Yokomo YZ-2

[neallewis]

New high grip car....














Leaked from Yokomo France:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yokom...68530239829543

The brand new gaint yz - 2 is available in preorder in asia racing team!!!
Http://www.asia-racing-team.com/shop...mo-p-8354.html

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Another image:

[Danny Harrison]

Stoked for this car. Cant wait!

[mes]

Now I know why I sold my B-Max2!

[DaveG28]

Looks nice and awesome! Are there some aftermarket parts on there (shock bodies and extra bits etc look different, rear hubs?) or is it a pure yokomo kit?

[whites75]

I'd best start saving now lol for when it hits the UK shops

[Paultje040]

Wonder when it will me available in de EU. EDIT: www.teamyokomo.eu has it on pre order and shipping on 29-12 (no year stated )

I really like the body and lcg gearbox.

I dont understand why Yokomo would release a bmax2 V3 and V3 Factory, and now this YZ-2 in such short succession?

[skyaflake]

Car has been in development for a while now and Yokomo said a while ago that there were no upgrades to expect for the B-Max2 anytime soon... and something new was in the pipeline. Well, there it is. I'm curious and will receive some of course. Car looks great.

[neallewis]

I don't think the bmax2 cars need any upgrades, they work awesome on the tracks they are intended for. Purely high traction tracks were always a compromise, and this new car looks to address them.

[mekios]

Well i see some things that my B-max would need, like that wing holder with screws and buttons or those suspension mounts.

Won't buy, sorry. Can't have 3 cars for each track. I know how much yokomo and every other brand would like my wallet, but no.

[Paultje040]

I like the added tunability in the YZ.

B-max4 style rear toe and kick-up changes using bushings.
And front caster can be changed with bushings in the C-hub.

[iank55]

Hmmmm

The 'what to race next summer' decision just got more complicated...

[skyaflake]

My issue is that I don't know which color I'm going to paint the body..

Just curious how it will perform. Yokomo tests are good. It's faster than the B-Max4 III (at least, that's what they told me ), but that's probably in the hands of Naoto. He's fast with everything.

Great (late) christmas present. Will be available (and probably in most shops, don't know about Yokomo in the UK) just before the new year.

[neallewis]

More spec info:
http://www.redrc.net/2014/12/yokomo-...tor-buggy-kit/

New photos of the front end and steering cranks on this PDF:
http://www.teamyokomo.com/news/order...1210_b_yz2.pdf

Yokomo Product page (View in Google Chrome to auto translate from Japanese): http://www.teamyokomo.com/product/of...yz2/b_yz2.html

Car looks awesome, can't wait to build and run mine. I do like the new black alloy parts and hard coated shocks, the blue look was good, but love hte refresh.
I may have to go to a few more full carpet/astro indoor tracks to do some winter testing. My usual low traction tracks will be a struggle. I don't mind the fact I have three 2wd cars for each track type. At least you know there is a car for the job, rather than compromising. To be fair, my last astro meeting (of the year) with my then new KF (competition prize) was a revelation, that car was so good on the astro after struggling to get my BMAX2-MR to work right all summer. I was hoping Yokomo would come up with a solution, and indeed they have.

[skyaflake]

Black is just like the BD-7. So possibly a new set of colors. Even though I like the blue

The text from RedRC is the release text from Yokomo. Not so much information tbh. Can't wait for the manual.

[Allan1875]

Neal - I think this car will be good on low grip too. I plan to run this on low and high grip.

[Paultje040]

bell crank photo

[neallewis]

Originally Posted by Allan1875

Neal - I think this car will be good on low grip too. I plan to run this on low and high grip.

Given how the forward weight bias looks, I'd say you wouldn't be doing yourself any favours trying to run this on low traction tracks.

On the corner weight scales:
BMAX2MR - Mid, Front: 37%, Rear: 63%
Schumacher KF - Front: 41%, Rear: 59%
DEX210v2 - Front: 38%, Rear: 64%
BMAX4 III (both chassis') - Front: 46%, Rear: 54%

I've not measured the BMAX2 rear car.

There is probably more to it than just this, but i suspect the weigh bias is closer to a 4wd car.

[neallewis]

Originally Posted by Paultje040

bell crank photo

Interesting that there is facility add a front anti-roll bar.

[mekios]

Well this car renders mid motored B-MAX2 useless. There wasn't any other reason to race a Mid motored car than on high traction surfaces like carpet and astro. Except maybe american type treated clay, indoor with sauce on tires.
I don't see a reason for someone having a B-MAX other than racing with RM configuration on dirt.

So now the question is... sell the B-max and buy this, or become homeless but have both?

[mes]

I really like the design, finally a high-grip car with low CoG without the 4WDish inefficient 90 degree redirection of the power flow or belt drive. When I come to think of it, the last competition touring cars with the spur gear as high as traditional 2WD buggies vanished almost ten years ago. What took the buggy engineers so long?! I guess we will see similar designs from other manufacturers before long. For dirt and low-grip astro, I think I'll keep my Firebolt DM, maybe with the cf chassis, but as my hometrack has really nice astro and will be expanded next year, this is exactly what I have been waiting for before I even knew it!