8LikesYOKOMO Touring Car BD-7
10-08-2012, 01:57 PM
#548
10-08-2012, 02:17 PM
#549
Oh boy are you jumping ship over to the dark side? And whats up with you and hard bumpers. Just stop bumping stuff.
Art are you coming over too? I know your an xray boy.
No you don't I'm running mine box stock and its awesome. I will be switching to graphite. But I will be using all Yokomo parts.
Art are you coming over too? I know your an xray boy.
No you don't I'm running mine box stock and its awesome. I will be switching to graphite. But I will be using all Yokomo parts.
10-08-2012, 02:32 PM
#550
No one at Xray likes me very much anyway, so I don't have to worry about pissing those guys off anymore then normal. I will drive whatever I want, as I brought two Xrays T3 2012s to Vegas and a Tamiya 417.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
10-08-2012, 02:45 PM
#552
Art, from the initial reports and offhand, I have seen one car running locally, it is typical Yokomo plastic. Hard, great molds, but slightly more brittle. No car matches XRAY's durability, period. On carpet, if you are gonna be smacking stuff, it's probably best to stay away. However, I saw you drive at the carpet nats, and you are a pretty damn good driver, I think durability is not something you have to don't have to be too worried about.
I don't own one, but I drove one from a buddy. The car is really good. I know people don't think cars make a difference, but I am not from that school of thought. This car is faster than most other cars out there. Part of it, is the plastics used, much like the Tamiya cars.
I don't own one, but I drove one from a buddy. The car is really good. I know people don't think cars make a difference, but I am not from that school of thought. This car is faster than most other cars out there. Part of it, is the plastics used, much like the Tamiya cars.
10-08-2012, 03:07 PM
#553
Art, from the initial reports and offhand, I have seen one car running locally, it is typical Yokomo plastic. Hard, great molds, but slightly more brittle. No car matches XRAY's durability, period. On carpet, if you are gonna be smacking stuff, it's probably best to stay away. However, I saw you drive at the carpet nats, and you are a pretty damn good driver, I think durability is not something you have to don't have to be too worried about.
I don't own one, but I drove one from a buddy. The car is really good. I know people don't think cars make a difference, but I am not from that school of thought. This car is faster than most other cars out there. Part of it, is the plastics used, much like the Tamiya cars.
I don't own one, but I drove one from a buddy. The car is really good. I know people don't think cars make a difference, but I am not from that school of thought. This car is faster than most other cars out there. Part of it, is the plastics used, much like the Tamiya cars.
10-08-2012, 03:19 PM
#554
No one at Xray likes me very much anyway, so I don't have to worry about pissing those guys off anymore then normal. I will drive whatever I want, as I brought two Xrays T3 2012s to Vegas and a Tamiya 417.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
That being said it would take a lot for me to switch to the Xray right now. This car is just so smooth and easy to drive.
10-08-2012, 03:22 PM
#555
Tech Adept
No one at Xray likes me very much anyway, so I don't have to worry about pissing those guys off anymore then normal. I will drive whatever I want, as I brought two Xrays T3 2012s to Vegas and a Tamiya 417.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
I am not an Xray Fan boy, but when a car works I am going to run it. The Xray works very well for me right now and provides a good racing platform. For one run I threw out my Tamiya in Vegas and found the car to need some work that I simply did not have time to do.
The Yokomo intrigues me, but the durability of the car concerns me for sure. Part of the reason I picked up an Xray was so that I could access to parts here in the US and not have to order from HK every week. Until Amain gets fully stocked and keeps it that way I will have to order from overseas. Parts availability has always been an issue with Yokomo in the past and I see that being an issue with this car as well.
An honest account of the durability would be nice especially from the front plastic part perspective. I would want to know that the car does not break every run if you just graze a board. Here in the US we run on tracks with boards, so the durability has to be realistic and based on running on those types of tracks.
I have only got graphite front hubs at the mo, I do have the graphite stuff just felt no need to change yet. Regarding strength.........
I ran my bd7 at the weekend first big meeting.... I did terrible, I thought it was just the set up so adjusted, nope thought it was me, nope I had gone the wrong way with set up both!!
My qualifying was the worst I think I have ever had I sorted my setup for the final (not far off stock) amazingly my fastest lap was .006 of the fastest of the day and I would have been just off the top of the main if only I had realised sooner my setup flaw!
IDIOT 
Durability: I think this car likes being soft, but all those that have jumped straight on the graphite wagon before trying.... madness ( my opinion at the mo until I have driven and felt the advantage) the car is planted and is stronge as fcuk u can physically flex the wishbones and it returns straight. I will say the servo horn is weak, the tiny teeth are made out of the flexible plastic mine jumped a tooth or two. If u wanna buy something that needs replacement get an alloy servo horn or saver.
I had a poor poor day I felt like I was bashing then drifting and then bashing again. The car put up with major abuse until my finals.... then it just sat back and stuck its fingers up and lapped everyone twice I think!
I never weighed the screws before fitting but it is a major saving in weight, the turnbuckles have not arrived so unsure as of that weight yet alloy rear shafts a must major weight saving.
Donot use lipo locaters they weigh too much, to retain your lipo's use Schumacher's u3569 lightly sand to scratch your lipo case and stick (obviously tape ur lipo in the car before sticking so ur lipo's in the right place I found it easiest to remove top deck to and get as far inboard without touching the belt)
My car weighed in at 1347 (with shell) before adding 5 grams in the center
To get above 1350.
Equipment used;
Ip true 70c lipo's weight 318g
Futaba bls551 servo 44g
Hobbywing v3
Sanwa 451 r rx
Orion 13.5 ( not the lightest of motors)
A Harry pt.
1 piece servo mount
Tit screws alloy rear shafts
Graphite hubs.
Sorry for long post J.