What's up with RC4WD

[MAGNUMB]

Wish RC4WD would get their act together and start putting out some more thought-out and innovative products.
They have such an opportunity to do someone more and really take advantage of their place in the market. Sad really and have to wonder who is running that company and what those meetings look like. Sure they are inching there way forward...but geeze it's frustrating to watch at times.

 

[ferp420]

rc3wd is just a rebrander i dont think they actually make anything just put there name on it and sell it

 

[cooper_xl]

RC4WD launched nice parts when partnered with fellow builders..or used their designs to mass production

 

[MAGNUMB]

rc3wd is just a rebrander i dont think they actually make anything just put there name on it and sell it

So they don't exclusively sell the TF2....who actually makes that then? Can you get it cheaper from another brand??

 

[ferp420]

thats a really good question im sure you can get them cheaper but i have no idea who actually makes them

also dont know why anyone would want one outside of the body

 

[Col_Sanders]

thats a really good question im sure you can get them cheaper but i have no idea who actually makes them

also dont know why anyone would want one outside of the body

They're fun. Especially if you do not have tough terrain. Hiking trails with a comp build or a really capable truck on 4.75s are boring. Small tires and a top heavy truck with limited travel add some challenge.

 

[ferp420]

They're fun. Especially if you do not have tough terrain. Hiking trails with a comp build or a really capable truck on 4.75s are boring. Small tires and a top heavy truck with limited travel add some challenge.

good point they seem to sell alot of them so I guess alot of people feel that way

 

[MAGNUMB]

good point they seem to sell alot of them so I guess alot of people feel that way

Yeah, i use my smaller tire scale trucks more often....the challenge is part of the fun for me and scale aspect.

 

[Speedy-Triple]

I enjoy driving my TF2 even with the slop and the wonky steering but is part of the charm and another project and tinkering to do. But I would AGREE with MagnumB and say that I would probably have another one if they were to offer improvements and innovations.

It is certainly far from a comp rock crawler but I doubt the 80s' K5s were any better in real life and stock form to what the TF2 is capable.

 

[ferp420]

Yeah, i use my smaller tire scale trucks more often....the challenge is part of the fun for me and scale aspect.

i like the challenge of small tire rigs also but i still want to be able to beat the snot out of them

 

[ferp420]

It is certainly far from a comp rock crawler but I doubt the 80s' K5s were any better in real life and stock form to what the TF2 is capable.

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the k5 in stock form kicked asah butt
so did the yota but in differnt ways to say one is better than other is like coke or Pepsi

 

[pwjm]

I wish there were more scale looking parts (links, diffs, etc) available on other platforms.

 

[Gula]

Imho, it boils down to marketing and manufacturing, intellectual theft, etc of the Chinese!

I've been in the "game" since rc4wd has been putting out the first scale anything, period. They did good at first with all the wheels, axles and scale parts and a rig or two they made then I think they no longer actually made the parts in Cali (San Jose) IIRC. That could also have to do with what they made back then. Some super scale and super soft , and some rock hard tires and some cool and ugly wheels. They had it have it all and just had to appease the masses by becoming a seller vs an innovator.

Then other manufacturers in China caugh on and copied their design and began undercutting and flooding the market with their parts. It's what's been happening and will continue until they run everyone out of business.

Look what happened to the those jeep Cherokee bodies that were copied from cchand, IIRC. So much stuff goes on.

Rant off

 

[MAGNUMB]

Glad there are companies fixing some of their mistakes and offering parts that can hold up to abuse...like SSD.

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Guess I wish true hobbyists were at the helm and engineers...a lot of their releases indicate otherwise

 

[pwjm]

Imho, it boils down to marketing and manufacturing, intellectual theft, etc of the Chinese!

I've been in the "game" since rc4wd has been putting out the first scale anything, period. They did good at first with all the wheels, axles and scale parts and a rig or two they made then I think they no longer actually made the parts in Cali (San Jose) IIRC. That could also have to do with what they made back then. Some super scale and super soft , and some rock hard tires and some cool and ugly wheels. They had it have it all and just had to appease the masses by becoming a seller vs an innovator.

Then other manufacturers in China caugh on and copied their design and began undercutting and flooding the market with their parts. It's what's been happening and will continue until they run everyone out of business.

Look what happened to the those jeep Cherokee bodies that were copied from cchand, IIRC. So much stuff goes on.

Rant off

one wonders what the Chinese markets will make once all the companies they copy from go away. It's not even a race to the bottom, but a race to non-existence.

 

[cooper_xl]

One of the worse aspects of cheap chinese parts flooding Amazon or Aliexpress is that new guys in the hobby often rely on those and the builds are just a bunch of parts stacked together. No character nor theme

 

[Col_Sanders]

good point they seem to sell alot of them so I guess alot of people feel that way

Honestly one of the most fun rigs I ever owned was my Marlin. Aside from electronics, it was pretty stock. Just a few free mods to the leafs and shocks. I'd take it on some technical trail runs in Las Vegas with the SCX10 IIs and everything and it held its own very well...except for sidehills. It was fun showing those bigger trucks up sometimes. Unlike the other TF2s I had, that one never gave me a problem.

I've got the itch to buy/build another small tire leaf spring rig. Trying to decide between another Marlin or converting a VS410.

 

[ferp420]

I've got the itch to buy/build another small tire leaf spring rig. Trying to decide between another Marlin or converting a VS410.

a small tire 1/6? on leafs ? maybe lol

 

[Col_Sanders]

An SCX6 on leafs would be pretty cool but we dont have many spots worthy of anything that big.

I'm just talking 4.19" tires or less.

 

[ferp420]

i dident say scx6 just 1/6 scale although that would be kinda cool i was thinking jeep or jimny or something along those lines