This afternoon, I’m scrolling through Facebook and I see a post declaring that Team Associated’s new 1/28 AWD car, the TC28, is already a flop in terms of customer support. I keep reading and I learn that the car only works with Team Associated wheels. I found this hard to believe because wheels at this scale work pretty much with all cars unless it has something to do with offsets or something like that. But no, that’s not the case with the TC28 as its CVD axle is a unique size.
As you can see, the rectangular hole in the white, TC28 wheel is quite a bit larger than the yellow, standard AWD wheel. Now, you could enlarge the hole a bit and jam it on the TC28 axle but you run the risk of having a wheel that is out of balance.
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