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Post by Reuben on Jan 1, 2010 18:42:40 GMT
Looks like 3racing are trying to get into the TC market. With the cost of their other products. And fairly good hop ups, this will make this very interesting..... unless they jump onto the £300+ tc bandwagon. However I will warn you now. Lots of Pink and Flowers! www.3racing.hk/sakura-zero/english/Discuss: |
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Post by Reuben on Jan 1, 2010 18:49:20 GMT
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Post by mattsedgley on Jan 1, 2010 19:13:56 GMT
looks like cyclone front and rear bulkheads with a copy cat xray t3 motor mount and top deck.. tasty! - the rear Diff in the photo although from a side profile looks like it might be from the 416...
there's some bit bits of ally on it, which will make it sturdy no doubt,
Steering looks like a cyclone re-do, however the split mounting without a screw on the centre line is interesting -
lay shaft comes from the photon..
I'm not sure where they got the idea about having the gap between motormount/layshaft and top deck - but it'll stop uneven tweak!
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Post by darrenoakley on Jan 1, 2010 21:37:41 GMT
Wonder what it will cost ?
Shame its pink though ;D.
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Post by issac on Jan 1, 2010 22:26:44 GMT
looks like the rear bulkhead has a simular shocktower to the photon mounted right at the back
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Post by ian on Jan 1, 2010 22:48:09 GMT
I would imagine a lot of the main manufacturers are starting to worry with the sudden influx of these 3Racing kits.
Also I guess, seeing as they've made a lot of hop ups for Tamiya it's easy for them to make something that works on a Tamiya priciple ?
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Post by lesbaldry on Jan 2, 2010 17:02:41 GMT
This and the spur gear mount look direct Photon copy's to me??? Interesting point:note the rear shocks,inboard of the tower(Photon) but the fronts are outboard of the tower (conventional)....Long top deck as per T3 along with similar lower arm mounts too....Never is it Pink  surely its got to be purple?? who the hells going to buy a pink car ;D |
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Post by Reuben on Jan 2, 2010 17:37:20 GMT
...Never is it Pink surely its got to be purple?? who the hells going to buy a pink car ;D I quote: 03. Aluminum motor mount, F&R bulkhead with pink anodize. |
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Post by lesbaldry on Jan 2, 2010 17:47:05 GMT
...Never is it Pink surely its got to be purple?? who the hells going to buy a pink car ;D I quote: 03. Aluminum motor mount, F&R bulkhead with pink anodize. Nah "get away"lol....Its got to be a lighter shade of purple  ...there are only a very few coulours that can be anodized and Im dam sure pink ain't one ;D...Jap translation  ? |
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Post by lesbaldry on Jan 12, 2010 14:57:12 GMT
Aparently the colour translation is "Cherry blossom" or as some one on another forum put...A bit like a 3racings Cyclone hop up part thats been left in the sun for a while ;D....It looks like they have copied some of the best parts from other makes,A Photon 416 love child with an Xray uncle ;D.....word on the street is that it will be under £300 poss £280
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Post by ian on Jan 24, 2010 21:31:57 GMT
Aparently the colour translation is "Cherry blossom" Cherry Blossom is very sacred and has meaning to the Japanese, sorry that's all I know and can't remember why but it's probably some deep seated traditional thing that we're actually missing and they've done for a reason ! |
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Post by lesbaldry on Jan 25, 2010 16:50:55 GMT
Aparently the colour translation is "Cherry blossom" Cherry Blossom is very sacred and has meaning to the Japanese, sorry that's all I know and can't remember why but it's probably some deep seated traditional thing that we're actually missing and they've done for a reason ! Apparently 3racing are not a Japanese company,they just nick the terminology |
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Post by Reuben on Feb 5, 2010 16:23:00 GMT
Looks like a lot more info has been posted on this. Its shaping up to look like an impressive car.
One thing caught my attention (roller diff). more contact so possibly run it looser without slip?
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Post by Dave Chamberlain on Feb 5, 2010 16:48:05 GMT
Yep more contact area, you get a contact line with a roller and not the point as with a ball.. Should also generate less wear and should be smoother as the load is spread over a wider area.. Only disadvantage I can see is weight, your gonna get more "flywheel" effect with those "heavy" rollers!!!
