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The Micro-T is a 1:36 scale Stadium Truck with a long travel suspension. Micro-Bashing should be loads of fun!

The basic Micro-T is sold as a complete, ready-to-run package, complete with painted and trimmed Lexan body and even batteries for the transmitter and charger. The design of the Micro-T and Mini-T is based on Losi's award winning XXX-T 1/10-scale truck.

A stadium truck is a small, off-road radio-controlled car, either rear wheel drive or four wheel drive and primarily intended for racing. Most manufacturers' stadium trucks, whether electric or gas, are based on existing buggy designs and accept all of the same upgrades. Stadium trucks are among the most popular RC vehicles. The name is derived from their full-scale counterparts, designed to run on a temporary offroad track built on a stadium field, much like stadium-based motocross racing and exhibition.

Nothing at all, its in the box, even batteries for the remote and portable charger.

The Micro-T is quite small and is suitable for fun use indoors as well as outdoors.

We do not yet know the top speed, but reports are that it is quite fast.

No, they are friction damper shocks, meaning they have a central shaft and a spring.

Yes they will, we expect to have the parts list very soon.

No word on Team Losi upgrades just yet, but we will see what we can come up with when we get our hands on them.

The car uses a Ni-MH pack that is included with the kit. The radio needs eight AA batteries and the portable also charger needs eight AA batteries. All of the batteries are included in the kit, so you don't need to buy anything extra to start. You should however convert to rechargeable AA cells since it will get expensive replacing the alkaline batteries all the time.

Its a charger that has batteries of its own so you can charge out in the field. You will want to convert to re-chargeable cells for this as it will be expensive otherwise.

Yes you can, but rechargeable cells cost a lot less in the long run. You can also use rechargeable batteries in the remote and charger, and while they provide no performance boost, they will save you money. Be sure to pick up a charger if you go with rechargeable batteries.

Does a wild bear, discharge his effluence in the woods?

The radio is a 27MHZ AM, that uses crystals to change the frequencies. The kits receive different crystals and there are six different channels. What kind of FETs does the Micro-T use in the ESC, and can they be upgraded? We are not sure yet, but have posed this question to Team Losi and will post info when we learn more.

An electronic speed control or ESC is a device mounted onboard an electrically-powered radio control model in order to vary its drive motor's speed, its direction and even to act as a dynamic brake in certain controllers.

An ESC can be a stand-alone unit which plugs into the receiver's throttle control channel or incorporated into the receiver itself, as is the case in most toy-grade RC vehicles. Some RC manufacturers that install proprietary hobby-grade electronics in their entry-level vehicles, vessels or aircraft use onboard electronics that combine the two on a single circuit board.

Regardless of the type used, an ESC interprets control information not as mechanical motion as would be the case of a servo, but rather interpret the information in a way that varies the switching rate of a network of field effect transistors, or "FET's." The rapid switching of the transistors is what causes the motor itself to emit its characteristic high-pitched whine, especially noticeable at lower speeds. It also allows much smoother and more precise variation of motor speed in a far more efficient manner than the mechanical type with a resistive coil and moving arm we used in the old days. Most modern ESCs incorporate a battery eliminator circuit (or BEC) to regulate a voltage for the receiver, removing the need for extra batteries to power the radio gear.