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May 20, 2010

Yokomo B-Max4 Factory kit

The Yokomo B-Max4 has received the factory treatment, upping performance and beefing up the car against crash damage. Included in this new package is the big bore X shock set, aluminium servo saver mount, aluminium center link, special front brace, aluminium main gear cover, special motor mount, advanced stabilizer set, aluminium rear hub carrier (0 degrees), aluminium shock cap ball, aluminium shock ended ball, carbon battery plate & rear X shock springs (Orange/software). This new version was used successfully to clinch the Japanese Championships although driver of the regular B-Max will need no convincing of it’s fantastic capabilities.

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April 26, 2010

Roche BD5 titanium coated suspension pins

Roche have released these titanium coated suspension pins for the Yokomo BD5. Made from a hard stainless steel material will provide smoother and lower friction to the arm movement. Each pin will also be engraved to let the user easily identify the length of the pin. Available in 3 versions, there is the 42mm front inner hinge pin, the 45mm rear inner hinge pin and the 45mm outer hinge pin. Available in mid May.

Source: Roche [roche.hk]

April 14, 2010

Roche BD5 Steering brace & Universal wing plates

New from Roche for the Yokomo BD5, is this carbon steering brace. Made from 2.5mm carbon graphite, the steering Brace will give the front end a little more flex than the standard alloy steering brace and this will add a little bit more steering to the car. For all touring cars there is these new carbon wing holder plates. Designed to be used on wing installations for every touring car, it will provide additional support to the wing mount to maintain the structure of the wing in the event of a crash. Both will be available in May.

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March 2, 2010

Yokomo BD5 World Spec

The car that has won last weekend’s European Indoor title and the DHI Cup back in January, the BD5 World Spec, is now available from Yokomo. The new World spec car is essentially a LiPo friendly version of the original BD5 with a LiPo only chassis plate that helps optimise the weight balance of all the components. The motor mount has also received some attention and can now more easily cope with a wider range of pinions. The car also comes spec’d with lightweight graphite front & rear suspension arms and front steering & rear hub carriers as well as a super low centre of gravity weight that is place around the front steering assembly.

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January 21, 2010

Yokomo BD5 Flex chassis plate

New from Yokomo for their BD5 touring is this new special flex chassis. Used by their team to finish 1-2-3 at the Japanese touring car nationals, this new carbon fibre chassis plate has been designed by Umino Kojiro to be used in combination with a front one way on lower grip surfaces such as those on outdoor tracks as well as on very tight indoor tracks to give more grip and steering. Available in a limited quantity only.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 7, 2010

Steven Weiss joins Team Yokomo

Yokomo have announced that they have signed front running German driver Steven Weiss to partner current team drivers Ronald Volker and Martin Hofer. The former Xray driver and European Championship top qualifier will make his debut for the Japanese squad at this weekend’s DHI Cup, which Red RC will be covering live, having spent some time over the winter testing with Volker and is very happy with his new equipment. Steven retains LRP as his main power sponsor.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 28, 2009

Volker takes opening qualifier in Hungary

Yokomo team driver Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying here in Budapest where the Top 4 drivers were separated by just 1.7 seconds. The German ace, who opted to run the prototype LiPo chassis BD5, said he wasn’t the fastest on track but keeping the run clean had given him the valuable maximum points for the round as he topped the time sheets by 2/10ths from Xray’s Teemu Leino. Leino reported his T3 as having a little push but was OK with second, having also taken a cautious approach to his driving.

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October 5, 2009

Yokomo B-Max4 Carbon battery straps

New for the B-Max 4, Yokomo have released this carbon fibre battery strap set for the multiple title winning buggy. The set includes the blue anodised battery posts, the carbon plates, foam tape and all the required fasteners. Pretty obvious in its function you can use the supplied thick foam with NiMh cells or the thinner foam when using your LiPo saddle pack.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]