User:Donnie Park/Associated RC10

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Early model RC10 buggy.

The Team Associated RC10 is an electric powered, 1:10 scale electric off-road dune buggy by Associated Electrics, introduced in 1984.

whilst the Kyosho Scorpion lay claim to be the first performance focused off-road buddy

it was also notable for establishing the layout (motors and batteries mounted on a flat tub chassis) that became a standard for all off-road buggies [1] A-arm suspensions with adjustable upper links, ball differentials, flat-stock shock towers, large oil dampers It popularized a number of features that became popular

sealed gearbox

The original gold chassis RC10 was inducted for display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2015.[2][3][4][5]

is not related to the RC10GT, a nitro powered stadium truck; the RC10L, a PRO 10 pan-car or the RC10TC and the ISTC car.


In an article of Radio Control Model Cars, the RC10 was considered to be the industry standard.[6]

  1. ^ Radio Control Car Action, December 1999
  2. ^ "Great Moments in RC (Roger Curtis)… - Team Associated". TeamAssociated.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Original RC10 kit on display at Smithsonian :: LiveRC.com - R/C Car News, Pictures, Videos, and More". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Associated's Classic RC10 Gets a Spot in the Smithsonian". RC Car Action. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  5. ^ Dean Berry. "On Display at the Smithsonian - An Original Team Associated RC10 - RC Driver". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  6. ^ Arita 1989, pp. 40–72.