Final Thoughts on the Yokomo RS1.0. Is this the perfect introduction to RC Touring Cars?

Final Thoughts on my Yokomo RS1.0. As Touring cars have become massively expensive for someone new to the class, is this the most complete and important release in recent times?
Spoiler : I think so.
Unboxing and Initial thoughts:
• Yokomo RS1.0 (Rookie S...

[@dankforest]

Been running tt02 and its ok! But im excited to build this and run it

[@Gingapaint]

A TT02 is great, we raced them at our club for ages and my young lad still does a spec class in them, but you'll love the precision and quality of the Yokomo kit. Massively surprising just how well these go, alongside top line kits! Fire any questions you need to at me! 🙂

[@chowettgoes]

You should give your compressor a name for when it ‘speaks’ in a video 😅 Great to have some insights into more entry level touring. I may start with a Tanya and then progress. That’s if I get time from our buggies. My lad is the same age as yours.

[@Gingapaint]

Not so much a name, but I call it plenty, when it goes off and I'm not expecting it 😂😂 I maintain it's a great hobby for youngsters. So many skills to learn, and I'm still hanging out with friends I made through it, 30 years ago 😉

[@wizardwithguns1]

Love my BD11’s, but would like to try this RS1.0

[@Gingapaint]

My BD11 is definitely a more focussed race car, but the RS1.0 is definitely more forgiving on track. The big thing is though, that someone new to the class, or racing on a budget can buy a new car for £200 and its pretty close to the pace. Still, love my BD11 too!

[@davidvasta]

Where did you find the anti-roll bar?

[@Gingapaint]

Hi David, all parts for this came from MB Models (rccarshop.com) except the Schumacher ARB Mounts, which came straight from Schumacher (racing-cars.com) I'm not sure about availability elsewhere, I'm afraid. Part numbers are listed in the video if that helps at all.

[@warmfreeze]

Where did you get your sway bar kit? O_o. i have this car and id love to put sway bars on it. it almost NEEDS them on our track..

[@Gingapaint]

Hi, there's no specific kit that I've seen yet, but I had a bit of a play about with older available bits and pieces. It's outlined, with the required parts in this video I did a while back. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6CsdqWKg55kfLc Hope that helps! Any questions, pop here or you can always get me on the GingaPaint FB page.

[@Im_Bloody_Close_to_Being_a_God]

Kind of unrelated this comment but do you rind the RS200 on an Mchassis is a fast body?

[@Gingapaint]

Hi, I had an RS200 body for my M05, but never ran it! I painted it up in Pat Dorans' Q8 Oils colours and just kept it on display (I love a bit of old Group B) it was low, which would help, but a fairly heavy lexan and very little room in the arches to play with track width etc. it looks fantastic, though. I ended up running a Protoform Europa M, or a Bitty Hibera M most of the time. The Ride BRZ is usually the go-to M chassis body at our club.

[@chrisb_rc]

Don't forget the sensor wire 😁

[@Gingapaint]

Running Blinky, it doesn't really matter, but aye, I'll pop it on. We've 2 weeks, you know! 😂

[@chrisb_rc]

@@Gingapaint Too far away 😭

[@Gingapaint]

@chrisb_rc Modeltune Raceway on Tuesday nights for TT02 😉

[@chrisb_rc]

@@Gingapaint Im doing the mental maths 😂

[@Gingapaint]

@@chrisb_rc naw mate. Man Maths. We can justify anything 😂

[@xKINGxZERx]

would you know if I could use a rear toe control kit from any of the bd models? this car seems to have quite a bit of rear toe in

[@Gingapaint]

I've not thought about popping the toe-in gauge on the back, but Im pretty sure it's 3°. It uses the older BD8/9 rear hubs and a moulded version of the suspension mounts, so I'd be very surprised if there wasn't an option to reduce toe-in, in the back catalogue. On track, I didn't feel like it needed to be reduced, but every track is different.

[@xKINGxZERx]

@@Gingapaint maybe i need to reassemble the arms but mine seems to have quite a bit of toe, i’ll look into it, this is my first “competition” type car/kit and so far it’s great. can’t wait to run it, thanks for the response!

[@Gingapaint]

@@xKINGxZERx I'm now curious.... I'll pop mine on the setup gauges before the weekend and have a look, but 3° is pretty normal. Does look a bit strange if you're not used to it, after Tamiya TT02s etc have 0° as standard.

[@xKINGxZERx]

@@Gingapaint maybe i’m just not used to it, we’ll see how it does on the track, appreciate your input!

[@space_cowboy007]

hello, can you post your laptimes with both cars please?

[@Gingapaint]

Hi, unfortunately we run on different layouts every meeting indoors, so they'll be irrelevant to compare. I was definitely closer to the overall pace with the BD11, but the RS1.0 wasn't far away at all, considering the price point!

[@space_cowboy007]

@@Gingapaint do you mean you never take both cars out on the same day?

[@space_cowboy007]

another question : are the spare parts compatible, i.e if you buy the RS1 can you gradually upgrade to BD11 spec?

[@Gingapaint]

@@space_cowboy007 naw, we get such a track evolution through the day, and very little practice time that it just wouldn't be worth it.

[@Gingapaint]

​@@space_cowboy007some parts carry over, but not them all. Front hubs and castor blocks are the same. Some steering components and some transmission bits. Interestingly, the diffs are different, I tried to fit a BD11 spool, but the RS has a slightly smaller diameter diff pulley.