Aries326
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Joined: 5/2/2006
From: East Syrcuse, NY, USA
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Yokomo was known to be "brokomo" because of a design flaw with their arms. That has since changed. Their arms are alot stronger now. I've had a TC3, DP, SSG and currently still have LCG, Rayspeed, TA05, TA03F. My TC3 broke WAY more than my Yokomo. My Yokomo is way more easier to service than any of the other chassis I've had.
Some of the arguments against Yokomo's chassis are flawed. People say you can't get parts for it and the parts are expensive. The same can be said about the TA03F and people are still buying these chassis like they were God's gift to drift.
Personally, I've never had problems getting a hold of parts from either StormerHobbies, YokomoUSA or Ben. If I wanted to, I can easily get parts from Japan.
The fact that there's more variety of chassis used in drift competitions isn't testimony against the driftability of Yokomo chassis but rather a testament to an excellent job that rc drift websites like DRCcentral.com have done informing the rc drift hobbyists that Yokomo isn't the only thing out there you can drift. You can drift ANY 4wd chassis as long as you learn throttle control, proper setup and use the right wheels. Saying that Yokomos are harder to come by in drift competitions and therefore they suck is like saying Apple Computers suck because they only have 5% of the PC market.
Yokomo isn't the only one to slap on "drift" to old chassis design in order to make money. I admit, I was pretty disappointed in Yokomo when they released the LCG as the "DriftMaster" without even having done any changes to the chassis. Unlike the other companies, Yokomo was FIRST to promote rc drifting and to come out with D1 replicas. Let's see, what other companies have sinned by slapping on the "drift" label in order to make money? Tamiya - TT-01D; HPI - Sprint2 Drift; Losi - New drift chassis (what is it called again?). Not one of these companies has offered any new revolutional chassis designs worth labeling drift specific.
I too have seen TC3s drift circles around DPs. Me. I loved my TC3. I shouldn't have sold it but that thing broke too many parts and the drive train was harder to service than the Yokomo drive train. The TC4 is a good chassis. It fixes all the problems that people had with the TC3.
Our drift team has a variety of chassis that we drift regularly. We have some SSGs, an LCG, DP, TC4, TC3s, TT-01 and TA05. Each one is comfortable with their setup. But of course, everyone so far who has drifted my dialed in LCG say it's been the best they've drifted so far.  But I think that is more because I've worked on it so much rather than it is that much more superior to any other chassis.
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