The RC10 4wd

[coxbros1]

People and adults..not trying to beat a dead horse..but I am on alot of groups on facebook..alot of people are missing the point...AE didn't design anything..it's a copy of someone else's car..The End..so if a company copies the Hotshot that's ok?

[TRX-1-3]

People and adults..not trying to beat a dead horse..but I am on alot of groups on facebook..alot of people are missing the point...AE didn't design anything..it's a copy of someone else's car..The End..so if a company copies the Hotshot that's ok?

OK, I've seen some photos and they look very very similar in both design and appearance. But, what I need to know is when can we expect to see the side by side comparison photos of the overall and individual key components? Somebody has to do that.

[GoMachV]

Mine bounces back and forth between tomorrow and Friday. So knowing ups it will be Monday

The belt is the same, which in turn means the pullies, while plastic, are the same tooth count and the location of the front gearbox has to be within 1.5mm or else that belt wouldn't work. Pretty confident, especially after hearing from people in the know, that they had the Ten4 in hand when "designing" theirs.

[Dadio]

Mine bounces back and forth between tomorrow and Friday. So knowing ups it will be Monday

The belt is the same, which in turn means the pullies, while plastic, are the same tooth count and the location of the front gearbox has to be within 1.5mm or else that belt wouldn't work. Pretty confident, especially after hearing from people in the know, that they had the Ten4 in hand when "designing" theirs.

It's just rude that they didn't reach out to you , even an accreditation for the design would have been something .

[RC10th]

Time to move onto the TC3-O

[Lowgear]

so if a company copies the Hotshot that's ok?

This made me think of Royal's Ripper. It illustrates the tale of R/C companies knocking off other people's work being as old as time, and has never been right.

It also made me remember how Thunder Tiger has been knocking off models since at least the early '80s.

[GoMachV]

Manual is now online
https://img2.associatedelectrics.com/pdf/cars_and_trucks/RC10_4WD/RC10_4WD_Kit_Manual_2025_1_21_2025_final_AS.pdf

[mark]

OK, I've seen some photos and they look very very similar in both design and appearance. But, what I need to know is when can we expect to see the side by side comparison photos of the overall and individual key components? Somebody has to do that.

Mine got delivered today, I'll get some pics after work.

[GoMachV]

I'll do some pics as well, they copied parts from the original Ten4 as well as the 4.1 so items like the tensioner and knuckles and carriers won't look like 4.1 parts but next to an original you can see the heritage. The idlers are copied off the Robinson design we used on the first one as well, I haven't had a set of those in years so I'll see if I can dig up pics.

[R6cowboy]

It's just rude that they didn't reach out to you , even an accreditation for the design would have been something .

Now that i think of it, AE giving Jeff any accreditation would be admitting they copied his design. And admitting that they copy others is likely not in their interests business wise.

[GoMachV]

Yeah thats exactly it. I was told there are only so many ways to do it so it's going to look similar

[Frankentruck]

Manual is now online
https://img2.associatedelectrics.com/pdf/cars_and_trucks/RC10_4WD/RC10_4WD_Kit_Manual_2025_1_21_2025_final_AS.pdf

It has some rare, hard to find bearings

[GoMachV]

We used 1/4 x 3/8 x 2/16 in ours

[Frankentruck]

That's fractionally different!

[stickboy007]

Gee...you'd almost think R/C companies will copy anything. Even tire treads. Oh wait...