New Yokomo 4wd?

[Arnefles]

Do you think it will come a new 4wd soon or will Yokomo keep the B-max4 going for a long time?

It is 5 ears and maybe it's time to do some changes...?

I see that it's a big difference from the first ver. to the latest spec, but it was orginally (my upinion) made for the big market as it was full of plastic-not a pro-race car.

Is it good enought to handle the new cars as K1 and Xb4?

Some thoughts?

Arne :-)

[Moose]

Do you think it will come a new 4wd soon

No

will Yokomo keep the B-max4 going for a long time?

Nothing against it right now.

Is it good enought to handle the new cars as K1 and Xb4?

both very new cars. Doubt that anyone can compare them right now. But the yoko really good.

[mes]

Originally written by Jimmy oOple in the Rd2 EOS report

The team initially didn't want me to photograph something at the front of the car since it's a test part and probably won't be released for this version of the car since it needs some chassis drilling. After a talk with Robert Itoh things were sweetened and I was able to get a shot of the carbon plate at the front of the chassis which the guys installed to better handle the high grip conditions.

This could mean about everything...
Still, the B-Max4 family of cars is the best handling/easiest to drive 4WD I can imagine. It may not look as nice as its various carbon fibre predecessors (still in love with the Works '91... ), but performance makes up for the lack of *bling* factor.
The other day, I posted some kind of wishlist for the car's next incarnation/successor on rctech, but except for gear diffs, everything I mentioned are minor tweaks:

-gear diffs
-lower front shock tower (even if it means new front arms)
-tougher front arms
-wing mount compatible with B-Max2 wings (allows to use scooped JC or LMR wings)

The CF plate mentioned in the Langenfeld report could be a way to change chassis stiffness while using the same chassis.

[discothesnake]

Nothing wrong with the B-max4. Doesn't have to be carbon-fibre to e competitive. Kyosho Lazer is all plastic and that's very competitive.

I hope they don't change it too soon, I've just bought a new one!

Dave

[eddscott]

I'm hoping the weather gives us a few good days of racing this year. My local club has 1/10 off road during the summer and I need to chose a car to run.

I have actually got at home in their boxes a Bmax4 WE, SX3, DEX410 and a B44.1. Don't know why just bought them whilst they were on special.

I was going to go with the B44.1 as it seems the easier to gets parts for with the Bmax4 being (or seemingly to be) the one hardest to get parts for.

I do like the Bmax but I don't want to get stuck for parts.

[jimmy]

I wouldn't put it past them to bring out a new version of the Bmax this year maybe with geardiff option parts. They really are keen to get back into a prominent position in 10th off road in Europe and the USA.

[mes]

Of course they didn't tell you they would, did they?
(It is worth a try, isn't it? )

[mes]

Originally Posted by eddscott

I was going to go with the B44.1 as it seems the easier to gets parts for with the Bmax4 being (or seemingly to be) the one hardest to get parts for.

I do like the Bmax but I don't want to get stuck for parts.

If you don't mind ordering online and/or abroad, it is actually quite easy to source parts. Even when I had to order parts from Japan or France in early last year, it was cheaper to support the B-Max2 than supporting my previous Kyoshos in Germany. Meanwhile, the situation in Europe, the US (AMainhobbies) and the UK has improved as more and more shops stock up on Yokomo parts. I wouldn't be surprised to see Yokomo return to old glory within a year or two - in the on-road sector they already did it.