Kyosho Inferno 10 -electric- Optima MID Custom Special hooded

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Re: Kyosho Inferno 10 -electric- Optima MID Custom Special hooded

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Post by SPA240WS » Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:09 am

Some more pics, 1st ride:
Painted with Tamiya PS5, some decals are original tve others are plotted:

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Re: Kyosho Inferno 10 -electric- Optima MID Custom Special hooded

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Post by dspl1236 » Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:53 am

Nice build! Mine is a 1997 remake.

I started to convert mine to brushless last year.... was great till I went full throttle, and it literally flew instantly into my fence....

Need new servo savers and front knuckles.

what knuckles are you using?

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Re: Kyosho Inferno 10 -electric- Optima MID Custom Special hooded

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Post by SPA240WS » Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:11 am

Thanks!
The alloy knuckles are 1:1 Kyosho copies from Great Vigor, fit perfekt..

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