Hey there and welcome to a new episode of the New Stuff Chronicles on www.pingwing.eu. This time I bring you a new radio control (RC) car. It’s a Tamiya XB Sand-Viper. In my previous post (of over a month ago, I should really start posting more often) I told you about my trcv2 and I didn’t have any pics of it yet, but now I have, but first I will present to you my Sand-Viper.

I took the first picture of the Sand-Viper right after I had taken it out of the box (yes, it’s the pre-built version), put in the battery and put on the antenna tube and put it onto my bed. The second picture is the Sand-Viper with the battery taken out and the body taken off to show how it looks on the inside, allthough there isn’t much to see. This picture was taken after I had taken it for a test drive of which I have no pics, but my friend Michiel (NecroDOME) did record a little movie with his cell phone which I hope he will give to me, so I can show that here.

I must say that this off-road buggy was a very good buy. It’s not rediculously expensive with it’s €169,99 considering that it’s fully assembled and comes bundled with a transmitter and it’s really fun to drive around. It is most certainly more suitable for driving around in public area’s than the trcv2, because it has far better suspension and grip. It’s just that it’s not as fast as the trcv2 which can get to about 35km/h where the Sand-Viper has a top speed of about 30km/h. While that is not a big difference, it is certainly a difference that you will notice when driving it.

The box that contained the box of the Sand-Viper also held another little cheapo thingy in the form of a foam catapult free flight airplane. Me and Michiel bought one each for laughs and it looks like this:

And last but not least, here’s a picture of the trcv2 that I have taken myself. You can’t really see the crack in the bumper, but you can see that it’s missing it’s side mirror. It’s actually missing it’s other side mirror as well and it’s pretty dirty.