oOple help deciding
 

Hello,

First let me say LOVE the site. Now for the issue. I live in the US and drive on normal US blue groove tracks for the most part. Right now I have and RB5 but I am tired of trying to keep up with Kyosho while they are doing dev work on it. Also I am looking to get a 4wd car. So based on my country and lack of cook Euro stuff what would you suggest to replace the RB5 and what to get for a 4wd? Oh and I race brushless and li-po in my RB5 if that influences your input.

Thanks
Jeff

Hi, welcome to the site !

Depends what your budget is really ?

2wd perhaps a B4 which you could convert to an X6 in future if you fancied a change once again.

4wd well B44's are pretty reasonable as will the new plastic Yokomo when its released, if your budgets a bit higher the Cat SX would be a good bet :)

If you already have a bunch of stick pack lipos and run on smooth tracks, have a look at older BJ4's. Fairly cheap now and very quick, otherwise your only other choices for stick lipos would be the Lazer SP or the new Schumacher CAT SX which isn't available yet.

If you don't mind getting new batteries get a B44. Great value for money and good spares support.

the plastic fantastic cars are proving just as good, so that is the B-Max from Yokomo and the DB-01 from Tamiya, the Tamiya needs a few upgrades to be fully raceable, but won't burn a big whole in your pocket.

Thanks gang. My biggest issue with getting a new car is not the money I am selling off my 1/8th scale stuff at the same time I should net a good amount from that. My plan is to put about $2k into electric gear and race the rest of the season. Just tired of Kyosho saying "and this is new" over and over. I like getting a car and a good parts lot up front and running for a season. An update here and there not bad but every 4 months is getting old. So back to my big issue...availability. Living in the US means I can get one of 4 kits normally. Associated looks good because of parts and every hobby store has them. Yokomo, Tamaya, Schumacher all have the same issue I cannot find parts. When I do find them they are backordered or not out in the US. Thanks again for the input. If you have more suggestions I am still shopping :D

I do think it is funny how some people love buying up the developmental parts on cars and others hate it.

Me I would rather have a car that is changing and evolving as the team find new and exciting ways to get the car faster.

The process just reminds me of F1 where teams are deveolping and changing to get the cars better, never stay the same all season.

If you are looking for a competitive car that has remained static for a bit then go for the B4 or resign yourself to the fact that you don't need to buy everything Kyosho releases. Just buy things that will improve your ride and make it more competitive for you.

9 out of 10 times the things I buy for my car won't make it any better on the track.. sometimes it is for looks sometimes to be a bit easier to work on.
Almost nothing is going to make e faster than not crashing as often.
:cry:

I will take this unbiased information and put it in the database.

Also for the record I don't mind the car changing. Don't get me wrong I like updates that will improve the car. The updates from bigK are however not helpful to me. Lutz may be able to see a difference in the mid arm set but I don't see a change other then I break more t-plates. So for me the best thing is to make the car more reliable. I updated the shock towers to Atomic Carbons which helped. I had the front and rear hing pin carriers made out of aluminum (before the team guys). I have the CNC work almost done on the front c-hubs now also. So you see I am not afraid of change I think it should happen. But I see two kinds of change in racing. First reliability and then performance. Since I still hit things and I don't jump 100% perfect all the time I am still working on the first one.

Thanks again for the help.

Jeff "not a pro" Granone