confirmed that he has supplied Tamiya with parts and bodyshells. http://www.mini-zone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1580
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Ah! finally, at least the minizone guys have a decent camera!
The impact chassis looks interesting |
I did see a Carbon conversion on one of the sites for the DF-03, but to be honest, it moves away from the whole point of the DF-03... all the mass down the centre and went back to saddle packs.
Jon, how hard would it be to make a chassis with central cells? |
If the shaft or belts are not in the way of stick style center cells its not a major problem, really depends if you can mount the flat carbon fibre sheet to each gearbox ?.
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i think that a double deck CF chassis is not very important....i prefer a graphite chassis (like losi or AE) but idendtical to the original one ( tamiya has done the same with TA-05) ....and some carbon fiber and alu stuff........
the KM-rc chassis is far from the original layout of the car..... ciao |
Jon, I might have to get you some bits and peices to send you so you can assess it. The biggest issue is keeping the cells in the same place but making them accessible, and you either use the same(ish) system that there is now but make sure the Top deck is a serious part of the integrity of the chassis stiffness. It is definately crying out for it though, and that might mean being able to go across to having suspension blocks on the rear and not gearbox mounted wishbones.
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Thought you guys would like to know the new tamiya car got 2nd at the Japanese nationals to an HB car.
Details were in the 2007 worlds warmup thread under australian racing in rctech's forum. Only a shot of the podium finishers with their cars with bodys on, but the new body itself for the tamiya looks cooool. Can't find any info on the HB buggy, I'm sure some pics will leak from japanese websites for both cars. Loving all the interest in 4wd :D |
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i'm liking that shell.
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nice
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Quick someone give carl a warning for madness!
Carl you said "its a tamiya" in a thread about the Hot Bodies buggy!!!!! the hotbodies buggy which clearly ISNT a tamiya! lol - it might very well be a Yokomo BX disguised as a new HB buggy, but its NOT NOT NOT A TAMIYA !!! :flower: |
I have to say, I know that shell is insane, but I like it. Its......... ace.
having said that, when you get the clubmans style one can job on there, things might not look quite so spiffy. I hope they are closer to making a buggy we can buy, I wont hold my breath though, tamiya seem able to get near final production and then forget all about it, like the neoshot. |
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*shakes head*
Yeah the tamiya is the same (or close) to the one they showed at the toyfair a while back, I think the shell is even the same or close, but there were no good shots of the shell at that time. Anyways, how good is it to have all these new japanese buggys rearing their heads coming up to the worlds next year.. |
i do like the look of the shell but as usual its how it goes on the track,and well hmm tamiya. and off road well. ill say no more
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I reckon you will have a certain Marc Rheinard driving it at the worlds, there will be a LOT at stake next year at the worlds, in what I reckon, is the most active creativity area in the RC World.
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i would really like to see tamiya getting serious about offroad.
2wd is where i would like to see them show a bit of interest too. |
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Yeah when you put it that way, it all comes around doesn't it!:p Either way, that shell is outrageous, and I want it.
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