New Crawler Kits !

[backtomyroots]

Breaking into the crawler segment are two new crawlers !

From Kyosho:

http://radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=248335

From XTM Racing (and possibly the death of the clod buster !)

http://radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=247844

Check 'em out - I know you want them both . . . . . . . . . . .

[TWINSET]

Finally someone's gonna use worm drives

The XTM is a clone/named version of an Eastern chassis, nothing XTM developed/invented from what I could find out.

You gotta love this though; "This design should yield no torque twist" urm, would that be due to the lack of front-rear driveshafts or some design magic?

It probably won't destroy planets either

[Mad Ax]

Worm gears sound interesting - no coasting would add an extra degree of control in climbing-specific situations but could be very tricky to control and potentially destructive to gears to anyone who whacks in a fast motor and tries anything silly... Unless some kind of slipper is installed.

I would imagine the Kyosho will appear somewhere in the affordable-technical bracket, that XTM looks like it'll be expensive tho...

[WillyChang]

Kyosho Shuttle from ~1980 already had a wormdrive gearbox.

So what's new these days?

[dready]

That kyosho one looks sweet, so perhaps i have done a canny thing for once and not bought the Tamiya version.

any more news anyone i need a release date so i can get saving and start sweet talking the boss!

[dready]

more pics