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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video we'll be going over the history of one of the oldest RC brands out there, Kyosho. Also yes I realize I didn't mention that Losi Jr spent some time with the Kyosho Racing team. I mentioned it in the Losi video so be sure to check that out.
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Nostalgia just hit hard. The Scorpion was my first RC car and I got it for christmas some time in the late 80s. I remember helping my dad put it together and driving it for the first time. Miss you Pops. Thanks for the memories.
My schoolmate raced his Scorpion (which he called the "Cox Scorpion") in an RC car race during a field trip for the Industrial Arts program. I raced my Nichimo Exceed and our other schoolmate raced his Tamiya Fox. There were no electronic transponders back then, and they used judges to manually keep track of which car was actually winning. Because the race course had a lot of turns and short straightaways, my 4WD Exceed had an advantage over the 2WDs and I got 2nd place. My schoolmate's Fox got 3rd, and the Scorpion did not place.
In retrospect, his Kyosho/Cox Scorpion was actually the best car out of the 3 from our school.
The Fox owner later got a Turbo Optima and I later got a JRX2.
Kyosho is very much still around with the Inferno buggy, been rocking that for years!
The Ultima was my first car that started my love for the hobby that continues today.
The Ultima was my first real competitive buggy....i broke into the hobby in 85 with a Tamiya Fox, but it was clear that platform had its limits, so in 86 i picked up an Ultima ......i did very well at local club races in the Chicago area in that Ultima, and even better when i swapped out the aluminum chassis for a carbon fiber pan....and a lot of RC10 drivers were frosty about that Ultima. I still have it to this day. Another great video my friend, keep up the great content.
Very interesting. But a bit light on the details on how much of an influence Kyosho had on the 1/10 off road classes in the 80s. The Optima in 1985 was very much a factor in why to this day we have 4wd and 2wd drive classes of racing and not stock and modified . The Ultima was a 2wd drive version of the Optima and both were very much class leaders. The design of the ultima was right up there, so much so that Losi copied the front end for the JRX2. The Optima, Ultima and Lazer designs all have a massive influence on the 1/10 cars of today.
This is an outstanding and very interesting series. Thank you for putting all of these together. 👍
Yup, I had two of the early dune buggies and the earlier pan car with a Porsche 917 Lexan body. The first one had heavy solid rubber tires and the second one had lighter foam tires. Eventually I made my own balsa body for the chassis in the shape of the Tyrrell 003.
When I first got into RC, there were only three cars to choose if you wanted to race competitively- RC10, Ultima, or Optima. That’s how it was at my local track anyway. There were other cars but they were slow or fragile or both.
Nice vid mate thanks for all the great footage and information.
The quality is top notch with kyosho
amazing and incredible series, hope you never stop creating videos for us 👍
Great documentation. Thanks for showing 👍
My adolescent, and teenage years were spent in the 80's and 90's and from what I remember Kyosho was a brand that was like the holy grail to me. 1 they were hard to find, and 2 they were expensive compared to their counterparts. I ended up driving a losi buggy and truck and loved the available parts at my local hobbyshack that later evolved into hobby people. I always wanted Kyosho but it seemed you had to be a factory driver to get your hands on one in southern California where I grew up. All the same losi built very competitive vehicles, and I never regretted not owning a Kyosho. And today you still can't get a hold of Kyosho unless you buy online and willing to pay big bucks. Cool video and old footage you found. Keep it up. I understand what it is to be underfunded and wanting to create good content for the masses. Subd and liked! 🥂
Just got myself a Kyosho nitro 1/8 on ebay for 200 bucks. Absolute ripper. I'm surprised it still runs and drives like new despite it clearly was from the 90's with all original parts (besides my upgraded receiver and controller)
@@mouaxiong8618 that's a steal!
You should also do a history of Nikko.
Great addition and subject matter to your RC History series.
Thanks for the history lesson on a Kyosho. My favorite RC from them is the Mad van brushless that thing is awesome!
Love seeing all the history of rc companies
Interesting vid, thanks! I can still remember when the Burns appeared on the market, totally different from what I'd seen before, I had an old PB Racing Mustang 1/8 rallycross, as more people bought and raced the new Kyosho Burns , it was clear very quickly that a new level of performance was here to stay, it was a clear divide... I ended up with an Inferno several years later and still have it to this day, amazing RC.
My first RC was the Kyosho Assault. It was similar to the phase 20 Baja but it had a lexan body instead of roll bars. Rail chassis OS .12 all cast aluminum. It was designed very similar to a VW bug.
Excellent upload 😄 really enjoyed it am also looking forward to getting a kyosho one day 😃
love these video's, cant wait for more content!
Love the history videos! We still have a guy racing an RB7 competitively at my local track.
