Xray copies
10-19-2008, 06:48 AM
#1
Xray copies
I had to look twice when I saw it on eBay, but is this a case of a Far East factory copying Xray cars?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-10-RC-T2008-...QQcmdZViewItem
The specification looks like it was pulled straight from Xray's website, and the car looks very similar to an Xray 007 apart from a few differences (black plastic bulkheads etc).
Another car they do is an M18 copy.
I know its happened in the past with Tamiya TL01's and Associated RC18T's, but is this the first of a wave of higher-end chassis being copied?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-10-RC-T2008-...QQcmdZViewItem
The specification looks like it was pulled straight from Xray's website, and the car looks very similar to an Xray 007 apart from a few differences (black plastic bulkheads etc).
Another car they do is an M18 copy.
I know its happened in the past with Tamiya TL01's and Associated RC18T's, but is this the first of a wave of higher-end chassis being copied?
10-19-2008, 07:24 AM
#3
Looks like the CF chassis is a fake too. Might be the photos though.
10-19-2008, 08:31 AM
#5
Made in where ?
10-19-2008, 09:13 AM
#6
Very interesting copy for 199.00 US $.
10-19-2008, 09:29 AM
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10-19-2008, 11:43 AM
#10
It even comes with aluminum shock bodies and a battery strap.
You know, an entry level kit that was made to be parts compatible with more expensive kits, and had a nice upgrade path as the driver improves seems like something R/C needs more of. You see it most with Tamiya, and then some with the T2R and Cyclone-S, but it doesn't seem to get enough attention.
If the manufacturers aren't willing to do it themselves, maybe it'll take a Chinese clone factory to force their hand.
You know, an entry level kit that was made to be parts compatible with more expensive kits, and had a nice upgrade path as the driver improves seems like something R/C needs more of. You see it most with Tamiya, and then some with the T2R and Cyclone-S, but it doesn't seem to get enough attention.
If the manufacturers aren't willing to do it themselves, maybe it'll take a Chinese clone factory to force their hand.
10-19-2008, 12:03 PM
#11
Im fairly cetain its breaking a lot of copyright/patent laws though.
10-19-2008, 12:06 PM
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10-19-2008, 12:11 PM
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10-19-2008, 12:20 PM
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