mike ivy

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Hello There you can Try Yokomo U.S.A. http://www.yokomousa.com/ I believe they have a manual you can down load also you can purchase parts from there Web site hope this helps
Mike

Island Losi

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How good is the Yokomo spool for brushless racing?

Martin Hofer

you can take the full plastic spool and throw it as far as you can :-)
but the alloy spool BD-501SAA is pretty good

aoizip

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So far.. my plastic spool... last about 2 practice on the drive way.
if you like to air hop.. land the car while in full power... I would get the steel or alum spool!

~Ming

DOTMAN

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The outdrive portion of my plastic spool twisted right off and I didn't launch...I just had a wheel go up up on a curb. Broke two plastic spools. Neither of them lasted for one battery pack

Island Losi

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thanks

HOPENK

question please, iam using brushless 4.5r use spool with blade . but the problem i keep braking pin from original one and also mip cvd pin. so i swithed to one way again. what kind universal did you used? thanks...

Quante

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Which pin?? I'm also driving a spool and a 4.5r, I've broken 1 pin that connects the axle with the dogbone.
I was told here that I was prolly using to much steering lock, changed it and the problem was gone...

Btw, a spool and blades??? most guys I see using that combo run Xray and they need to change blades every 2 batteries!!
There's better spools available, look a few pages back, there were a few posts of it!

HOPENK

okay man, thanks. i broke pin between axle and the dogbone. steering lock? mean less EPA?
iam using original aluminium oneway, glued it together and cut it wide so the xray blade fit in...

jordys jrxs

hi all, ive been out of touring cars for a while now as ive been racing offroad... im now looking for a knew touring car and ive looked at the BD...is it a good car to startwith. ill be racing 27turn and 11turn mod on allternate weeks on a resonably tight twisty track 15 second laps. In the UK outside on asphalt.

if i got the BD:

whats spares are needed
what hopups are recomended
what tuning option will i need
and anything else

thanx jordan

Quante

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Yep, a little bit too much epa.
Since I started driving a spool, I also had a problem with the pins not locking enough with the setscrew (and it was fastened hard). solved the problem with putting a ring of shrink wrap over the axle ;-)

Quante

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I've been running mod with the BD for 2 years now and I'm extremely happy with it. Runs easy, not too much problems, quality material and its been here for a few years without too much changes and still its very competitive.

Spares, the usual, some whishbones, steering blocks, C- hubs, diff outputs (->they say).
Hopups, some springs
Tuning options??? erm??? I run a TIR spool.
I did made a small carbon plate that connects the top of the bumper with the front bulkhead in case of a serious crash, prevents the chassis from breaking in the front.

Maybe someone else has some more ideas??

Island Losi

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anyone running a mamba max (6900) on there car? i would like to see pics of the setup. i notice masami's car at the worlds used sway bars with one less bend in them , are these the new rayspeed bars or just use the bars from SD?

yokemad

hi guys
I'm just wondering if any of you guys removed the plastic battery holders from the chasis if so what kind of effect you notice also I've got blue yokomo aluminum front drive shafts in a retail pack and I'm usually using front ball diff. does it give me any advantage to use aluminum drive shafts instead of standard steel ones???
Many thanx in advance

Martin Hofer

new swaybarkits sd-412FS and RS i think