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Originally Posted by chemax92
But B4 design although excellent, is really old, before Lipo became popular so it still need ballast to balance weights. A new car would have this in mind.  |
Hmm, noone seems to have quite mastered taking advantage of minimum weights yet though in terms of how to make the suspension do it (I'm sorry, but all this "heavier cars work better" is just not right, not if you get the suspension/geometry etc correct), and any car that "designed in" the additional weight needed would probably not be as popular with the top guys, who I guess like being able to move ballast about. May be wrong but its the impression I get.
The car is pretty much what I'd have expected if I'd known they were doing a 2wd, they'd look at the market and see what's best (and before all the X6 guys cry, multi world champs, and also most recent Euro's champ in a Tamiya drivers hands on an Astro surface so works on various conditions), eg a B4, then say "right, lets start with that, what would we improve?".
Hence I imagine it will be very similar, probably with virtually identical geometry, but better TRF shocks, play around with weight distribuiton (assuming they have moved the motor, and also may well find battery position or wheelbase is tweaked etc), and there own steering/suspension mounting systems. Then over the next 12/18mths various update bits to take it more down their own direction. That's pretty much how the 4wd developed?? Remember the original 501 vs the 511, still look similar but masses of changes, plus now have built in flexibility over things like rear shock position.
TBH, if its a B4 with tamiya shocks and trf blue all over it, I'd buy one like a shot!!!
