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MelvinsArmy wrote:They came up from the sand man. Evolved from simpler r/c's that swam in the oceans. It was a slow process, but as soon as they developed rubber tires and shock absorbers they were able to successfully live on land.

chronology of events =

I love a good visual presentation. Where do you get all of those great smileys? I wish we had a lot more than what we have on this board.

Do a Google search for "smilies" - there's a lot of sites that have tons of custom examples.

Some of my favs



and, of course, the one every admin needs -

I did not read every post on this topic but wanted to add my 2 cents.


I was racing an RC-10 when the JRx2 was first introduced. My dad and I were the first ones at our local track to own one. I love my RC-10 but I have to say the JRx2 in my opinion handled better. That being said, it was not as strong as the RC-10. One good hit and you were out of the race.

I still have both cars to this day

ED

I found some smiles, but I can't figure out how you put them on here.

like a regular picture I guess

I remember vividly in the late 80's hating the JRX2. I think I still do sort of. It was a cloned RC10... straight up. I hated that.
The RC10 copied no one. Before them it was the overly complicated and plastic tamiya stuff, and the only thing that happened to handle well enough to complete a lap was the Cox Turbo Scorpion. Then comes the RC10, then comes the clone JRX2. Total BS.

I do remember Losi came out w/ that truck or whatever the JRXT based on the JRX2. Those were pretty cool from what I saw of them.

didnt losi have a hand in the design and research and developement of the rc10 over the years before he came out with the jr-x?

I do not doubt it, but I know the "L" on 10L stands for Losi

gomachv wrote:I do not doubt it, but I know the "L" on 10L stands for Losi

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But it does on the 12L

My whole world just crumbled

Does that make the"12LC" a joint venture by Lett and losi?

...and if Losi is so great why does my auto correct say "losing" lmao!

gomachv wrote:My whole world just crumbled

Does that make the"12LC" a joint venture by Lett and losi?

The "L" in the 12L was for team driver Gil Losi Jr's modifications and win on the 12e platform (or something of that nature). The LC was the car Masami won the worlds with, 97? And it was either a C for championship or Cliff Lett-

I'll take your word on the LC cause thats the story I heard too. Got one all sealed up waiting for a rainy day

As far as the jrx2 being a "copy"....it borrowed some ideas and parts but the 5 link was what I always thought made it cool. Then 3 weeks later (OK, not really) they went to H arms and it was all over for me and my love of the JRX2

There were so many things being tried during that time period that it's hard to see how the JRX2 copied the RC10. It was really just built on what was being learned at that time. Everything was different between the cars. The 5 link rear being the most obvious. The front arms are longer on the JRX, the front end rake was only 20 as opposed to 30 degrees, graphite chassis, the rear wheel offset was different, they went to telescoping drive shafts, the gearbox was better, etc. About the only thing the same was the fact that they each used 4-40 and 8-32 screws. The JRX evolved heavily over the next 3 years but I personally think for every improvement they made to the car, they made a mistake as well. The RC10 had a few upgrades here and there but for the most part was the same basic car for nearly a decade.