6LikesSchumacher Mi4
04-02-2009, 12:17 PM
#31
And I just bought my 416 WE... Luckily this wont be available for a while, so I can save till then 
Awesome looking design!
Awesome looking design!
04-02-2009, 12:18 PM
#32
Fins on the motor mount - hmmm, complex.
The way it is right now, the "circle tightens" to clamp the motor, so it relies on even flexibility to clamp the motor. So fins would make it rigid in some of the places it can't or shouldn't be rigid.
I can see some fins facing forward from the vertical part, but that gets into ESC real estate. Maybe going up from the top, but then there are CG concerns
There are plenty of good aftermarket heat sinks already, so I don't think you'll see a hop-up one from us.
The way it is right now, the "circle tightens" to clamp the motor, so it relies on even flexibility to clamp the motor. So fins would make it rigid in some of the places it can't or shouldn't be rigid.
I can see some fins facing forward from the vertical part, but that gets into ESC real estate. Maybe going up from the top, but then there are CG concerns
There are plenty of good aftermarket heat sinks already, so I don't think you'll see a hop-up one from us.
04-02-2009, 12:37 PM
#33
Originally Posted by Shawn Palmer
USA Street price isn't finalized just yet, but it'll fall somewhere in the $479-$499 range.
seriously, though ..
the car is great looking. proving that there's always another way around is a fun thing to be on board with.
04-02-2009, 12:42 PM
#34
Originally Posted by Shawn Palmer
Fins on the motor mount - hmmm, complex.
The way it is right now, the "circle tightens" to clamp the motor, so it relies on even flexibility to clamp the motor. So fins would make it rigid in some of the places it can't or shouldn't be rigid.
I can see some fins facing forward from the vertical part, but that gets into ESC real estate. Maybe going up from the top, but then there are CG concerns
There are plenty of good aftermarket heat sinks already, so I don't think you'll see a hop-up one from us.
The way it is right now, the "circle tightens" to clamp the motor, so it relies on even flexibility to clamp the motor. So fins would make it rigid in some of the places it can't or shouldn't be rigid.
I can see some fins facing forward from the vertical part, but that gets into ESC real estate. Maybe going up from the top, but then there are CG concerns
There are plenty of good aftermarket heat sinks already, so I don't think you'll see a hop-up one from us.
04-02-2009, 12:55 PM
#35
Originally Posted by silverhkswrx
+1!!!
that canister holder is ingenious! cans can now be made shorter because of the lack of the need to screw from the front of the can!
= more center weight!
= 2 less screws
= more range so the spur options have expanded!
most importantly...what is the price?
i was considering the BD5, but i am now reconsidering!(depending on price)
that canister holder is ingenious! cans can now be made shorter because of the lack of the need to screw from the front of the can!
= more center weight!
= 2 less screws
= more range so the spur options have expanded!
most importantly...what is the price?i was considering the BD5, but i am now reconsidering!(depending on price)
I recently converted to Xray after 3 1/2 years with Schumachers and I admit the car looks amazing (as did the Mi3 which was the last Schumacher I owned) but I hope the quality of the parts is a bit better, sorry, but they are simply not as good as Xray.
I shall however be watching closely with interest
Skiddins
04-02-2009, 01:17 PM
#40
I don't know... I only saw two uses of the word "optimized". The marketing department better step it up. Xray is killing you guys in the use of the word "optimized". 
Being able to lock the motor in regardless of the pinion / spur sizes or the number of holes in the spur looks interesting.
Being able to lock the motor in regardless of the pinion / spur sizes or the number of holes in the spur looks interesting.
04-02-2009, 01:32 PM
#41
Originally Posted by CarbonJoe
I don't know... I only saw two uses of the word "optimized". The marketing department better step it up. Xray is killing you guys in the use of the word "optimized".
Being able to lock the motor in regardless of the pinion / spur sizes or the number of holes in the spur looks interesting.
Being able to lock the motor in regardless of the pinion / spur sizes or the number of holes in the spur looks interesting.
04-02-2009, 01:54 PM
#42
[QUOTE=STLNLST;5630809]I'm curious to see how the motor stays mounted since it doesn't have the traditional mount. QUOTE]
To answer your question, (not sure if anyone has, only looked at a few posts) There is a screw in the bottom of the chassis, notice from the pic the screw hole at the bottom of the alloy motor mount.
Also To answer the first person's question, Schumacher has always been on the "bandwagon".
Car looks good, not sure I like some things about it. Schumacher always did make lovely cars.
To answer your question, (not sure if anyone has, only looked at a few posts) There is a screw in the bottom of the chassis, notice from the pic the screw hole at the bottom of the alloy motor mount.
Also To answer the first person's question, Schumacher has always been on the "bandwagon".
Car looks good, not sure I like some things about it. Schumacher always did make lovely cars.
04-02-2009, 01:57 PM
#43
Originally Posted by Skiddins
In the UK it will be almost exactly the same as the Xray '009.
I recently converted to Xray after 3 1/2 years with Schumachers and I admit the car looks amazing (as did the Mi3 which was the last Schumacher I owned) but I hope the quality of the parts is a bit better, sorry, but they are simply not as good as Xray.
I shall however be watching closely with interest
Skiddins
I recently converted to Xray after 3 1/2 years with Schumachers and I admit the car looks amazing (as did the Mi3 which was the last Schumacher I owned) but I hope the quality of the parts is a bit better, sorry, but they are simply not as good as Xray.
I shall however be watching closely with interest
Skiddins
04-02-2009, 01:58 PM
#44
Can't wait to get mine
This car should be more consistent in the higher bite tracks, so it seems like they are going in the right direction for the US tracks.
This car should be more consistent in the higher bite tracks, so it seems like they are going in the right direction for the US tracks.
04-02-2009, 02:03 PM
#45
Originally Posted by mikky32
that's no race for TOP.
That is no competitor for TOP as it has the same quality as the mi3 has on the moment.
A club member has 2 mi3's. he bought last monday a TOP and he tested it yesterday. Now he is going to race sunday with the TOP.
He is going to sell his mi3's and buys the new TOP as it comes.
That was the last mi3 driver at my club.
more than 50% of the drivers hath one and they didn't now how fast they hath to get an other car.
And this mi4 looks like that it has the same quality as the mi3.
I think that schumacher will get it hard to get drivers again around here.
This moment it's Xray, TRF, Hotbodies and TOP is growing and it will grow further with the photon.
nice try from schumacher but i think that it will not be popular around here anymore.
That is no competitor for TOP as it has the same quality as the mi3 has on the moment.
A club member has 2 mi3's. he bought last monday a TOP and he tested it yesterday. Now he is going to race sunday with the TOP.
He is going to sell his mi3's and buys the new TOP as it comes.
That was the last mi3 driver at my club.
more than 50% of the drivers hath one and they didn't now how fast they hath to get an other car.
And this mi4 looks like that it has the same quality as the mi3.
I think that schumacher will get it hard to get drivers again around here.
This moment it's Xray, TRF, Hotbodies and TOP is growing and it will grow further with the photon.
nice try from schumacher but i think that it will not be popular around here anymore.
I think just about any of the newly released and designed cars out there all have something special to offer with innovation these days.
Any car can be good in the right hands, give it some publicity at a big event and bam, job done, kits purchased.
I dont think there have been "too" many Mi's out.
Mi2, 3, 3.5 and 4 over quite a period of time. and some of them are only cheaper variants to get the less wealthy guys using Shumacher cars.
Time always tells the full picture I guess!
