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vintage Kyosho LeMans motors
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:17 am
by FlyinGN
I have of these old gems and would like to get more. Anyone have any leads on new ones and even info on the old ads or brochures on these fantastic old motors??
Thanks, Frank
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:23 am
by tulsa
a few on ebay........... 260097986507[/url]
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:31 am
by templeofspeed
Shove this link into a translator for a little info (it's in German):
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/Die_Entwicklung_der_Motoren/Kyosho_Motoren/kyosho_motoren.html
From:
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/Die_Entwicklung_der_Motoren/die_entwicklung_der_motoren.html
Home page:
http://www.rc-car-museum.de/index.html
Probably some Japanese sites out there, too.
I have a vintage Kyosho stock motor labeled as a Tower Hobbies "Legal Action". I think that's a funny name since TH doesn't carry Kyosho anymore! It's newer than the LeMans, I think 1990.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:37 am
by templeofspeed
tulsa wrote:a few on ebay........... 260097986507[/url]
Wonder if those will go cheap? Nothing I need or have interest in.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:49 am
by Tadracket
templeofspeed wrote:
..... TH doesn't carry Kyosho anymore!
Why do you suppose that is? I know one retailer can't carry every brand out there but they use to carry Kyosho and Kyosho is easily one of the biggest names in RC.
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:57 am
by templeofspeed
Tadracket wrote:templeofspeed wrote:
..... TH doesn't carry Kyosho anymore!
Why do you suppose that is? I know one retailer can't carry every brand out there but they use to carry Kyosho and Kyosho is easily one of the biggest names in RC.
Something about Tower's contract being up with Kyosho in 2005. There's a blurb on one of the Heli forums out there...
I still chuckle about the "Legal Action" motor...
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:01 am
by Tadracket
Now I see the connection. Boy I am slow this morning. They should have named it, hey we are going to copy your stuff here. HWAGTCYSH for short
I love how all the tower radio stuff looks like Futaba gear
Re: vintage Kyosho LeMans motors
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:10 pm
by tulsa
FlyinGN wrote:I have of these old gems and would like to get more. Anyone have any leads on new ones and even info on the old ads or brochures on these fantastic old motors??
Thanks, Frank
a few on hobby talk
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=169091[/url]
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:33 pm
by aconsola
Tadracket wrote:templeofspeed wrote:
..... TH doesn't carry Kyosho anymore!
Why do you suppose that is? I know one retailer can't carry every brand out there but they use to carry Kyosho and Kyosho is easily one of the biggest names in RC.
It was a problem with great planes. GP ws the exclusive importer for Kyosho into the USA. Tower is the retail arm of GP. Kyosho decided to import its products itself by establishing Kyosho USA, similar to what Tamiya did when it broke from MRC.
In the changeover Tower has not picked up the product line from Kyosho USA.
As for the tower radios looking like futaba, it is because futaba makes radios for Tower, Tamiya, Duratrax, and probably others. Futaba used to have several distributors(my lhs was one of only 4 or 5 Futaba distributors in the country), but they too centralized to a single distributor for the USA, Great planes.
-Anthony
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:36 am
by templeofspeed
I'm still laughing about this...