History
Tamiya's first nitro truck, and the company's first nitro vehicle, was TR-15, released in 1994. TR-15, a 2 wheel drive stadium truck, had 0.15 in³ (2½ cm³) engine. RC electric vehicles offered the more popular 4 by 4 system. TR-15 was not popular. Tamiya released its second nitro vehicle, Mad Bison, in 2000. Mad Bison was simply a four wheel drive on-road car with off-road tires, utilizing already released F-150 body. Its poorly located reduction gear bulged under the chassis to compensate for larger tires caused the vehicle to bottomed out easily, also suspension was ill-suited. It was a halfhearted attempt to offer a nitro vehicle to the market; again it was not a hit.
Unlike its two predecessors, Terra Crusher was designed from scratch to take on T-Maxx, world's most successful nitro truck at the time. New to Terra Crusher were a double wishbone suspension with two shocks per tire, a differential for reverse gear, on-board starting system, and telescoping universals.
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