A Kyosho Inferno MP777 is $617 and a Redcat Hurricane is $269. Does Redcat get their stuff at a cheaper price or does Redcat not care about making money? And by the way, what other stuff does Redcat and Kyosho have in common?

Why does the corvette sell for hundreds of thousands less than lambo's and ferrari's and still spank them? Its the name, they can charge that much, so they do. Think about it, how much does it cost to make an a arm? Pennies? But why sell for a dollar and make a little profit, when they can sell for much more and make bank?</p>

Really? A Corvette can beat a Ferrari and a Lamborgini? Are you talking about a special Corvette? I want to see a drag race between a normal Corvette and a Ferrari or a Lamborgini.

Funny thing about those Kyoshos and Ofnas, mostly the ofna. They have the same parts as the Redcat hurricane, hmm, strange, me thinks you are being ripped off by kyosho and ofna. Oh but wait a second, if you do your research and actually find out about what you speek, you undoubtedly find out that the kyoshos and ofnas have $200+ engines and $150+ radio systemsHmm, now we look at the redcats for the budget beginner, $120 engine and $35 dollar radio system. You do the math wiz kid. It only takes a couple seconds to find the info on the intertwine. Obviously De Da De redcat cares about making money or they would go out of buisiness, that's the point of having a buisiness, it's like going to work, you go to work to make money,. Unless you personally go ot work for free because you don't care about making money.

But you cant tell me that they dont jack the price up even a little bit.

And here you go, tested-

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...son/specs.html

I cant find any others, but lambos and ferraris arent that fast, sorry. That ferrari costs 3 times as much and is slower, doesnt matter if its not by much but its slower. With that 200k+ you could do anything do it, the lingenfelter corvette does 0-60 in 1.97 and i bet it still costs less that 350k. Oh and its faster around that track too.

true...ferraris and lambos are not "stop light bandits"...they are all top end made for the autobahn. (they are both fast...but not as quick as compaired to a corvette or a viper)
we don't have an autobahn here in the us, so the logical thing is to make the corvette as quick as possible for short distances, while still having alot of top end...thanks to a 6 speed trans.
the corvette motor is a 427 cubic inch small block (lots of cubic inches in a small, lightweight package) most ferrari's and lambo's run small cubic inch v-12's....more weight, less power compaired to the corvette.
there is a huge difference between a quick car and a fast car.
almost any proiduction car can go 100 mph, but the time is takes to get it to 100 is where the quickness comes in.
if i can get my car to 100 mph 5 seconds faster than your car...more than likely i will smoke you in a 1/4 mile.

Well actually they are smaller but they are turboed. I mean ya they are cool, but not for me. For some reason i just dont like the looks really. But different strokes for different folkes.

They also shave costs in other areas as well. The OFNA/Kyosho's use hardened hex bolts for everything, Redcat uses mostly Philips bolts which are a lot cheaper and not quite as strong (softer metal) or as resistant to rust. Also, some of the plastics used have a lower nylon percentage which further reduces manufacturing costs and they tend to be more brittle. A higher nylon count in the plastic=more flexible and less likely to snap or weaken at stress points. These factors may have changed some since they changed manufacturing lines with the new models this year but I don't have one to know.

The end result is still a damned good deal of RC for your money.

The Kyosho I mentioned was a kit. I forgot to mention that. Even if Kyosho has better hardware, it shouldn't be hundreds of dollars more. Guess it costs more because Kyosho is a better known brand.

Mostly the difference is parts quality. Kyosho, Xray, Mugen, etc. have carbon fiber and higher quality plastics and everything possible lightened to shave some grams off. Also, take into consideration the other parts. Look at the Losi 8ight 2.0 RTR and the Recat Hurricane at $269. With the 8ight, you get a DX3S radio ($250) which is almost the price of the Hurricane. Along with that you get the Race Roller design ($500) with a few cheapened parts (chassis, shock towers, shock caps, etc), starter box ($70) and a race legal engine ($150). I can't see Losi making THAT much money for everything it includes. The RedCat will handle no where close to the 8ight even with $500 in hopups to compensate for the price difference.

because the inferno is 50 times better than the redcat... better motor, higher quality parts

That's not necaccerialy true. I've seen some redcat buggies blow the doors off some of the higher end cars and last through races with no broken parts only to win the race. It's the driver that matters not always the car.

......Coming from a RedCat and Himoto dealer. Truth be told, I have NEVER seen any offbrand car at ANY race, even one with 341 racers. And how many RedCats were at the Worlds? Thats what I thought.........

The better quality plastic and engine IS true, there is no arguement about that.

it is all in the hands of the driver. You don't need all the carbon fiber, aluminum upgrades, top end electronics, or the $530.000 V-Spec engine to get into a D, C, B or A main.

Take a look at the D8 for example, the price jumped up a bit after earning a IFMAR title with it.

Keep in mind that the higher dollar manufactuers do a LOTof R&amp;D. They are frequently releasing updated versions since they mainly focus on racing. On top of that, they also have drivers they have to pay for.


The XTR lineup has plenty of tuning options that you can tinker with to get your car to perform better on the track. There are also hopups that can help you obtain a better setup, and a better performing vehicle on the track. Shock towers are one example. They are stout vehicles, just be happy they came with a SHengine and not a vertex engine. i've got one from when these were prototypes years ago, that engine is horrible... by all means it IS a throw away engine, even the factory that made the engine admitted there was a problem with the engine lol. I'm just waiting to convert my "monsoon xtr" to brushless now.

I heard they were the same.
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there is actually quite a difference





Old Hurricane

The Kyosho 7.5 looks similar though. I got it mixed up between the 7.5 and the 777.

<br type="_moz" />And by the way a Ferrari is more expensive not because it's a Ferrari. Ferraris are hand built and they have to ship it from Italy to America. I don't know if Lamborginis are hand built but they still have to ship it.

yeah there are still big differences in between the retired 7.5 and the molds sold for the hurricane xl and xp. There were obvious changes so that it wasn't 100% a mp 7.5, such as being unable to upgrade your "hurricane" to a MP 7.5 Kanai III.

Other differences include the whole front suspension setup, you can't just swap parts either.