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 Tamiya Avante | |
| Category | 1:10 4WD off-road buggy |
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| Constructor | Tamiya Corporation |
| Designer(s) | Fumito Taki |
| Predecessor | Tamiya Hotshot |
| Successor | Tamiya Egress |
| Technical specifications | |
| Chassis | Two-piece FRP composite "sandwich" |
| Suspension (front) | Four-wheel independent |
| Suspension (rear) | Four-wheel independent |
| Electric motor | Mabuchi RX-540VZ "Technigold" In some markets without motor and labeled "Special race vehicle". mid-engined |
| Transmission | Four-wheel-drive via a solid shaft, unique 6-gear differentials |
| Tyres | Rubber pin spike off-road tires with foam inserts |
| Competition history | |
| Debut | 1988 JMRCA All-Japan Off-Road 4WD Championship |
The Tamiya Avante is a historically significant 1/10 scale four-wheel-drive electric offroad competition buggy released in 1988 as Tamiya's 72nd radio control kit under catalog number 58072. The car was designed by Tamiya's veteran designer, Fumito Taki, famous for introducing Tamiya into the radio-controlled car markets and for its better-known cars, including the Sand Scorcher.[1][2]
Unveiled at the Nuremberg International Toy Fair that year,[3] the Avante began as a need for a competition car after their past models became obsolete.
- ^ Spinner 2008, pp. 60–62.
- ^ Avril 1988, pp. 34–39.
- ^ Chianelli 1988, p. 16.