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Originally Posted by Jay Smith
I disagree, I've been running my C4.1 from when they were first released and couldn't be more pleased. The most important thing for me is that the car is easy to setup and consistant on different tracks. It is also one of the simplest designs, making it quick and easy to work on. I've had a couple of heavy crashes where I've had to straighten the chassis which takes about 30 seconds, but in the same time last year I broke two B4.1 chassis's!! I hear the carbon rails solve this problem anyway and add a bit of carbon bling. The conversion not a bad price in relation to the competition (DB1 / Vega) even with the addition of a couple of brass weights and the carbon rails.
Overall, I think CML have done a great job with excellent support  |
Lets run through my past history of cars: Losi xxx, losi xxx cr, B4, B4.1, S2, CR2, Losi 22 and Centro C4.1...
I've never broken a chassis before on any of my cars apart from my C4.1 which bent after only a few knocks.
I certainly am not happy about buying a conversion kit at £170 and having to remove the chassis and bend it straight every week or two. Once bent the allow will become softer and will bend more easily, and will not act / flex in the same way as a brand new unbent chassis.
To say that its not a bad price would be correct if you bought the standard conversion kit at £170 and then didn't have to buy anything else: Vega RB5 Version 2 conversion kit retail at £175 - Vega B4.1 Conversion retail at £165/170 - X6 squared kit retail around £150/160 - Losi 22 full car kit retail around £200 - durango full car kit retail at around £200 ----- Centro C4.1 £170 + Carbon Fibre side peices £30/35 meaning total cost of basic C4.1 is £200+ (then get ready to get another £35 out ur wallet to replace the 2 pivot blocks as they'll wear out after only a month or so). Only the Kyosho DB1 is more expensive as you need to have 2 cars as donor cars.
These are all issues of the C4.1 but will not be issues with the new Atomic Carbon S2 Evo - which brings me back to my first post... Better to wait and buy the S2 Evo as the handling of the car will still be awesome and fast and consistant on all tracks - but will have none of the bad quality that comes with the C4.1. With the S2 Evo you get the best of a great car and great quality.
I was not happy with my C4.1 so I went back to my old faithful CR2 and have never looked back - and I might add that I am just as quick with the CR2 than I was with the C4.1!