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The Team Associated RC10 is an electric powered, 1:10 scale electric off-road dune buggy by Associated Electrics, introduced in 1984.

whilst the Kyosho Scorpion lay claim to be the first performance focused off-road buddy

it was also notable for establishing the layout (motors and batteries mounted on a flat tub chassis) that became a standard for all off-road buggies A-arm suspensions with adjustable upper links, ball differentials, flat-stock shock towers, large oil dampers It popularized a number of features that became popular

sealed gearbox

The original gold chassis RC10 was inducted for display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2015.

is not related to the RC10GT, a nitro powered stadium truck; the RC10L, a PRO 10 pan-car or the RC10TC and the ISTC car.

In an article of Radio Control Model Cars, the RC10 was considered to be the industry standard.

History
The Associated Electrics RC10 2WD off-road buggy was first introduced in 1984 as an electric, 1:10 scale off-road dune buggy. Associated had previous success with its 1:12 scale RC12 on-road electric R/C car. The RC10, a ruggedly designed off-road race machine, was their major breakthrough and was largely responsible for creating the off-road R/C racing industry.

Innovative ideas such as the anodized aluminum tub chassis, coil-over oil-filled shocks, a limited slip ball-differential, and fully independent A-arm suspension allowed the RC10 to easily out-perform all other competitors' offerings. The RC10 can be regarded as the first electric off-road car that was designed with the amateur and professional radio-controlled car racer in mind. As a result, it soon dominated the electric off-road racing scene.

Since that time, the RC10 and its companion truck series, the RC10T, have each gone through several major design revisions, denoted by their model ("B" for buggy and "T" for truck), as well as a  revision number. For example, the latest model from each series are the RC10B5, or RC10B5m (mid motor) and the RC10T4.2. They also have a shaft-drive AWD buggy called RC10 B44. The RC10T was later released as a nitro-powered model version, the RC10GT, which was later updated to the RC10GT2. Almost all models of RC10s are available in kit or "Ready to Run" form.

RC10 "Classic"
The first RC10 prototype was hand-made by Curtis Husting, son of the late president Gene. Another seven was machined and all but one were used in the 1984 ROAR Nationals, the unused car was used for the instruction manual image and photographed for the box art.

Horizon Hobby TQ10 Graphite
Horizon Hobby/Team Associated TQ10 Graphite

RC10GX "Stealth"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hnd1wJQLh5aURkMllYMkl2UGc/edit?pref=2&pli=1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4hnd1wJQLh5a0VQVW9lSmRyNXc/edit?pref=2&pli=1

RC10B2
http://www.gaz-on.net/Team-Associated-RC10-B2-World-1995

List
The RC10 aluminum chassis has several different designations stamped into the rear bottom of the chassis: