yeah its kind of sad, but who knows maybe something will change in the future. I just hope the push the model like they do other vehicles.

Instead of a new 4x4 they're making speakers and lights.
http://www.teamassociated.com/news/l...d_Sound_System

Starting to get flash backs of Tyco at toys 'R' Us. If I want lights and sound I would get the new HESS truck,lol. They are headed in a different direction. They started to venture away when Thunder Tiger first took over then they came back now they're starting to wonder again.

honestly I like the concept of that for RC Electric. I would like to integrate that into USVTA class to give it some more realism, but, I hope they are not just becoming a higher end toy company.

Cain you called it, a new TOY
http://www.teamassociated.com/cars_a...ProSC_4x4/RTR/

Looks like a more raceable Prolite.

Curious if they are going to run with that platform in a real "Pro" version or have something else.

So I don't understand why AE has discontinued the SC10 4x4. I absolutely love this truck. To be honest this truck is what got me back into RC racing after 12 years. I am amazed at how well this truck performs. I find it easy to work on, and very low maintenance. My only hope is that they are working on a new platform that has the three geared diffs like the B44.3. I've honestly thought about trying to merge a B44.3 and an SC10 4x4. I can't believe they are going to stay with the Pro series. Anyone have any new news or opinions?

If you want a 3 diff setup, right on your truck you can do this using the RC Shox Center Diff. Its probably one of the best upgrades for the truck, and they even offer it using mod 1 gears to be more standard with what the class has gone to for a variety of the race vehicles. Not gear for sure, but still better than the slipper.

I think the truck works great for the conditions it was originally intended for, 1/10 sized stuff, higher traction than the 1/8 loamy tracks a lot of these vehicles see these days.

AE also didn't see to put as much of an emphasis racing the vehicle as they did other classes. I know for awhile we wanted to get more help in the 1/8 loamy conditions to compete with the other vehicles but nothing really ever came down the pipe. A counter gear setup as tested by RC Shox and Shark would have been excellent to have as it appeard to correct a lot of the inflight adjustment issues the stock truck can have.

And AE could have also cut down on the screw count for dissassembly. IN comparison to other vehicles, it is definitely more involved to get dissassembled or change a servo.

All that said, these are things that could be done in a revised version I feel, but AE may feel that the class may not warrant the effort to revise the truck or who knows, maybe they have something more 1/8 based on the way along with the new RC8 I keep hearing about it.

some though will blame this on them being "thunder tigered" as to why they are releasing stuff that looks like TT designs. Maybe, maybe not.

If they lowered the screw count, maybe made the servo more accessible, made the center part of the chassis metal and included a center diff I would buy one, probably 2 ft trucks. IMO those would fix almost every complaint about the truck.

yeah, there really isn't things I can think of that they can't do to make the truck excellent. The question really becomes do they want to to and see it as cost effective.

I would also like to see them get the width up to the truck to roar legal limits with zero offset wheels, so no more +3s needed.

1/10 4wdSC is the most popular class at every track I have visited, I cannot believe it is not worth the development time. I am honestly wondering if they will simply pull a Techno and base their truck off the buggy. It becomes more reasonable when you consider they planned to have the next rc8 ready well before the status it is currently in.

it could be. I just hope if they do soldier on in the class, they actually put the top guns out there to run it and support it with better setup options than the sc10 4x4 had.

Also, go big on quality control, sounds like that is an issue these days with AE in general which is a shame based on some reviews out there.

Has anyone ever played around with the clicker? That's really the only interesting thing on the truck to me. They designed this truck around the clicker, which is the reason they went with a belt drive system from the beginning. I find it weird that I never hear of anyone talking about using the clicker. What gives?

Dont know if I would say they designed the truck around the clicker, or that the clicker is the whole reason its belt drive... But with that being said most people just lock the clicker down.

Thanks was looking for something like this about it.

That's what I don't understand....Why lock the clicker down? That whole system is designed to allow a 2WD performance when Off-Power and a 4WD performance when On-Power.....Kind of like the way a one-way bearing works in an on-road car. I think that would make this truck RULE in the turns because you would have the 2WD less push entering the turn and you can nail the 4WD from the apex through the rest of the turn (Like a Real 4WD Short Course Truck). Not to mention it would be the fastest on the 180 turns all together. The Clicker can be adjusted to give you as little, or as much 2WD to 4WD action that you prefer. Just locking it down makes it push like all of the others trucks. What's the point of having this truck if you don't use the kool features it has? I'm not saying anything bad about how people are running it, I'm just curious to know why they run it the way they do.