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Team Losi Mini-T RC Truck

by John Howell/RC Car Action

X-tra small Triple-XT

When the mini and micro craze hit a while back, it brought us a variety of road-going machines. Unfortunately, no one offered anything for the high-performance off-road crowd ... until now! Team Losi is set to shock the world with the release of its groundbreaking Mini-T. Based on the very successful Triple-XT electric race truck, the ready-to-run, 1/18-scale machine shares many features with its 1/10-scale counterpart. The Mini-T doesn't just cop off-road style, it’s a genuine dirt-going, full-suspension, racing-type design-see for yourself.

Right: factory-finished
Lexan body

The Mini-T is topped off with a modified, scaled-down version of Losi's racy-looking Fury stadium-truck body. The Mini-T will be available in three colors with cool graphics and decals already applied.

	Left B: heavy-duty gear differential The Mini-T’s 3-gear transmission design comes straight from the “big” XT, but it uses a no-maintenance gear differential instead of a ball-type unit. The transmission spins on ball bearings to boot; this is a serious truck!
Above A: dish wheels and rubber tires These sneakers may be small, but they're soft and semi-pneumatic, just like 1/10-scale rubber. You can bet a variety of tread patterns will be offered.

	Left B: friction shocks Coil-over shocks damp the Mini-T’s suspension with friction instead of fluid, but you won’t have to wait long for a silicone-filled shock option. Losi plans to have fluid-damped shocks available almost as soon as the Mini-T hits the shelves.
Above A: long-arm, independent suspension No solid-axle pods here; the Mini-T’s chassis floats between independent H-arms for real off-road ability. Like the Triple-XT, the Mini-T also features adjustable toe and camber.

Right : alkaline or rechargeable power
You can run the Mini-T on 4, AA alkaline cells for run times of 45 minutes, or for more performance, an optional 6-cell, rechargeable Ni-Cd pack will be available. Run time will drop with the Ni-Cd pack, but it will still seem eternal when compared with the five-minute runs we're used to with 1/10 scale. But we’re told the real benefit of the 6-cell pack is that it makes the truck just flat-out scream! According to our source at Team Losi, the included motor provides plenty of get-up-and-go. “The truck moves out like a rat on fire,” laughed our insider. With 4 alkaline cells, the truck has an estimated top speed of 15mph, but the optional 6-cell pack propels the vehicle to speeds of 20mph plus!

Right: Full-size transmitter
The Mini-T won’t make do with a mini transmitter. Instead, a full-size radio sends signals to a receiver/ESC combo unit (although packaged together, the electronics are separate items) and a standard steering servo. The radio is a fully proportional 27MHz system with servo-reversing, adjustable-rate steering and changeable crystals. That means a bunch of Mini-Ts can race at the same time.

Losi tells us that thanks to the Mini-T’s real suspension and semi-pneumatic tires, the truck can be run on just about any indoor and outdoor, rough and irregular surfaces. The truck will be right at home on any off-road track, in your backyard, your living room, or just about anywhere else you can imagine.