Who is considering or has an RM-01

[drbelleville]

Anybody have one , are you considering, or if not what are your thoughts?

[rctenracer]

The chassis looks heavy to me with to much plastic .But then again I am comparing it to a RC12. But I do like the toms body and I see a newman car coming soon. Now if the bodies fit on a 12 is another question.

[drbelleville]

I know what you mean, and its a Tamiya first, race car second. I think it may be a "feeler" to gauge interest before they maybe bring a works or trf version out. The one thing that I think is weird, is that the front end seems to be a carbon copy of the old chassis (last version of the RM car series). I think the 380 setup would be great for kids or starters, maybe shoe in a hot Graupner or LRP 400!

[EvolutionRevolution]

The other thing that is weird is that the rear hubs have been designed to also accept modern 3-bolt 1/12 wheels, but the front axles can only accpt Tamiya wheels.

[rctenracer]

The other thing that is weird is that the rear hubs have been designed to also accept modern 3-bolt 1/12 wheels, but the front axles can only accpt Tamiya wheels.

Why is it that most if not all 1/12 manufactorers use the same rims front and rear on all there chassis's. Leave it to tamiya to say " you buy our car you use are rims" .

[kaiser]

meh, i do want to get into 1/12 at some point, but not with this.

tamiya has been really weird latley, this car, the "m-four" mini that only accepts 380 motors, the "re-re"'s on dt02 chassis, a sc truck on a dt02 chassis, ect....
and wtf is it with them and these lame life batteries? they must own stock in a life manufacturer. lol

i don't know, the big "t" isn't doing much for me lately.

i have alot of tamiya, but only one gets any use, the m03 because it's awesome. tamiya needs to get back to the awesome and away from the strange.

[drbelleville]

[quote="kaiser"]and wtf is it with them and these lame life batteries? they must own stock in a life manufacturer. lol
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I remember when I bought the special Tamiya TLT Pack, and that did not turn out well either.