Kyosho Touring Car
12-01-2005, 12:45 PM
#121
Tech Initiate
Sweet... thanks. Can't wait till they release more information about it.
12-01-2005, 02:14 PM
#122
This is the car that Shinnozuke Adachi has used at the JRMCA. It's getting close to production specs so i've heard.
12-01-2005, 02:21 PM
#123
Tech Initiate
Hmmm... thats interesting. I had thought that Kyosho was having Josh work on their car... and that one is a dual belt design. 
I could be wrong though.
I could be wrong though.
12-01-2005, 02:24 PM
#124
That car that Adachi ran is based of a 2 year old prototype that Kyosho had at the Tokyo Hobby show. The car Josh ran this past weekend at Cleveland is nothing like that it's belt drive. Josh ran a car simular to that at the ROAR onroad NAT's 2 months ago.
Roly
Maybe Kyosho will go the way of Tamiya,Yokomo, and HPI/HotBodies and offer 2 different drivetrain options.
Roly
Maybe Kyosho will go the way of Tamiya,Yokomo, and HPI/HotBodies and offer 2 different drivetrain options.
12-01-2005, 02:52 PM
#125
My information (and believe me it's good) is that this car is the one. It's got nothing to do with the car showed at the hobby shows, this car is based on the ZX-5 if you have a close look to it you'll see : gearboxes, steering, hubs etc... are off the ZX-5. It's got wishbones adapted to the track width of a TC, but they're not the same as the ones used on the TF-5.
I'm attaching a pic of the TF-5 and one of the new car so you can compare and see for yourself they've only got the basic layout in common.
I'm attaching a pic of the TF-5 and one of the new car so you can compare and see for yourself they've only got the basic layout in common.
12-01-2005, 02:57 PM
#126
Tech Regular
WRONG
Well, as good as your sources are... they're wrong. My source (Josh) says that he is the designer of the electric touring car, and that they will probally work with his latest design, which he ran at Cleveland.
12-01-2005, 03:05 PM
#127
I hope it's the electric RRR! I know that did not work so great but how cool would that be!!! Completely different from everything else in the market.
12-01-2005, 03:36 PM
#129
"Based" means it shares a majority of parts, which is not the case. Otherwise you could say the MSX is based on the Cyclone based on the fact that the layout and the way you can access the drivetrain are similar... These two shaft cars there don't share many parts.
We'll see what their car looks like at the Warm Up I guess, I'm not getting into an argument with you, you heard something in the US, I hear something else from somewhere else, maybe there are two cars being developped (but it's not what i've heard).
Also the pictures I saw of Josh's car at the US paved nats was a TF-5, not the belt car he used at the Reedy Race. Shame the link where it was is down.
We'll see what their car looks like at the Warm Up I guess, I'm not getting into an argument with you, you heard something in the US, I hear something else from somewhere else, maybe there are two cars being developped (but it's not what i've heard).
Also the pictures I saw of Josh's car at the US paved nats was a TF-5, not the belt car he used at the Reedy Race. Shame the link where it was is down.
12-01-2005, 03:44 PM
#130
Tech Fanatic
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Originally Posted by TRF415boy
"Based" means it shares a majority of parts, which is not the case. Otherwise you could say the MSX is based on the Cyclone based on the fact that the layout and the way you can access the drivetrain are similar... These two shaft cars there don't share many parts.
We'll see what their car looks like at the Warm Up I guess, I'm not getting into an argument with you, you heard something in the US, I hear something else from somewhere else, maybe there are two cars being developped (but it's not what i've heard).
Also the pictures I saw of Josh's car at the US paved nats was a TF-5, not the belt car he used at the Reedy Race. Shame the link where it was is down.
We'll see what their car looks like at the Warm Up I guess, I'm not getting into an argument with you, you heard something in the US, I hear something else from somewhere else, maybe there are two cars being developped (but it's not what i've heard).
Also the pictures I saw of Josh's car at the US paved nats was a TF-5, not the belt car he used at the Reedy Race. Shame the link where it was is down.
Josh said the car from the Reedy race was to test ideas and progress that design to a finished car. After the Reedy race he made some changes and the parts weren't ready till the week before Cleveland. This is why he ran the shaft drive car at outdoor nats. I would say the car looks pretty good as he made the A at Cleveland and only had the car for less then a week of practice.
12-01-2005, 03:53 PM
#132
Originally Posted by Brian Anthony
Why don't you tell us who your sources are so everyone reading these threads knows you aren't just blowing hot air.
Josh said the car from the Reedy race was to test ideas and progress that design to a finished car. After the Reedy race he made some changes and the parts weren't ready till the week before Cleveland. This is why he ran the shaft drive car at outdoor nats. I would say the car looks pretty good as he made the A at Cleveland and only had the car for less then a week of practice.
Josh said the car from the Reedy race was to test ideas and progress that design to a finished car. After the Reedy race he made some changes and the parts weren't ready till the week before Cleveland. This is why he ran the shaft drive car at outdoor nats. I would say the car looks pretty good as he made the A at Cleveland and only had the car for less then a week of practice.
12-01-2005, 04:02 PM
#133
Tech Initiate
It seems as though Kyosho might be bringing two cars, that are different in layout, to the racing scene. They have done it before with their nitro sedans. But, the only way we will all know what is going on, is when Kyosho releases information.
12-01-2005, 05:09 PM
#135
i flipped through (maybe) the latest edition of 'RC World' magazine (jap). and they featured the latest EP touring cars, including cyclone, yokomo BD, the MSX and of course, Adachi's red machine.
i am not sure whether it's a review of TCs or race coverage of JMRCA but definitely more look like it's review of TCs because they don't feature Hara's car.
So my vote goes to Adachi's shaft driven style.
I have the same thought, Kyosho might develop 2 cars at the same time. After all they mastered the shaft driven with the infernos, FW series, superten. with RRR being their latest successful project, no doubt they want to extend this to the EP class as well.
my 2 cents
i am not sure whether it's a review of TCs or race coverage of JMRCA but definitely more look like it's review of TCs because they don't feature Hara's car.
So my vote goes to Adachi's shaft driven style.
I have the same thought, Kyosho might develop 2 cars at the same time. After all they mastered the shaft driven with the infernos, FW series, superten. with RRR being their latest successful project, no doubt they want to extend this to the EP class as well.
my 2 cents
