After teasing us in the last few days Kyosho has finally released photos and the main features of the new ZX7 4WD racing buggy. Among the main changes from the ZX6.6 there is the new body and a new .7075 hard anodized aluminium chassis (5mm thinner than the old one allowing lighter weight with improved flex balance).
Main features of the Kyosho buggy ZX7:
- Chassis: .7075 hard anodized aluminium chassis. 5mm thinner(2.5/2.0mm) allowing lighter weight with improved flex balance.
- Chassis brace : Low profile chassis brace bar which sits on top of the chassis allowing improved flex balance (tuning options will be available).
- Front Short gull-arm suspension allowing more grip: 2mm shorter and more durable (front and rear are now both gull-arm type).
- Updated Front knuckle : Updated hole location.
- Front hub carrier : Bush insert adjustable – 7, 10, 13 degrees
- Wide front suspension holder(both front and rear side)
- Rear upper bulkhead : The hole locations have been lowered for high grip surfaces.
- Wide rear suspension holder
- Floating steering servo mount
- New body with center fins
- Front and rear gear diffs with new center slipper clutch. This setup is well balanced and will work well with high grip surfaces.
- Front lower shock tower
- New revised ackerman with more steering on the outer wheel.
- Wing and wing stay from the RB7
- Rear gullwing arm from the RB7
- Shock pistons : 2×1.6 for the front and 2×1.7 for the rear
- Shock caps from the RB7
- 74mm universal swing shafts for the front
- Joint rings for the universal swing shafts
- Pin retainer for the universal swing shafts