New Kyosho USA-1?

[Burniefloyd]

I was just wasting a Saturday night surfing the internet and bumped into this. Am I behind the times?

Nitro and electric available. Those dual engine nitro monsters were gorgeous I hope they come back as well.

[LoboNYC]

I was just wasting a Saturday night surfing the internet and bumped into this. Am I behind the times?


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Nitro and electric available. Those dual engine nitro monsters were gorgeous I hope they come back as well.

The Nitro would be my choice.... I loved to watch it run back in the day... Would love to see if they improved on it.

[MarkyDents]

Take a close look, unfortunately really just a body set on an existing platform. Not exactly a rere. My buddy and I were going to both preorder the nitro version until we noticed.

[LoboNYC]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Oh well...thats money saved for another DS

[MarkyDents]

Yea definitely something of a let down, but you're right glass half full... More coin for vintage AE!!

[Burniefloyd]

That is definitely disheartening. I was so excited I didn't look.

[XLR8]

I totally missed the Kyosho USA-1 when it was originally released so I've just taken a quick mini-course on youtube. Apparently, there were some durability problems with the original so this new one will likely be a much better truck. Anyway, Kyosho lists this one as "1/8 scale" so it's probably bigger than the original (although, with RC stadium and monster trucks, what does "scale" actually mean??).
At the very least, I'm gonna try to snag a body set when it becomes available. I drove an early '90's GMC pickup bitd and I still like that style of truck.

[GoMachV]

The old USA-1 electric was “1/10” but the nitro crusher with the same body was on a 1/8 scale burns chassis, so yeah. Scale numbers mean very little. I’d be willing to bet it’s the same body as before or at least pattered after it, with the same dimensions.

[Lowgear]

Yup, the Nitro Crusher was Kyosho's 1/8 scale nitro monster truck of the time period, and the Nitro Thrasher was their 1/10 scale one.

When I was narrowing down what I wanted as my first hobby grade R/C for my birthday, the Nitro Crusher was a top contender but it was just too expensive.

With this as I take it re-release body, It appears Kyosho either didn't want to pay Chevy for licensing or Chevy refused as they removed any reference to it.

[morrisey0]

The old USA-1 electric was “1/10” but the nitro crusher with the same body was on a 1/8 scale burns chassis, so yeah. Scale numbers mean very little.

And if they are anything like their Tamiya counterpart, the body is actually close to 1:12 when compared to a real 1:1. They made the bodies extra small so the whole thing looked more "monstrous."

[XLR8]

The old USA-1 electric was “1/10” but the nitro crusher with the same body was on a 1/8 scale burns chassis, so yeah. Scale numbers mean very little.

And if they are anything like their Tamiya counterpart, the body is actually close to 1:12 when compared to a real 1:1. They made the bodies extra small so the whole thing looked more "monstrous."

Yeah, I got a taste of Tamiya's apparent misrepresentation of scale just a couple days ago.

When a Hilux Monster Racer repop body I ordered arrived, as I pulled it from the box, my first thought was "this isn't 1/10 scale - this thing is TINY!"

To me, 1/10 scale means if the full scale truck is 6' x 14', then the RC body should measure 7.2" x 16.8" (or something close) irrespective of tire size. I think the body should establish the vehicle's scale.
Tamiya's approach is if the chassis was originally designed as a 1/10 scale vehicle, then every future model that is produced for that chassis is also 1/10. But they will actually shrink the new vehicle's body as necessary to fit the chassis. It can be a little frustrating sometimes.

[juicedcoupe]

Just look at a Traxxas Slash, its classified as 1/10 scale. And while it shares many parts with its 1/10 scale kin, it is much larger. It isn't quite 1/8 scale but calling it 1/9 wouldn't be a stretch.

[morrisey0]

Yeah, I got a taste of Tamiya's apparent misrepresentation of scale just a couple days ago.

Yea, awhile ago I bought a Clod shell thinking I could just shorten the bed and stick it on a touring chassis and have a nice lowered C10. I can't remember exactly now, but the body is like 7-7.25" wide. I can't find anything to stick under it to make it the ride I want.

[XLR8]

Just look at a Traxxas Slash, its classified as 1/10 scale. And while it shares many parts with its 1/10 scale kin, it is much larger. It isn't quite 1/8 scale but calling it 1/9 wouldn't be a stretch.

Yeah, I've noticed that.
I think that's true for most short course trucks.
Maybe because many SC's were derived from older stadium trucks with their long suspension arms and large tires. The wheelbase was stretched for SC then they had to make a body large enough to cover the tires so the whole thing ended up being larger than 1/10 scale.

The evolution of these RC vehicles is interesting; it all began with 1/10 scale buggies, add large tires and long arms and a small (narrow) truck body for ST, then stretch wb and add large body for SC. The current trend is to convert SC's to no-prep drag cars - which have large bodies.

I wonder what comes next.

[XLR8]

Yeah, I got a taste of Tamiya's apparent misrepresentation of scale just a couple days ago.

Yea, awhile ago I bought a Clod shell thinking I could just shorten the bed and stick it on a touring chassis and have a nice lowered C10. I can't remember exactly now, but the body is like 7-7.25" wide. I can't find anything to stick under it to make it the ride I want.

Have you given any thought to printing a Clod body?
You could adjust it to fit the chassis perfectly. A lot of work, I know, and probably a long-term project but the results might be worth the effort.