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Chewbacca wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:53 am Just WOW!

What an amazing piece of RC history.

You have to shed more light on the story of this car!

Looks like #8 of 100

https://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?t=49479

In 1997 Team Losi once again launched themselves onto the world racing stage when they unveiled their 1/10 electric 4wd buggy, the XX-4. Four-wheel drive electric buggy racing had its first IFMAR (and ROAR) championships in 1991 and while it was quickly overshadowed by the popularity of stadium (nee...

Member Dangeruss graciously designed some RC10Talk logos for us over the past month, and we would like to get your opinion on your favorite one. It's not set in stone what they'll be used for but likely on promotional items, and here and there. It's always a good idea to have some more available sin...

Even though I’ve been lurking around with CATs since autumn 1986, I’ve not come around to post a build of one of my absolute favourite rc platforms on RC10talk – HIGH TIME! Of course many threads on here from before, but here goes my own take on a CAT. Hopefully contributing to the information alrea...

What was the first RC buggy to include rear toe-in as part of its mechanical design? Was the Yokomo 834B the only RC buggy to have won without any rear toe-in? Did Gil Losi Jr. ever think about implementing it into his 4WD at the 1985 IFMAR worlds? He must have known some of the tuning benefits of ...

The Boomerang (and hence the Bigwig and Super Sabre and possibly HS2, I would assume since they share the same rear suspension design on the Hotshot series) are rumored to have a degree of rear toe over the Hotshot/Supershot. The Thundershot series oversteers from several choices made in its design,...

I always found it interesting that the early CATs (SWB, XL, XLS) had adjustable links for rear toe, but no adjustable links for front or rear camber. In retrospect, they were probably right.

I found that interesting to about early CATs too. Same with the front of the AYK Pro Radiant. There is much about the Avante suspension/steering design and geometry that is puzzling. Rear toe might have calmed some that platform's nervous handling. Why did the Avante series have no kick-up with only...

Totally agree. Things are fairly boring today compared to the interesting ideas and concepts of yesteryear. Its one of the reasons I'll always be faithful to Tamiya. They still do some things differently.

When we started racing no prep 4 or so years back, mid motor cars didn't work at all. Way too finicky. In a year and a half everything competitive was mid motor. The tires unlocked the mid motor stuff. Belted and sauced to the moon. It's kinda funny as it isn't far from what happened with early loam...

In 1999 Team Losi released a new version of their XX-4 1/10 4wd electric racing buggy called the XX-4 Worlds Edition. The aptly named Double X Four Worlds car was based on the upgrades Jukka Steenari used on his XX-4 to win the 4WD class at the 1999 IFMAR World Championship held at Umihall Racing Ar...

Brendan2904 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2024 4:08 pm See, right now you’re just teasing us

This would be teasing....

The Jun Watanabe Hornet was released in 2012 I believe. Did they re-release it under the Block Head Motors label again in 2020 or something? Since Watanabe owns Blockhead my guess is the car is from the 2012 rerelease but Blockhead was/is still making pink tires. Just one color? If you're gonna tea...

Machine wound was sloppier and looser winding than an experienced human.

There is a great scene when they are walking through the AE factory in one of the Gene Hustings videos where you see a tech winding an armature extraordinarily quickly. Truly impressive.