Verry good and usefull vid. Thanks for this good work you, ve done. Have a 6.2 and i would soon buy the new 7 carpet version, but here in Switzerland is out of stock for more than 4 weeks.
Superb 👌 thanks for taking the time to do a detailed breakdown of the changes from previous generations of the AE 2WD. Your videos are some of the best around 👍
Seeing a lot of people posting about broken c mounts (pin pulling through the pill and the aluminium of the c mount where the slot/cutout is) after the types of collisions the say the B6.4 would usually survive; typically followed by replies from people denying its an issue, blaming the poster etc... But longer wishbones means longer levers; so its logical that in a collision, the longer levers will cause more force to be applied to the c mount. If the c mount hasn't been beefed up to account for the increased leverage then I think we'll likely see this proving to be an issue.
I'll see how it goes. Gut feeling is that the extra arm length is not enough to make popping an arm out "easy", so more likely a combination of the parts on the B7. Note that the D block is not attached to the chassis so probably has more movement in it than before. Going back a few years, popping hingepins and arm mounts was an issue on the Tamiya Durga. Solution back then was some fine shims to take the excess play out of the hingepins, there is scope for more shimming on a B7 too.
Yeh, may all prove to be nothing :) but pretty big redesign so could also need a revision or two to sort out any issues that crop up. The other thing I'm interested on keeping an eye on is whether with the narrower kick-up part of the chassis + the longer arms we see more incidents of that part of the chassis getting bent/twisted.
Has the XB2 gone? How would you compare the two? Did you put the Xray on the scales? I was drawn to the Xray as 'not another Associated', but this does look like a great kit.
Yes the XB2 is gone. It's essentially a B6.4. It is light on the scales, partly that is because they don't include any electronics plates in the box, but lighter than the B7. Parts work out expensive on the XRAY and quality is not as good as the Associated (XRAY quality seems to be slipping). It really is hard to compare. The B7 is a totally new platform.
