4LikesTamiya TRF416 / TRF416WE / TRF416X
09-14-2007, 06:36 PM
#106
The pictures are hard to go on, but I don't see how this requires the designation of TRF416. I mean, it looks like an updated TRF415, just like the difference between the TRF415MS and the TRF415MSX with the new bulkheads. I was hoping for something completely different.
09-14-2007, 08:33 PM
#107
Tech Master
Yea, this was disappointing... I guess I am not going to get a trf416. There is definitely a lack of innovation...
09-14-2007, 09:42 PM
#109
Originally Posted by miccal
The pictures are hard to go on, but I don't see how this requires the designation of TRF416. I mean, it looks like an updated TRF415, just like the difference between the TRF415MS and the TRF415MSX with the new bulkheads. I was hoping for something completely different.
BUT MAYBE TAMIYA SACRIFICES INNOVATION IN FAVOR OF PERFORMANCE
09-14-2007, 09:44 PM
#110
If that is the new 416... that is very disappointing. I would of just rebadged it as a 415 MSXX EU edition or something.
09-14-2007, 10:11 PM
#111
Steering on the 416?
Originally Posted by JimmyMac
If that is the new 416... that is very disappointing. I would of just rebadged it as a 415 MSXX EU edition or something.
Hard to tell from the picture but something is different!
09-14-2007, 11:01 PM
#112
I guess I was hoping there would be more changes... Not going to stop me from getting one though.
09-14-2007, 11:11 PM
#113
Originally Posted by buboy28
YA ME TOO, ALSO WAS HOPIN FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT MAYBE TAMIYA SACRIFICES INNOVATION IN FAVOR OF PERFORMANCE
BUT MAYBE TAMIYA SACRIFICES INNOVATION IN FAVOR OF PERFORMANCE
09-14-2007, 11:27 PM
#114
Originally Posted by buboy28
YA ME TOO, ALSO WAS HOPIN FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT MAYBE TAMIYA SACRIFICES INNOVATION IN FAVOR OF PERFORMANCE
BUT MAYBE TAMIYA SACRIFICES INNOVATION IN FAVOR OF PERFORMANCE
09-15-2007, 01:15 AM
#115
Originally Posted by Burlap
Really, what other layout setups can you do with an AWD touring car? Other than the weird setup Losi has for the JRS-X, the Cyclone, Mi3, TC5 and 415 pretty well look the same except for the colour of the aluminium anodising.
Worth thinking about......
09-15-2007, 01:32 AM
#116
Originally Posted by Double Quattro
I't's an inefficient design from an electric point of view.
For gas it's the right idea not electric...
09-15-2007, 01:47 AM
#117
im very dissapointed...................and have hard time believing that they would post pictures prior tó the october show.
also it does not look like a procuction model, why make a car without the 4/5 cell straps?
anyone been hacking the tamiyausa webpage??? ;-)
also it does not look like a procuction model, why make a car without the 4/5 cell straps?
anyone been hacking the tamiyausa webpage??? ;-)
Last edited by habis; 09-15-2007 at 06:20 AM.
09-15-2007, 02:51 AM
#118
Originally Posted by habis
im very dissapointed...................and have hard time believing that they would post pictures prior tó the october show.
also it doens not look like a procuction model, why make a car without the 4/5 cell straps?
anyone has been hacking the tamiyausa webpage???
also it doens not look like a procuction model, why make a car without the 4/5 cell straps?
anyone has been hacking the tamiyausa webpage???
Wonder how many 415MSXX MRE they will sell now when theres a new car relased just some weeks later....
09-15-2007, 04:27 AM
#119
Originally Posted by Eirik
Ha Ha, I was thinking the same thing!!
Wonder how many 415MSXX MRE they will sell now when theres a new car relased just some weeks later....
Wonder how many 415MSXX MRE they will sell now when theres a new car relased just some weeks later....
None?!?
Upside would be, that running one makes you one of a kind...
09-15-2007, 04:35 AM
#120
I would say that the chassis may not be 100% production yet, though putting a couple of slots in for 5 cells is not a big job 
Looking closely (as I said before) you can see that the car is quite a bit different, and reflects Tamiya's design philosphy of being "optimised" for brushless and handout tyres.
Optimised for brushless because it uses the bigger diff / layshaft pulleys to beef up the drivetrain.
Optimised for hand-out tyres because there is more flex built into the car as there are no steering posts connecting to the longer top deck, and the rear bulkheads are now split (cyclone style) and joined by thin carbon piece.
Not it's not revolutionary, but overall it's different enough from the original 415 to be called a new car
Looking closely (as I said before) you can see that the car is quite a bit different, and reflects Tamiya's design philosphy of being "optimised" for brushless and handout tyres.
Optimised for brushless because it uses the bigger diff / layshaft pulleys to beef up the drivetrain.
Optimised for hand-out tyres because there is more flex built into the car as there are no steering posts connecting to the longer top deck, and the rear bulkheads are now split (cyclone style) and joined by thin carbon piece.
Not it's not revolutionary, but overall it's different enough from the original 415 to be called a new car
