World Championship - Yatabe Arena

On display for the first time at this week’s IFMAR World Championships at the Yatabe Arena is the unique D2’16 from HB. Designed to be a versatile platform it is particularly good on loose surfaces on which it has done most of its development work and testing. While not the final chassis, the configuration is set and it allows for 8 different battery positions, 4 inline and 4 sideways positions. Massively adjustable it has 9 kick up options, 5 caster positions, 5 trailing arm positions as well as adjustable arm sweep, all without using additional parts.

The transmission is unique in that unlike the other ‘Worlds specific’ cars that are here, the motor is fixed closer to the rear axle and the spur gear is fixed above that. Speaking with Gord Tessmann, he said that the car is made for a multitude of surfaces, not just astro/carpet although he didn’t rule out an optional lower transmission to come in the future. Another unique part of the car is that it has been designed to have the ESC mounted far back in the car on the opposite side of the transmission to the motor, making it perfectly balanced from left to right. In production the car is expected to be released by the end of the year.