Nope im on about the Cat 2000 and the awful 2wd that was out at the same time. The cars before them were great and yes the developments they put into the cars were and still are designs that changed racing forever. Hell they won a Worlds. However they stopped redesigning and comparing the designs that were used on the Cat 2000 it appears that they took designs from Yokomo and tried to make it work without making the design better. Heck im not the only one who thinks this, but someone has got to say it.
The XLS, Procat and Bosscat as well as the cougar were and still are superb designs and at the time state of the art, so what happened? Its like their designing team just stopped working and left. They were designing the best stuff and over night they stopped and started designing rubbish.
Yes the touring cars are good at the mo and the results are good but they need to make a stunning 4wd and 2wd buggy that doesnt have similarities from other manufacturers.
Kyosho can do it well, their 2wd is an upgrade from their last in 2002 (the Ultima type R) and the ZX5 4wd is well a copy of any shaft drive out there but they did the ZX/ZXR/ZXRR/ZXS and those were a design that are still superb for belts. Yokomo as well designed from a blank piece of paper.
If kyosho can and predator can (fragile but what a design), then maybe the schumacher company should throw away all their previous designs and come up with a totally new design where the weight distirbution is like a touring car and the weight is in the centre of the chassis, and the motor as well so that it will handle like a dream and that will not only appeal to the eye but be easy to maintain and be user friendly. Maybe they should have a look at what Losi were running at the off road worlds in 95, as the prototype was a great idea, however they are not going to produce it, so might give schumacher an idea on the chassis layout.
If they do then maybe theyd get my custom, and hopefully much more business, and maybe another title.
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