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DuraTrax Mini Quake 4WD RTR Truck Overview

fastie — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:00 -0500

DuraTrax Mini Quake 4WD RTR Truck

The DuraTrax Mini Quake is a 1/18th scale 4WD truck with Monster Truck styling. It should have good performance with it's 8 oil filled shocks and a simple, but effective chasis layout. DuraTrax also offers the 1 year Stress-Tech Guarantee on i's plastic components. This model is an excellent choice for someone just starting out in RC or even a seasoned RC racer looking for something to run around the yard for fun.

Custom Multi-color Body

DuraTrax has combined some nice features in this a value based 4WD Monster truck. You have a choice of 6 nicely detailed body colors, the chasis is already assembled and Ready-to-Run (RTR), a 2-channel Radio, electronic speed control, and even the 6-cell NiCad battery and wall charger. So, with this kit it isn't just RTR, but everything is included - just charge and go. At just under 10" long, the performance of the truck should be pretty good with the included 380 sized motor. And, when your ready the list of hop-up parts is impressive including some graphite components which should reduce the weight quite well.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Length: 9.5 in (240 mm)
Width: 7.4 in (185 mm)

Factory Assembled Chassis

Height: 4.7 in (120 mm)
Weight: 25 oz (725 g)
Ground Clearance: 1.25 in (32 mm)
Includes: 2-channel DuraTrax® pistol radio made by Futaba® with RX-100 receiver, SX-100 servo and 8 "AA" batteries, ESC5000 Electronic Speed Control, 6-cell, 600mAh NiCd, AC Wall Charger

For more information, check out the DuraTrax Website.

New Duratrax Mini Crawler!

Travis Sewilo — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:14:16 -0500

This is a brand spanking new announcement, so theres hardly any information at all. But Duratrax has announced a new 1/14 scale crawler they like to call the Cliff Climber. The RTR will be around $240 and the ARR will be around $140. It has a motor for each axle, like a Clodbuster, has a Ford Bronco styled body, and by looking at the photo there is a servo mounted on the front axle. Could Duratrax be starting a new mini crawler craze?

New Duratrax Mini Crawler!

Losi Mini-Late Model 1/18th Scale Oval Racer

Sean — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:50:40 -0500

Not very long ago, Losi released their 1/18th scale Mini Slider, which gave life to a usually un-heard of class, 1/18th scale oval racing. Now that there was an easy way to get into the action, many Mini Sliders were sold, and RC tracks all over the country were building small purpose built oval tracks just for these trucks. Now, losi has given us all another option for a miniature scaled oval racer, their all new Late Model 1/18th Scale Oval Racer.The oval racer is packed with tons of new features like a longer, more stable chassis, multiple battery mounting locations, a RX-280 high speed motor, long arm suspension with oil-filled shocks, a low profile rear shock tower and short shocks, and much more.

2.4GHz Mini-Z module

Alex — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:21:42 -0600

For release in Japan on the 29th of February, this is actually being sold as spare parts but will enable you to use your MR-015 or MR-02 chassis on your 2.4GHz radio. It will cost about 8,400 yen (about $42).