Great history lesson. I'm glad now that im older and have money again for hobbies, I get to play with the latest cars. Yup you guessed it. MP10e for me.
Awesome history lesson and super well done, I enjoyed it a lot! Still looking to get my first Kyosho, I remember seeing them in catalogs back in the 80’s and thinking wth is this brand?!? They are also one of the few companies that seem to be committed to nitro.
Razor... I've been a fam of your channel a long time.... I've always had AE cars as far as 2wd stuff, and lately my son has Tekno 4wd and now 8th scale...I got an ET410 now myself... but I've recently been bitten by the Retro/Vintage bug.
I picked up a Kyosho Turbo Optima ReRe kit, yet to be built... and also an Ultima which I've raced a couple times, starting with racing it in the Hank Perry 240 race...a race that started in 1987, the same year the Ultima swept the world's 2wd podium.
I'm now hooked, and a big Kyosho fan! I have a few Tamiya kits on the list/shelf, but I really want to get me some more of the Kyosho Legendary Series stuff now....
If you can, pick up one or two of them...they'd make great content for your videos, and I'm sure they'll make for quite a few smiles as well....
Cheers!
Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work would love to get my hands on all of them from the early years 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you for this!!!
Very cool video thanks for sharing. Kyosho also had a 1/10 nitro “peanuts racer” in 76 which was a couple years before the Eleckpeanuts. This nitro version had independent suspension front and rear (electric one had solid axle).
Had a Turbo Ultima and a Nitro Inferno 4x4. After a bit of hop-ups they won me races. The Inferno needed more attention to be competitive. the Turbo Ultima was a trophy getter right out of the box.
Yuichi Kanai was the man who made Kyosho start winning 1/8 Offroad. No question about that.
I love these history lessons. Makes me wish I had gotten into the hobby when I was a kid in the 80s. Great video dude!
"the hobby when I was a kid in the 80s"
-Nickel-Cadmium battery backs with 1200 milli-amp-hour capacity
-Brushed motors
-Most cars still had mechanical speed controllers, as ESCs were a new thing
-Spiked tires
-Big front bumpers
-Gear covers and sealed transmissions
-Classic Kyosho Optima sold for $150
-Classic RC10 (called just the "RC10") sold for $125
-You could upgrade very single part on the original RC10 and make a whole new car just from aftermarket parts
-RC land speed record was 56 mph
Great job on Kyosho's history you nailed it!
They had more competitively successful and technologically advanced cars than Tamiya, but Tamiya had better-looking cars.
nice work guy!
Great video! Just found your channel so going to gorge on your content for the next few days 😁 New Subscriber dude 👍🏻🙌🏻
My thoughts that they made the blueprint for other companies and to were we are today… Kyosho deserve the credit of all off road playforms… they also hold the most championships still to this day.
Thanks for the awesome video....liked and subbed.... I'm a new fan of Kyosho due to the Legendary Series kits...
The modern era would not be what it is today without what Kyosho did in the 80’s and 90’s
What an awesome video!!
I have a mostly stock outrage sitting in my garage that needs a bit of love and this video is making me want to hurry up and fix it, thank you
Nicely done
Nice video! My first hobby RC car was a Kyosho Outlaw Rampage Pro (2wd nitro stadium truck). It was a blast. The tranny was weak, but it really lit my interest. I still have the truck, but it’s been converted to electric and it has a different tranny in it now. I eventually got an Inferno (used 1st generation RTR version…as a rolling chassis from eBay), converted it to electric and beat on it for years. It never once broke. Once my friends and I discovered 8th scale buggies, we never really went back to 10th scale. They are beasts.
Ive always been interested in their usa 1 truck
Really good video! I have the Impreza nitro alpha ten rc car n love it!
I had a Kyosho Big Brute as a kid and it was still one of the most fun RCs I've ever had. The thing was durable and I had it for over five years and didn't have to replace a thing. If there is ever a rerelease of that I'd snatch it up in a second.
Thx for the clip great info hope kyosho stay around I got some old kyosho electric on road carpet racers & my nephew's inherited them I've got a inferno neo nitro buggy & it's awesome the Japanese kyosho & Tamiya are a level above the Chinese & Taiwanese models 👍
Good video. Kyosho is my preferred brand. I have several Kyosho buggies in my collection. My favorite is the 1/8 Inferno Neo 3.0 VE. It's built like a tank.
I remember back in the day, Kyosho would release so many different kinds of cars to suit every possible different application.
😁👍Great video! Love kyosho RC's!
New subscriber, great video
They should still make the progress again with their legendary series they could always update that car to work better today like to Tamiya does.
