The Official "What is it?" Thread

[Phin]

Anyone recognize this 1/10 4wd buggy?

looks like this a few pages back

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=14461&p=300025&hilit=great+vigor#p300025

Thanks...that looks about right. Did some searching and looks like it was sold here in the US by Global Hobbies/XTM as the Baja Blade and Outlaw.

[j-sou]

AYK Viper? I'm not sure...

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=13565994

Not as many people know about the "shopgoodwill" site as do ebay, but lately R/C stuff has been going for way too high numbers on there. I pulled some gems off there back in the day before it was as well known. I think the link is a Viper, but I could be wrong. The $ it's at already is crazy though given the site its on.

[GoMachV]

Looks like a Viper to me. Pricing on them tends to get a little crazy!

[GoMachV]

I am sure this is a home job, but just in case....what is it! Lol

I got this one cleaned up and found a few oddities with it. Did CC ever change the steering arrangement? This one puts the bellcranks way out at the edge. The countersunk holes look proper also, not countersunk with a drill bit or 82degree bit like most home jobs would be.

Anyone know why they would have done this?

[j-sou]

factory, aftermarket, or home made? This came off the SRB I got the other day.

[GoMachV]

It wouldn't surprise me if it came from the slot car industry. They had some interesting heat sinks

[j-sou]

It wouldn't surprise me if it came from the slot car industry. They had some interesting heat sinks

Hmm... you could be right! I didn't even think of that.

[SnoopMaxx]

I am sure this is a home job, but just in case....what is it! Lol

I got this one cleaned up and found a few oddities with it. Did CC ever change the steering arrangement? This one puts the bellcranks way out at the edge. The countersunk holes look proper also, not countersunk with a drill bit or 82degree bit like most home jobs would be.

Anyone know why they would have done this?

It's closer to the pivot point

[scr8p]

I think they put wide kickup bellcrank holes in a standard kickup chassis...... by accident..... maybe. I don't think that's the only one I've seen like it though.

[scr8p]

It wouldn't surprise me if it came from the slot car industry. They had some interesting heat sinks

Hmm... you could be right! I didn't even think of that.

x2 on a slot car controller.

[klavy69]

Yep, x3 on the slot car reference. Looks like pretty much all Parma...

Todd

[j-sou]

Yep, x3 on the slot car reference. Looks like pretty much all Parma...

Todd

Someone had it rigged up as the manual speed control resistor on the SRB

Maybe I'll reuse it on the car I'm building from all junky parts

[klavy69]

Maybe I'll reuse it on the car I'm building from all junky parts

it would definitely work for a 'cheap buck build' situation

Todd

[j-sou]

Who used plastic ends on their dog bones? Might be tough to figure out what exactly they fit.

[Coelacanth]

Who used plastic ends on their dog bones?

I ended up with a worn set similar to those for the Optima (62.5mm from pin-to-pin), but the balls were green. But the real question is, did they ever make blue balls?