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March 7, 2013

Hiro Seiko aluminium & titanium screw sets

Hiro Seiko introduce new lightweight screw kits for Xray, Tamiya, Hot Bodies and Yokomo touring cars. Available are aluminium and titanium combo as well as pure titanium sets that are made to lower the overall weight of the chassis while creating cool looks and give added rigidity. Available for the Xray T4, Tamiya TRF415 V5, Hot Bodies TCXX and Yokomo BD7 the aluminium and titan combo sets save between 17 and 28g with the Ti only sets saving you 12 to 20g.

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February 20, 2013

Robert Battle joins Team Yokomo

Team Yokomo Spain have announced the signing of 2012 1/8th off-road champion Robert Battle. The current World Champion, two times European Champion and seven-times consecutive Spanish Champion will run the Yokomo B-Max2 and B-Max4 in 2013. The Spanish driver also announced that he will be using LRP batteries, motors and speed controllers in his rides. This is what Robert had to say about the deal:

I’m really happy to become part of Team Yokomo, they are a great family and there are a lot of well-known drivers in, one of those obviously Masami-San, the RC legend. It will be a long-term learning process due to it is a completely new class for me, I don’t want to put any goal on myself at the moment, I just want to drive and get used to this class mainly on 2WD. I’m looking forward to start racing on international events. Thank you so much to everyone, all my sponsors, specially Team Yokomo to believe in me.

Source: Team Yokomo Spain [hrcspain.com]

February 5, 2013

Yokomo F1 chassis coming soon

Yokomo have released early photos of their new F1 chassis. Up front the car will features double wishbone type suspension with front stabilizer effect, adjustable front camber angle, caster angle, ride height and other adjustments. In the rear it uses link suspension and a ball differential. The chassis is made from 3mm carbon fibre and there will be an optional narrow front suspension.

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November 30, 2012

Yokomo R12C pan car kit

Yokomo is proud to announce the release of the R12C, an exact copy of the car Naoto Matsukura took to World Championship honors in 2012. The kit contains a weight balance optimized chassis, a new centre point steering assembly to improve the Ackermann geometry, a highly adjustable rear width to help adapt the car to different grip levels and the kit also comes with a newly designed left side rear wheel hub.

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November 22, 2012

Yokomo B-MAX2 MR EP buggy

New from Yokomo, the latest evolution of the B-MAX2 now allows the rear gear box to be mounted in either mid-ship or rear-motor configuration. An increasing number of races are being held on high grip surfaces such as carpet or artificial grass and the mid-ship configuration allows a more centralized weight distribution which dramatically improves handling and cornering speed. The rear-motor configuration is more conducive for common dirt off-road running surfaces as it provides more optimal traction and coupled with the newly developed cab-forward body shell, the result is a very refined and balanced handling characteristic. And equipped standard with items such as the highly reliable big bore ‘X’ shocks, and the newly designed rear ball differential, the latest kit is ready to take on a variety of racing conditions.

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October 21, 2012

CSO BD7 front & rear upper bulkhead

CSO have released a front & rear upper bulkhead for the new Yokomo BD7 EP touring car. Made from high quality 7075 T6 aluminium, it’s harder than the original version and also has an additional upper camber link hole to give you the extra option for fine tuning if required.

Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]

October 12, 2012

JConcepts B-Max2 Finnisher body

JConcepts introduce the Finnisher design body shell for the Yokomo B-Max2 buggy. The cab forward body is a direct replacement for the kit shell and features an increased windshield angle for better jumping characteristics and an increased steering feeling. The side-pods have been simplified and JC chamfered to remove unwanted changes in height to neutralize the at-speed handling. The rear of the cab has a new step feature which allows the placement of a secondary side window and also a louver which can be trimmed to allow air to escape at the top of the body. Included come two 6.5″ wide hi-clearance wings window masks and decal sheet.

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August 14, 2012

Yokomo BD7 EP touring car

Yokomo have released official images and details of their new BD7, which was run in the latter part of this year’s ETS in the lead up to the World championships in The Netherlands. Optimum weight balance has been achieved by moving the motor 9.5mm further inward, while the chassis features symmetrical construction for optimal chassis flex. Other new items include the floating steering servo mount and the split aluminium suspension mounts.

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