Posted: 12/11/11
The Wraith™ gave Axial it's first taste of speed, and while speed was not the total pursuit principle of the Wraith, we still sought after more.
Axial's R&D team started with a clean slate and took an in depth look at the off-road desert scene before starting the EXO Terra Buggy project.
The design conclusion was, that if money was no object then we wanted the best of best and best of each type of desert rig. Plain and simple, trophy trucks are cool! But a Class-1 buggy is more practical and would easily allow a design to consist of four-seats much like a fun sand car. You could simply say it is a four seater sand car, but we all know that sand cars do not work in the desert and while a full-size 1:1 with 4WD is crazy expensive, this is our dream and we wanted our dream rig to be 4X4! Yes, we know the EXO does not exsist in the 1:1 world, and that is exactly what we intended - TO DREAM! Just not to the moon.
Axial worked directly with Hankook for tire development:
Paul Jho of Hankook checks out the Axial R/C version of Hankook Dynapro M/T.
Hankook? Off-Road? Did anyone read the April 2011 issue of FOURWHEELER magazine? The Hankook Dynapro MT was crowned FIRST PLACE in the Ten-Way Tough-Tread Shootout!
Matt Kearney, Head Of Research And Development at Axial Inc. Many of you know him simply as "AXIAL" on the RCC-network. His desk is never this messy, I just fixed it up like this so you can treasure hunt for hidden items...
Brandon Coonce, R&D Product Designer at Axial Inc. He is the Lead Designer for the EXO Terra Buggy project; has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of the Pacific. I think there is a running joke that he is "son of Badger" on RCcrawler.com I need to investigate that story more, but without a doubt, Brandon is super talented and very nice too! He also lead the design team on the XR10.
Jamie Seymour R&D Product Designer at Axial Inc. Jamie was the Body Designer for the EXO project – he has a Bachelor of Science in Transportation Design from world renowned Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. From pencil to pixels, then add in some drums as Jamie is our resident band member.
The Axial team made several decisions even down to the body details as we wanted to create something that look as modern if not more so than anything already existing in the full-size market. We think our man Jamie created what has to been the coolest looking body we have seen in some time! Any full-size companies looking to us for inspiration would be an honor!
Axial has a mixed and varied passion for rocks. Previously we have only shown you how we like climbing on them... But we also like spitting them too!
And we try to creatively capture and show things as well, such as with this image. Yes, we takes lots of pictures and we like to tease you with images from our testing sessions.
The product has been blessed by a Baja Champion.
Rory Ward of Racers Only: cartoonist, communicator and "historian" for the off road community, has given his blessing to the EXO™. He even knocked out this little drawing for us! Who the hell is Rory Ward of Racers Only? Check this out: https://axialracing.com/wordpress/2011/10/24/rory-of-racers-only/
Hundreds of hours of research and development in new directions for Axial resulting in what is called the EXO™ Terra Buggy.
The result of all this passion, time and creativity have resulted into a new tool for the "toolbox" as we've expanded our arsenal.
Axial - Bringing Dreams To Reality Faster!™
Check out the product page:
AX90015 Axial EXO™ - 1/10th Scale Electric 4WD Terra Buggy - Kit
The Official Axial EXO Terra Buggy Video
