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Originally Posted by colmo
No dimensions given, but stated to be 1/7th scale.
I'm guessing the design is a lot leaner than, say, a brushless converted 1/8th circuit racer.
The chassis mouldings look the most innovative feature - I can image plenty of folks trying to make a 1/10th equivalent for their TC speed projects.
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The sizes are on the Traxxas Website (
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It's more like 1:6 than 1:7 - using the 257mm wheelbase from the average touring car as a base that is (1/6th scale is 428mm in wheelbase, 1/7th scale is 367mm - the X-01 has a 404mm wheelbase). So like anything from Traxxas, they seem to underestimate the size of it
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Originally Posted by Col
Non of that crap should bother you!
The thing that should make it not most peoples cup of tea is the $1099 price
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I think it's not that bad a price that does 100+ mph 'out of the box,' though for that price they could at least have included an Iphone
Anyway, I think your average custom project to get at that speed - without losing 'some' bits of chassis' along the way - would cost more. I really embrace ideas by manufacturers to slowly work their way to purpose built big scale brushless cars (even though there are already some small brands offering 1/5th scale brushless cars). This I think is a big step in the right direction, perhaps we'll see one of the bigger brands like HPI or Traxxas do a brushless 1/5th scale buggy soon?