Man they need to be a love button instead of a like button. Excellent excellent excellent video, I enjoy your videos regardless of the topic due to the way you speak and the clarity of your messages. You know how it is for us racers were always wrenching on stuff and not like to have videos and stuff playing in the background. Not to mention that I'm a rabbid avid Kyosho 1/8 racer here at Phil Hurd Raceway , Savannah, Georgia. And there's a few of us that are my teammates and we race together and we're nothing but #teamkyosho. I think our nitro platforms and electric platforms are just as competitive and advanced as the next, and like your underdog comment and them doing their things their own way I like that too that's what originally drew me to them. But I'll quit rambling thanks for the video
I do want to head to Phil Hurd one day. Maybe this summer. Thanks for the kind words btw. They mean a lot 😄
I did not know that they made RC cars before Tamiya but Tamiya as company is older.
Great video. But, you failed to mention the the infernos design is from one of the best 8th scale nitro racers Yuchi Kanai. Most manufacturers use Kyosho and Mugen as references. They try to take the best of both and make a buggy. I run 10th scale 2 and 4 wd and 8th nitro Kyosho buggies and ina skilled drivers hand (which I am not the most skilled) they some of the fastest on the track. Thanks for sharing.
I got a Kyosho Ultima when I was in junior high (1989/1990), I sold it when I was in my 20s and broke. I do look at them on ebay from time to time, may get one again.
Just got me a 1st Gen Land Jump -- stoked! Now a Vanning and dreams sorted! Great reviews of the electros, but Nitros made Kyosho :0-)
I had an old sand super!! The thing was a beast!!
You all probably know it as a Mint Las Vegas....fun times back in the 80's!!
Your videos are really put together professionally. I'm assuming you did schooling, or work in the field of video editing. Kinda feel the same as you about Kyosho, it's always been that very present, but never tried mystery brand.
I'm not in school for video editing but my Dad is a photographer, he basically gave me a dslr camera and told me to have fun, and that I have been :)
@@RoachRC, well you seem to have a knack for it 👍
Cool vid. Love me some Kyosho buggies. The og Ultima would be close to my all time favourite buggy design. I have several Kyosho cars, from early on to fairly late. The quality is top notch.
My # 1 rc brand
I remember wanting a Inferno so bad as a kid. They where so expensive. You could buy 3 Rc10's for the price of 1 Inferno. My paper routine budget couldn't afford it. 😂 I just recently got back into the hobby and was surprised they don't have that same presence they once did. I'm sure they are laughing all the way to the bank with their overpriced Mini-z line. 🤷🏻♂️ I have kids in the hobby and real income now. Kyosho's kind of missing the boat.
🖤🔥
I had a Kyosho Tomahawk growing up.
Do a video on the dirt master and could it race and compete at top level
I do not consider the classic Ultima as the "true 1987 world champion", since Joel Johnson's winning car had less than 50% stock Ultima parts. I would say that the true 1987 world champion was a custom Kyosho Ultima. The Ultima RB6 is the only true 1/10 scale world champion from Kyosho.
Fair enough. Granted lots of cars back then at the top level were heavily modded to my understanding.
I went to kyosho headquarters in atsugi. It's sad what's going on there...
Could you elaborate?
Now ya got Mugen, x-ray, Losi, serpent, etc.....dominating the 8th scale class.....kyosho is still the best looking nitro car for me
as a youngster having grown up running kyosho and even being locally sponsored while running kyosho i never thought i'd say this but i don't think I'll ever buy another kyosho rc after see what i got for my money when i bought a mad van ve which was a semi toy grade rc with a brushless setup that kyosho knew the car as they were selling wouldn't be able to handle the power. How do i know they knew it couldn't handle the power, because for every part that is too weak to handle the power there is an upgrade HD part listed in the back of the manual that comes with the car, a manual that was printed before they sold the first ma van ve, kyosho built the mad van ve to sell, not to run....
Have you done a history of Tamiya?
Did the Kyosho/Cox Scorpion ever compete against the Tamiya Frog? Which was released earlier?
They probably did but I'm fairly certain the Frog came out first.
Cheers mate..
Hare Krishna
Frankly around 2017 Kyosho 1/10 offroad cars werent too bad. The wheeler was just overly loose and the 2wd was competitive with the AE cars if you spent time figuring out the setup.
Kyosho has to go where the cash is, which is Mini-Z. I wish there was more 1/8th scale onroad, but the market demand isn't there like it is for Mini-Z.
Rc slot cars…?
Slot cars. 😊
What about the land jump a whole era missed
Lamberto Collari? Hello...
Japanese companies have a completely different goal to chase than the western world. For example when Traxxas had a big boom for the Slash, no one in Japan was interested. Still you cant find much demand for them. I worked in the hobby industry in Japan from 2006 to 2016 and saw the trends most of them were completely different than the trends happening in the west. Its almost a magical moment when Japan and the west have the same trend these days.
Clean your camera sensor.
it has been done