New AE Kit

[Holeshot]

On rc10.com their banner says, "Good things come to those who wait". Perhaps new kit on the way?

[Jamie.T]

I said about 2 months ago that a B5 is on the way and will be released around the same time as the TLR22.

Looks like i may have been correct for a change.lol

[brookie]

A lot of the forum chat in the US of A is.....

4WD SCT!

[MHeadling]

I reckon it's a updated RC8, like the won they ran at the worlds with new towers, arms etc

But 4wd SCT is a good shout Brookie!

[bzb]

"Good things come to those who wait".

- customer service? (too easy)
- updated bl proof gears for the RC10? ()
- the minimum of spare parts in every kit? (dream on BZB)
- its never going to be a b5 (no see @ petit rc)
- it must be a sct 4wd

[coolcars782]

I agree with Brookie, since TD are doing there 4wd SCT, Ae is probably trying to keep up with them and get one of them out, I doubt its the B5 - probably another 7 years till that will be released

[Holeshot]

Rumors around to that the 4wd sct is belt driven.

[MRD]

I thought AE would go down the B44 based SCT route, although it would be quite pricey.

4WD SC is cheating tho .

[Pownabown]

Well I saw Yardy running a mid motored b4 at BWOC at the weekend
and my god wasnt it planted.
They said it was a cml prototype b4. But we will see what happens.
Id definately be tempted to go back to AE if the car he used it going
to be released

[Pownabown]

Have now found out that this is not an associated project.
It is a b4 but with some ideas from cml undergoing testing.

Let see yardy bring in some more good results with this car i hope

[Holeshot]

Hopefully they will show pics of the chassis soon. Latest rumor is it is lightweight and can be used with 540 motors.

[Candyman]

4wd SC10

[brookie]

And we all thought the Cat SX was complicated when we first saw it!

http://www.rcracer.com/off-road-elec...-sc10-goes-4wd

and

http://www.teamassociated.com/cars_a...ctures_videos/

[burniburn]

Awesome SC truck, love it!

The only problem now will be that there are too many new must-haves to buy in 2011...

[Chadworkz]

Awe man, it's nothing more than an SC18 (SC18, RC18T2, RC18B2 Chassis), up-sized to 1/10 Scale...I am extremely disappointed with AE.

I am a big Associated fan, and have been for a while, at least since Kyosho killed off the Optima Mid Series, the Lazer ZX Series, and the Ultima Series back in the late 80s & early 90s...I ran nothing but Kyoshos back then, like my tricked-out Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid SE (the finest 1/10 4wd Buggy produced in that era), and my tricked-out Kyosho Turbo Ultima Pro (the finest 1/10 2wd buggy produced in that era).

I continued to race my Kyosho Turbo Optima Mid SE & Kyosho Turbo Ultima Pro for a while after they were discontinued, but eventually parts, especially the trick upgrade parts, became harder & harder to find and get, and then I couldn't find or get them at all (no eBay back then), so I shelved 'em both and started looking for some new buggies...

I actually found, liked, and bought a Traxxas Rad2 Kit (Version-2 of the Traxxas Radicator, which was just an upgraded Traxxas Bullet), back when Traxxas actually offered unassembled kits that you had to completely assemble yourself, which I really liked, because I love building kits!

Anyway, the Traxxas Rad2 was an awesome 1/10 2wd Buggy, it went together perfectly with no problems, and performed even better! One of the stand-outs were the shocks, they were great...plush, consistent, excellent spring weight & rate for the buggy, and they looked great as well! Another stand-out was the transmission...it was just plain awesome! It had the standard 3-Gear Setup, with a sealed gear-differential (4 spider-gears, 2 sun-gears, all inside the main diff-gear). It also had a Ball-Diff Option. The transmission was actually very similar to the Associated Stealth Transmission that came along later (Hmmm...).

Overall, the Rad2 buggy matched my old Turbo Ultima Pro in every way, and was even better in some areas...and it was still stock, but both were running the same Trinity 13T-Single Chaotic Reaction Motor & Novak T1 ESC!

Well, back on topic...I have been anxiously waiting for AE to release a 1/10 4wd Truggy based on the AE B44 1/10 4wd Buggy, but it just never happened. Then, when the Short-Course craze hit the world, and AE built the 1/10 SC10 2wd Short-Course Truck based on the AE T4 2wd 1/10 Truck, I thought for sure they would soon follow it up with a 4wd SC Truck based on the AE B44 1/10 4wd Buggy...but again, it never happened.

Now they release a 1/10 4wd SC10 SC Truck based on the Belt-Drive 1/18 SC18 Mini Short-Course Truck...and it just sucks! Why on Earth would they do that, especially when they have such an excellent 1/10 4wd platform in the AE B44 4wd Buggy...it just doesn't make any sense! I guess I will just have to make my own conversion to turn the AE B44 1/10 4wd Buggy into a sick B44SC 1/10 4wd Short-Course Truck!

Ok, my ranting is done...sorry for the long post...

[area52]

Here we go with some new stuff ...

http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/new...iew=0000001699