A Win for Vintage!
Hi folks, my RC10B5M ready to go including shorty LiPo weighs 1575g. The 25 year old vintage Kyosho Ultima Pro weighs 1630g with 25 year old nicd 1700SCE (yes they still run!) or about 100g more for a more modern 5100 nimh set.
What's interesting is that excluding battery the vintage car is lighter by 65g, and that's carrying larger and heavier ESC, receiver and servo, so probably 150-200g lighter on a like for like basis!  Granted the RC10 goes twice as fast (sadly not in my hands!) but it's still a surprising result nonetheless. I don't remember any minimum weight restrictions in my former racing days, but then we had only just invented carbon fibre in those days! Cheers.
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Justin Wood
Tamiya Hornet, Kyosho Ultima, Mardave Mini Stock MkII, 1/20 scale RC Catarmaran 2ft (school technology project), Kyosho Ultima Pro, 1/16 scale RC Catarmaran 3ft (inherited), RC10B5M, RC10B44.2FT, RC10T5M, B44.3, B6.1d, B64D, B74.1D, B6.4D
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