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I have a question about the wings that were available for the RC10. With the car that I recently traded for, the wing that was included with the car is not lexan, but is metal. I haven't held a magnet to it yet but it is a bit heavy so I think it is steel. I haven't read much about the wings for these cars. I'll get a pic of it later, but does anyone have any information on aftermarket wings?

You can use any 2wd 1/10 buggy wing with the Rc10, you'll just need to make your own holes.

Good to know.

Were metal wings common 'back in the day' or could I have a custom one? Still need to get a pic up.

There were some aluminum, even titanium back in the day. I don't think they were really used at a pro level cause they were heavy. The one I had was a Thorp unit

This is the wing I have. It looks to me like someone spray painted it a long time ago.

DarthRacer wrote:This is the wing I have. It looks to me like someone spray painted it a long time ago.

That is a thorp unit

shodog wrote:

DarthRacer wrote:This is the wing I have. It looks to me like someone spray painted it a long time ago.

That is a thorp unit

Awesome. Thank You

I have a couple of those metal wings - I always thought they were made by Hot Trick?

- Did "The Hot Trick Stuff" make a similar wing???

Hot Trick made one out of titanium. Check out this thread - http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20248&hilit=hot+trick+wing

aeiou wrote:Hot Trick made one out of titanium.

Ahh, mine are definitely the Thorp variety. Thanks for the info!

BTW -
That is one bad-ass Hot Trick buggy in the link!
I don't think I had ever seen that thread...