new kyosho rock crawler

[Natedog]

Interesting a re-worked Mad Force MT....nice the manufacturers are paying attention finally.

[ThinkTank]

Originally Posted by gstealer

Don't any of you guys pay attention?

I highly doubt that it was coincidence that this guy showed up at RCP's Crawling booth.

And since he works for Kyosho and hangs out with RCP I'm sure he had something to do with the Rock Force.

[Rockpiledriver]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Interesting a re-worked Mad Force MT....nice the manufacturers are paying attention finally.

Yes they are and Kyosho is not the only one who is paying attention.

[mrpink]

Originally Posted by RCP

Yes they are and Kyosho is not the only one who is paying attention.

didn't you tell them this whole "crawling thing" is just a fad?

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by Rockpiledriver

It has a 2 speed tranny.

Originally Posted by RCP

I can tell you there are greater Kyosho projects in the works. We have already tested some of them.

GUY's,this is AWESOME!

Knowing the Kyosho stuff pretty good,I can see ALLOT of potential here.

I wanna test one

[3Samudra]

has some "deans" plugs i see

pretty happy with what we have already

can only be " frosting " for future builds

"builds" being the best part for me

[ThinkTank]

Originally Posted by raptorman57

GUY's,this is AWESOME!

Knowing the Kyosho stuff pretty good,I can see ALLOT of potential here.

I wanna test one

Cobalt Puller + 3 cell Lipo + 2 Speed tranny + TF + Raptorman57 =

[twisted]

doesn't the availability of kyosho come to mind ? i think the crawler is very cool looking but with kyosho having no distributers here in the US that i know of, i wonder how well it will sell.

i had a twin force and loved it,actually i had two but is was short lived.i wanted to get another but seen how hard it was to get anything kyosho here in the states.

[binaryterror]

Originally Posted by twisted

doesn't the availability of kyosho come to mind ? i think the crawler is very cool looking but with kyosho having no distributers here in the US that i know of, i wonder how well it will sell.

It is now way better. The US distributor is Kyosho America. The Twin force was not a high seller such as their racing line. I can give you links to a few shops that carried tons of Inferno, Evola, Stallion, Lazer and Ultima parts since those are common racers. While the more novelty selling Kyosho bits have a lower ease of parts. Remember though, RCP, TCS, and RPP and others are rock oriented, I'd assume if Kyosho does do this our vendors will step up big and support the truck for us as long as it proves worthy.

[Reflection]

Guy's,lets keep this on topic here.

Originally Posted by twisted

doesn't the availability of kyosho come to mind ? i think the crawler is very cool looking but with kyosho having no distributers here in the US that i know of, i wonder how well it will sell.

i had a twin force and loved it,actually i had two but is was short lived.i wanted to get another but seen how hard it was to get anything kyosho here in the states.

RCP is a Kyosho dealer

I have ZERO troubles getting anything I need from Kyosho. Never have.

[Big Mike]

Sorry, I get sidetracked so easily on the Internet.

kyosho having no distributers here in the US

???? - They've got to get stuff here somehow, my LHS has a huge rack of Kyosho parts.

[Reflection]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

my LHS has a huge rack of Kyosho parts.

My LHS does as well.

Reguardless of your area....RCP crawlers can get you what you need and they have some of the fastest shipping around. Shipped from the other side of the planet to me,it's usually 2-3 days and it's in my hands

[Blaze]

HELL YEAH That thing looks great. That will definitely be my next crawler. But I've always been partial to Kyosho. I use to race a Ultima back in the 80's and my twin I have now has been a blast. And I like the kit idea alot because I don't have time "or skill" to do all the custom fab stuff.

[a69baldone]

That is one nasty looking rig out of the box. Looks like the axal sales might go down when its released. Glad I have been waitin on the axal. Gives me more time to save up for the kyosho. Any release date or somewhere to get specs on it yet? I WANT ONE!! I WANT ONE!!. I never would of thought kyosho would have come up with a crawler especially something as sweet as that. Two thumbs up for kyosho

[twisted]

Originally Posted by binaryterror

It is now way better. The US distributor is Kyosho America. The Twin force was not a high seller such as their racing line. I can give you links to a few shops that carried tons of Inferno, Evola, Stallion, Lazer and Ultima parts since those are common racers. While the more novelty selling Kyosho bits have a lower ease of parts. Remember though, RCP, TCS, and RPP and others are rock oriented, I'd assume if Kyosho does do this our vendors will step up big and support the truck for us as long as it proves worthy.

i hope so. my lhs has nothing kyosho.reason being "its to hard to get anything from them" so they say..

im not knocking kyosho in any way, i haven't had anything from them since i owned my twin forces.(which i loved) ive just read some concerns about their availability.

[Rockpiledriver]

Originally Posted by twisted

i hope so. my lhs has nothing kyosho.reason being "its to hard to get anything from them" so they say..

im not knocking kyosho in any way, i haven't had anything from them since i owned my twin forces.(which i loved) ive just read some concerns about their availability.

Another reason being a member here at rcc pays off. There is absolutely no availability issues with getting parts from Kyosho. Whenever we order from them, the shipment arrives the next day at our warehouse. We have had no problems getting any item from them in the past and don't foresee any problems in the future either. Their US office and wareshouse is only 40 minutes from our warehouse. We have a great relationship with both their US and Japan companies. If there is something in Japan that they don't carry here in the states, we can get that too. I have worked with them for the last 6 years through our pro-racetrack company and have nothing but great things to say about their staff and company.

So I guess that puts an end to availability issues.

[binaryterror]

The only time it was "hard to get" Kyosho parts for my Lazer ZX-5 was when Tower/Great Planes dropped them and before they had Kyosho USA fully set up. All good now and looks like RCP has you covered for current items as well as future stuff.

Good to see RCP being in the hobby and looks like they might be helping the Kyosho team join our world of crawling.

[twisted]

Originally Posted by RCP

Another reason being a member here at rcc pays off. There is absolutely no availability issues with getting parts from Kyosho. Whenever we order from them, the shipment arrives the next day at our warehouse. We have had no problems getting any item from them in the past and don't foresee any problems in the future either. Their US office and wareshouse is only 40 minutes from our warehouse. We have a great relationship with both their US and Japan companies. If there is something in Japan that they don't carry here in the states, we can get that too. I have worked with them for the last 6 years through our pro-racetrack company and have nothing but great things to say about their staff and company.

So I guess that puts an end to availability issues.

im glad to hear that.

[Soya]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Sorry, I get sidetracked so easily on the Internet.



???? - They've got to get stuff here somehow, my LHS has a huge rack of Kyosho parts.

That's because it comes from Kyosho directly, not from a distributor like Great Planes or Horizon etc.

[balang_479]

Im not sure if this has been said before but i think the reason why the upper links are offset is because the diff is offset in the axle to fit the servo on one side, so to have straight linkage they have to be mounted like that, if you know what i mean....