April 27, 2014

Chassis Focus – Naoto Matsukura

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Chassis: Yokomo B-Max4 III
Motor: Yokomo 5.5
ESC: Yokomo
Batteries: Yokomo
Radio/Servo: Sanwa
Remarks: Fastest in qualifying here at the final EOS encounter, Naoto’s 4wd buggy is sporting many new bits that are supposed to better the performances of the car on carpet. One of the most important new things is the chassis, that now allows the use of the popular – and super light – shorty packs. To improve the feeling on the steering wheel, the Yokomo R&D team have designed a new carbon steering rack stiffener, meant to dramatically reduce the torsion on the high bite surfaces, and that together with a new harder servo saver spring make the steering way more precise. A new wing has also been developed back in Japan and Matsukura is using it on his blistering fast buggy. Setup-wise, he is using a thicker (1.8mm) sway bar on the rear, with orange/green shock springs on front and rear, and he went for the inner holes on his shock mounts to compensate with the lighter buggy – the weight decrease being due to the smaller battery. He is also using the B-Max4 II version of the rear arms.

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April 26, 2014

Chassis Focus – Naoto Matsukura

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Chassis: Yokomo BMax 2 MR
Motor: Yokomo 6.5
ESC: Yokomo
Batteries: Yokomo
Radio/Servo: Sanwa
Remarks: Winner of the second round of this EOS season in Berlin, Yokomo’s Japanese ace came here in Wels well prepared to fight for his first EOS title. Showing incredible speed in the last two rounds of qualifying, he is running an updated version of his mid-motored buggy. The biggest update is a lighter gearshaft, a machined lightweight motor mount and a lightweight body. Naoto also worked on improving the stability and the consistency of his car and to do so he lowered the rear arm mount in order to change the roll centre.

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April 26, 2014

Chassis Focus – Hupo Honigl

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Chassis: TeamC TM2 V2
Motor: Dualsky 6.5
ESC: Dualsky
Batteries: H-Speed
Radio/Servo: Futaba
Remarks: In contention for the win of the overall championship, TeamC’s top driver Hupo Honigl is using the exact same car he ran in the previous two EOS encounters. Having tried many things during practice, he finally reverted to his basic setup saying that “the car is so good that I tried to make it better but it was impossible, so I stepped back and here i am, running my usual setup”. The only small addition to his car being a small fin right behind the cab on his body – that he admitted has the only function of “looking cool” – the Austrian is delighted with the way his car is behaving and is pretty confident for the day.

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