rc10 b5
12-23-2013, 12:22 PM
#561
Sure, with technology today it will most likely be an alum chassis. You can see the gull wing arms and big bores.
He has no idea if it will be able to switch b/w MM to RM with "ease." He admits its a guess. With the new serpent and Yoko being MM dedicated, my "bet" is that it will require a rear clip built up, and it won't be included in a kit like the 22 or KYO.
12-23-2013, 12:24 PM
#563
Tech Master
The guy who wrote this blog can only speculate...he is no wiser than the rest of us.
Sure, with technology today it will most likely be an alum chassis. You can see the gull wing arms and big bores.
He has no idea if it will be able to switch b/w MM to RM with "ease." He admits its a guess. With the new serpent and Yoko being MM dedicated, my "bet" is that it will require a rear clip built up, but it won't be included in a kit like the 22 or KYO.
Sure, with technology today it will most likely be an alum chassis. You can see the gull wing arms and big bores.
He has no idea if it will be able to switch b/w MM to RM with "ease." He admits its a guess. With the new serpent and Yoko being MM dedicated, my "bet" is that it will require a rear clip built up, but it won't be included in a kit like the 22 or KYO.
Car Action has not been a valid media source for quite a long time (for me).
12-23-2013, 12:33 PM
#564
Tech Master
Hideeho
I had an interesting thought after conecting some dots. A few of the references about the new car (b5?) seem to indicate a mm car. A few weeks ago someone from xfactory (youngchaz?, speedydad?) made a comment about something really big coming for xfactory. I wonder if the AE car is the cubed re-worked to fit what AE wants? It would not be the 1st time AE has done this (bj4-b44) for a race design, & fits what they have done recently (several of the new cars launched last year were tt designs rebadged).
Just some food for thought with the disaclaimer that I have no inside info or conections to anyone from xfactory or AE.
I had an interesting thought after conecting some dots. A few of the references about the new car (b5?) seem to indicate a mm car. A few weeks ago someone from xfactory (youngchaz?, speedydad?) made a comment about something really big coming for xfactory. I wonder if the AE car is the cubed re-worked to fit what AE wants? It would not be the 1st time AE has done this (bj4-b44) for a race design, & fits what they have done recently (several of the new cars launched last year were tt designs rebadged).
Just some food for thought with the disaclaimer that I have no inside info or conections to anyone from xfactory or AE.
12-23-2013, 12:54 PM
#565
Hideeho
That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't think you could get any bigger news than that for xfactory. Picture an xfactory rear end with the pictured update of the AE front end.
It will be very interesting to see what AE does with the chassis if this is what the buggy is. Plastic? CF? Aluminum? A plastic chassis with a full length (bulkhead to bulkhead) top brace (CF?) with removable stays to change the flex would be SO fun to play with! This kind of setup should work everywhere from a low traction surface all the way through super high traction carpet.
A deal like this would also explain why so few cubes have been getting to distributors. The really telling thing will be when AE releases a pic like the one of the front, but of the rear. THAT is the picture I'm waiting to see!
That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't think you could get any bigger news than that for xfactory. Picture an xfactory rear end with the pictured update of the AE front end.
It will be very interesting to see what AE does with the chassis if this is what the buggy is. Plastic? CF? Aluminum? A plastic chassis with a full length (bulkhead to bulkhead) top brace (CF?) with removable stays to change the flex would be SO fun to play with! This kind of setup should work everywhere from a low traction surface all the way through super high traction carpet.
A deal like this would also explain why so few cubes have been getting to distributors. The really telling thing will be when AE releases a pic like the one of the front, but of the rear. THAT is the picture I'm waiting to see!
12-23-2013, 01:26 PM
#566
Hideeho
That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't think you could get any bigger news than that for xfactory. Picture an xfactory rear end with the pictured update of the AE front end.
It will be very interesting to see what AE does with the chassis if this is what the buggy is. Plastic? CF? Aluminum? A plastic chassis with a full length (bulkhead to bulkhead) top brace (CF?) with removable stays to change the flex would be SO fun to play with! This kind of setup should work everywhere from a low traction surface all the way through super high traction carpet.
A deal like this would also explain why so few cubes have been getting to distributors. The really telling thing will be when AE releases a pic like the one of the front, but of the rear. THAT is the picture I'm waiting to see!
That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't think you could get any bigger news than that for xfactory. Picture an xfactory rear end with the pictured update of the AE front end.
It will be very interesting to see what AE does with the chassis if this is what the buggy is. Plastic? CF? Aluminum? A plastic chassis with a full length (bulkhead to bulkhead) top brace (CF?) with removable stays to change the flex would be SO fun to play with! This kind of setup should work everywhere from a low traction surface all the way through super high traction carpet.
A deal like this would also explain why so few cubes have been getting to distributors. The really telling thing will be when AE releases a pic like the one of the front, but of the rear. THAT is the picture I'm waiting to see!
I read somewhere xfactory is briging out their own car and that was the big news.
12-23-2013, 01:38 PM
#567
They are coming out with an x-7 (4wd belt, driven buggy using b4?! difs & out drives) that will be a complete in house built car rather than a converstion kit. Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall a comment about them making everything in house starting with the x-7. So, I might be off the mark about an AE-xfactory tie in. It would be pretty cool though.
12-23-2013, 01:51 PM
#568
The guy who wrote this blog can only speculate...he is no wiser than the rest of us.
Sure, with technology today it will most likely be an alum chassis. You can see the gull wing arms and big bores.
He has no idea if it will be able to switch b/w MM to RM with "ease." He admits its a guess. With the new serpent and Yoko being MM dedicated, my "bet" is that it will require a rear clip built up, and it won't be included in a kit like the 22 or KYO.
Sure, with technology today it will most likely be an alum chassis. You can see the gull wing arms and big bores.
He has no idea if it will be able to switch b/w MM to RM with "ease." He admits its a guess. With the new serpent and Yoko being MM dedicated, my "bet" is that it will require a rear clip built up, and it won't be included in a kit like the 22 or KYO.
But you are correct, everything until it's released is an educated guess.
TK
12-23-2013, 02:40 PM
#569
Tech Initiate
The square Reedy battery is way beyond that so it is illegal for ROAR sanctioned races.
8.3.2.3.3 The maximum 2s brick/stick case::
Length: 139mm
Width: 47mm
Height: 25.1mm
8.3.2.3.4 The maximum 2s saddle case:
Length: 139mm to be measured as two packs end to end as a maximum
Width: 47mm
Height: 25.1mm
Very excited to see the new car! Happy holidays everyone!
12-23-2013, 04:31 PM
#570
Tech Initiate
I learned about 4 pages into this thread to never click on any link that JiuHaWong posts, no matter how tempting the title.