WHICH B4?

[bryn]

hi all. as a newbie again after about 15 years using schumacher gear, that i still have incidently. i'm looking at buying a new car and was looking at the b4's which one should i go for? or losi's, or even nitro cars like a hyper 7 or hpi trophy etc? i do crash....alot.....a very lot....so i need something strong mainly. over to you.

cheers,
bryn

[mikeyscott]

B4 Stealth

[Mike Hudson]

B4 factory team or even a T4 factory team if you like stadium trucks buying the b4 stealth you'd need a few parts to get it up to the strength that the factory team version is at and would end up costing more than the factory team and you still wouldn't have some of the parts that the factory team car has that you'd benefit from so best to go straight for the factory team versions unless your a person that already had a stealth version to get the few upgrades for it to get it upto scratch

[super__dan]

When you say stength Mike, what do you mean? Traditionally it's thought plastic is more robust than the carbon plastics so the team version is likely to be more robust anyway.

[Richard Lowe]

I'd guess Mike means the aluminium front bulkhead brace and ti turnbuckles

[super__dan]

The beefed up plastic front brace is pretty much up to it, not a weakness like it used to be. The steel turnbuckles are/used to be gash, the threads were never very good, don't know if that's still the case.

[Mike Hudson]

yep alloy front brace and ti turnbuckles and for what you get with the ft version for the little bit of extra money is well worth it, yes the carbon wishbones and towers arn't quite as good as the plastic counterparts but they don't cost much to replace with plastic versions when they do break rather than buy the stealth kit and end up spending more than a ft b4 would cost, alloy servo mounts are nice to have too as the plastic servo mounts don't last a great deal of time and thats also an expensive part to buy on it's own!