Kyosho Icarus build

[viperchief]

After a summer having an "affair" with my other hobby (RC aircraft), I decided to build my Icarus. I think it is a neat looking buggy, much better than the Bandido/Pegasus. So far, it has been a fun build! It has a few quirks, like "bendy" plastic suspension hinge points and plastic driveshafts/outdrives. Thanks for looking!

[mongoose1983]

Oh, you're working on a vintage kit, that is awesome! The chassis looks fantastic, and I'm sure that Le Mans motor will be pure bliss!

[pizzachaude]

Chassis looks remarkably similar to a Tamiya Falcon doesnt it? Plastic driveshafts, rear trailing arms and oversized front A arms, even the tub looks similar. I like it!

[viperchief]

Oh, you're working on a vintage kit, that is awesome! The chassis looks fantastic, and I'm sure that Le Mans motor will be pure bliss!

Thanks! I remember looking through the Tower Hobbies catalog back in the day and drooling over all the LeMans motors and Kyosho kits. Very glad to have an example of both today to enjoy!

[viperchief]

Chassis looks remarkably similar to a Tamiya Falcon doesnt it? Plastic driveshafts, rear trailing arms and oversized front A arms, even the tub looks similar. I like it!

It does look a lot like the Falcon for sure!

[markbt73]

Love to see people building vintage kits. I hope you run it when it's done, because the Icarus is a great runner. I recently sold an OK-condition one, because I already had a really nice restored Bandido and didn't see the need for two of the same chassis. But the Bandido still gets run with some regularity. Lots of fun on loose dirt or sand, easy to get sideways, but easy to control as well.

It's funny, when I first started out, what I really wanted was a Pegasus or an Icarus, but my dad and the guy at the local hobby shop talked me out of it, because they were worried that the flexy-hinge suspension pieces wouldn't last. Well, here we are almost 30 years later, and they're doing fine... I've seen those cars broken in all sorts of places, but never at the suspension hinges.