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This time of year I really need indoor stuff to keep me busy. Recent physical issues have forced me to part ways with some of my other hobbies and really push rc into the foreground. Fortunately that's a move I'm pretty ok with. Many of my current projects are either done, or nearly done and I have been on the hunt for more. I have had 1 truck that has been on the top of my list ever since I first saw it. The struggle has been real to get my hands on 1. Finding the $$, finding the truck.....putting my hands on the truck at the lhs only to find it had been opened and someone had stolen the wheels out of the box. Kyosho, tower hobbies, and horizon all show it as in stock until you try and pay....then paypal denies the transaction and says you can't use them to pre-order or backorder things. I finally found 1 available through the kyosho America ebay seller. The payment went through...and now, in theory I will have a truck that for all of this I hope can live up to my quest to acquire it.
The kyosho outlaw rampage 2wd. A legit trophy truck style platform. Solid rear axle, independent front suspension, sway bars, to functional spares that can be used as weight balance in 0,1,and 2 wheel configurations in the back.
This truck is probably as close as I will get to shelf queen ...maybe ever. It's not a basher, or something that will excel at most offroad tracks currently available. It's for those of us who are fascinated by real trophy trucks and want to watch high speed suspension soak up bumps and rugged terrain with ease, not land a 20ft jump off a skate ramp.
I will often have rerun vids of the mint 400, and baja 1000 playing in the background as I build my toys. To watch as trucks like this keep the body level as the shocks and tires soak up uneven bumps as tall as the hood while the body stays level is just awesome.
Personally I expect trucks made in this fashion have a smaller following due to the lack of understanding on what kind of driving it is meant to handle. Then it performs poorly, or breaks and people get frustrated.
A lot of people think my sandmaster looks cool, but don't make the connection that it looks like class 1 sandrail, also seen at the mint etc.
I don't need to go to a skatepark if I can watch a 10th scale version of this all day.
The kyosho outlaw rampage 2wd. A legit trophy truck style platform. Solid rear axle, independent front suspension, sway bars, to functional spares that can be used as weight balance in 0,1,and 2 wheel configurations in the back.
This truck is probably as close as I will get to shelf queen ...maybe ever. It's not a basher, or something that will excel at most offroad tracks currently available. It's for those of us who are fascinated by real trophy trucks and want to watch high speed suspension soak up bumps and rugged terrain with ease, not land a 20ft jump off a skate ramp.
I will often have rerun vids of the mint 400, and baja 1000 playing in the background as I build my toys. To watch as trucks like this keep the body level as the shocks and tires soak up uneven bumps as tall as the hood while the body stays level is just awesome.
Personally I expect trucks made in this fashion have a smaller following due to the lack of understanding on what kind of driving it is meant to handle. Then it performs poorly, or breaks and people get frustrated.
A lot of people think my sandmaster looks cool, but don't make the connection that it looks like class 1 sandrail, also seen at the mint etc.
I don't need to go to a skatepark if I can watch a 10th scale version of this all day.
