Originally Posted by
SlowerOne
I am not sure why Yokomo have used this design. It was pioneered by Associated in the
12iS in 1984 (and included centre-point steering) and if it had been such a good idea, we'd still be using it! Weight, and it being too slow to react to the very fast direction changes we get in 12th did for it, and by 1987 we had the
12L, with a single spring in each wishbone, above the axle block.
With the amount of power we have today and the lightness of the LiPo batteries weight is not as much of a factor as it was back in 1984. In today's RC the advantage gained by having an independent front end may now exceed the disadvantages of it's weight. As the industry changes old things that were a good idea but it's limitations out weight the benefit can be tried again and work better.