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that picture looks an awful lot like the pic of the new ansmann xpro4 te buggy, are we sure its actually a cad drawing of the 502?
seems unlike tamiya to release such a sketchy image.
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Looking forward to it. I really like the 511 but without those bling diff enclosures the open drivetrain can be a bit of a pain on dirt tracks like the ones we have here in oz.
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All people who race 4WD buggies either race belt driven or shaft driven cars. If you can offer both from one company you have at least the potential to influence 100% of buggy drivers. Itīs just like VW, Skoda, Seat, Audi and partial Porsche. They share many same parts but are very different. Low costs for Audi but a much higher price in the end because of the big familiy. Seems Tamiya is doing similar things. As for the jumping i drive a B44 at the moment and the Tamiya TRF502X will be very close to this. All i can say is that it jumps absolutely neutral. You can easily affect jumping so i donīt think the shaft drive along with another motor position will jump much different as the B44. |
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Hopefully the 502 will just be an alternative to the 511 and not the successor as i'd see that as a backward step.
The 511, for me, has been a fantastic car this year and i'd hate to change to something that's not as good. We'll have to see how Lee and Co get on with it, trouble is, with his ability everything looks good LOL From the picture it certainly looks like another B44/BJ4 clone, I know it says that it has the 511 proven suspension but surely the handling of the car is not all down to the suspension, a lot of it has to be down to weight distribution so I doubt it would run the same as the 511 with the motor on the opposite side and facing a different direction I'm sure the quality of the car will be second to none and if it's proven to be as good or better than the 511 then we'll all jump at it. I just hope that we're all given the choice and the 511 production continues |
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Loving the BJ4 clone references.....
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Yeah, it's odd, the suspension has been a clone all along, and once it's shaft drive it's difficult to not look similar, it's like people are complaining at the 502 being a clone when all the copying really went into the 501
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And the 201, at least Tamiya are copying decent cars and making them better 501, 201, 502.......... they've not tried to copy a cougar or cat yet I wonder why??
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You never know... if a Cougar or Cat had Tamiya build quality, they might turn out to be a decent car after all!
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Is there a public anticipated release date for the 502 iris it still to be determined?
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Or just a copy of Yokomo's BX
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Anyone planning on getting a 502 and wanting to rid themselves of a 511 please let me know as i'm looking for a spare
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More detail.
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According to the CAD drawing, it's got the same kind of rubbish motor mount the B44 has
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i think this 502 looks Hot .
comparing it to a BJ4 / B44 Hahah. Come-on guys you gonna have to do better then that .
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