HPI Coyote Desert Buggy

[mansellpants]

HPI are releasing a 1/12 scale desert buggy called Coyote. It looks very similar to the Apache C1 Flux 1/8 scale buggy

Spec:

•Realistic desert buggy design

•Same suspension design as full-size desert racers

•Licensed Yokohama Geolandar tires

•Shaft 4WD system

•Extra-tough roll cage

•Scale driver & co-driver figures with cockpit

•Easy rear battery door access – no clips required!

•Front universal double-wishbone suspension

•Rear trailing arm and angled upper wishbone suspension

•Threaded shock absorbers with tuned springs

•Cast aluminum uprights front and rear

•Aluminium motor mount

•Unique 1/12th scale (314mm wheelbase)

•Skid plate front bumper with replica lights

•Wide rear bumper

•Replica spare tires mounted on back

•Matte chrome beadlock-style wheels

•Brushless ready!

I'll be keeping a close eye on this one!

Colin.

[Percymon]

At first glance, looks pretty nice

[Torhaantje]

It looks like they used the chassis of the mini trophy desert truck and put on a class 2 body on it: I love it!!!!!!

Come on Tamiya: you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick

[gozone]

Yeah, definitely just a re-bodied Mini Trophy.. A bit boring, but perhaps they are just imitating Tamiya lately.. Simply slap a new shell on an old chassis, LOL.

[mansellpants]

Come on Tamiya: you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick

Exactly what i was thinking. Tamiya need to get on this bandwagon!!

Colin.

[B.M.T.]

It looks like they used the chassis of the mini trophy desert truck and put on a class 2 body on it: I love it!!!!!!

Come on Tamiya: you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rick

They did.... 1/12 Nissan Titan 'Racing' DF02

This, my friends is why the only popular Tamiyas in the catalogue are the rereleases designed before the last Tamiya san passed away.

[Torhaantje]

I think HPI hit the nail on the head with this on: it's a great performer with scale looks. I am using this chassis for my Bronco project:

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...611&id=5123

I hope Tamiya will make a similar car someday: they did it once with the Wild one...

Rick

[MadInventor]

Does nothing for me I'm afraid. There's too little ground clearance at the rear with those low trailing arms.

[sosidge]

Does nothing for me I'm afraid. There's too little ground clearance at the rear with those low trailing arms.

The rear suspension is very badly thought out. What it really needs is some significantly uprated springs and dampers, but you can see from the promo pic that the rear sags already at rest! Ground clearance is not such a problem if you consider that the wheels are similar in diameter to a 1/10th buggy, a lot smaller than a Short Course trucks.

There was a class for the Trophy truck at our club last summer, the shells and accesories did look good but the rear suspension ruined the handling. This desert buggy shell looks good too.

I'd have thought that HPI would have revised that obvious design flaw - but then again, HPI haven't got a great record of revising the flaws in their "scale" RC lineup. The Switch and Cup Racer minis have serious design flaws that make them almost unusable beyond slow street bashing.

[GregM]

They did.... 1/12 Nissan Titan 'Racing' DF02

It's DT-02 chassis (2WD).

[B.M.T.]

Yeah, sorry, typo on my behalf.

[bakaguyjean]

HPI mini trophy desert trucks are collecting dust on shelves here. Half price is the norm here in Japan.

The look cool but people are just not buying them here.

[Sayer]

The Switch and Cup Racer minis have serious design flaws that make them almost unusable beyond slow street bashing.

Come now, you can't just say that without a little elaboration