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Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:09 am
by Brandon G
There is one nib on the bay I'm watching, but I am not familiar with it.
I think it is a variation of the bullet, but not really sure....
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:03 pm
by MOmo
Its the folloup (improvement) for the Radicator. I have an article in one of my old RCCA mags with someone who did a dye job and made it Red.
I haven't been out to my folks house, but i have prolly 5-10 yrs of Magazines w/ good articles in it. And conviently i work HP so I have access to a ton of printers. I'll put that on my list of articles to track down.
It wasn't as high tech as the TRX1/3 but its a good little buggy.
MOmo
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:08 am
by Mr. ED
Isn't that the version graupner distributed in europe: they changed the front for some strange reason and had pink wheels of a different design on it.
Might be wrong
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:24 am
by Brandon G
Pink wheels?
YUK
Ahhh, the eighties.....
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:10 pm
by Mr. ED
a dark-fluo pink (don't know if that makes you feel any better)
And I could be mistaking but I think Rad 2 is 90's.
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:06 pm
by MOmo
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:22 pm
by rctenracer
the rad 1 has the nasty pink wheels . this is the u.s. version the rad2 was the the europe version .
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:02 pm
by civilguy
The auction should be over by now but there's some pictures of the one I scored locally in this post:
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=8086
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:05 am
by markt311
the rad2 was available in the US, it had the 3 gear trans, it was just the buggy version of the hawk2. Almost the same suspension as the trx1, shorter front arms and a tub chassis. good littlee buggy. the radicator (1) was just a bullet with a molded tub chassis
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:39 am
by Mr. ED
When traxxas released the blue eagle they introduced a complete new transmission. It was also offered as an upgrade for the hawk and others on this platform. I wonder which is used on the rad and rad2?
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:16 am
by civilguy
I'm going to tear down the Rad2 I got-- it seems like it's got bushings everywhere.
I'll post some pics of it naked.
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:54 pm
by markt311
the rad2 had the trx1's 3 gear tranny, the rad1 had the old bullet tranny. the rad 1 also had gold aluminum towers and the rad2 had black fiberglass towers from the blue eagle design
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:27 pm
by Mr. ED
I found this Graupner ad for the radictor2:
http://www.retromodelisme.com/page_magazine/5270/buggy-mag-30-sep-oct-1992-page-24.html
Looking back at the specs it was very poorly marketed: they should have gone with a different name and body ast the rad2 is really a very cool car compared to the debutants-only original rad
I'm starting to think I should keep an eye out for one of these on german ebay...
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:01 pm
by rctenracer
I purchased this car from gixer jay. Hope to assemble it soon and post the pics.
Re: Anybody familiar with the traxxas Rad 2?
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:15 pm
by mrlexan
do you need high res photos of both of them? 1 & 2?