New 1/43 Proportionate car at Radio shack

ICH_BIN_GUT! · #1 11-10-2002, 05:38 PM

I was down in Radio Shack this Weekend looking around for sum parts that my Dad needed. On the way to the cashiers desk, I say on display a Viper, suprisingly it looked like a mini-Z and i was wondering wut they were doin with sumthing like that. so i picked it up and observed the most that i could. (Long Line be hind me)

The car is made by radio shack and (surprisingly) its fully proporitonate at 1/43 scale.

-Teh car is toped with a Viper body and i dont know really if its remoable or not. MayBe screwed in. it features lites n trun signals

-The charger is powered by 4 ( or more...) AA (or AAA) and can be used as a display stand. It is seperate from the TX. The TX is pistol gripped and can be folded to make use of travel- and can control the turn sigals

-The rear suspension is like the mini Z without any shock bodies.
And the front im not sure

I think its powered by sumthin larger than wut the Bits or Zips use or maybe its 4 of those. I dont really know. i just know for certain that its Light Green.

And finally wut every body wants to know, the price..... 49.99

Steve · #2 11-10-2002, 06:26 PM

yep, already been posted, but thanks for the heads up anyway. Give me 1/64 or give me death...ok, I'll settle for a beer.

ICH_BIN_GUT! · #3 11-10-2002, 11:45 PM

O.. My Bad didnt know. Just news to me

So whats it like inside the car?

Tee Bee · #4 11-11-2002, 01:26 AM

I reviewed this car last week somewhere on this forum. To sum it up, the steering is a little slow and noisy, the body attaches with 6 screws, the rear suspension is similar to a mini-z except it's molded to the chassis and not replaceable. The front has kingpins and springs. It takes 2-3 minutes to charge and runs 3-5 minutes. Spins out on slick tile floors, but hooks up pretty good on smooth concrete like a tennis court. No differential makes handling unpredictable. The signal, hazard, and head lights are controlled remotely. It's a fun car to have and the size and lights are a novelty, but it is a Radio Shack car, not a hobby level machine. I like mine for the price, but it won't see as much use as my nitro cars, mini-z, or zipzaps.

chp · #5 11-11-2002, 12:19 PM

You may want to check here, ICH_BIN_GUT

http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthr...&threadid=2793

and here: http://12.31.176.173/rc/viper.htm

there's pictures of the inside.
It's a fun car. I believe it's more on the lines of a Epoch 1/43 spec 1 (though I didn't know that at the time..)

jerm781 · #6 11-13-2002, 10:38 AM

Check this out

I saw it on another forum they look the same as the Radio Shack car. From a company called Ripmax

ICH_BIN_GUT! · #7 11-13-2002, 10:21 PM

I think its the same thing.. jsut like the Zip Zaps, they arent made by Radio Shack, but they just are under the name, But who cares

Charged Subaru WRX body Whoohoo!!!

boatvolt · #8 11-15-2002, 12:32 PM

Pleased with RS Viper for the money. Controllable, fast, rugged and, yes, noisy steering.

Does anyone know of RS plans to offer upgrades/more body styles? It seems to me that the availability of these has been a major factor in the success of Bits and ZZ's.

By the way, RS was out of ZZ's, as usual, but the manager directed me to a mall kiosk selling Bit clones. Nice touch.

boatvolt · #9 11-15-2002, 05:31 PM

Probably against company policy, but hey, good to see that they employ real human beings!