DB02 cheaper alternative to TRF502 announced tamiya 58507
Tamiya release schedule:
58507- RCC Middle Class Shaft Buggy DB02. Might help get some cheap spares, also looks like they are moving away from belt off road buggies :( |
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link and pics please
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no pics yet, the info is from a shop stock release list (along with a load of tt01's and a VW camper van on a lunchbox chassis)
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mmmm, my original DB-01 needs retiring..... I am guessing the same things will go on it, shocks, cvd's etc... I could well be tempted!!
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hhhmm, mayby not using my 511, maby it will get a colectors item in 30 years...
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I hope it comes with gear diffs instead of ball diffs. I'm tired of rebuilding the diffs in my 502X.
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I talked to someone at Tamiya America and he said there were no plans to discontinue DB01. :p
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Ive got a 502X and oddly enough mine came with a M&S bag dont you know ;) |
http://tamiyablog.com/wp-content/upl...miya-58507.jpg
http://tamiyablog.com/wp-content/upl...58507-db02.jpg There you go! :) Seems like this car will have a centre diff? I hope it will be one that can be filled with oil then! I see a slipper clutch in the design as well, so there are hopes Tamiya will finally release a club racer/high end basher with a slipper clutch!? :o:thumbsup: I do think they need to re-consider that body - hideous! The wing seems to be the TRF501X/DF03 MS one. |
From Tamiyablog...
http://tamiyablog.com/wp-content/upl...miya-58507.jpg Very wide shell. Why? http://tamiyablog.com/wp-content/upl...58507-db02.jpg Because it seems to be concealing a transverse motor with a complicated central gearbox. Superficially it looks like a centre diff, but I think it is actually a dual-gear drive, one for the front gearbox, the other for the rear. Interesting solution, rather like one of the possible ways of building the Awesomatix touring car, and evocative of the classic Tamiya 4wd chassis. Puts the motor in the ideal orientation for getting the power down, but also hangs it out off the side of the chassis.[/URL] |
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Appears to have enough space to take a third saddle pack under the rear drive shaft
What would make this really awesome is if they had designed the body shell to emulate the manta ray!! :D |
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Anyway, I hadn't spotted the offset on the gears yet. I don't see though why they didn't use a single shaft and two gears less instead then if it's not a diff, this just results in more mass, and in the exact spot where you don't want it: Your drivetrain. It also doesn't seem to result in any advantages for moving the motor more to the center. |
The best things from the 502X and the 511 combined in one car.
The position of the electronics and the steering geometry from the 511. The gearboxes from the 502X. Slipper is not included but optional: 54336 DB02 Slipper Clutch set |
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I love it, Tamiya madness! So does that mean the rear propshaft is high up in order to clear the battery? Can't quite make it out?
Like someone mentioned, question then will be if Lipo's will fit, either a saddle either side or a stick underneath? |
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