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 6, 2010 8:44:14 GMT
Yep more contact area, you get a contact line with a roller and not the point as with a ball.. Should also generate less wear and should be smoother as the load is spread over a wider area.. Only disadvantage I can see is weight, your gonna get more "flywheel" effect with those "heavy" rollers!!! Sounds interesting,it just seems strange that no other make has tried this in the past Tapered roller bearings have been about for donkeys....the only possible down side's that I can see is the the ball type diff allows a certain amout of "rock/pully float" which allows the diff pully to be self aligning with the belt and spur pully,the roller type may not??? also as Dave said the load is spread over a larger area on the plates but this also may have more contact area too where they rotate in the pully causing drag?? |
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Post by Dave Chamberlain on Feb 6, 2010 13:18:04 GMT
Good point about the additional drag in the spur Les..
Looks like there are pros & cons (as always!) but it's an interesting concept and as you say, why has nobody tried this before??
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Post by charwee on Feb 7, 2010 21:38:40 GMT
Its pink what you all moaning about  my kinda car! Anyone know how much it is? xx |
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 10, 2010 13:58:25 GMT
Its pink what you all moaning about my kinda car! Anyone know how much it is? xx It looks like it will be released in April charwee,you'd better butter up Dad for a prezzie! ;D According to some blurb they have been tested already,with some surprising results,the build and component quality has been compared to other top makes with no complaints  one racer go's as far to say better than a T3... But there seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the new roller brg diff operation and drive "feel", smooth but a little tight across the axel ....Ok for carpet not for tarmacs lower grip (not my words) Apparently the Pinks better in the flesh compared to the photos,more like a weakly anodized Cyclone, Mi4 or an anemic Photon  ......better than a "tap and crack" chocolate orange anyway  ;D Ideal SHMCC test pilot should be Mr "snake hips" Lloyd,a pink car should get him even closer to the ladies |
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Post by oldtimeracer on Feb 10, 2010 15:57:19 GMT
Oh No! Not for me Les. Too much pink makes my eyes water!
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Post by charwee on Feb 10, 2010 17:33:27 GMT
haha, oh right thank you  im sticking with my ansmannn for a quiet a while yet anyway ..... |
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 11, 2010 7:56:15 GMT
Oh No! Not for me Les. Too much pink makes my eyes water! Ouch.. ;D |
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Post by darrenoakley on Feb 11, 2010 9:02:42 GMT
Comming from 3 racing I cant see it been hard to get hop ups for it. The pink bling machine  |
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Post by mattsedgley on Feb 11, 2010 19:06:43 GMT
More details - Seems like it's available early April RRP £235
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 12, 2010 8:05:18 GMT
Comming from 3 racing I cant see it been hard to get hop ups for it. The pink bling machine Going by the blurb and specs It may not need any Darren £235 Matt blimey if it works it will put a lot of noses out of joint ....thats about the going price for a very good second hand current make ....Except X ray,£49.99 ;D |
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 12, 2010 12:34:07 GMT
Abe Racing sold out already |
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Post by yellowshark on Feb 12, 2010 13:01:50 GMT
I'll take the £50 XRAY Les Is it yours? |
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Post by lesbaldry on Feb 12, 2010 14:00:48 GMT
I'll take the £50 XRAY Les Is it yours? Hi Pete you wily old trout lol,I wondered when you were going to rise to the bait,Ive been baiting you for a couple of posts ,must be getting wise to me by now?? ;D....mind you when one has been hooked and landed a couple of times it must make one a bit weary  No chap not mine Im a 100% Photon man now even my Mi4 is sold!..im just having a passing interest in this pink thing as it seems to of borrowed some of the best design ideas off the top brands,Tamiya, Xray and TOP besides at £235 it might be a good up grade for some of our members from the fun Ansman |
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Post by yellowshark on Feb 12, 2010 17:04:19 GMT
LOL a lunch of maggots was worth the dream Les; £50 I should co-co . The 009 at the moment is handling better than ever, on the corners it makes Reubs MI4 SP or whatever look positively oil tankerish; just hope I can translate it into the warmer months.Mind you it is so frigging wide it is tricky to get past. But our cunning two stage plan for extra straightline speed hopefully will see stage 1 start on Sunday, if only we had more than one 13.5 so we could take it to the limit and back . Once complete we will be ready to take on the whale ;D |
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 5, 2010 22:20:32 GMT
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Post by mattsedgley on Mar 5, 2010 22:23:11 GMT
Further update!! - RRP should be about 280 / 290 from a UK suppler... |
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surely its got to be purple?? who the hells going to buy a pink car ;D
...there are only a very few coulours that can be anodized and Im dam sure pink ain't one ;D...Jap translation 
my kinda car! 
one racer go's as far to say better than a T3... But there seems to be a bit of confusion regarding the new roller brg diff operation and drive "feel", smooth but a little tight across the axel 
......better than a "tap and crack" chocolate orange anyway 
;D
