Tamiya TB Evo 6
 

Confirmed for June release! :sneaky:

84379 TB Evo.6 Chassis Kit

Translated:

- Evolution model is an appearance for the first time in six years in the drive shaft of Tamiya tradition.
- The chassis is working to optimize the balance roll by in the form of left-right symmetry in consideration of the flex effect will be to cantilever the servo mounting.
- Motor horizontal layout allows for maneuverability and stable.
- Maneuverability and grip is significantly improved mass damper of new design (short big bore).
- It uses the latest in suspension of TRF418.

http://kentech.blogs.se/

How long until some pics are released?

OMG....can't wait...

Usually with Tamiya we get some CAD pictures early, but at the very latest next months Shizuoka Hobby Show where the car will be displayed for real.

Hmm...horizontal layout, like the TB-04... =/

= Extra weight + extra parts + extra friction. They're about 15 years too late with that layout; it was needed with brushed motors, but there's virtually zero torque steer with a stock brushless motor.

Even the mod drivers don't bother with this any more on the Awesomatix.

Must resist! :)

I can't wait to see the CAD images of this. It might finally be time to retire my EVO IV...

A big THANKS to you KenTech. We all appreciate the news.

I was looking forward to this car coming out, but they lost me with this... :confused: I was once hooked on the blue crack, but now have gone to straight vodka. Hopefully they at least do something to get the FDR into the low-mid 3's without hacking it like the TB04... :rolleyes:

...buying one.

Ohhh, anoher car is getting the tamiya bling treatment!

It says it used new dampers, with a short big bore...are those going to be different from the current short ones on the tb04 pro kit?

no pic no talk:tire::tire::tire:

I think the floating front gear box on A700 is what makes it not torque steer mostly. Torque steer is also reduced simply by using brushless motor. The rotor has so much less rotational inertia compared to brushed. But I still notice slight torque steer when using 17.5. Hopefully the Evo 6 can have option to go longitudinal and horizontal on the motor.

If you can't be bothered to grind the one plastic part, just buy this:

http://www.exotekracing.com/tb04-stock-motor-adaptor/

$12 and TCS legal.

The fastest single lap at the TAMIYA America regional in gt3 was a tb04...he was around 3.20.

Thank you sir :)

More on the TB Evo 6 thanks to http://www.tamiyaracing.dk

84379 1/10 R/C TB EVO. 6 Chassis Kit

6 years on from its predecessor, the latest release in the high-spec TB evolution chassis series is the Evo. 6. TRF designers have given this new generation of the shaft-driven 4WD car a number of updated parts to ensure that it provides an excellent drive.

Featured Components
- One-Piece Motor Mount
- Touring Car Aluminum Short Dampers
- Carbon F/R Damper Stay & Mount
- TRF418 Suspension Arms
- Aluminum Propeller Shaft
- Full Ball Bearings

Option Parts Included
- Double Cardan Joint Shafts
- 3x32mm Alu. Turnbuckle Shaft
- 3x42mm Alu. Turnbuckle Shaft
- 5mm Alu. Ball Connector (Blue)
- 5mm Alu. Ball Nut (Blue)
- Hi-Torque Servo Saver

About the Model
- This is a 1/10 scale R/C model assembly kit.
- The chassis runs on a shaft-driven 4WD layout with horizontally-positioned motor.
- Carbon damper stays and mounts for front and rear are designed for use with aluminum short dampers
- The carbon fiber double deck provides excellent rigidity without compromising cornering ability.
- The chassis inherits the TB-04 chassis front and rear gear boxes. It features a combination of front direct drive and rear gear differential.
- Features suspension parts and aluminum suspension mounts seen on the TRF418 chassis.

I am well aware of the part and the mod. Why it wasn't designed to accommodate larger pinions and lower FDR's to begin with is what I am questioning. Then again Tamiya does some odd things from time to time. Like the TA06 and the servo and ESC not being switched around and not needing to run long wires across the belt area. They changed this in the MS, but looks like it's the back to the stock way in the new TA06 coming out... :confused:

Anyways, as a former owner of 2 EVO 5 MS cars with the Exotek lipo conversions, I was really looking forward to the 6 release. The horizontal motor mount is just not what I was wanting to see in it.

Believe so (unconfirmed though).

:lol:

I know the feeling.

Here it is, the new EVO 6, what a Beauty :D

http://file1.npage.de/006883/53/bilder/evo_06.jpg

I think the new one is not very different from Simmi`s Racing Factory EVO Exotek 418 :nod:

I Think new Bulks and Chassis, Topdeck, (Arms, Axles, Stabi all 418). Haha, my is the Future, I like :p

But one NEW is mine!!!!!

The Exotek TB Evo 5 is still extremely competitive in 17.5 class racing. Was hoping for something similar with the Evo 6, but if Tamiya is saying its horizontal, then it makes it a less attractive offering. At least for me it does...

Yep that is what I was saying. Why not keep all that weight towards the center of the car. That is another advantage for a shaft drive keeping that weight in the middle. Who knows, maybe they will have a way to mount shorty packs horizontal as well... :lol:

It's interesting to me that this TB04 has more steering than any car I've ever driven. And I've driven a lot. The car is heavy. The drive train is as free as any shaft drive car. That took some serious shimming. Tamiya might be onto something.

My EVO5 MS was great but felt outdated. My thoughts of the TB04 is that I believe it was intended to run Mabuchi motors. Thats why the gearing is the way it is. Hopefully the EVO6 will give what racers are looking for.

The gearing problem was a very easy fix for me

There won't be a pinion problem :tire::deathstar:tire:

Haters gonna hate. Nice run at TCS btw. Hope to come up and run ripon soon.

For real.

Let me know when you plan on coming down

OMG im getting one of those! hopefully it doesnt cost as much as a 418...

I will be getting one of these. It says that it shares gearboxes with the TB04, I hope that the gear diffs and crown gears will fit on a TB04 so that I can keep the old banger going. The biggest problem I have with spares for the TB04 is the gearbox components.

isn't that a tb evo 5 with exotexh conversion?

Yes it is.

we all are giddy with happiness
 

Prediction
Tamiya's best-selling car, once released.

I wouldn't doubt it. Shaft drives are great for stock/spec racing. Doesn't hurt that there are not many lipo chassis shaft drives with gear diffs on the market currently. I am still a big Tamiya fan, so I hope it works well even with the horizontal motor mount. I miss TCS racing and I don't think I will ever kick my blue crack addition.

glad tamiya released an updated EVO, but it's got this thing called awesomatix to compete with...

But Awesomatix doesn't have the blue bling and I think it is also roughly $300-400 more.

Add all that blue being and it will cost more than an awesomatix

Evo's are bling out of the box. Looking forward this release :)

i love all the evo's.
but,
comes with plastic gearboxes= anti-bling