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Team Associated’s B4 is the latest generation of the 5-time IFMAR World Championship-winning heritage of RC10 buggies.
As far back as 1989, there were grainy spy photos and a few sporadic sightings of a radical new buggy under development by Team Associated. Then at the 1991 IFMAR World Offroad Championships in Detroit, the Team unveiled their hand-built prototype cars, noted for their distinctive front suspensions and unusual shock mounting locations. Masami Hirosaka piloted the RC10 buggy to the World Championship win, and the prototypes were whisked back to Team Associated's California R&D department (Area 51) where they would not emerge for over a decade.
Now, Team Associated brings years of development and new technologies together by introducing the RC10B4 buggy . . . the most adjustable, tunable RC10 buggy ever produced.
The RC10 B4 buggy has already made history, winning the Cactus Classic race in its first major competition, and being voted R/C Car Action’s 2003 "Car of the Year." Now, Team Associated brings a higher level of electric offroad performance to the Ready-to-Run market with the B4RS "Race-Spec" Ready-to-Run.
The B4RS RTR includes a double-sided slipper clutch, 2.6:1 high-torque capacity differential, and a full set of 14 shielded ball bearings. Associated’s standard blue-anodized aluminum shocks and rugged steel dogbone rear axles are the main differentiating components.
In addition, the B4RS RTR comes equipped with the Team Associated XP2 radio system, the latest LRP "Ai" Automatic-setup digital speed control with reverse, the Reedy Radon 17-turn motor, and a new pre-painted body design in your choice of red or blue paint schemes. Of course, the B4 RTR also features the forward-swept front end and rear-mounted shock configuration of the original cars, optimized with a co-planar steering geometry. This suspension design provides maximum front-end clearance and minimizes bump-steer while maintaining desired buggy Ackermann angles. Trailing front axle or optional inline steering blocks can be used to adjust steering response.
The B4 chassis provides a super-low center of gravity by lowering the motor, battery, wing, and even the shock mounting positions, enabling much higher cornering speeds and stability during jumping and through bumpy sections of the track. The adjustable-angle rear wing mounts and even the transmission case are integrated into the chassis/suspension structure. The symmetrical suspension arm design has all four arms the same length, and has "captured" hinge pins so that no E-clips are used.
The B4RS RTR comes equipped with high-traction racing compound tires with foam inserts, pre-mounted and glued to white dish-style wheels.
Team Associated’s B4 is the latest generation of the 5-time IFMAR World Championship winning heritage of RC10 buggies. And the B4RS RTR brings that winning heritage to the RTR market.
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The “Factory Team” RC10B4 … the buggy that totally dominated the competition
by Top Qualifying and won the IFMAR 2WD World Championship! ... the buggy
Radio Control Car Action magazine's readers voted Reader's Choice 2005 -
Electric Buggy award!
Now you can get your own full-option “Factory” ride buggy complete with over
$150 worth of “Factory Team” upgrades! The B4 “Factory Team” features all
molded carbon components including the chassis, front and rear shock towers,
front and rear A-Arms, chassis brace, and top plate. The battery strap is
made of woven carbon fiber, and comes with a chrome/black “AE Factory Team”
sticker.
The Team's standard threaded, hard-anodized, PTFE-coated shocks with
Unobtainium shafts handle the dampening on all four corners. A complete set
of 14 PTFE sealed bearings are included to ensure smooth, efficient
operation. Lightweight outdrives are included, as well as a new clear
injection-molded gear cover. To get the power to the ground, the B4 Factory
Team comes with Pro-Line M3 Holeshot rear tires and M3 compound wide-body
buggy front tires on white Pro-Line dish wheels.
No Factory Team kit would be complete without a full array of “Factory Blue”
components, so the B4 includes blue Titanium turnbuckles, aluminum servo
mounts, wheel spacers, front hinge pin brace, center-drilled front axles,
screws, body clips, and a lightweight milled blue aluminum motor mounting
plate.
If you’re serious about racing, get the same buggy used to sweep the current
IFMAR World Championship, the ROAR 2WD Offroad National Championship, and
the European Championship … Team Associated’s “Factory Team” B4.
This all-new buggy reintroduces the forward-swept front end and rear-mounted shock configuration of the original car, optimized with the new co-planar Ackermann steering geometry. This new suspension design provides maximum front-end clearance and minimizes bump-steer while maintaining correct buggy Ackermann angles. Trailing front axle or optional inline steering blocks can be used to adjust steering response.
The B4 chassis provides a super-low center of gravity by lowering the motor, battery, wing and even the shock mounting positions, enabling much higher cornering speeds and stability during jumping and through bumpy sections of the track. The adjustable-angle rear wing mounts and even the transmission case are now integrated into the chassis/suspension structure. The symmetrical suspension arm design has all four arms being the same length, and "captured" hinge pins so that no e-clips are used.
The transmission has also been optimized into an ultra-compact package, and now uses the same 2.6:1 higher torque-capacity differential as the RC10GT. A double-sided slipper assembly (first prototyped by Team Associated in 1989) has been designed with higher torque capacity, easier assembly, and lower rotating mass than comparable double-sided slippers. This provides a finer adjustment range and more efficient slipper operation.
The B4 uses new offset-front wheels and "wide-body" front tires. The rear wheels are now interchangeable with other manufacturer’s buggies, enabling pre-mounted tires for standardized "spec" class racing to easily be used. The B4 is topped off with an all-new, super low-profile body and adjustable rear wing, providing a sleek, aggressive look on the track.
The RC10B4 won Radio Control Car Action Reader's Choice 2004 award
for Electric Buggy!
DOWNLOAD full color datasheet of the RC10B4 buggies in PDF format.
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Team Associated has won more IFMAR World Championships than any other manufacturer! |
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Associated Electrics, Inc. |
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