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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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When i raced in U.K for 6 months i switched over to Schumacher buggy's.

I bought 2 Fireblades and a CAT 3000. I optioned one Fire Blade all out with all carbon fiber parts . Slipper was a option as well and a must have.

The Carbon fiber version was a night mare to set up on a loose surfce. The GRP standard was far better. On a High traction track the Carbon version was so good and will out steer any losi or AE at the time. The shocks were plastic so i updated them to option alloy ones.

One big problem i had was the dog bone blades wore out very quickly with a Mod motor and if you didn't see to them in time they will chew your out drives quicker than i can eat a cheese burger. :mrgreen:

In genral a very good buggy. Needed some money spent in stock form but you have a slipper which is a bonus.
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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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This was my Evo - from when I was a Schumacher driver :) I also had the USA model previous. As you can see, it was fully tricked up with all the purple bits (including the odd chromed plastic parts) & full titanium, but I never bothered with the Carbon chassis parts

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It was a tricky car to set-up, and it never seemed to be an easy car to drive - like it was always on a knife edge (like all of the double deck 2wd Schumachers IMO) But I had some of my best results with this car, it was like its inherent instabilty actually made it quick.... so long as you could keep it on its wheels :D I prefered driving it in the wet, as this seemed to calm it down - and with a full undertray was more likely to survive the full race distance than the other cars.

For me it seemed the EVO model returned the car's design full circle back to basically being a Cougar 2000 (with minimal overhangs etc) The Fireblade 2000 layed both the shocks & the gearbox down, presumably to get the C of G as low as possible.... but of course the motor was now hanging way out of the back of the car. The USA car put the shocks back to being upright, & the gearbox was pushed forwards (putting the driveshafts at rather a wild angle - hence why the blades wore so quick!) The EVO car had a different gearbox moulding to bring the outdrives back more inline with the hubs.

There were other changes of course but the EVO was the best of a troublesome bunch of cars for Schumacher - but at least the company continued to dare to be different & innovative :wink:

P.S; I too can't really remember the EVO2

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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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They arrived in the mail today so picks are coming soon! :mrgreen:

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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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Pretty cool car, should have my new body, wing, and decals tomorrow. :mrgreen:
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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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Does anyone make a new body for the fireblade

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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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You can still get parts through Schumacher USA for these. I bought my body and wing through them, right now their getting painted box-art style :mrgreen:

I should have this updated next week with a new lid

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Re: Schumacher Fireblade Evo

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Apparently you can't get the EVO II Decals anymore. So not really a box art replica but I still like how it came out. Onto the shelf it goes!
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